With technological advancements tied so closely to the future of senior care, Senior Housing News recently interviewed Majd Alwan, Ph.D., the Senior Vice President of Technology and Executive Director of the Center for Aging Services Technologies (CAST) at LeadingAge, an association of not-for-profit, long-term care providers of senior services. At any given time, CAST is […]
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In the past 30 years, Capital One has transformed itself from “just” a credit card company into one of the U.S.’s top banks. And as part of its lending arm, Capital One Bank says it has a significant focus on its commercial and specialty finance business, which encompasses senior housing and care lending. Last Fall, […]
In 2009, the company known as Erickson Retirement Communities, headquartered in Baltimore, Md., filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. In December of that year, Hanover, Md.-based Redwood Capital Investments LLC bought most of the bankrupt company’s assets for $365 million, out of which emerged Erickson Living. Senior Housing News recently caught up with Adam Kane, […]
After seeing that Senior Care Development, LLC had placed a stalking-horse bid on the bankrupt Clare at Water Tower, in Chicago’s Gold Coast, Senior Housing News tracked down its chief executive officer David Reis for an exclusive interview. Reis has extensive experience in senior living development, and specializes in ground-up development of large-scale continuing care […]
Senior Housing News recently caught up with Sean Kell, the chief executive officer of A Place for Mom, the nation’s largest senior living referral information service. The CEO’s previous work experience includes three years as senior vice president and general manager of Expedia.com and two years before that as senior vice president and general manager […]
In early February, Senior Housing News connected with Granger Cobb, the president and chief executive officer of Seattle, Wash.-based Emeritus Senior Living. Prior to joining the company, Cobb was the president, CEO, and director of Summerville Senior Living, which was acquired by Emeritus in 2007. He assumed his current roles in January 2011 and has more […]
Senior Housing News recently spoke with New England-based Benchmark Senior Living’s chairman and chief executive officer, Tom Grape, to get his perspective on the future of assisted living and the idea of an affordable model (he doesn’t exactly think it’s possible). Grape has been in the senior living industry for just about 20 years, and […]