Long Term Care, Health Centers, Nursing Homes

Residents in long-term care and skilled-nursing settings deserve engagement that reflects their identities, histories, and personal strengths. LifeBio provides an evidence-informed system that helps teams understand each resident beyond their diagnoses and use that knowledge to improve quality of life, support behavioral health, strengthen communication, and reinforce person-centered care across the entire community.

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LifeBio makes it easier for long-term-care communities and health centers to deliver consistent, personalized engagement at scale. Staff can gather and document life stories, preferences, routines, and meaningful past experiences in a structured, time-efficient way. This information becomes a practical tool during care planning, activities, daily interactions, handovers, and restorative programs. When caregivers understand who a resident is, communication improves, distress decreases, and day-to-day care becomes more successful.

Communities rely on LifeBio because it supports several critical needs in long-term care and skilled nursing:

• Stronger person-centered care planning with more individualized details for MDS and care conferences
• Reduced behavioral expressions through engagement based on identity, values, and past experiences
• Better outcomes during mood, behavior, and cognitive assessments
• Faster trust-building between staff and residents, even with turnover or agency staffing
• More consistent group and one-to-one engagement across all shifts
• Greater satisfaction for residents and families who feel truly known and understood

LifeBio offers digital tools and structured storytelling programs that help residents share their histories and enable staff to apply those insights throughout daily care. Guided reminiscence supports orientation, reduces anxiety, and improves mood. Identity-based engagement strengthens communication across nursing, therapy, activities, and social services teams. Staff training and ongoing support make it easy to integrate these practices into existing workflows without adding burden to busy teams.

Emerging research indicates that structured reminiscence and identity-based engagement can improve outcomes in skilled nursing settings. These approaches have been associated with improved mood, reduced agitation, clearer orientation, and more positive daily interactions for residents living with cognitive impairment or complex medical needs. They also provide meaningful input for psychosocial assessments and interdisciplinary care planning.

RESEARCH SUPPORTING LIFEBIO'S EVIDENCE-INFORMED PROGRAM

LifeBio supports the operational demands of long-term care by giving teams reliable, resident-specific information from admission onward. Knowing a resident’s personal background strengthens communication during care conferences, helps prevent avoidable behavioral escalations, and provides richer narrative detail for MDS, progress notes, and survey documentation. Team members across nursing, therapy, activities, and social services benefit from a shared understanding of the resident, which leads to more consistent, coordinated care.

As a LifeBio Authorized Organization, your community receives the tools and resources needed to support effective implementation. This includes:

• Online training for staff
• Ongoing phone and email support
• Engagement materials, including Story Cards and the MemoryBio photo album, for memory care

In addition, ask about the opportunity to work with LifeBio in an upcoming Civil Monetary Penalty Grant.