TULSA, BROKEN ARROW, MUSKOGEE and TAHLEQUAH, Okla. — Longview Senior Housing has expanded its relationship with 12 Oaks Senior Living to manage four additional assisted living and memory care communities in Oklahoma. 12 Oaks has assumed management of The Grove at Midtown in Tulsa, Cedar Ridge Senior Living in Broken Arrow, Azalea Gardens Memory Care in Muskogee and Heritage Grove at Tahlequah. These communities augment six Texas senior living properties 12 Oaks is currently managing for Longview Senior Housing.
WESTMINSTER, Md. — Lutheran Social Ministries of Maryland has named Scott Edens as executive director of Carroll Lutheran Village (CLV) in Westminster, 30 miles northwest of Baltimore. Edens provides leadership oversight of day-to-day operations, including following federal, state and local laws, regulations and standards governing long-term care facilities. With over 30 years of senior living experience, Edens has planned and coordinated renovation projects for two health care campuses, led three regions of 28 skilled nursing facilities, planned and directed an improvement process to increase admissions at four health care centers, …
SPRINGFIELD, Ore. — Ridgeline Management Co. has reestablished its relationship with Bayberry Commons, a 62-unit assisted living and memory care community in Springfield. The community opened in 2007, and Ridgeline formerly operated the property for an undisclosed period. Bayberry Commons allows Ridgeline to expand its existing footprint in Oregon, where Chateau Gardens, a 22-unit memory care community, is less than two miles away. In Oregon, Ridgeline also manages Waverly Place in Albany, as well as home health company Wellness at Home.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Charter Senior Living has taken over management duties at The Village at Primacy Place in Memphis. Formerly known as Rose Terrace Assisted Living, the community offers assisted living services. The Village at Primacy Place increases the family of Charter Senior Living retirement communities to more than 40 throughout the U.S.
Safety, luxury and socialization all take on new meanings as marketing and sales teams change their approaches from pre-pandemic times. By Jeff Shaw March 2020 represented an abrupt and dramatic shift in how seniors housing units were sold to prospective residents. As the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic led to lockdowns across the country, suddenly operators had to shift from selling luxury and lifestyle to safety from a virus that was more likely to kill seniors than any other demographic. That is, if a community’s local governments allowed move-ins …
PENNSYLVANIA — As part of a larger restructuring between a public REIT and its regional operator, Blueprint has arranged the re-tenanting of six skilled nursing facilities and an assisted living community in Pennsylvania. A regional operator was selected to manage the communities under a new master lease with the REIT owner. This is the first partnership between the two companies. Further details were not disclosed.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — SantaFe Senior Living, a Gainesville-based operator of three senior living communities in North Central and South Florida, has appointed Ron Jennette as its new president and chief operating officer. Jennette will oversee The Village at Gainesville, The Terraces at Bonita Springs and East Ridge at Cutler Bay. The organization is part of the larger SantaFe HealthCare organization. He will report to Larry Schreiber, president and CEO for all affiliated businesses of SantaFe HealthCare. Jennette has been in the senior living industry since 1994, both as a CFO …
IRVINE, Calif. — Oakmont Senior Living, an Irvine-based operator with over 40 communities in California and Nevada, has promoted Scott Carlson to senior vice president of operations. Carlson joined Oakmont Senior Living in 2017 as the regional vice president of operations supporting the Northern California communities. Prior to Oakmont, he worked for Brookdale Senior Living, where he served in management positions including executive director, district director of sales and district director of operations. Carlson’s previous experience also includes serving as regional director of memory care for Sunrise Senior Living. Over …
TOLEDO, Ohio — Welltower Inc. (NYSE: WELL), a Toledo-based healthcare REIT, has agreed to acquire 33 seniors housing communities totaling 2,787 units in Michigan, Ohio and Tennessee. The purchase price is $548 million. The communities will be acquired as three separate portfolios from undisclosed sellers. The communities were available for purchase because the lease-up process was heavily damaged by the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. With occupancy at only 63 percent, Welltower expects the communities will greatly improve their performance in 2023 and beyond. Welltower will install Michigan-based senior living operator …
Improved circulation and purification methods can help prevent viral spread. By Jie Zhao, Delos Labs We now know that SARS-Cov-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19) is primarily spread through the air. There are three main modes of transmission: direct exposure to exhaled droplets and particles in the air; inhalation of fine respiratory droplets and aerosol particles; and touching surfaces where those particles have attached to and then touching your eyes, nose or mouth. While larger respiratory droplets quickly fall onto surfaces, smaller aerosolized particles containing SARS-CoV-2 can remain suspended in …