{"id":30382,"date":"2024-05-01T16:29:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-01T23:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thresholdsecurity.com\/staging\/?p=30382"},"modified":"2026-07-21T11:49:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T15:49:17","slug":"8-tips-to-improve-the-security-of-your-assisted-living-facility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thresholdsecurity.com\/staging\/8-tips-to-improve-the-security-of-your-assisted-living-facility\/","title":{"rendered":"8 Tips to Improve the Security of Your Assisted Living Facility"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"30382\" class=\"elementor elementor-30382\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-463e191 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"463e191\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ae3e16 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3ae3e16\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Security is a critical function for\u00a0 Assisted Living and Skilled Nursing facility operators. Residents are vulnerable to safety and privacy issues if facilities don\u2019t manage the flow of people entering the building. Unauthorized visitors pose a threat of physical or emotional harm, theft, or abuse. As the operator of an Assisted Living or Skilled Nursing facility, it is your responsibility to protect your residents and staff.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The challenge is balancing an open-door policy with safety and security needs. Many individuals need access to the campus buildings on any given day to conduct business or visit residents.\u00a0 These may include contractors and vendors (think building maintenance workers, outside healthcare providers, or food\/pharmacy delivery personnel), resident\u2019s family members, friends, volunteers, and other visitors.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><h2><strong>Here are 8 tips to increase the security of your assisted living or skilled nursing facility:<\/strong><\/h2><ol><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Create a <\/span><b>Visitor Policy<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that addresses the types of visitors who may access the buildings and grounds. Include plans that allow immediate family or other relatives\u00a0 24-hour access to their loved one.<\/span><\/span><\/li><\/ol><ol start=\"2\"><li><b>Publish your policies<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on your website so that Visitors know the situation before they come to your facility.<br \/><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Implement a <\/span><b>Visitor Management System<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (VMS). Your facility should take an active role in controlling access to your facility. A VMS collects accurate and reliable visitor details and sign-in history for every person entering your building or campus. A VMS allows you to keep a record of every visitor who has entered your facility. The VMS can be as simple as sign-in books or comprehensive as an enterprise electronic visitor registration system.<br \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>According to All Security Equipment&#8217;s article &#8220;Visitor Management System for Senior Living Security&#8221; (August 28, 2025), Senior communities are responsible for protecting vulnerable residents while supporting quality of life. Allowing unrestricted access creates risk, including unauthorized visitors, delayed emergency response, infection exposure, privacy violations, safety threats (intentional or unintentional). Balancing security and hospitality begins with a well-defined assisted living visitor policy and the right tools to enforce it&#8221;. (source: <a href=\"https:\/\/allsecurityequipment.com\/blogs\/senior-living\/visitor-management-system-for-senior-living-security\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/allsecurityequipment.com\/blogs\/senior-living\/visitor-management-system-for-senior-living-security<\/a>)<br \/><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><strong>Here are a few things to look for when purchasing a VMS:<br \/><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; The system prints a visitor badge that shows everyone that person has been processed through your sign-in system for extra security, consider using time-expiring visitor badges that change color overnight to prevent reuse. These badges VOID over time so you can easily see if someone has not signed in that day. Many systems can send visitation policies via email or text in advance of the arrival assuring visitors know what to expect.<br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; It should include robust reporting features that provide visitor history and meet management needs for tracking, etc.<br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; A visitor management system may also offer a \u201cflag or alert\u201d function. The resident, staff, security, and administration can flag a person based on prior behavior. Train your staff on how to respond when a flagged visitor returns.\u00a0 The visitor management system can assist in organizational duties as well. For example, knowing how many visitors come and what peak arrival times are allows you to make strategic decisions for staffing. Analyzing Visitor traffic can also help you decide how to arrange your lobbies or common areas to better manage the flow of people.<\/span><\/span><\/li><\/ol><ol start=\"4\"><li><b>Establish Visiting Hours<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: specify hours during which visitors may access the building. These hours may vary depending on the purpose of the visit, i.e., vendor visits may be restricted to Monday through Friday 8:00AM to 3:00PM.\u00a0 Explain how residents&#8217; families can access the building after hours or when doors are locked.<\/span><\/li><\/ol><ol start=\"5\"><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Develop policies and procedures <\/span><b>to document and address any &#8220;visitor incident&#8221;. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Train staff on these policies.<\/span><\/li><\/ol><ol start=\"6\"><li><b>Reduce theft<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by securing valuables out of sight.\u00a0 Recommend that residents keep valuables in a secure place within their private space or lock their doors, if appropriate.<br \/><br \/><\/span><\/li><li><b>Signage:<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Have signage clearly stating Visitor policies in a public area to make it easy for guests to read and comply. Use signage to indicate areas that are restricted or accessible to staff only. Areas that pose public safety hazards should be labeled and remain locked, such as areas of high voltage, HVAC, and generator rooms. Signs should be in multiple languages when appropriate for your population.<br \/><br \/><\/span><\/li><li><b>Identify and secure areas of potential harm<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, such as HVAC systems, food prep, and supply storage areas, etc.<\/span><\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f94e1cf e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f94e1cf\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b00c88a elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b00c88a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Call THRESHOLD at <a href=\"tel:8002431969\">800-243-1969<\/a> to learn how our Visitor Management Systems and Badges can help you increase security at your facility.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3586a75 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3586a75\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cef893c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"cef893c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2fb09a6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2fb09a6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Sources##<\/strong><br \/>&#8211; All Security Equipment. &#8220;Visitor Management System for Senior Living Security&#8221;. August 28, 2025. <a href=\"https:\/\/allsecurityequipment.com\/blogs\/senior-living\/visitor-management-system-for-senior-living-security\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/allsecurityequipment.com\/blogs\/senior-living\/visitor-management-system-for-senior-living-security<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Security is a critical function for\u00a0 Assisted Living and Skilled Nursing facility operators. 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