Ricci Tours UK Laundries; Confers with Association Leaders

08/04/2022

As part of a strategic outreach effort, TRSA President and CEO Joseph Ricci recently traveled to the United Kingdom (UK) for talks with the British Textile Services Association (TSA), plus tours of four highly regarded laundries around London and the northern city of Leeds, England.

Patient Acuity Rise Portends Healthcare Linen Service Growth

06/17/2022

An anticipated increase in U.S. adult inpatient days points to increased demand for textiles for acute and tertiary care. That’s a plus for linen, uniform and facility services operators who serve those facilities, while posing an additional challenge: taking advantage of the spillover growth into other patient-care settings often more difficult for the industry to serve.

TRSA Launches Lead-Generation Campaign for Members

06/03/2022

TRSA is launching its third marketing campaign promoting the linen, uniform and facility services industry to long-term care (LTC) facilities nationwide. The goal of this initiative is to promote the benefits of outsourcing laundry services and gather business leads for member operators. The five-month campaign focuses on nursing homes, residential-care communities and other long-term care organizations featuring targeted email outreach, social media advertisements and other web-based promotions.

Inoculate Your Business Against Future Threats

09/30/2021

Michael Rogers, an award-winning journalist, columnist, publisher, novelist and tech analyst who’s commonly referred to as the “practical futurist,” will give a keynote address titled “What Comes After COVID?” on Nov. 17 at TRSA’s Healthcare Conference in Plano, TX. To give attendees an idea of what to expect at the conference, Rogers, who recently completed two years as a “futurist in residence” at The New York Times, agreed to answer a few questions from Textile Services Weekly on his upcoming talk.

Feds See a Doubling of Long-Term Care Population by 2065

06/18/2021

More of us are living longer, says a new report commissioned by the federal government. And you know what that means – demand for space in nursing homes or rehabilitative care is sure to increase – in fact it’s likely to double in less than 45 years.

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