Selected Silverado Communities to Implement MyndVR Virtual Reality Platform
January 22, 2020
IRVINE, Calif.—MyndVR, the national leader in providing virtual reality (VR) solutions for senior living communities, announced today that it has signed a partnership with Silverado, a memory care operator with communities in six states across the country. Silverado will be implementing MyndVR’s state-of-the art VR platform in communities across Southern California to further their goal…
Remedi SeniorCare Expands Technology-Enabled Pharmacy Services in Illinois
January 22, 2020
BALTIMORE—Chairman and CEO Jeffrey M. Stamps, R.Ph., of Baltimore-based Remedi SeniorCare, announces the opening of the company’s newest PAXIT® pharmacy in Chicago. With the opening of its 12th location, Remedi SeniorCare is licensed in 32 states and provides institutional pharmacy services to more than half the nation. The 50,000-square-foot pharmacy will dispense Remedi’s proprietary dispensing system PAXIT and…
Watercrest Naples Assisted Living and Memory Care Now Welcoming Residents
January 22, 2020
VERO BEACH, Fla.—Watercrest Senior Living Group and United Properties announce the grand opening of Watercrest Naples Assisted Living and Memory Care in Naples, Fla . The 128-unit luxury senior living community is now welcoming its founding residents to their new home. Watercrest Naples is a signature Watercrest product, offering 96 assisted living and 32 memory care apartments…
Pathway to Living Promotes Sue Schaefer to Regional Director of Operations
January 19, 2020
CHICAGO—Pathway to Living, a Chicago-based developer, owner and operator of senior housing and senior housing arm of Chicago-based real estate investor and operator Waterton, promoted Sue Schaefer of Lake in the Hills to regional director of operations. Schaefer will oversee operations and the implementation of Pathway’s award-winning VIVA! lifestyle at Illinois’s northern-area senior living communities,…
Retirement Unlimited, Inc., Names Executive, Two New VPs
January 19, 2020
ROANOKE, Va.—Retirement Unlimited (RUI) has made several new executive appointments. Brian Grahame was named executive vice president of clinical services for the family-owned and Virginia ba sed senior living community management company; Chef Mohamed Tarawneh will be vice president of culinary experience and operations; and Steve Winter will be vice president of plant operations. Grahame…
Pathway to Living’s Azpira Place of Lake Zurich Promotes Carissa Mok to Executive Director
January 19, 2020
LAKE ZURICH, Ill.—Azpira Place of Lake Zurich, an assisted and supportive living community, promoted Carissa Mok of Arlington Heights to executive director. Formerly Azpira Place’s VIVA! life coordinator since its opening in May 2017, Mok will now oversee daily operations and implementation of its award-winning VIVA! lifestyle at the senior living community. “It has been…
Thrive Senior Living Opening Tribute at Black Hill in Maryland
January 19, 2020
GERMANTOWN, Md.—The newest Thrive Senior Living community, Tribute at Black Hill, located in Montgomery County, offers beautifully appointed apartment living with assisted living and memory care services. A chef-driven menu is one of the centerpieces of the daily experience for residents who call Tribute home. The community features an oversized, elevated courtyard with walking trails, restaurant-style…
Welltower and Jefferson Announce Framework for Real Estate Investments, Care for Aging Populations
January 19, 2020
PHILADELPHIA and TOLEDO, Ohio—Toledo-based real estate investment trust Welltower (NYSE: WELL) and Philadelphia-based Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health are planning to create a long-term strategic partnership that will transform Jefferson’s real estate portfolio and open new opportunities to address social determinants of health for aging populations across their shared geographic footprint. Under the terms of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)…
Assurance and Michael Maglaras & Company Celebrate Senior Care Quality Improvement Milestones
January 19, 2020
SCHAUMBURG, Ill. —Assurance, one of the largest independently owned insurance agencies in the United States, and Michael Maglaras & Company, an international captive insurance consulting firm with headquarters in Ashford, Conn., have announced that as the AssureCap Advantage program enters its third year of underwriting it has achieved major improvements in the claim and exposure profiles of its participating…
A Place for Mom Selects Kansas City Region for New Office
January 19, 2020
NEW YORK—A Place for Mom, Inc., will open a new office in Overland Park, Kan. The largest senior care referral service in North America, with offices in Seattle, New York City and Naples, Fla., is growing its business and plans to create more than 600 jobs in the Kansas City metro area in the coming years. “We are committed…
R.D. Merrill Named Business Journal’s Family Business of the Year
January 9, 2020
SEATTLE, Wash.—The Puget Sound Business Journal has named R.D. Merrill, the parent company of Merrill Gardens and Pillar Properties, as its 2020 Family Business of the Year and will feature the company in its Jan. 17 edition. Merrill Gardens owns and operates 33 senior communities in eight states and recently expanded its presence in China,…
Dr. John Holcomb Joins Spectrum Retirement Communities, LLC
January 9, 2020
DENVER, Colo.—Spectrum Retirement Communities, LLC (Spectrum) has added John Bradley Holcomb, M.D., F.A.C.S. as medical advisor. In his role at Spectrum, Dr. Holcomb will be reviewing and providing recommendations on all resident care policies and procedures and providing insight and expertise on resident care, safety, injury prevention, and emergency preparedness programs. Holcomb is an internationally…