Senior living providers have succeeded in recruiting displaced hospitality workers during Covid-19 — but some positions are harder to hire for than others. Just ask Adam Kaplan, founder and CEO of Solera Senior Living, a Denver-based senior living provider with three senior living communities under management today and another six in the works. In March, […]
When interviewing for a job with Solera Senior Living earlier this year, Janale Flores went to the coworking space near Denver where the company’s corporate team was based. She got the job, but she never returned to that office space, due to Covid-19. “My first day was actually at home,” Flores told Senior Housing News. […]
Infection control procedures in senior living have come under intense scrutiny during the coronavirus pandemic. With the immediate crisis and response in the rearview mirror, providers are now turning to keeping their communities safe for the long haul, and are applying the lessons learned responding to the virus as states across the country gradually reopens. […]
Solera Senior Living CEO Adam Kaplan doesn’t have all of the answers to the senior living industry’s most pressing issues — but in the midst of a challenging year, he is seeking expert partners and is not afraid to adjust course in areas ranging from infection control to corporate diversity to new developments. In one […]
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Solera Senior Living hired Jamie Ranzan as president, in the latest hiring move for the growing Denver-based company. Ranzan comes to Solera from MorningStar Senior Living, where she was chief financial officer. She joined MorningStar in October 2016, as that company was beginning its own sustained period of growth, she told Senior Housing News in […]
Columbia Pacific-Singapore Press Holdings Canadian portfolio deal Columbia Pacific Advisors and Singapore Press Holdings mutually agreed to terminate a previously announced sale of a six-property, 717-unit Canadian senior housing portfolio due to global market instability stemming from the Covid-19 pandemic. The acquisition price was about $175 million, Deal Street Asia reported Wednesday. Singapore Press Holdings […]
A sizable portion of the U.S. hospitality workforce is out of work thanks to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic — and if senior living providers want to hire them, now is the time to start reaching out. That’s according to Adam Kaplan, founder and CEO of Solera Senior Living. The Denver-based provider, which has three communities […]
While the senior living industry grapples with how to meet the massive future demand for middle-market senior housing expected to grow over the next decade, the present is less grim than the past for seniors navigating their housing options, particularly in urban environments. Technology has made it possible for seniors to have meals and groceries […]
Chess champion Garry Kasparov once said, “Many people think that if something worked yesterday and is still working today, it will work tomorrow. That’s wrong.” Kasparov’s take on this mindset applies to senior living, which finds itself at a historic, pivotal moment. Baby boomers will come to the space demanding variety in care and amenities, […]