In the Nov. 4 Seniors Housing Business webinar “Seniors Housing Middle Market Conundrum — Development Challenges in Today’s Environment,” panelists Craig Abbott and Mike Edwin of Health Dimensions Group weighed in on the challenges of developing products for the middle market. They describe demographic and development trends, plus strategies to meet changing needs. “The pandemic exacerbated the development challenges for those in the middle market by bringing with it higher retail and labor costs, higher costs of operations due to regulatory requirements of disease and infection management, PPU increases, as well as other …
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BEACHWOOD, Ohio — Sunshine Retirement Living has named Brandy Delp as the executive director of Windsor Heights Assisted Living and Memory Care of Beachwood in the suburbs of Cleveland. In her new role, Delp is responsible for all day-to-day management and operations of the community, including financials, marketing, and 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. A licensed practical nurse (LPN), Delp is also a certified dementia practitioner and a certified executive …
PHILADELPHIA — Pennrose, a Philadelphia-based developer of multiple types of real estate including seniors housing, has hired Dave Craft as vice president of maintenance. In this role, Craft will be responsible for oversight of maintaining the physical assets of all sites in the organization, executing capital plans, managing on-site insurance claims administration, recruiting and training of Regional Maintenance Managers, and managing the teams that contribute to these activities. With nearly 20 years of maintenance and construction experience, Craft most recently served as director of maintenance for TM Associates Management Inc., …
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — LeadingAge Florida has hired Lesley Martin as the association’s director of education and events. Martin joins the association from Meeting Expectations where she served as senior manager. In her new role, she will be responsible for the development of comprehensive education plans and coordinating all association educational and other events, including the annual convention. At the professional services firm Meeting Expectations, Martin managed the planning, logistics timelines, reports and budget updates for client events, including large international conventions.
CARLSBAD, Calif. — Integral Senior Living (ISL), a Carlsbad-based operator, has named Shelley Speer as its new regional director of sales and marketing. Speer comes to ISL with more than 20 years of experience in the senior living industry, and has spent many of those years in management or marketing positions. In her most recent position as a regional manager for the northwest and north California region at A Place for Mom, she was responsible for talent development, coaching and managing a sales team of 19 advisors. In her new …
Blake Management Group Promotes Morgan Walter to Area Director of Operations in Mississippi
by Jeff Shaw
JACKSON, Miss. — Blake Management Group (BMG), a Jackson-based operator, has promoted Morgan Walter to area director of operations in Mississippi. Walter was formerly the executive director at The Blake at Oxford, one of the company’s communities. In her new position she will supervise and oversee operations across all four Blake locations in the state: The Blake at Oxford, The Blake at Flowood, The Blake at Township and The Claiborne at Adelaide. Walter will direct the four Mississippi Blake locations in strategic growth initiatives, daily operations and the development and …
VANCOUVER, Wash. — JEA Senior Living has hired Christopher Belford as CEO, effective Nov. 1. Belford has nearly 30 years of executive operations experience in the seniors housing industry, working for multiple leading operators across the continuum of care. He most recently served as executive vice president at American Healthcare Investors (AHI) where he managed 140 communities within the company’s portfolio of seniors housing, skilled nursing and hospital assets throughout the United States and the United Kingdom. Before joining AHI, Belford was president of Brookdale Senior Living’s Western division, managing …
NAPLES, Fla. — Moorings Park Communities, an operator based in Naples, has hired Dr. David Linz as site lead physician at the company’s Center for Healthy Living. Linz graduated Summa Cum Laude from Tufts University with a bachelor’s degree in biology. After earning his M.D. from Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston, he served his internship and residency at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center in Pittsburgh. Linz currently serves as chief medical informatics officer for NCH Healthcare Systems. He is also a core faculty member of NCH Healthcare …
Presbyterian Senior Living Promotes Maggie Bowley to Vice President of Resource Development
by Jeff Shaw
DILLSBURG, Pa — Presbyterian Senior Living (PSL), a nonprofit operator based in Dillsburg, has promoted Maggie Bowley to vice president of resource development. Bowley has been with PSL for nine years and has more than 30 years of nonprofit fundraising experience. Prior to her appointment, Bowley served PSL as senior director of resource development. She began her career at PSL as a grant writer in 2011. Prior to that, Bowley worked for such organizations as Gaudenzia Inc., Mid-Penn Legal Services and Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Capital Region, as …
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Webinar: Conversation Technology As A Game Changer — Increasing Sales Effectiveness in Seniors Housing
In an October 14 Seniors Housing Business webinar titled “Conversation Technology As A Game Changer: Increasing Sales Effectiveness in Seniors Housing,” panelists discussed how technology can allow for marketing automation and improve sales effectiveness in senior living. Fran Palma, senior vice president of integrated marketing and digital strategies at Covenant Living Communities, explains that automation can allow professionals in the industry to offload some tasks and focus on what’s important: “The most valuable thing you can give your sales folks is more time, especially right now.” Palma explains that many …