Tips from Trestle: The Senior Living Food and Hospitality Podcast

We've all have spent countless hours and energy trying to create the right environment for work-life balance. But have we really been successful with it? Have we created a workplace that truly values the challenges that face our front line employees?  In this episode of Tips from Trestle, Aaron visits with Milton McGowian about how the theory and practice of creating work/life balance is fail...

They say you are what you eat, but how do you know exactly what you are eating these days? Especially in a senior living community where the balance of nutrition, medication interactions, and multiple palettes must be considered? A glimpse into Menu Transparency in Senior Living is a great place to start. This episode of TFT finds Aaron speaking with Lisa Eberhart about her experience and work aro...

This week's Tips from Trestle podcast dives deep into the Top Senior Living Dining Trends for 2022. Senior Housing News' Liz Ecker joins Aaron to discuss the findings from her most recent research on the topic. Liz used her research to author a white paper sponsored by SHN and Navigator GPO that was shared at the recent Navigator GPO Leadership Summit in Washington, D.C. where both she and Aaron w...

On this episode of TFT, Aaron visits with Allison Bonner of Connected Living to discuss all the ways that the technology that we see in various hospitality settings are starting to make their way into senior living communities. They discuss how tech is simplifying the workload of employees, bringing forward new ways to engage residents in a post-COVID world, and some future tech that they both see...

This episode of TFT is for the aspiring regional F&B directors out there! Aaron visits with good friend Jonathan Pinsker and they commiserate and discuss the ins and out of being a regional director, some of the takeaways from their time operating during the height of COVID, and their tips for anyone looking to make the leap into a regional role in senior living.    Jonathan Pinsker...

This episode of TFT is packed full as our host Aaron Fish talks with the dynamic duo of resident engagement - Kelly Stranburg & Sara Kyle! We talk about why resident engagement in 2022 isn't just bingo and happy hours, and how the relationship between the resident engagement director and the food & beverage director can and should be one of the most important in any senior living community...

As a follow up to Does Your Organization Have a Nutrition Philosophy?, Aaron continues his conversation with Margaret Roche about nutrition philosophy and putting your newly developed strategy into action. The conversation ranges on topics that include operationalizing your strategy, blending your team, and capitalizing on the strengths of the operator, dietitian, and the chef. Margaret Roche MS,...

In this episode of Tips From Trestle, Aaron talks with Margaret Roche about why senior living owners, operators, and management should invest in creating a nutrition philosophy and how doing so can guide them to create amazing outcomes in a number of areas with their food & beverage operation.   Margaret Roche MS, RD, CSG, CDE, FADA is the founder of Roche Dietitians and a nationally reco...

In this solo podcast, Aaron talks directly to the listeners about the need for the executive director to not just be aware of what is going on in their dining room, but offers his Five Daily Food & Beverage Tasks for the Executive Director that will allow them to be successful senior living operators and be a leader for their overall community team. Tips From Trestle is a podcast focused on di...

Innovative thinking pulled from all areas of hospitality and healthcare is going to be required to continue to make the industry the best it can be moving forward. Creating an environment of trust for employees, residents, and families will be a key component of a making our communities great.  In Part Two of our conversation with Hands 4 Life Founder & CEO Stacy Shewey, host Aaron Fish g...

62% of people over 60 years of age live in developing countries; by 2050 this number will have risen to 80%. 👀 In this Part One of a two episode conversation on Tips from Trestle, The Senior Living Food & Hospitality Podcast, host Aaron Fish speaks with Stacy Shewey, Founder & CEO of Hands 4 Life. Stacy shares with Aaron the purpose and goals of Hands 4 Life, and how they are tackling the...

In this episode of Tips from Trestle, The Senior Living Food & Hospitality Podcast, host Aaron Fish speaks with Nigel Smith, CEO & Founder of Zurena LLC. They discuss how Zurena came about, how what Nigel is doing translates into the senior living space, and just have a great time talking about beverages in general.   Best described as Caribbean bartenders in bottles, Zurena LLC produ...

TFT Host Aaron Fish talks in this episode about a key ingredient that is glaringly missing from your recruitment process, and once addressed could make your hiring quality improve drastically..

"Everyone has a starting point, and a story. This is mine, and why I do what I do." Aaron shares a little more of his personal journey and talks about the little red golf ball on his wall and what its importance is to him and the listeners.

TFT Host Aaron Fish takes a deeper look at some of the facts and figures around employee engagement. And it's not nearly as good as you may have hoped.  But - he has some strategies and tactics that our frontline leaders can implement (and our executive leaders support) that will allow them to take ownership of their employee engagement and make their communities buck the trends.

On this episode of TFT, Aaron talks about customer service, and how LEGO® - the toy maker known for tiny building blocks - has taken their customer service philosophy to the next level.  He explains why this can an should be a model for senior living operators to model as they look to create culture around customer service that today's employees can easily embrace.

In this episode of Tips From Trestle, Aaron talks about trends that are expected to be seen in restaurants in 2022. He deep dives into his top three and explains why he thinks that senior living operators should jump on these trends now to make an impact on their food & beverage offerings.

"Everyone has a starting point, and a story. This is mine, and why I do what I do." In the premiere episode, host Aaron Fish talks about how he got into his new venture, and sets the stage for what to expect in this podcast.

In our introductory episode, host Aaron Fish will tell you what to expect as "Tips from Trestle" gets started.