McKnight’s Women of Distinction Spirit Award bestowed upon 4
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Lois A. Bowers
Foster Stubbs
Adam Healy
Josh Henreckson
Feb 22, 2024
Four inspiring women have been elected 2024 McKnight’s Women of Distinction Spirit Award winners, organizers announced
Updated: Philip Esformes reaches plea deal on remaining charges in $1.3B fraud case
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Lois A. Bowers
Feb 02, 2024
Philip Esformes, the disgraced nursing home and assisted living community owner charged in a record $1.3 billion healthcare fraud case in 2016, has reached a plea deal with prosecutors on outstanding charges...
43 recommendations help fill gap in medical and mental healthcare guidance for assisted living, experts...
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Lois A. Bowers
Oct 04, 2022
Forty-three recommendations from a new study will guide medical and mental healthcare and increase care consistency in assisted living, the authors say.
Erickson unveils $3 billion expansion strategy, new branding
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Lois A. Bowers
Apr 28, 2021
Erickson Living is changing its name to Erickson Senior Living and rolling out a new logo as part of a strategy that will see almost $3 billion in development and construction over the next five years....
McKnight’s 40 for 40: David Schless
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Lois A. Bowers
Oct 20, 2020
The American Seniors Housing Association traces its roots back to the early days of the senior living industry, beginning in 1991 under the auspices of the National Multifamily Housing Council. In 2000,...
Meet Beth Burnham Mace, Hall of Honor inductee
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Lois A. Bowers
Jul 22, 2020
Over the past two decades, Beth Burnham Mace’s work has helped turn the senior housing and care sector into a mainstream institutional investment asset class by increasing transparency to a wide range...
Meet Vassar Byrd, Hall of Honor inductee
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Lois A. Bowers
Jul 09, 2020
Vassar Byrd didn’t start her professional life in senior living. Holding a master’s degree in economics from the London School of Economics, she first spent more than 10 years as an economist for the...
Meet Wendy Nowokunski, Hall of Honor inductee
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Lois A. Bowers
Jul 08, 2020
Wendy Nowokunski’s more than two decades of senior living experience include leadership roles at Benchmark Senior Living and Newton Senior Living before she co-founded Burlington, MA-based Northbridge...
McKnight’s 40 for 40: Loren Shook
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Lois A. Bowers
May 04, 2020
Say “memory care” and the first company to come to mind for many industry professionals is Silverado. And when they think of Silverado, they think of Loren Shook, the man who co-founded the Irvine,...