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The Rise of the Regionals

by Jeff Shaw

Regional owners and operators are enjoying a goldilocks moment as local hands-on management gains favor in the wake of the pandemic. By Jane Adler Regional companies may have found their sweet spot.  Last October, the real estate investment trust Ventas (NYSE: VTR) announced that it would transition operations of 90 of its owned senior living communities from Eclipse Senior Living to eight regional operators. Chicago-based Ventas said in a statement at the time that the communities had been adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and would be best positioned for …

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Erickson Senior Living Promotes Melissa Robson to Executive Director of Greenspring in Springfield, Virginia

by Jeff Shaw

SPRINGFIELD, Va. — Erickson Senior Living has named Melissa Robson as executive director of Greenspring in Springfield. Robson has served as associate executive director of Greenspring since 2018. Robson, a registered nurse, has over 25 years of experience working in various health care settings. She holds a bachelor’s degree in nursing from Gardner-Webb University and a master’s in health administration from Pfeiffer University.

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Outsourced HR Meets the Challenges of Senior Living Staffing

by Sarah Daniels

Due to the nature of their clientele, senior living operators continually need to market their services to attract prospective new residents. But it’s not just new residents that they need to attract: it’s new employees as well. For the reality is that the senior living market faces some of the highest employee turnover rates in the service industry: upwards of 50 percent annually. Multiple factors are the culprit, including lower-than-average salaries, the difficulties of working with an aging and often high-acuity population, as well as few perceived opportunities for advancement, …

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Claiborne Names Cindy Swink as Regional Sales Director

by Jeff Shaw

HATTIESBURG, Miss. — Claiborne Senior Living, a Hattiesburg-based operator has hired Cindy Swink as a regional sales director. Swink joins a team of regional sales directors who are responsible for coaching, monitoring and driving occupancy at the community level. She will be responsible for designated communities within The Claiborne portfolio. Swink is a regional sales and marketing leader with multi-state territory management experience. She has senior living leadership experience in independent living, assisted living and memory care communities. She is also a subject matter expert in business development, as well …

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Erickson Hires Chandra Kumar as Executive Director of Charlestown Community in Catonsville, Maryland

by Jeff Shaw

CATONSVILLE, Md. — Erickson Senior Living has named Chandra Kumar, a longtime Erickson leader, as executive director of Charlestown in Catonsville, a first-ring suburb of Baltimore. Kumar comes to Charlestown from Greenspring, another Erickson Senior Living community in Springfield, Va. She joined Erickson Senior Living in 2014 as the associate executive director of Riderwood in Silver Spring, Md. and was promoted to executive director at Greenspring in 2016. Kumar is a licensed nursing home administrator. She holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting and gerontology from the University of Maryland and …

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Life Care Services Names Ashley Wade as Executive Director of Broadview at Purchase College

by Jeff Shaw

RYE BROOK, N.Y. — Life Care Services (LCS) has promoted Ashley Wade to executive director of Broadview – Senior Living at Purchase College. The LCS-operated, university-based retirement community is currently under construction at the Purchase College, SUNY campus in Rye Brook, located along the Connecticut border northeast of New York City. Wade will oversee and manage all operations at Broadview, including leadership for the community, direct and indirect supervision of staff, management of Broadview facilities, collaboration with Purchase College, and ensuring residents’ safety, security and satisfaction. Wade has served as …

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EPA’s Clean Air Guidelines Put Pressure on Owners, Operators to Meet the Challenge

by Jeff Shaw

By Marshal Sterio, CEO, Surgically Clean Air There is nothing as important as the air we breathe. But while we can’t live without it, air is sometimes the very thing that makes us sick. From COVID-19 to seasonal allergies and the common cold, so many unpleasant or dangerous illnesses are carried on the air. This makes enclosed indoor spaces particularly treacherous when it comes to staying healthy, as the lack of places for air to escape means contaminated air particles build up over time. Some microbes can live on a …

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Claiborne Senior Living Names Shauna Shockley as Vice President of Sales

by Jeff Shaw

HATTIESBURG, Miss. — Claiborne Senior Living, a Hattiesburg-based operator, has hired Shauna Shockley as its vice president of sales. Shockley is responsible for all aspects of the organization’s sales and occupancy strategies. Shockley has over two decades of experience with large regional operators throughout the United States such as Frontier Management, Prestige Care and Spectrum Retirement Communities.

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Arrow Senior Living Names Five New Executive Directors in the Midwest

by Jeff Shaw

ST. CHARLES, Mo. — St. Charles-based Arrow Senior Living has named Steven Bunch, Lee Bohannon-Smith, Rhonda Nelson, Logan Harrington and Lisa Ford to its growing team of executive directors. Steven Bunch brings more than 30 years’ experience to his new role at The Madison Senior Living in Kansas City. In addition to his expertise in independent and assisted living, Bunch also worked in skilled nursing, residential care and memory care, serving in a number of leadership roles including vice president of operations at Capital Health Management Inc. He earned a …

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Ridgeline Names Jarett Yach as Executive Director of The Ridge at Madison in Wisconsin

by Jeff Shaw

MADISON, Wis. — Ridgeline Management Company has hired Jarett Yach as executive director of The Ridge at Madison in Madison. Yach started working with the senior population as a nutritional aide at the age of 15. He became a Certified Nursing Assistant at the age of 16 and has been in senior care since. Yach has advanced in his career throughout the years by working as a director of resident services, director of community relations and as a certified CBRF administrator.

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