Starting over.

Your new residents are starting over, sometimes after living in the same house for 50 or 60 years.

They had to downsize, give away, donate, or throw away their lifetime of brick a brac, and souvenirs. Art treasures and wall hangings must go. There is no room in their new home. Clothes closets must be reduced to fit the new residence. Sometimes, there will be no need for food processors, mixers, and other kitchen tools. It is a major decision in the last chapter of one’s life.

They are starting over, looking forward to a carefree life without the heavy responsibilities of home ownership. They also know that this is the last place to live before moving to the hereafter. It comes with age or, in the case of assisted living communities, infirmities.

Whether the chosen home is in a senior living or assisted living community, they will need a warm welcome and assurance that they chose the right community.

Your food serving team is where they will find comfort and confidence if your team has received excellent training.

When kindness, empathy, and consideration are offered along with meals being served, your residents receive exactly what is needed.

Kind Dining® training series addresses these skills of hospitality and healthcare that can be learned, along with technical skills, behavior control, and positive thinking.

Helping people by listening to their life experiences is the highest form of hospitality. Because it makes them feel better to share their stories, it also attends to their healthcare.

When these new residents move into your community, your food serving team can help them adjust by listening to their concerns, triumphs, and, though it is a little harder, their bumps in the road.

The food serving team can assist in shaping a resident’s outlook on their new lifestyle. This creates a safe space. When your food servers contribute to healthcare this way, they will feel added value to their lives.

We at Kind Dining® training love this new approach.

We teach how the principles of kindness counteract the greatest threat facing the world today.

Too many people are experiencing the epidemic of loneliness, isolation, and the feeling of not belonging. Listening with intent is a major kindness not to be taken for granted. It is a dual kindness in helping the speaker and helping the listener, too.

Your committed food-serving team will also learn that practicing kindness during their working hours becomes a way of life that improves their own lives.

We teach finding solutions to these most challenging problems that arise in senior care communities at all levels of care.

Be ♥ Kind Tip: Do you love our new approach to teaching the principles of kindness?