Seniors housing technology has long been focused on health and safety — keeping residents safe from falls, managing medicines and addressing health changes that require a doctor’s oversight. But the future of seniors housing may lie more in the direction
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MAPLE GROVE, Minn. — Grace Management Inc., a Maple Grove-based operator, has hired Sarah Moriyama as national director of hospitality and engagement. Moriyama will provide support, inspiration and training for hospitality and engagement to all of Grace Management’s senior living
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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Cadence Living, a Scottsdale-based operator, has hired Randi Cohen as vice president of media and marketing. Cohen will have principal responsibility for all media and marketing strategy of Cadence’s growing portfolio of senior living communities. Cohen brings
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LEANDER, Texas — True Connection Communities (TCC) has expanded its operating platform with the addition of Skye Luxury Senior Living, a 156-apartment independent living community in Leander, a northwestern suburb of Austin. A value-add opportunity, TCC plans to upgrade the
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WALTHAM, Mass. — EPOCH Senior Living has promoted Kristine Tilton from an executive director position to vice president of operations for Waterstone Senior Living. Tilton will now be responsible for the operational oversight of all current and future communities. Waltham-based
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SEBASTIAN, Fla. — Watercrest Senior Living Group has promoted Michelle Miller to executive director of Pelican Landing Assisted Living and Memory Care in Sebastian. Miller will replace Kim Sviben, who was recently promoted to area director of operations. Miller joined
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A little over a year after visitor restrictions were put into place to help protect residents from COVID-19, Brookdale communities across the country are now able to lift those restrictions to allow both outdoor and indoor visits,
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VERO BEACH, Fla. — Watercrest Senior Living Group has promoted Kim Sviben to the role of area director of operations, leading the company’s growing Southeast portfolio. Sviben joined the Watercrest family in 2017 as resident wellness director, later becoming executive
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SOUTHFIELD, Mich. — American House Senior Living Communities, a Southfield-based operator, has hired Mary Anderson for the role of chief human resources officer. Anderson will also serve as the chief human resources officer for affiliated companies REDICO and Continuum Services.
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APPLETON and STEVENS POINT, Wis. — Health Dimensions Group (HDG) has taken over operations of two seniors housing communities in Wisconsin. The repositioning of Brookdale Appleton to Dimensions Living Appleton and Brookdale Stevens Point to Dimensions Living Stevens Point took
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COVID-19 broke seniors’ trust, and successful communities must repair it. By Raj Shah, CareSafely Running a seniors housing business is an inherently risky proposition. As an operator, you are trusted with caring for residents and patients with complex and persistent
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OAK LAWN, Ill. — Anthem Memory Care has named Allison Rackow as executive director of Grace Point Place, an Anthem community in Oak Lawn, a suburb of Chicago. Rackow previously was executive director at nearby Sunrise Senior Living of Palos
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BONITA SPRINGS, Fla. — Owner-operator Discovery Senior Living has launched a centralized contact center at its Bonita Springs home office. The center will position a team of inside sales specialists who will engage with all new prospects, create more detailed
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Atria Senior Living, a Louisville-based operator of independent and assisted living communities across the United States and Canada, has assumed management of 21 independent living communities owned by New Senior Investment Group (NYSE: SNR). The communities are
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SAN RAFAEL, Calif. — Kisco Senior Living has named Ricardo Romero as the new executive director of Drake Terrace in the Bay Area city of San Rafael. Romero brings more than 13 years of senior living experience to his new
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FISHERS, Ind. — AHEPA Affordable Housing Management Co. (AMC) has reached an agreement with Gardant Management Solutions to assume management of two affordable assisted living lifestyle communities located in Indiana, effective March 1. Through its newly launched subsidiary, Hellenic Management
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On Feb 16., Seniors Housing Business and sponsor Philips hosted the webinar “Seniors Housing Vaccine Rollout and Infectious Disease Prevention: An Operations Playbook.” How are operators handling logistical, emotional, ethical and strategic concerns involved with vaccination? How to encourage healthy behavior for
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As the COVID-19 vaccine rolls out around the country, nobody is more excited to put the pandemic behind them than seniors housing operators. The disease has driven occupancy to record-low rates, while 39 percent of all deaths from the disease
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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Cadence Living has hired Pat Teske as vice president of facilities management. Teske will have principal responsibility for preventative maintenance, director management, renovation planning and plant management of Cadence’s portfolio of senior living communities. He joins Cadence
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BURR RIDGE, Ill. — Health Dimensions Group (HDG) has taken over management of Brookdale Burr Ridge, with plans to reposition the community and rebrand it as Dimensions Living Burr Ridge. Burr Ridge is located near the Des Plaines river approximately
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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Cadence Living has hired Deborah Osterhaudt as vice president of operations for the Southeast region. Osterhaudt will have principal responsibility for operational success of Cadence’s growing portfolio of senior living communities in the Southeast. She has over
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BEAUMONT, Texas — Buckner Retirement Services has named Shane Gabis as the executive director of Buckner Calder Woods in Beaumont, located east of Houston near the Louisiana border. Gabis previously worked for senior living provider Life Care Services in various
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ST. CHARLES, Mo. — Arrow Senior Living, a St. Charles-based operator, has hired Katie Cook and Mary Jane Harris as executive directors, and Crystal Parrish and Brooke Glenn regional wellness directors. Glenn is a registered nurse with more than 20
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ELK GROVE and ROSEVILLE, Calif. — National operator Pegasus Senior Living has added two Brookdale communities, located in the Sacramento suburbs of Elk Grove and Roseville, to its portfolio of communities. The additions bring Pegasus’ total portfolio to 38 communities.
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SAN ANTONIO — The Ensign Group Inc. (NASDAQ: ENSG) has acquired the operations of San Pedro Manor, a 150-bed skilled nursing facility in San Antonio. The acquisition was effective Feb. 1, and will be subject to a long-term, triple-net lease.
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On Jan. 28, Seniors Housing Business and sponsor V&IG hosted the webinar “Seniors Housing Valuation Outlook: What’s Ahead for 2021?” The panel discussion focused on what the marketplace looks like now (who is transacting now and what sorts of deals are happening, occupancy rates,
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DALLAS — Capital Senior Living Corp. (NYSE: CSU), a Dallas-based seniors housing operator, has launched Magnolia Trails to meet the growing need for individualized programming for residents receiving memory care services. Magnolia Trails evolved out of one of the company’s communities
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