Senior Housing News June 7, 2024
It’s not uncommon to see senior living residents lining up well in advance of their usual mealtimes, a phenomenon known as “compression dining.”
Although it’s not the top issue that senior living communities face on a daily basis, compression dining is an issue for senior living dining programs. For one, serving many residents at once is harder to do from a staffing and quality perspective. It’s also not ideal for residents, who sometimes wait upwards of an hour to be seated in extreme cases.
Part of the problem is that the phenomenon can be driven by a fear of missing out, according to Frances Showa, vice president of culinary services at Volante Senior Living. But even larger than that, compression...
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