For Senior Living Communities
Mail your residents will look forward to
A monthly magazine from each resident's family. Families add photos from their phones all month. On the 1st we print them into a glossy magazine and mail it to your resident, addressed to them. Residents need nothing: no app, no device, no password.
Free for your community • Phone help for every family
Screens aren't made for everyone
Video calls may need a helper. Digital frames move quickly. A printed magazine asks nothing of your residents except their reading glasses. It waits on the nightstand, gets reread between visits, and gets shown off at lunch.
“We used to show my grandparents photos on our phones. Now they get their own magazine and feel much more included!”
The Community Kit, free for your community
We do the work, and we ask for a little help with the part only you can do: letting your families know.
What you get
- Sample magazines for your front desk or activity room.
- A letter to your families, written for you to edit and send, and a reminder for a week later.
- Flyers, and a small card for each resident's mailbox, so residents can ask their family about it.
- Phone help for every family. Nathalie sets families up by phone in about ten minutes.
- A mail call. When the first magazines arrive, we'll help you plan a coffee hour to hand them out.
What we ask of you
- Send our letter to your families, by email and on paper, and the reminder a week later.
- Put the samples and flyers at the front desk.
- Slip a card into each resident's mailbox.
- Name one person we can reach, usually your Lifestyle or Activities director.
That's about an hour of your team's time in all.
Joy for residents. Great for families. Easy for your team.
For your residents
Meaningful mail addressed to them. Not a bill, not a flyer. A monthly ritual to look forward to, photos to show neighbors, and stories to reread between visits.
Mail call. When the magazines arrive, gather residents for coffee and let them introduce their families to one another.
For their families
A fun way to stay close between visits. The whole family adds photos from their phones, and Nathalie calls anyone who’d like a hand getting started.
A warmer move-in. Suggest Cher Ami on move-in day. The first magazine is free, and arrives right when a familiar face means the most.
For your care team
Every magazine puts names and faces to each resident’s family: the grandkids, the new puppy, the trip to the lake. And your team gets something lovely to hand out.
Reminiscence sessions. Familiar faces with names and captions make gentle prompts for storytelling, especially in memory care.
What it costs your community: nothing
Families pay $12.99 a magazine, and the first one is free. They're only charged in months when a magazine goes out, and they can stop anytime. There's nothing for your community to sign, stock, bill or manage, and we don't pay referral fees, so your recommendation stays yours. If a family isn't happy with a magazine, we replace or refund it.
Request the Kit
Tell us a little about your community and we'll send sample magazines, the letters for your families and the resident cards.
What happens next
1. We reply within a day
A real person writes back, and we mail you sample magazines with the rest of the Kit. Rather write to us? It's partners@thecherami.com.
2. You send the letter, then the reminder
We write both, you make them yours and send them to your families. The flyer and this blurb for your family newsletter are ready whenever you are.
Print the family flyerA magazine of your family, every month. Cher Ami turns your family’s photos into a printed magazine, mailed to your loved one here at the community every month. No technology needed on their end — just a magazine full of family in their mailbox. Your first magazine is free at thecherami.com/start
3. Everyone enjoys mail call
Magazines print on the 1st and arrive by mail, addressed to each resident. Hand them out with the mail, or over coffee, and watch the photos get passed around.
For operators: let's talk
Running several communities? We'd love to hear what would make Cher Ami work across all of them. One idea we're exploring with operators: a page of community news in every resident's magazine, kept on one clearly marked page at the back, never mixed with family photos, and easy for any family to turn off. If that would help your communities, tell us.
Write to usFAQ
Questions?
Still curious? Write to partners@thecherami.com, and a real person replies within a day.