Gail Sheridan knows what it means to serve. From training as a registered nurse while in the U.S. Navy to dedicating the following phases of her career to the lives of older adults, she has been serving...
Meet Shannon Watson, Rising Star honoree
By
Danielle Brown
Jun 25, 2020
Shannon Watson’s success as the administrator at Forbes Road Personal Care facility over the last five years is no surprise considering her past in the healthcare field.
Meet Jaime Brady, Rising Star honoree
By
Chloe Konrad
Jul 23, 2021
Jaime Brady possesses the rare ability to look back on her childhood and know she is where she is meant to be.
Meet Amanda Brown, Veteran VIP honoree
By
Chloe Konrad
Jul 22, 2021
Colleagues of Amanda Brown were able to see the moment they walked into the facility where she is the administrator how passionate she is about the long-term care industry.
Meet Kristin Harris, Rising Star honoree
By
Chloe Konrad
Jul 26, 2021
After only six months of working as a floor nurse at her first facility, Kristin Harris was promoted. Since then, up has been her only direction.
Meet April Diaz, 2022 Hall of Honor inductee
By
Nicole Blanchard
Jul 14, 2022
For 25 years, April Diaz has tirelessly served residents, staff and the long-term care profession.
Meet Cindy Baier, Hall of Honor inductee
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 25, 2020
Lucinda “Cindy” Baier became president and CEO at the country’s largest senior living company, Brookdale Senior Living, in early 2018 after having been chief financial officer since late 2015.
Meet Sandy Skerda, Veteran VIP honoree
By
Chloe Konrad
Aug 03, 2021
Sandy Skerda has dedicated two decades to one long-term care company and its residents, and at this point, she has no plans of stopping.
Meet Desirae Toomey, 2023 Rising Star
By
Amy Novotney
Aug 11, 2023
Learn more about Desirae Toomey, Administrator, Home- and Community-Based Services, Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society (Sanford Home Health), Sioux Falls, SD.
Pandemic ‘was like the devil walked through and was invisible’: McKnight’s ‘Distinction’ panelists
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 20, 2021
Operating through the pandemic was like working with a ghost that was impossible to grasp, leading to feelings of failure among senior living and care leaders. But the pandemic also refocused priorities.