When people discuss how freely capital now flows in this sector, demographics and a strong economy usually get the credit. Often overlooked is the man perhaps most responsible for opening the spigot: Robert G. Kramer.
Who’s the single person perhaps most responsible for a large-scale exodus of residents from nursing homes to senior living communities in recent decades? Former Sunrise Senior Living Chairman and CEO Paul Klaassen.
Elma Holder may have been an industry outsider, but she arguably did more than any other person in the past four decades to change the way nursing homes function.
Whoever said to leave things better than you found them must have had Bruce Yarwood in mind.
During the 40 years McKnight’s has been around, thousands of names have appeared in our pages and digital outlets. Get ready for a trip that brings you some of the most memorable once more.
