{"id":28548,"date":"2021-04-11T05:28:58","date_gmt":"2021-04-11T12:28:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/?p=28548"},"modified":"2026-02-22T15:34:33","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T23:34:33","slug":"leaders-vision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/leaders-vision\/","title":{"rendered":"Leaders\u2019 Vision"},"content":{"rendered":"

Senior Housing News<\/em><\/a> polled several industry leaders for their thoughts on what\u2019s ahead for their organizations and the industry in 2021. Excerpts follow.<\/p>\n

Solera\u2019s Kaplan: Vaccination tops the list<\/strong><\/p>\n

Adam Kaplan, CEO of Solera Senior Living, ranks successful vaccine planning and implementation as the Denver-area community owner and operator\u2019s No. 1 priority.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m excited for a day in which close to 100% of our residents, family members and team members have been vaccinated, and thus the risk of a [COVID] outbreak is reduced to the degree in which almost all of the restrictions are lifted and thus the focus\/energy can be re-weighted to other priorities,\u201d Kaplan says.\"\"<\/p>\n

Developing talent and implementing innovative technologies and services round out Kaplan\u2019s list of immediate priorities.<\/p>\n

Aegis Living\u2019s Clark: Boom time for demand<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI think there\u2019s this backlog of people that\u2019s going to pump up occupancies,\u201d says Dwayne Clark, founder and CEO of Bellevue, Wash.-based Aegis Living, a leading provider of assisted living and memory care. \u201cSo, you\u2019re going to see this dip where demand keeps going up, but product is not available. That\u2019s really going to impact demand in the short-term and probably the mid-term,\u201d which, looking ahead several years, is \u201cvery good news for the industry.\u201d<\/p>\n

Clark also foresees a new emphasis on nurses and doctors on the front lines of assisted living facilities as part of a \u201cmore wellness-oriented\u201d trend that encompasses \u201ceverything from the way [care providers] design air filtration systems to foods.\u201d In fact, he reports, Aegis Living is \u201clooking at foods that help pump up the immune systems of residents and have hired our own registered dietitian.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sequoia Living\u2019s McVey: Going forward, not back<\/strong><\/p>\n

Current events constitute nothing less than \u201chistory \u2026 being made in our industry,\u201d and Sequoia Living President and CEO Sara McVey intends to harness the tumult of this epochal period in positive ways.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople keep talking about the new normal and bouncing back, and we\u2019ve really been saying somewhat the opposite. We want to create the \u2018new next,\u2019 and we have no desire to bounce back, we want to bounce forward,\u201d McVey says.<\/p>\n

The San Francisco-based residential community operator began its journey forward with a deep-dive strategic planning exercise that produced four top priorities: improving service and cost performance at its current life plan communities; \u201cpeople power,\u201d which means \u201cfilling the bench with superheroes and celebrating people\u201d so \u201cthe right people [are] in the right place doing the right things at the right time,\u201d as McVey says; building the brand and restating Sequoia Living\u2019s value propositions, tasks made even more urgent by changes to the company\u2019s name and CEO that preceded COVID-19; and the pandemic itself, which lies beyond Sequoia Living\u2019s direct control \u201cbut we can control our reaction and response to it.\u201d<\/p>\n

McVey expects that executing on these priorities will create a springboard for progress. When an opportunity for growth arises, for example, \u201cwe can do it from a real, legitimate position of strength and leadership.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI think \u2018unlearning\u2019 is probably the biggest thing that needs to happen,\u201d she says. \u201cWe can honor the past, we can\u2019t keep going back there \u2026 we have to be honest with ourselves and say, okay, we have to totally change how we\u2019re doing things so we can survive long term.\u201d The pandemic \u201chas given us a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to accelerate and get there faster. That\u2019s really our goal for 2021.\u201d<\/p>\n

