SALISBURY, Md.— APPI Energy COO Jennifer Underwood has joined the national board of The Energy Professionals Association (TEPA). TEPA is a nonprofit organization, and board members volunteer their time and expertise. They support the organization’s efforts to provide professional development, advocacy, and networking opportunities for its national membership base. Underwood joins the ranks of other…

VERO BEACH, Fla.—Watercrest Senior Living Group has named Hunter Weaver as executive director of the newly constructed Watercrest Myrtle Beach Assisted Living and Memory Care. Watercrest Myrtle Beach has recently received certificate of occupancy and will soon welcome founding residents to their new home in Myrtle Beach, S.C. Weaver joins the Watercrest Senior Living family with a…

MISSISSAUGA, Ontario—PointClickCare, the leader in cloud-based healthcare software for the long-term and post-acute care (LTPAC) market, has announced a partnership with Sound Physicians, a national physician partner to hospitals, post-acute providers, physician groups, and payers, to offer a fully integrated virtual health solution to LTPAC healthcare providers based in the United States. For the past…

MILWAUKEE—Berengaria, a portfolio company of Marcus Investments, together in partnership with Charter Senior Living, has completed the acquisition of Charter Senior Living of Hazel Crest, Hazel Crest, Ill. This asset is the fourth senior living property added to Marcus Investment’s growing senior living portfolio. The 64-unit community offers assisted living and memory care. Dan Sisel, partner at…

PHOENIX—Sagewood, an award-winning Life Care Services senior living community, has announced the hiring of Diane Schwartz, its new marketing director. In her new role, she looks to merge her past management experience and her passion for senior living to help strengthen Sagewood’s marketing department while cultivating lasting relationships with existing Sagewood residents. Sagewood maintains a 95 percent reserved…

WEST LINN, Ore.—After Insight Senior Living and Link Development successfully partnered to create the newly formed brand, Ativo Senior Living, the two companies decided to further deepen their relationship by having Link Development’s CEO, Ron Ziebart, join Insight Senior Living as an ownership partner. Before beginning Link Senior Development in 2012, Ziebart developed numerous senior housing projects and…

ST. PAUL, Minn.—After an executive search process led by its board and members, LeadingAge Minnesota has selected Kari Thurlow as its new president and CEO. For the past 40 years, the organization was led by Gayle Kvenvold, who is slated to retire in the coming days and whose many contributions have been celebrated by the organization and…

OREGON, Ohio—CHI Living Communities is pleased to announce Prentice O. Lipsey has been named its president and CEO, effective January 1, 2022. “I am grateful for Prentice’s demonstrated commitment to clinical and operational excellence, his ability to quickly build meaningful partnerships and relationships, and his dynamic yet steady leadership,” notes Marvin O’Quinn, president and COO…

LOUISVILLE, Ky.—Trilogy Health Services, LLC, has made changes in its ancillary services subsidiary Synchrony Health Services. It will now include Synchrony Pharmacy, Synchrony Rehabilitation, Synchrony Wellness Pharmacy, and Synchrony Lab under its umbrella. Synchrony Health Services was created during 2019 to capture clinical excellence obtained through collaboration and coordination of care between Trilogy owned pharmacy,…

SKOKIE, Ill.—UMF Corporation today announced that Crystal Foster, with Beacon Hill, a senior living community in the Chicago suburbs, has received the company’s 12th annual Hygiene Specialist® Excellence Award. Nominated by Beacon Hill facilities director Emmanuel Griffin, Foster exemplifies the key tenets of the award, which acknowledges the invaluable contribution of the unsung heroes staffing environmental services (EVS) departments in healthcare facilities across the…

CARLSBAD, Calif.— Integral Senior Living (ISL), a premier senior living management company, has named Lori Silinskie to the role of regional vice president of operations. Silinskie joins ISL after a successful career in the senior housing industry. Working in both public and private organizations for more than 30 years, Silinskie has led and managed senior living portfolios…

  EAST TROY, Wis.—ECP announced that it offers an integration with Liberty Software, a Texas-based vendor that provides an intuitive pharmacy management platform to retail and long-term care pharmacies. This HL7 integration allows Liberty Software clients to send real-time prescription updates to their assisted living communities utilizing ECP eMAR. Paired with pharmacy-sent information regarding new,…