Arete Living Pivots to Growth Footing With Addition of 5 Senior Living Communities

Arete Living is expanding its presence in the Pacific Northwest by taking on management of a five-community senior living portfolio there. The move is the latest in the organization’s strategy of continued growth, according to President Sarah Spreitler-Silva. Arete Living spun off from Avamere in 2022, and includes the Ovation senior living brand launched by […]

Priority Life Care Promotes COO to New President Role, Seeking Expansion, Evolution

Priority Life Care is bolstering its leadership structure in order to better support operations and prepare for growth in the coming years. Bobby Petras, co-founder of the Fort Wayne, Indiana-based company, is shifting his responsibility from COO to the newly created role of president. The operator also backfilled Petras’ former leadership role by promoting Executive […]

‘Thrive in ‘25’ or ‘Perfect Storm’? Senior Living Industry Prepares for Big Year Ahead

The senior living industry is ready to “thrive in ‘25” with regard to occupancy gains. But headwinds in lending are making growth tough during a time when it needs to grow. On the one hand, the lack of newly built senior living communities is supporting occupancy growth momentum among multiple senior living operators. In fact, […]

Phoenix Senior Living Creates New President Role With Eye on Expansion

Phoenix Senior Living has promoted Seth Pesek into a newly created president role in an effort to prepare for its next growth phase. Pesek stepping into the new job represents a “significant milestone” for the company, which CEO Jesse Marinko founded about a decade ago. “It was about timing and alignment,” Marinko told Senior Housing […]

Westminster Communities of Florida Cements Interim CEO as New Top Leader

Westminster Communities of Florida has named interim CEO Hank Keith as the organization’s permanent top leader. With the announcement, Westminster is putting to rest a leadership search that began with the departure of former CEO Terry Rogers last fall. Keith previously worked as the company’s CFO. The Orlando, Florida-based organization’s board of directors named Keith […]

Survey Finds 1 in 4 Senior Housing Caregivers Experience Food Insecurity

Around one in four caregivers have experienced some form of food insecurity over the past year, according to a newly updated report from Kare, a digital workforce marketplace for post-acute and senior living operators. For the third part of its “Trauma and Resiliency” survey series, the company polled 1,142 certified nursing assistants, certified medication aides, […]