ST. LOUIS — Chapters Living, a St. Louis-based assisted living operator, has hired Becky Kaufmann and Tyler Brady to its team. Kaufmann joins Chapters as the senior vice president of quality of life and memory support. With over 16 years of experience as a healthcare executive with an emphasis on senior living, Kaufmann will develop both the memory care programming and total quality management platforms. With over 13 years of financial analysis and strategy experience, Brady joins the company as senior vice president of strategic finance. He will lead the …
FRISCO, Texas — Ridgeline Management Co. has taken over operations of Parsons House of Frisco, renaming the property The Ridge at Frisco. The Ridge at Frisco is a three-story assisted living community that has served the Frisco area since 2001. The Ridge at Frisco is the fourth community added to the Ridgeline’s portfolio in recent months. It joins The Peaks at Millcreek in Salt Lake City; The Ridge at Oregon City in Oregon City, Oregon; and Ridge at The Stratford in Phoenix. These communities are a part of an aggressive …
PHILADELPHIA — It is common to hear operators proudly profess that it’s their culture that allows them to be top employers in the seniors housing industry, helping to face the massive labor shortage within the sector. However, “culture” can be a nebulous word, and employee surveys show that what employees say makes for a good culture is far different from what the employers believe, according to Charles Turner, CEO of shift-filling software platform KARE. Turner, a former president of two operators in previous positions, didn’t pull punches regarding the overuse …
FORT WASHINGTON, Pa. — Acts Retirement-Life Communities, a nonprofit operator based in Fort Washington, has added James Glynn, Heinz Hegmann and Dr. Daniel Middlebrooks to its board of directors. Glynn is co-founder (now retired) of GlynnDevins, one of the leading technology-enabled marketing agencies serving the senior living category. He is a frequent presenter at national and state trade associations. He started in senior living in 1981 as the vice president of marketing at John Knox Village. He holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from Rockhurst University. Hegmann is a retired …
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Webinar: What Will 2023 Hold for Seniors Housing Investment & Acquisition Activity?
In an uncertain time for the seniors housing industry, the “What Will 2023 Hold for Seniors Housing Investment & Acquisition Activity?” webinar focused on what’s influencing the landscape now and what is likely to affect it in the near future. The Dec. 8 panel discussion, hosted by Seniors Housing Business and sponsored by Valuation & Information Group, delved into tough topics like wages and staffing; inflation; the costs of debt and equity; government reimbursement; and other economic factors to illuminate what we can expect in 2023. Tune in …
INDIANA — Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors has arranged an operator switch for a portfolio of 19 skilled nursing facilities and nine assisted living communities in Indiana. The owner is a joint venture group and the new operator is a Midwest-focused company. The outgoing operator has expressed its intention to not renew its lease.
WESTMONT, Ill. — Cambridge Realty Capital Cos. has provided a $18.1 million HUD Lean loan to refinance Bria of Westmont, a skilled nursing facility in Westmont, approximately 20 miles west of downtown Chicago. Andrew Erkes, Cambridge President, said Cambridge provided the fully amortized, 35-year loan to an Illinois limited liability company. Cambridge Realty Capital Ltd. of Illinois, the Cambridge business that specializes in underwriting FHA-insured HUD loans, underwrote the loan. Bria of Westmont is a 215-bed skilled nursing facility. It provides a range of skilled services and programs, including short-term …
By Sara Aristizabal, Delos Labs For over two years, people in the United States and around the world have lived under varying levels of precautionary measures to control the outbreak of COVID-19. Mandatory masking, vaccinations, social distancing and stay-at-home restrictions helped to slow the spread of the virus and prevent deaths. Inadvertently, these governmental policies also reduced respiratory infections that only a few years ago were of great concern, particularly among older adults and children, including influenza and the respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV. Recently, however, many countries have either …
DALLAS — Buckner Retirement Services, a Dallas-based operator, has named Allison Vanderford to the position of senior director of sales. Vanderford will provide sales leadership and strategic support for the six Texas communities operated by the faith-based, nonprofit senior living provider. Vanderford previously worked as vice president of sales for Integrated Real Estate Group in Dallas, managing its Integrated Senior Lifestyles property portfolio. She has also held sales leadership roles at Elan Westpointe (Life Care Services) in New Braunfels, Comfort Keepers in San Antonio, and Westminster in Austin. Vanderford has …
TUCSON, Ariz. — 12 Oaks Senior Living has taken over operations of Copper Canyon Memory Care & Transitional Assisted Living in Tucson. 12 Oaks intends to expand and enhance the service offerings at the community while restoring stability and planning for long-term growth. Copper Canyon augments four other senior living properties that 12 Oaks currently manages for the same ownership group.