See how the Yardi Senior Living Suite<\/a> provides a dynamic technology platform for all aspects of senior living management.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Senior Housing News polled several industry leaders for their thoughts on what\u2019s ahead for their organizations and the industry in 2021. Excerpts follow. Solera\u2019s Kaplan: Vaccination tops the list Adam Kaplan, CEO of Solera Senior Living, ranks successful vaccine planning and implementation as the Denver-area community owner and operator\u2019s No. 1 priority. \u201cI\u2019m excited for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":610,"featured_media":28014,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_s2mail":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,2952],"tags":[842,2438],"class_list":["post-28548","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-senior-living","tag-senior-living","tag-yardi-senior-living-suite"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nYardi Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Senior Housing News polled several industry leaders for their thoughts on what\u2019s ahead for their organizations and the industry in 2021. Excerpts follow.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/leaders-vision\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Leaders\u2019 Vision\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Senior Housing News polled several industry leaders for their thoughts on what\u2019s ahead for their organizations and the industry in 2021. Excerpts follow.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/leaders-vision\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Yardi Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-04-11T12:28:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-02-22T23:34:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/01\/383147049-1920x1080-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Joel Nelson\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Joel Nelson\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/leaders-vision\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/leaders-vision\/\",\"name\":\"Leaders\u2019 Vision - Yardi Corporate Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/leaders-vision\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/leaders-vision\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/01\/383147049-1920x1080-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-04-11T12:28:58+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-22T23:34:33+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/04eb5f3b4bd7f02475913d5982a422c8\"},\"description\":\"Senior Housing News polled several industry leaders for their thoughts on what\u2019s ahead for their organizations and the industry in 2021. Excerpts follow.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/leaders-vision\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/leaders-vision\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/leaders-vision\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/01\/383147049-1920x1080-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/01\/383147049-1920x1080-1.jpg\",\"width\":1920,\"height\":1080},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/leaders-vision\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Leaders\u2019 Vision\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Yardi Blog\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/04eb5f3b4bd7f02475913d5982a422c8\",\"name\":\"Joel Nelson\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/02\/JoelNelsonHeadshot.jpg?w=69\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/02\/JoelNelsonHeadshot.jpg?w=69\",\"caption\":\"Joel Nelson\"},\"description\":\"Joel Nelson, senior marketing writer, joined Yardi in 2007. His byline has appeared in New York Real Estate Journal, Canadian Property Management and Los Angeles Lawyer, among others. He has won multiple awards from major professional organizations including the International Association of Business Communicators and Public Communicators of Los Angeles. Joel earned a bachelor\u2019s degree from Pomona College.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/joel-nelson-aa363113\/\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/author\/joel-nelson\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Yardi Blog","description":"Senior Housing News polled several industry leaders for their thoughts on what\u2019s ahead for their organizations and the industry in 2021. Excerpts follow.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/leaders-vision\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Leaders\u2019 Vision","og_description":"Senior Housing News polled several industry leaders for their thoughts on what\u2019s ahead for their organizations and the industry in 2021. Excerpts follow.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/leaders-vision\/","og_site_name":"Yardi Blog","article_published_time":"2021-04-11T12:28:58+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-02-22T23:34:33+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1920,"height":1080,"url":"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/01\/383147049-1920x1080-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Joel Nelson","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Joel Nelson","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/leaders-vision\/","url":"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/leaders-vision\/","name":"Leaders\u2019 Vision - Yardi Corporate Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/leaders-vision\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/leaders-vision\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/01\/383147049-1920x1080-1.jpg","datePublished":"2021-04-11T12:28:58+00:00","dateModified":"2026-02-22T23:34:33+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/04eb5f3b4bd7f02475913d5982a422c8"},"description":"Senior Housing News polled several industry leaders for their thoughts on what\u2019s ahead for their organizations and the industry in 2021. Excerpts follow.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/leaders-vision\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/leaders-vision\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/leaders-vision\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/01\/383147049-1920x1080-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/01\/383147049-1920x1080-1.jpg","width":1920,"height":1080},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/leaders-vision\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Leaders\u2019 Vision"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/","name":"Yardi Blog","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/04eb5f3b4bd7f02475913d5982a422c8","name":"Joel Nelson","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/02\/JoelNelsonHeadshot.jpg?w=69","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/02\/JoelNelsonHeadshot.jpg?w=69","caption":"Joel Nelson"},"description":"Joel Nelson, senior marketing writer, joined Yardi in 2007. His byline has appeared in New York Real Estate Journal, Canadian Property Management and Los Angeles Lawyer, among others. He has won multiple awards from major professional organizations including the International Association of Business Communicators and Public Communicators of Los Angeles. Joel earned a bachelor\u2019s degree from Pomona College.","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/joel-nelson-aa363113\/"],"url":"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/author\/joel-nelson\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/01\/383147049-1920x1080-1.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28548","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/610"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28548"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28548\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28568,"href":"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28548\/revisions\/28568"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28014"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28548"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28548"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}