HACKENSACK, N. J., and SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Executive Home Care, a Hackensack-based in-home care provider with a wide range of service options and care programs, has acquired the Assisted Living Locators brand and franchise system. Assisted Living Locators is a Scottsdale-based franchise dedicated to helping seniors find the right living and care solutions. Backed by The Riverside Company, a private equity firm, Executive Home Care’s acquisition of Assisted Living Locators expands the company’s footprint in the senior care space. “The addition of Assisted Living Locators fits seamlessly with our business …
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How can senior living communities make moving in more enticing? That’s the question that the latest Seniors Housing Business webinar sought to answer with the Aug. 24 presentation A Marketer, an Operator, and a Senior Walk into a Webinar: Digital Marketing Strategies to Attract Seniors Housing Residents sponsored by Conversion Logix. This hour-long discussion provided a mix of strategies and answers for the following questions and more: How do older adults view the move to senior living and why do they put it off? How can digital marketing strategies promote community living …
DENVER — iN2L + LifeLoop, a Denver-based senior living engagement, wellness and community operations platform, has named Navin Gupta as chief executive officer. Gupta will focus on furthering the combined organization’s mission to impact the aging experience in North America by accelerating its strategic growth. Lisa Taylor, iN2L’s CEO for the past four years, will remain involved as a strategic advisor. With more than two decades in healthcare, security and telecommunications, Gupta recently worked for the home health and hospice division at MatrixCare. He also spent decades leading product development …
ATLANTA — WelcomeHome Software, an Atlanta-based customer relationship management software for the seniors housing industry, has hired Derek Bambach as a senior product manager to its team. Bambach’s career includes positions at Dell Technologies Virtustream, Incentive Solutions and SunTrust now Truist, where he held roles as senior product manager and senior business analyst.
COSTA MESA, Calif. — Ziegler has advised CareConnectMD (CCMD), a Costa Mesa-based provider of primary care coordination services tailored to meet the needs of complex Medicare participants, on its $25 million financing round led by Minneapolis-based TT Capital Partners (TTCP). CareConnectMD will leverage the investment to deepen its presence in California, Ohio and Texas and expand into other markets while enhancing its technology platform to scale and streamline care delivery. CCMD’s California-based medical group contracts with managed care and insurance plans to provide comprehensive primary and palliative care to high-risk …
By Christian Buesing, director of operations – technology solutions, Direct Supply Technology needs to serve a purpose. In my personal life I am slow to implement new technology into my routine until I know for sure it will serve me well. I am not the guy who has the latest tech toys just for the fun of it. In our industry, superior senior care is demanded. With the current staffing shortage, the technology incorporated into any community needs to improve staff efficiency and resident well-being. There are high expectations 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 …
Communication Platform VoiceFriend Acquires Caremerge’s Engagement and Wellness Business, Rebrands to Icon
NEWTON, Mass. — VoiceFriend, a Newton-based, HIPAA-compliant, cloud-based communication platform for senior care organizations, has acquired Caremerge’s family and resident engagement business. The combined company will be known as Icon and will couple VoiceFriend’s communication technology capabilities with Caremerge’s engagement platform. The acquisition enables VoiceFriend to continue its strategic growth and expand its suite of offerings to include family and resident engagement and wellness applications. The deal will also enable VoiceFriend to introduce Caremerge’s solution to its footprint of over 1,200 communities and to the skilled nursing market. Caremerge will …
By Marshal Sterio, CEO, Surgically Clean Air There is nothing as important as the air we breathe. But while we can’t live without it, air is sometimes the very thing that makes us sick. From COVID-19 to seasonal allergies and the common cold, so many unpleasant or dangerous illnesses are carried on the air. This makes enclosed indoor spaces particularly treacherous when it comes to staying healthy, as the lack of places for air to escape means contaminated air particles build up over time. Some microbes can live on a …
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — CarePredict, a Fort Lauderdale-based digital health company focused on senior living, has added Chris Winkle to its board of directors. Winkle most recently led Sunrise Senior Living for over seven years as its CEO and COO. Sunrise operates 280 senior living communities in the U.S. and Canada. Previously, Winkle was the CEO of MedQuest and Mariner Healthcare in the diagnostics and post-acute industries. Winkle is currently on the board of Direct Supply. He served till recently on the board of Argentum, a national trade association representing …