Editorial
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New Community Openings Set the Tone for 2022
Despite the many challenges that the Covid-19 pandemic has imposed on the senior living sector, development continues to forge ahead. In fact, JLL Valuation Advisory issued a statement in May 2021 stating that it anticipates the sector facing its strongest…
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The CEO Series: Collette Gray, Integral Senior Living and Solstice Senior Living
For more than a decade Collette Gray has led the charge at Integral Senior Living (ISL). In 2017, her leadership played a fundamental part in a joint venture between ISL and Northstar Healthcare Income, Inc., resulting in the Solstice Senior…
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The CEO Series: Jake Rothstein, UpsideHōM
When UpsideHōM launched in 2020, its founders Jake Rothstein and COO Peter Badgley didn’t just bring a new senior living community to the market during the Covid-19 Pandemic. They introduced an entirely new type of senior housing to the sector.…
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The CEO Series: Nathan Schema, Good Samaritan Society
Nate Schema began 2022 by stepping into the role of president and CEO of The Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society. He’s well prepared for the position, having spent nearly 15 years already with the organization, from administrator-in-training to chief operating…
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The CEO Series: Luis Serrano, Sunshine Retirement Living
Luis Serrano and his late wife May Hasso founded Sunshine Retirement Living in 2007. The company remains family-owned today, operating upwards of 4,000 units in 42 communities across 18 states. Over the course of the past 14 years, growth and…
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Spotlight on Engagement: The Arts
Leveraging the arts as a form of resident engagement in senior living communities is not new. But last May, graduate art therapy student Carina Fuller at Lesley University in Cambridge, Mass. argued in her capstone theses “Engagement with the Non-Traditional:…
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The CEO Series: Tadd Clelland, Senior Living Residences
Braintree, Mass.-based Senior Living Residences (SLR) appointed Tadd Clelland as the company’s new president and CEO. Clelland joined SLR in 2005 and has served as Partner since 2007 overseeing all aspects of operations for the firm’s portfolio of 17 communities…
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The CEO Series: Deedre Vriesman, Resthaven
Deedre Vriesman took over the reins of Holland, Michigan-based senior living provider Resthaven in 2018. Since then, she’s overseen the installation of an entirely new leadership team, the opening of Resthaven’s second Green House-inspired home, guided residents and staff at…
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HEALTHTAC F&B Panelists Discuss Changes in Tech
Technology is perhaps more intricately intertwined with senior living dining than ever before. The topic was unavoidable during two panel discussions that took place at the 2021 HEALTHTAC Food & Beverage event in Orlando, Dec. 5 to 7. While not…
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HEALTHTAC F&B Panelists Detail How the Pandemic Has Shaped the Future of Dining in Senior Living
On Tuesday, Dec. 7, four leading professionals in senior living dining came together at HEALTHTAC Food & Beverage 2021 to talk about the sector’s ever-progressive dining experience. At breakfast that morning, Kristopher Kishbaugh, corporate director of dining at Juniper Communities…