The number of senior living communities that include gender identity and sexual orientation in their anti-discrimination policy shot up in 2022 — but there is still plenty of progress yet to be made. This is according to the 2023 Long Term Care Equality Index (LEI) which included results from 200 long-term care communities across 34 […]
Category: Management
Silverstone Senior Living has named industry veteran Tami Cumings to the newly created role of COO as the company preps its next round of growth. As COO, Cumings is slated to oversee asset management, property operations, sales and marketing for the company’s growing senior living portfolio. She also will aid the company as it embarks […]
For more than three decades, Watermark Retirement had never been replaced by a different management company. But times have changed. “We were replaced by Welltower on a few of our communities; but on the other hand, we’re being the replacer, going into some communities,” Watermark Chairman David Freshwater told me recently. Swapping management companies is […]
LCS is forging ahead in 2023 on several big initiatives, with a particular focus on improving visibility and performance in operations through data. In recent years, the senior living industry has made headway on a number of initiatives from occupancy recovery to turnover. That is also what LCS has seen in recent quarters as the […]
Epoch Senior Living has a new top leader a little more than a month after the death of the company’s CEO and founder, Larry Gerber. Laurie Gerber, who was married to the Waltham, Massachusetts-based company’s late executive, is now slated to lead the company going forward as chairperson, according to a recent report on local […]
The senior housing industry historically has placed a lot of emphasis on real estate to drive value. And today, that is still occurring — but the paradigm might be changing. A “tectonic shift” has occurred that has made management companies and the people who work for them a new “gold standard” for industry quality, Aegis […]
Saint Therese is expanding to a new state with plans to acquire a senior living community in Michigan as the company eyes further growth. The Saint Louis Park, Minnesota-based senior living operator recently signed a letter of intent to assume ownership of a continuing care retirement community on July 1 from the Sisters, Servants of […]
Brookdale Senior Living (NYSE: BKD) is basing its optimism for 2023 and beyond on its new sales-focused leadership and a tepid – if not ice-cold – development market. Brookdale CEO Cindy Baier does not only have “great confidence” in regaining pre-pandemic occupancy, but says the ultimate goal is to get back to the company’s historical […]
A Place for Mom (APFM) is launching new enhancements for its online senior living referral platform in a bid to make those reviews more helpful for prospects and operators alike. New York City-based APFM is upgrading its existing review system, which compiles scores on an average rating of all family and resident reviews, with a […]
Emerald Communities hires Corporate Controller Emerald Communities announced it has tapped Denisa Feddersen as its new corporate controller. As controller, Feddersen will oversee the financial management of both of Emerald’s communities, Emerald Heights and Heron’s Key. Feddersen joins Emerald after serving as VP of finance and corporate controller at a California-based senior living community after […]
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