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Westminster Communities of Florida
Westminster Communities of Florida has named interim CEO Hank Keith as the organization’s permanent top leader. With the announcement, Westminster is putting to rest a leadership search that began with the departure of former CEO Terry Rogers last fall. Keith previously worked as the company’s CFO. The Orlando, Florida-based organization’s board of directors named Keith […]
Florida-based senior living operators have prepared for the arrival of Hurricane Milton by shoring up emergency plans and evacuating residents. As of Wednesday afternoon, the hurricane was barreling toward Florida, with an expected landfall late in the evening. According to the National Weather Service, the storm will bring a “potentially catastrophic” storm surge and flooding, […]
Senior housing operators are starting to see staffing stabilize and are pursuing a variety of strategies to win and retain quality hires. In particular, operators are still tweaking their methodologies in order to fill their hardest to hire roles such as registered nurses, licensed practical nurses and dining room staff. At LCS, said there have […]
Westminster Communities of Florida CEO Terry Rogers has left his role as the organization’s top leader, and CFO Hank Keith has stepped in to temporarily fill the spot. The Orlando, Florida-based senior living operator announced the leadership transition Wednesday. Keith has worked with Westminster for 32 years, most recently overseeing the organization’s finances as CFO. […]
Building in more flexibility to worker schedules is not a new strategy for the senior living industry. But in 2024, operators are still tweaking those strategies to improve their staffing practices. The concept has worked well in other customer-facing industries. After global retailer Ikea faced a turnover problem in 2022 and 2023, the company implemented […]
While staffing issues have moderated slightly from the doldrums of three years ago, senior living operators are still working to solve turnover rates among their ranks using initiatives to improve retention. In a new environment in which wage rates are seemingly permanently elevated compared to just a few years ago – with workers worthy of […]
As the era of the single-site and small-system operator comes to a close, organizations are increasingly looking to scale by affiliating with one another. While operators have long sought affiliations as a creative way to grow – particularly on the nonprofit side of the industry – the challenges of operations in recent years have pushed […]
The future of senior living wellness and dining lies in resident choice, tech-enabled efficiency — and maybe boxing. These are all examples of strategies operators including Westminster Communities of Florida, Liberty Senior Living and Integral Senior Living (ISL), are exploring or implementing in 2023. They are doing so not only to bolster their wellness and […]
As the senior living labor pool continues to shrink, operators are finding ways to reinvent old tactics for attracting prospective employees and finding new ways to combat staffing issues. It’s no secret that operators are facing recruitment and retention issues amid a highly competitive labor market. The assisted living workforce contracted 6.7% between February 2020 […]
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