Editorial
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The CEO Series: Vassar Byrd, The Kendal Corporation, Part 1
In early 2024, after 17 years serving at Rose Villa Senior Living, a nonprofit CCRC in Portland, Oregon, Vassar Byrd packed up and moved across the country to Delaware to join The Kendal Corporation as its CEO. Swapping coasts and…
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Solo Agers: A Growing Demographic
Editor’s Note: This article was written and submitted by senior-living executive Jennifer L. Smith, PhD. If you are a senior-living executive at an organization or a community with an idea for an article that you’d like to write and publish…
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HEALTHTAC F&B 2024 Panel: Value Added Experiences to Increase Trust and Satisfaction, Part 2
MIAMI, FL — Our sister company, HEALTHTAC, recently produced its annual boutique food & beverage event, where leaders of culinary departments from senior living organizations nationwide met in this city for two days and three nights to network, share best…
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HEALTHTAC F&B 2024 Panel: Value Added Experiences to Increase Trust and Satisfaction, Part 1
MIAMI, FL — HEALTHTAC recently held its annual boutique food & beverage event in conjunction with its sister company, Senior Living News. Many leaders of culinary departments from all over the country converged on this city for two days and…
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HEALTHTAC F&B 2024 Panel: Dining as a Marketing Tool/Catering as a Revenue Stream
MIAMI, FL — Sister companies HEALTHTAC and Senior Living News recently held our annual boutique food & beverage event in this city, just a few miles from the Atlantic shore. In attendance were leaders of senior living culinary departments of…
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HEALTHTAC F&B 2024 Panel: Resident Experience, Part 2
MIAMI, FL — Here in the home of the Heat, Dolphins, Marlins, Panthers, and Inter Miami CF, sister companies HEALTHTAC and Senior Living News recently gathered the heads of culinary departments from coast to coast for our annual boutique food…
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HEALTHTAC F&B 2024 Panel: Resident Experience, Part 1
MIAMI, FL — Here in this south Florida city renowned for its nightlife, white sand beaches, and Latin culture, sister companies HEALTHTAC and Senior Living News recently held our annual boutique food & beverage event. The second of our panels…
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HEALTHTAC F&B 2024 Panel: Technology in Dining
MIAMI, FL — Recently in this city, sister companies HEALTHTAC and Senior Living News held their annual boutique team building/networking/learning food & beverage event, where we were joined by operators and suppliers from as far away as Israel. This article…
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Empathy by Immersion: Through the Eyes of Residents, Part Two
“Loneliness does not come from having no people around you, but from being unable to communicate the things that seem important to you.” That Carl Jung quote above gets to the heart of an experiment/contest that Leslie Pedtke and her…
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Empathy by Immersion: Through the Eyes of Residents, Part One
With Netflix’s Man on the Inside series currently shining a spotlight on the senior living industry via Ted Danson’s exploits as a private eye embedded in a fictional assisted living community, we turn our attention to a real-life embedding. It…