Transform

Transform

Senior Housing News is an independent source for breaking news and up-to-date information on the senior living industry. Our podcast, Transform, will highlight the individuals making a difference in the senior housing industry.

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Erin Shvetzoff Hennessey, CEO, Health Dimensions Group

October 24, 2025 • 38 mins

In 2025, Health Dimensions Group has reached the milestone of 50 communities and the company is now looking internally to integrate new communities into its senior living portfolio. Crucial to these transitions are three distinct operations teams tasked with onboarding new properties.

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Erin Shadbolt, CEO, Ascension Living

September 26, 2025 • 37 mins
Ascension Living has undergone a strategic transformation in recent years, refining its portfolio to align more closely with its hospital system and expanding programs that support residents across the full continuum of care. The organization is investing in technology upgrades, geriatric care coordination, and staffing improvements to create a more seamless experience for residents and ...
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Lisa Hawthorne, CEO and President, Willow Valley Communities

August 25, 2025 • 34 mins
In 2025, Willow Valley Communities tapped Hawthorne to be the company’s next top leader as the company prepares for continued growth to meet the demands of today’s senior living environment. From new development projects to focusing internally on improving staffing and operations, Willow Valley is prepared for incoming demand now and into the future.
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Randy Bloom, Chief Operating Officer, Tutera Senior Living

July 8, 2025 • 34 mins
In this episode of the Senior Housing News Transform podcast, Tutera Senior Living COO Randy Bloom outlines the strategies behind the company's recent growth, with 45 new communities since 2023. Tutera now turns its focus to bolstering corporate support, operations and frontline leaders. With plans to build out centralized systems to drive future growth, operational improvements also t...
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Adam Benton, Co-Founder, Stellar Senior Living

June 9, 2025 • 31 mins
Stellar Senior Living wants to enrich the lives of 30,000 people by 2030. To achieve this goal, the company has strategically scaled its portfolio and that growth has continued in 2025. Stellar has also forged new relationships with institutional partners this year, and launched a $25 million equity - joint venture effort in 2024 to fuel future investment and growth opportunities. ...
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Jeff Fischer, CEO, Volante Senior Living

May 21, 2025 • 33 mins
In today's episode of Transform, we sit down with Volante Senior Living CEO Jeff Fischer. Since joining Volante in July 2024, CEO Fischer and his leadership team have worked to improve staff retention, reduce turnover and improve workplace culture in an effort to solidify operations in a preamble to future growth. While the company focuses on operations internally to improve staffing al...
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Michael Emery, Curana Health, and Stephanie Boreale, Watermark Retirement Communities

April 30, 2025 • 18 mins
As the senior living industry continues to experience rising acuity rates and greater expectations from residents and their loved ones, operators across the country are rethinking how they deliver care and turning to remote patient monitoring (RPM) as a solution. On the latest episode of Transform from Senior Housing News, Michael Emery, Executive Vice President of Strategy at Curana He...
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Vassar Byrd, CEO of Kendal Corporation

April 21, 2025 • 37 mins
The Kendal Corporation envisions a future senior living landscape that moves beyond traditional continuing care retirement community models to identify new ways of serving older adults in the future, specifically aimed at affordability and intergenerational living. This comes as Kendal continues to redevelop campuses to best position communities to capture new demand while addressing ext...
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Glen Lewis, CEO, RoseVilla Senior Living

March 3, 2025 • 37 mins
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Rob Fisher, CEO, LifeLoop

February 27, 2025 • 34 mins
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Prentice Lipsey, CEO, CHI Living Communities

January 22, 2025 • 27 mins
To continue the nonprofit senior living provider's recovery, Lipsey sees potential in growing wellness services and improving care coordination through a hub and spoke model, while grappling with senior living's affordability challenges.
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Jesse Marinko, CEO, Phoenix Senior Living

December 17, 2024 • 31 mins
In 2024, Phoenix Senior Living acquired three new communities and repositioned one community as the company’s first stand-alone active adult property. The company views active adult as a way to get younger residents familiar with the Phoenix Senior Living brand. In 2025, the company will seek future organic growth through development in urban markets while also remaining open to future v...
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Phill Barklow, President of Experience Senior Living

November 7, 2024 • 31 mins
Experience Senior Living is continuing to grow its senior housing development pipeline with multiple projects underway in three states. The Denver, Colorado-based senior living operator and developer is seeking growth across multiple brands and price points to attract a younger, more active resident base.
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Jeff Gopen, CEO, Jewish HomeLife

September 3, 2024 • 47 mins
Jewish HomeLife CEO Jeff Gopen sat down with Senior Housing News to discuss the company's current plans to grow and evolve, how it has served the Atlanta area for more than 70 years and what comes next in senior housing and care. Find the right service for your loved one. Learn more at: https://www.jewishhomelife.org/
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Adam Kaplan, CEO of Solera Senior Living

August 19, 2024 • 41 mins
Solera Senior Living will continue its growth trajectory through acquisitions, added management agreements and new development, while also focusing on its value-based care effort in 2024 and beyond.
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Fee Stubblefield, Founder and CEO, The Springs Living

July 19, 2024 • 36 mins
The Springs Living is in the final year of construction on a state-of-the-art community in Vancouver, Washington and more calculated growth is expected as potential acquisition and development opportunities present themselves heading into 2025. With margins improving and occupancy trending positively, the organization continues to expand operations in preparation for the next generation ...
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Tom Grape, Founder and CEO, Benchmark Senior Living

June 24, 2024 • 30 mins
With occupancy recovery at-hand, Benchmark Senior Living surpassed 90% census and is focused for the remainder of 2024 on integrating new systems that Grape called "foundational infrastructure" while stabilizing newly opened communities while reinvesting into over 30 existing locations. Also this year, the Waltham, Massachusetts-based provider will start on two additional developments. ...
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Joe Jedlowski, CEO of Distinctive Living

June 4, 2024 • 37 mins
Following the acquisition of Validus Senior Living in early May, Distinctive Living is continuing to grow its senior living portfolio by seeking new management agreements and capital partners. This is coupled with the company's active development pipeline, which includes new construction, renovations and additions to existing communities.
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Brandon Edwards, CEO, Unlock Health

May 17, 2024 • 27 mins
This episode is sponsored by Unlock Health. In the latest installment of Transform, Senior Housing News speaks with Brandon Edwards, CEO, Unlock Health, to discuss his team's response to the current marketing and growth needs in today's rapidly evolving senior living landscape. The conversation highlights Unlock Health's role as a growth platform rather than just a marketing agency, emp...
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Jason Kohler, Executive Vice President, Senior Living, Beztak

April 5, 2024 • 35 mins
In this episode of Transform, hear from senior living industry veteran Jason Kohler. As Executive Vice President, Senior Living, Kohler currently leads the senior living division for Beztak, including the firm's All Seasons brand. Learn how Beztak plans to grow its senior living platform in 2024 with scheduled renovations to multiple communities along with plans for a new build project. ...
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