After a brief shot of optimism last month, skilled nursing occupancy rates dropped slightly in the second quarter. The fade comes as managed care and declining lengths of stay continue to erode SNF operators’ influence.
Kristin Hambleton is the new vice president of sales and marketing at Presbyterian Senior Living, Dillsburg, PA. Her appointment follows a national search. Hambleton succeeds Victoria Hess, who retired in 2018. She brings more than 25 years of sales, marketing and management experience to the position, along with a strong background in the senior living…
Mandy Taylor, RN, has been promoted to the role of senior vice president of clinical services at Chattanooga, TN-based Morning Pointe Senior Living.
Karen Mlawsky has been appointed to the newly created position of chief operating officer at Tucson, AZ-based Watermark Retirement Communities.
JoAnn Presbitero has been named a vice president at Ellicott City, MD-based Lorien Health Services, a family-owned assisted living and nursing home company that operates 10 facilities in Maryland as well as Lorien at Home and Lorien Rehabilitation and Fitness. She will be responsible for implementing the company’s organizational vision, including brand recognition and its…
William Tian has been named associate executive director at Oak Crest, a continuing care retirement community developed and managed by Erickson Living.
Craig Karczmer has taken over the top post at Lantern Hill, an Erickson Living-developed and managed retirement community in New Providence, NJ.
Beat Meier has joined Harbor’s Edge, a True LifeCare retirement community in Norfolk.
Sabrina Bruce-Rivera, RN, has been hired as director of The Peabody Club at Integrace Copper Ridge, Sykesville, MD.
