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Oak Trace Hosts Yoga ‘Goat-Together’

Active aging is about being fully engaged in all areas of our life that impact wellness. At our Oak Trace community in Downers Grove, Illinois, residents eagerly embrace trying new things, including goat yoga. Residents were able to practice their yoga poses while playing with the goats. Thank you to Jessica Lazzara, Director, Lifestyle, at Oak…

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Swapna Tavtum Joins Lifespace Communities As Vice President, Data and Analytics

Lifespace Communities announced that Swapna Tavtum joined the senior living organization as vice president, data and analytics on October 2. Tavtum will oversee all data and analytics, leading the organization in harnessing and serving up data as business intelligence to support Lifespace in making informed decisions, improve operations, achieve strategic objectives, and find revenue-generating opportunities….

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Jim Kobrick Joins Lifespace Communities as Abbey Delray Executive Director

Lifespace Communities welcomed Jim Kobrick on September 18 as Executive Director at Abbey Delray in Delray Beach, Florida. An experienced senior living operations executive, Kobrick has strong skills in fiscal management, strategic planning, managing multi-site sales and operations, and team building and talent development. Prior to Lifespace, he served in high-level operations roles for senior…

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An Amazing Opportunity: UMKC Student Calls Claridge Court Home

Music has a way of bringing people together. At our Claridge Court community in the Kansas City area, the beautiful music of one of our newest residents, 25-year-old University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory college student and pianist, Beth Christensen, is bringing joy to residents and forming lifelong friendships. This partnership between Claridge Court and the conservatory has…

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Abraham Mathew Joins Lifespace Communities as Vice President, Regional Operations

Lifespace Communities announced that Abraham Mathew, DBA, MSW, LNFA, joined the senior living organization on September 5 as vice president of regional operations supporting Lifespace’s five Texas communities. In this role, he will lead overall daily operations for the Texas communities and be responsible for supporting the organization’s Texas executive directors in meeting business goals…

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Doug Fleegle Joins Lifespace Communities as Beacon Hill Executive Director

Douglas “Doug” Fleegle rejoined Lifespace Communities on July 17 as executive director at Beacon Hill, having previously served as executive director at Lifespace’s Village on the Green from 2016 to 2019. Fleegle has extensive executive-level leadership experience in senior living, health care and human services. Most recently, he served as the executive director of Las…

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Lifespace Communities Partners with Candoo Tech to Bring Tech Support and Training to Residents

Lifespace Communities, one of the top 10 largest nonprofit senior living communities in the country, has expanded its partnership with Candoo Tech to provide technology support, education and training to all their independent living residents across its 17 communities. Services include unlimited remote one-to-one tech training and support, group lessons and a library of on-demand…

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Jenelle Bertolino Joins Lifespace Communities as Vice President, Business Operations

Jenelle Bertolino recently joined Lifespace Communities as Vice President, Business Operations. In this role, she is responsible for leading operations initiatives to deliver best in class business outcomes. Her focus includes team member and resident relations, financial management and procurement, business development, and business strategy. “Jenelle is highly experienced in executing multidimensional, complex projects in…

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GreenFields of Geneva Officially Joins Lifespace Communities’ Family of Communities

Lifespace Communities officially welcomes GreenFields of Geneva today, upon the completion of the transition of the senior living community to Lifespace from former owners, Friendship Senior Options (FSO). The acquisition of GreenFields is the third Lifespace community in the Chicagoland area and brings Lifespace’s total communities to 18. Earlier this year, Lifespace and FSO entered…

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