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Keep a Five-Star Rating with Recruitment, Retention

by Jeff Shaw

CMS shifts have added regulatory pressure to staffing urgency. Take a new approach.  By Rishabh Parmar It is no secret that staffing shortages have consistently plagued skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), impacting patient care and staff satisfaction. But recent changes in Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) guidance have put additional pressure on leaders to solve this crisis. CMS recently updated its Five-Star quality rating system, adding measures for staff turnover and weekend staffing levels. Five-Star quality ratings not only impact insurance reimbursements but inform facility selection by consumers, families …

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Lument Hires Justin Elshire to Lead New Nashville Office

by Jeff Shaw

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Lument has hired Justin Elshire as a managing director to lead its new office in Nashville. Elshire is responsible for originating and structuring commercial mortgage loans for seniors housing and healthcare clients across the country, focusing primarily on Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Federal Housing Administration (FHA) and U.S. Department of Agriculture loan programs, as well Lument’s proprietary lending products. He will report to Aaron Becker, Lument’s head of seniors housing and healthcare production. Elshire has over 20 years of financial and commercial real estate experience, most recently …

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Anthem Memory Care Appoints Lebana Prahl as Executive Director of Willowbrook Place in Littleton, Colorado

by Jeff Shaw

LITTLETON, Colo. — Anthem Memory Care has named Lebana Prahl as executive director of Willowbrook Place in the Denver suburb of Littleton. She will oversee all daily care, programming and operations. Prahl previously was executive director for HighPointe Assisted Living & Memory Care in Denver. She has also served as executive director for Highlands Assisted Living and Memory Care in Lakeland, Florida. Prahl graduated with a bachelor’s degree in music therapy from Colorado State University. She is a certified dementia practitioner and brings over 26 years of senior living experience …

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MBK Senior Living Hires Becky Price as Vice President of Sales, Marketing

by Jeff Shaw

IRVINE, Calif. — MBK Senior Living, an Irvine-based owner-operator, has hired Rebecca “Becky” Price as vice president of sales and marketing. In her previous role as senior national sales director for Sunrise Senior Living, some of Price’s accomplishments included designing and implementing a sales support program for communities in ground-up development; managing the company-wide internet sales program; increasing team productivity through training and targeted coaching; developing a program for inbound leads with a 6.6 percent year-over-year growth; and partnering with leadership teams in successfully reaching goals and objectives in challenging …

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Anthem Memory Care Appoints Jamie Floyd as Regional Director of Sales, Marketing

by Jeff Shaw

LAKE OSWEGO, Ore. — Anthem Memory Care, a Lake Oswego-based operator, has named Jamie Floyd as regional director of sales and marketing. She is responsible for the overall sales and marketing of 12 communities in Illinois, Colorado, Minnesota, California and Kansas. Floyd previously was vice president, sales, new developments, acquisitions and sales training for Atria Senior Living. She also served as national sales specialist and regional sales manager with Atria and director of marketing and education for Odyssey Healthcare. Throughout her 37-year career in healthcare, Floyd has specialized in sales …

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Steps to Help Small Seniors Housing Owners Prepare for a Sale

by Sarah Daniels

The seniors housing market has had its fair share of well-documented struggles, including plunging occupancies during COVID-19 and continuing labor challenges. Like the rest of the commercial real estate market, the sector is now confronting higher interest rates and recession. Despite those headwinds, investor demand for seniors housing assets remains strong, says Dawn Davis, an advisor specializing in seniors housing and skilled nursing with NAI Greywolf in Milwaukee. But sellers are only now grudgingly coming to terms with the fact that, because capital has become more expensive, the price buyers …

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Arrow Senior Living Appoints Candace Johnson as Vice President of HR, Among Other Promotions

by Jeff Shaw

ST. CHARLES, Mo. — Arrow Senior Living has appointed Candace Johnson as vice president of human resources in its St. Charles-based home office; and announced promotions for Sophie Rich, Christie Masline and Matthew Enderle, serving communities in Arrow’s Illinois and Ohio markets. Candace Johnson recently joined Arrow’s home office team as vice president of human resources and associate general counsel. A licensed, practicing attorney, her expertise is in employment law and litigation. Sophie Rich began her career with Arrow as a regional operations specialist. Rich has been promoted to executive …

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Presbyterian Senior Living Promotes Kate Andreacci, Dan Krieger, Charles Gergits to New Roles

by Jeff Shaw

DILLSBURG, Pa. — Presbyterian Senior Living (PSL), a Dillsburg-based operator, has promoted Kate Andreacci to vice president of life plan services. In her new role, Andreacci will be responsible for the identification of future opportunities for expansion of programming, the development and implementation of strategy, and the assurance of quality service for the company’s portfolio of continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs). Andreacci has been with PSL for over five years and has served as senior executive director, regional director of operations and, most recently, regional vice president of operations. Dan …

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Oakmont Promotes Four to New Positions

by Jeff Shaw

IRVINE, Calif. — Oakmont Senior Living, an Irvine-based operator with 44 communities located across California and Nevada, has promoted four employees to executive leadership positions within the growing company. Andrew Moret was promoted to vice president of culinary operations from director of culinary services. Bringing more than 20 years of restaurant experience, eight years working in senior living and strong leadership cultivated amongst his team, Moret strives to continue to elevate the senior living dining experience. David Odien was promoted to vice president of facilities management David Odien from director …

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Attane Names Scott Kokotan as CEO, Lisa Pearre as Chief Client Officer

by Jeff Shaw

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Attane, a Kansas City-based seniors housing marketing firm, has named Scott Kokotan as president and chief executive officer. Kokotan has served as Attane’s chief financial and development officer since March 2019 and helped transform the company’s technology platform to streamline the delivery of marketing solutions. He succeeds Chris Egan who left Attane this summer to pursue chairperson and board member roles for a Kansas City-based technology business. To manage the company’s financial/accounting team as Kokotan leaves the department, Attane hired Catherine Felten as senior vice president. …

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