Holiday Greetings!

Being Thankful Begets Happiness… It is the holiday season and we here at PRIME Services are grateful to all our members who deliver exceptional care to the seniors in our lives. Taking care of seniors is a calling for many. The hearts of caregivers can only be measured in the..

The Cost of NOT Knowing

When you buy any product, it comes with a price tag. You know what you’re paying, but do you know what it costs? We don’t tend to look at the real cost of products or services. We take it on face value that what we pay is the only cost,..

Helping Residents with Dysphagia

The goal of PRIME Services is to help our members better serve their senior communities. There is nothing more satisfying than being able to bring products and services to you that can help seniors have a better experience through items and recipes that not only focus on safety, but also..

What is a ‘Cost Analysis’?

As a healthcare provider, one of the biggest areas of your budget is in food purchases for your residents. Depending on the type of home; nursing, assisted living, senior living, continuing care retirement communities (CCRC), memory care, or a multi-faceted community, the availability, quality, and quantity of your food program..

To RFP or Not To RFP?

In the purchasing world, the acronym RFP is as common as MVP is to the sports community. The acronym RFP stands for Request For Proposal. Most of you reading this would have been able to guess that, but why is it that so many healthcare organizations don’t utilize this practice..

A Perspective on CEUs

What is the value of Continual Learning? Are you a continual learner? How do we stay relevant in a world that seems to change so quickly? There is evidence that keeping our minds “exercised” like the way we keep our bodies physically fit, has positive advantages to maintain our long-term..

GPO Solutions from PRIME Services

What is the biggest pain point you need to solve right now? If you are like the majority of senior living communities it is probably employee related. Staffing, scheduling, training, and retention have been, and continue to be problems that impact our operations. How do we solve these problems? Another..

5 Ways to Improve Your Census Post COVID

It has been overwhelming for many senior living operators throughout the COVID pandemic to simply manage the day to day of operations. So much effort and focus has been rightfully so, focused on resident health and safety. According to Keiser Health News, there has been a reluctance of seniors eligible..

Why Our Seniors Value Independence

In honor of Independence Day, I started thinking about what Independence means, and why we put such a high value on it in senior living. As a country, it seems obvious in retrospect that the colonies wanted the ability to choose their own destiny which they believed was unique and..