Family & Care Team Collaboration

Family & Care Team Collaboration with Katherine Wells, Founder & CEO of Serenity Engage

How do we build trust, rapport and a valuable partnership between families and care teams? Communication. When families and care teams can be in partnership and work collaboratively our older adults are provided with "purpose" centered care-- the purposeful engagement between everyone involved in our senior's life.

Serenity Engage is a HIPAA-compliant private group messaging application for senior care, bringing families and care teams together in collaborative communication. Katherine Wells is the Founder and CEO of Serenity Engage. Coming from the tech world where teams have solved the problem of talking to each other, she shares her personal story and experience to bring Serenity Engage to the senior living industry. Each time Katherine and I have a conversation, I'm always encouraged and supported by her vision to make the world a better place for our care teams, families and older adults. Truly making change, evoking powerful conversation, and challenging "the Status quo of Aging".

We talk all about:

What are some of those emotions families face when they are considering moving their loved one into a community along with the moving process?
How communication is the foundation to building trust
The communication process of senior living communities and the desire of families
The many ways we can lift morale and create staff retention by active communication
We look at senior living communities need to build community and improve process efficiencies
Those "moments and memories" that we don't need to miss out on any more

Katherine is a startup entrepreneur, thought leader and podcaster in the senior care space. She is dedicated to improving the way we all age, which requires disrupting the status quo in today’s senior care system. She has 27 years as an executive in the software industry, ranging from startups to global organizations. Katherine brings her unique blend of corporate and entrepreneurial background together with her drive to impact the lives of our older adults. Over the last 10 years, Katherine has directly experienced the communication issues between senior living communities, providers and family, and is on a mission to solve it. She has an MBA and a dual MA in Communication and Psychology.

For more information visit https://serenityapp.com/

Book mentioned: Upstream by Dan Heath

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