Susan Saldibar

By Susan Saldibar So, you’ve bought a cluster of buildings to transform into senior living communities. Anyone who has done it knows there are a ton of things that have to happen. And in short order. So there are plenty of opportunities to make mistakes. Here’s a big one: Putting IT on the back burner. Or piecemealing it. Either way the results are always the same. The operator gets hammered. No one knows this better than Ephraim Ebstein, founder of FIT Solutions (a Foresight partner).

By Susan Saldibar Steve Moran said something that made me mad. During a recent Tech Tuesday broadcast with PointClickCare’s Kristy Yoskey, he talked about a bad experience he had with his stepdad’s assisted living community. Seems the stepdad had become combative, even refusing to take a shower for one week. Not only was Steve never informed, even some of the staff were clueless. You’ve gotta be kidding me … How is it possible for senior living communities to be this dysfunctional in 2025?

By Susan Saldibar The NIC conference is always one of the most anticipated events of the year for the financial opportunities it fosters, namely getting investors, operators, developers, and others face-to-face to network, make deals, and get their innovation mojo working to their collective benefit. But not all NIC experiences are equal. One could argue that it is only as fruitful as how prepared you are to hit the carpet running.