Transform Podcast #47: Danette Opaczewski, COO, Revel Communities

Senior living providers will need to come up with a new playbook to attract the baby boomers in the post-pandemic world — and boutique hotels could provide a roadmap for that reinvention. Danette Opaczewski, executive vice president of resident experience and COO at Revel Communities — the senior living brand of The Wolff Company — […]

Transform episode #46: Patrice Johnson, Director of Partner Success, Medication Management Partners

This episode of Transform is sponsored by Medication Management Partners. The Crestwood, Illinois-based company provides medication management and is a dedicated pharmacy partner for assisted living, memory care, and behavioral health communities across the country. Over the past few months, MMP has helped its senior living partners hold vaccination clinics — and Director of Partner […]

Transform episode #45: Pacific Retirement Services CEO Eric Sholty

Pacific Retirement Services (PRS) was in talks with eight different universities last year when the pandemic hit, putting forward progress on ice. But the Medford, Oregon-based organization’s new CEO, Eric Sholty, believes demand for these types of projects will come back when conditions in the senior living industry return to normal. In addition to its […]

New PRS CEO: Mirabella at ASU Filling Up, Demand for University Senior Living Projects Will Return

Pacific Retirement Services (PRS) was in talks for new senior housing projects with eight different universities last year when the pandemic hit and demand for those projects dried up. But that doesn’t worry Eric Sholty, who took the reins as the Medford, Oregon-based organization’s new president and CEO on Jan. 1. Sholty believes it’s only […]

Transform episode #44: Paul Griffin III, Founder, CEO, and President of Griffin Living

This episode of Transform is sponsored by Griffin Living, a family-run company that develops and operates senior living communities throughout the U.S. Though Griffin Living has encountered challenges related to Covid-19, CEO and Founder Paul Griffin III believes the industry has another lofty challenge ahead in re-engaging residents and reopening to the world once the […]

Transform episode #43: Revera CEO Tom Wellner

Revera is one of the biggest names in North American senior housing, serving 20,000 older adults in long term care homes and retirement residences in Canada, and as the majority shareholder in Sunrise Senior Living. Like senior living providers of all sizes, Revera was affected by the Covid-19 in myriad ways. In an effort to […]

Transform Podcast #42: John Atkinson of Willis Towers Watson

The senior living and long term care insurance marketplace has been hardening significantly over the last few years, and 2021 will continue to see deepening rate increases, capacity shortages and coverage retrenchments. That’s according to the latest Willis Towers Watson marketplace realities report for senior living and long-term care. On this episode of Transform, Willis […]

Transform Podcast #41: Rob Leinbach of Cadence Living

Cadence Living entered 2020 thinking it would pursue some interesting acquisition opportunities. That was before the pandemic. But Cadence managed to grow last year in other ways, such as by inking new third-party management agreements, according to Principal Rob Leinbach. Today, the Scottsdale, Arizona-based company has 28 communities in its portfolio and more coming down the pike. Cadence is […]