Movers & Shakers: Senior Lifestyle’s New COO

Senior Lifestyle Announces New COO Chicago-based owner, operator and developer Senior Lifestyle Corp. announced the appointment of Lisa A. Fordyce as COO, where she will be responsible for leading the company’s operational business strategies and care initiatives. Before joining Senior Lifestyle, Fordyce served as a vice president of operations at Emeritus Senior Living, leading its […]

In the Pipeline: Senior Housing Construction Projects (11/19/15)

Construction: Planned Presbyterian SeniorCare Plans Memory Care Community for Pa.  Presbyterian SeniorCare this week announced plans to build a new memory care community—the first of its kind for Washington County, Pa. Woodside Place of Washington will be based on the Woodside Place of Oakmont community, one of the first residential Alzheimer’s care facilities in the […]

In the Pipeline: Senior Housing Construction Projects (4/30/15)

Construction: Planned Aspire Development Partners, The Arbor Company Plan Ga. Community Ga.-based Aspire Development Partners and The Arbor Company recently announced plans for the development of a cutting-edge senior living community in Georgia’s Cherokee County. The project site is located on Sixes Road near the master-planned Bridge Mill Golf and Country Club community. Construction, which […]

In the Pipeline: Senior Housing Construction Projects (4/23/15)

Construction: Planned Legend Senior Living Proposes $80 Million Project for Golf Club Redevelopment Wichita, Kan.-based Legend Senior Living recently submitted a proposal to build an $80 million community as part of a 136-acre redevelopment of the Meadowbrook Golf & Country Club in Prairie Village, Kan., reports Kansas City Business Journal. Legend, which owns and operates […]

Ziegler, LeadingAge Rank Top 150 Nonprofit Senior Living Providers

LeadingAge and Ziegler have teamed once again to release their collaborative analysis of the largest not-for-profit senior living providers in the U.S., but this year the rankings go beyond the traditional top-100 to include the 150 largest organizations in the first-ever LZ 150. Now in its 11th edition, the LZ 150 ranks the largest nonprofit […]

Movers & Shakers — People and Positions for October, Part I

Lifespace Communities CCRC Hires New Executive Chef Urbandale, Iowa-based Deerfield, a Lifespace Communities CCRC, has welcomed Justin Comer as its new executive chef.  Comer brings to the position more than 20 years of culinary experience, serving in top roles at several area restaurants. He has worked as an executive chef at Centro and as the […]

Movers & Shakers — People and Positions for August, Part II

Ohio-Based Otterbein Names New Executive Director at Cincinnati Area CCRC Otterbein Senior Lifestyle Choices has named Bill Wexler as the new executive director at its continuing care retirement community (CCRC) in Lebanon, Ohio, part of the Cincinnati metro area.  Wexler had been chief operating officer since last year at Ohio-based Deaconess Long Term Care, which owns […]

In the Pipeline: Senior Housing Construction Projects (8/7/14)

Construction: Planned Developer to Build $17MM, 124-Unit Affordable Senior Housing in Texas Miller-Valentine Group, a Dayton, Ohio-based real estate developer, plans to build a $17.7 million, 124-unit affordable senior housing community in Fort Worth, Texas, reports Fort Worth Business Press. The Reserve at McAlister community will sit on 7.5 acres and will include 22 rental […]

Iowa Lifespace Communities CCRC Files Prepackaged Chapter 11 Bankruptcy

An Iowa life care retirement community voluntarily filed for prepackaged Chapter 11 bankruptcy last Friday, citing the economic downturn’s “significant adverse impact” on the community’s ability to attract new residents into its independent living units. Deerfield Retirement Community Inc. in Urbandale, Iowa is a 224-unit continuing care retirement community sponsored and managed by Lifespace Communities […]

Skilled Nursing: Staffing Doctors is New Necessity

Investing in partnerships with physicians pays off for skilled nursing providers who can reap the benefits of fewer unnecessary hospital readmissions and a higher likelihood of continued hospital referrals.  Nursing homes will have to learn to adapt to new systems and requirements, said Dr. Theodore Homa, medical director at Arlington Heights, Ill.-based Lutheran Homes, during […]