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.
PHILADELPHIA — Pennrose, a developer based in Philadelphia, has hired Tom Anderson to its executive development team as senior vice president of development. Anderson will lead Pennrose’s strategic expansion into the Midwest and Mountain regions. In addition to providing leadership for an expanding development team, he will also provide executive representation of Pennrose among industry organizations and associations, financial partners, design and construction partners, housing authorities, and state agencies. Prior to Pennrose, Anderson spent six years as managing director of Cohen-Esrey Development Group, an affordable housing developer. In this role, …
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Oxford Finance LLC, a specialty finance firm based in Alexandria, has hired Kevin Harbour to its healthcare services real estate and asset-based lending team. As managing director, Harbour will be responsible for continuing the firm’s real estate bridge lending programs; developing new financial offerings, including structured equity and acquisition lines of credit for qualified healthcare companies; expanding Oxford’s asset-based lending platform in all healthcare sectors; and managing the firm’s associated business development and underwriting teams. Harbour brings 18 years of healthcare lending experience to Oxford. He spent …
MCKINNEY, Texas — Proveer Senior Living has hired Steven Crittenden as chief administration officer. Crittenden will be responsible for project evaluations, as well as coordination of the financial activities for acquisitions, new developments and turnaround opportunities in support of daily operations. He has a background in finance and commercial real estate accounting, focusing on financial modeling and data analytics. Prior to joining Proveer, Crittenden managed a seniors housing portfolio as director of financial planning and analysis. Additionally, he held the chief financial officer role for a senior living management company …