Restoration pressures in senior living

5/26/2022 (Permalink)

When it comes to commercial restoration work, there are all kinds of factors that come into play that you simply do not have to consider as much in residential environments.

For instance, take senior living, an industry that we work in very often.

Senior living communities have been in the news often in the past few years, and not always for the best of reasons.

One of the major trends in the world of senior living, fueled by changes sparked by COVID-19, is a renewed focus on health, health care and wellness.

Previously, senior living communities were making investments in luxury amenities like spas and saunas to attract new residents.

Now, according to the website “Senior Living Today,” “the matter has been settled. Senior living is above all a health care product.”

In most ways, that’s great! Who wouldn’t want to live in a more hygienic, safer, healthier environment?

But when damage events occur, the pressure to contain them, contain environmental pollutants and not displace residents has been multiplied tenfold.

Better-educated caregivers are putting new emphasis on dealing with these issues comprehensively. Residents and their families are quick to apply pressure themselves if they feel like issues with water, biohazards or microbial growth are not addressed immediately and completely.

This shift is why so many communities have started to work with SERVPRO of West Seneca/Lancaster. When the pressure is on, they can’t afford to go with a company that lacks the training, experience or resources to comprehensively deal with their issues.