SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Cadence Living has hired Shelly Stewart-Girton as vice president of marketing for the mountain region. She will have principal responsibility over marketing and strategic solutions for the Cadence Living managed communities in Colorado. Stewart-Girton brings over 25 years of sales, real estate and nursing experience to Cadence, including over 10 years in the senior living Industry managing healthcare services and driving sales and marketing. She has served as a director of sales and marketing for Avenida Partners, MorningStar Senior Living and Brookdale Senior Living. Based in Scottsdale, …
SEBASTIAN, Fla. — Watercrest Senior Living Group has promoted James Brassard to executive director of Pelican Landing Assisted Living and Memory Care in Sebastian. The former executive director, Michelle Miller, was recently promoted to regional director of clinical operations. Brassard joined the Watercrest family in 2019 as director of sales at Palm Bay Memory Care, and was later promoted to executive director there. Brassard has extensive expertise in senior living start-ups and turn-around communities. A recipient of the FALA Sales and Marketing Director of the Year award, he has multi-site …
EAST AMHERST, N.Y. — Sunshine Retirement Living has hired Marion “Mimi” Piciullo as the new executive director of Juniper Glen Assisted Living and Memory Care in the Buffalo suburb of East Amherst. Piciullo is responsible for all day-to-day management and operations of the community, including financials, marketing, government and community relations. She will also oversee all health and safety programs, including new heightened procedures and protocols to prevent and mitigate COVID-19 infection, which includes a pioneering technology called Needlepoint Bipolar Ionization that eliminates 99.4 percent of the SARS-COVID-2 virus that …
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Commonwealth Senior Living has hired three new leadership team members to oversee the operations at Commonwealth’s portfolio of communities in the Northern, Southwest and Eastern/Peninsula regions. Monet Morris has been named senior regional vice president and both Victoria Leitgeb and Rebecca Sturtz have been named regional vice presidents. Morris has over 10 years of experience in the assisted living, personal care, and hospital industries. She is a licensed Assisted Living Administrator, LPN and has a bachelor’s degree in healthcare administration. She most recently served as market vice …
ATLANTA — Isaakson Living has hired Brandon O’Ree as the new executive director of The Terraces at Peachtree Hills Place, an assisted living, memory care, skilled nursing and short-term rehabilitation community in Atlanta’s upscale Buckhead neighborhood. O’Ree will be responsible for daily operations, including management, staffing and regulatory compliance of the 85-unit community. O’Ree has previously led teams at continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs) and senior healthcare facilities throughout the Southeast, including recently directing the daily operations for three properties encompassing 111 independent living apartments, 131 assisted living apartments and …
BONITA SPRINGS, Fla. — Discovery Senior Living, an owner-operator based in Bonita Springs, has appointed Akash Gaur as the first-ever division president to head up Discovery Development Group and Discovery Design Concepts, the senior living provider’s in-house development, construction and design companies. Gaur brings more than 20 years of real estate development and leadership experience. He has directed a wide range of commercial, mixed-use and hospitality projects on behalf of prominent, Atlanta-based development groups. He most recently served as director of development for Legacy Ventures, a post he occupied since …
CHICAGO — Waterton, a national real estate investor and operator, has hired Justin Dickinson as senior vice president of investments for Pathway to Living, the seniors housing arm of the Chicago-based firm. Dickinson will oversee the overall investment strategy for Pathway to Living, including acquisitions, dispositions and fundraising for all seniors housing transactions. He will also oversee ground-up development activity for Pathway to Living and will develop investment strategies on a national scale. Prior to joining Waterton, Dickinson was senior vice president of acquisitions/investments for Anthology Senior Living, the senior …
MCLEAN, Va. — Sunrise Senior Living, a McLean-based provider of senior living services, has appointed Nick Stengle as chief operating officer (COO) and Tavinder Hare as chief financial officer (CFO). Stengle brings more than 20 years of executive experience in growth strategy development, global operations and leading major organizational initiatives to Sunrise. Most recently, he served as chief operating officer of Kindred at Home, the largest home health provider in the U.S., where he supported a team of over 30,000 associates as they delivered care to more than 100,000 patients. …
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Using Technology to Address Challenges Exposed by COVID
COVID-19 made clear the need to overhaul technology capabilities in senior living facilities everywhere. The next wave of senior care’s tech evolution will encompass what the pandemic highlighted: a need for technologies that not only enhance residents’ physical safety, but their holistic wellbeing as well. The pandemic also brought to light a renewed focus on the importance of integrated technologies that improve staff efficiencies. As we explore the next generation of senior living’s technology evolution, it’s important to remember the foundation to all technology advancements: reliable Wi-Fi. The ability to …
IRVINE, Calif. — Sabra Health Care REIT Inc. (NASDAQ: SBRA) has announced that Harold Andrews, executive vice president, chief financial officer and secretary, will retire at the end of the year. Michael Costa, Sabra’s executive vice president of finance and chief accounting officer will take over the role of CFO. Andrews will remain in a consulting role with Sabra pursuant to a two-year consulting. Sabra will also begin searching for a replacement for Costa’s current position with the goal of filling that role by year end.