Why Labeling is Important for Nursing Homes or Retirement Communities

For nursing homes and retirement communities, labeling is extremely important. This is because it helps to stop the spread of germs, keeps belongings organized, and avoids items from landing in the lost and found. If you or a loved one is a resident in a nursing home or retirement community, keep reading to take a closer look at each of these reasons:

1. Stop the Spread of Germs

One of the main reasons why labeling is essential in nursing homes and retirement communities is to prevent the spread of germs. Older people may be more prone to sickness, so any method to decrease illness should be encouraged in an assisted living community. By labeling clothes, walkers, medicine cases, and personal items, staff can quickly identify which items belong to which resident and can prevent resident’s items from being mixed up and passed around, which leads to them collecting germs.

2. Keep Belongings Organized

Another benefit of labeling is that it helps to keep belongings organized. This is especially important in nursing homes and retirement communities, where many residents have similar belongings. By labeling each item, staff can quickly and easily identify which items belong to which resident.

It can also help a resident quickly identify what their personal belongings are. Having the label on multiple items can help a resident easily recognize their clothes, technology, shoes, and more which can streamline a morning routine and make it easier for residents to organize their belongings.

3. Avoid Items from Landing in the Lost and Found 

Thirdly, labeling helps prevent personal items from landing in the lost and found. This is because when items are properly labeled, staff can quickly identify the owner and return the item to them.

What labels should I use? 

For nursing home and retirement community residents, we recommend our adult name labels and our clothing labels. Many of our adult name labels have options to add a phone number or a room number, so found items can easily be returned to a resident’s room. 

Our clothing labels are waterproof and laundry-proof and can be easily applied to a resident’s items such as jackets, slippers, shoes, and towels. 

While some people may choose to use sew in labels or permanent markers on residents’ clothing, the best way to label clothing is with our labels! We have stick fabric labels that are easy to use and for an even more resilient hold, we offer iron on labels.

Our stick on fabric labels are great since they last even if they end up in the laundry machine.

Start labeling today!

Overall, labeling is essential to nursing home and retirement community life. By labeling clothes, walkers, medicine cases, and personal items, residents can help to stop the spread of germs, keep their belongings organized, and avoid having their items end up in the lost and found.

If you are considering purchasing labels for yourself or your loved one, give our labels a go and be pleasantly surprised at their multiple benefits! 

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