CINCINNATTI — Omnicare, a CVS Health company based in Cincinnati that provides pharmacy services for seniors housing communities, has appointed Ahmed Hassan as its president. Previously, Hassan served as the vice president and general manager of PBM Care Management, overseeing operations, clinical excellence, product development, sales and account management for Caremark’s Care Management portfolio, including Accordant, Transform Diabetes Care and Health Advisor. Before joining CVS Health in 2015, Hassan held various leadership positions across a range of healthcare and technology organizations in strategy, operations and product management. This experience includes …
NEWTON, Mass. — AlerisLife Inc. (NASDAQ: ALR), a Newton-based operator, has appointed Jeff Leer as president and chief executive officer. Leer was already serving in both roles on an interim basis. He will also continue to serve as chief financial officer of ALR until a replacement is appointed. ALR also announced that the healthcare consulting arm of Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) concluded a comprehensive operational review and made recommendations to the board of directors. The recommendations made by A&M include cost reductions and a corporate reorganization that is designed to …
DES MOINES, Iowa — The LCS Foundation, a nonprofit charitable organization supporting the senior living industry, has named Elisa Baptiste as its new board president. Baptiste succeeds the LCS Foundation’s founder and former LCS CEO, Ed Kenny, who has served as board president since 2017. Kenny will continue to serve as a member of the board. Baptiste has served on the LCS Foundation board since 2017 and has served as the chair of the Emergency Relief Fund Committee. She is currently the senior vice president and chief operating officer for …
ST. LOUIS — Sherpa, a St. Louis-based technology company serving seniors housing, has hired Lana Peck to guide the company’s expansion into a range of research and analytics services. As vice president of research and analytics, Peck will lead Sherpa’s future data initiatives. Peck has become a familiar voice in the senior living industry with a nearly six-year tenure as senior principal at the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care (NIC). Peck has authored more than 120 articles on senior housing data and trends as well as publishing …
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
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, …
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 …
Erickson Hires Chandra Kumar as Executive Director of Charlestown Community in Catonsville, Maryland
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 …
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 …
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.