Skaalen identified a gap in pre-move guidance: residents and families often don't know what to pack when transitioning into a facility. The solution is a set of facility-specific "What to Bring" pages on the Skaalen website — one per location — with printable formatting so families can use them as a checklist during the move-in process.
This initiative came out of a department head meeting at Skaalen and was discussed in the [1] February 2026 monthly marketing call.
Move-in needs vary significantly by facility and care level. A single generic packing list would be misleading or incomplete. Key differences include:
Because of this variation, content must be authored per facility rather than shared across locations.
Dawn Zaemisch (Skaalen) will gather packing lists from each facility director. Simone may already share an informal version of this for nursing/rehab admissions (possibly via hospital discharge coordinators), but it is not currently a standardized, publicly available document.
| Owner | Task |
|---|---|
| Dawn Zaemisch | Gather "What to Bring" lists from each facility director |
| Melissa Cusumano | Build facility-specific pages once content is received; include printable formatting |