Brookdale Senior Living has promoted Kevin Bowman to serve as executive vice president of community operations. Read more at the Nashville Post. 

Brookdale Senior Living Inc. (NYSE: BKD) ("Brookdale" or the "Company") announced Kevin Bowman has been promoted to Executive Vice President (EVP)

A Brookdale Bakersfield resident and WWII veteran flew on a restored WWII-era biplane through Dream Flights. Operation September Freedom is the last mission this year by non-profit Dream Flights. The organization has been taking WWII veterans for rides on WWII-era Stearman biplanes to honor them and their service.

Modern Healthcare covers the latest booster shot news featuring comments from Brookdale CEO Cindy Baier and Chief Nursing Officer Kim Elliott. [Modern Healthcare Subscription Required]

Wondering how this phase of the pandemic is affecting long term care facilities? Experts offer safety advice and insight. Including, Brookdale Senior Living's Director of Optimum Life Engagement Carol Cummings. Read more at Care.com. 

Check out The Wall Street Journal's take on the senior living industry's move to require vaccination for staff and the state of the labor market. Featuring comments from Brookdale's CEO Cindy Baier. [Subscription Required] Read more here. 

The "Ask an Expert” session featured Dr. James Hildreth and Dr. Veronica Mallett.

The Nashville Business Journal has selected two Brookdale executives for recognition in the publication’s 2021 Health Care Innovation Awards.

Brookdale's video with, Dr. David Aronoff, MD, FIDSA, FAAM. Dr. Aronoff is the Director of Infectious Diseases at Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Cindy Baier, Brookdale Senior Living CEO, joins ‘Power Lunch’ to discuss the company’s quarterly earnings and employee vaccine requirement. Watch the interview on CNBC. 

Brookdale Senior Living has added a chief nursing officer to its C-suite, promoting seven-year company veteran Kim Elliott to the role. Read more about Kim's appointment on the Nashville Post.

Forbes Contributor Robert Reiss, inspired by the recent Women Business Collabrative CEO Roundtable, asked women leaders about lessons learned, advice on how to become a CEO and how men can help.  Read more at Forbes.com where Brookdale CEO Cindy Baier, BNY Mellon Wealth Management CEO Catherine Keating and serial entreprenuer and investor Phyllis Newhouse share their wisdom for future leaders. 

Andy Celis is often the youngest person walking the floors of neighborhood assisted living facility Brookdale White Rock. He got his start in caretaking at an early age when his grandfather began facing declines in health from dementia. Celis cared for his grandfather through high school, and then decided to pursue caregiving as a career shortly after his passing. Working in the memory care field brings a sense of comfort to Celis, he said... To continue reading about Andy's calling in memory care and how we serves residents of Brookdale White Rock head over to the Lake Highlands Advocate.

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL: Investors have picked over almost every reopening trade imaginable. But there is a fresh opportunity as the senior-living industry rebounds from an especially harsh pandemic blow. It wasn’t just that nursing homes and related facilities were early epicenters of Covid-19 outbreaks, which gave would-be customers an obvious reason not to send their relatives to one. The industry was also hit by the economic fallout from the pandemic: Demand for senior-living services is sensitive to the economy as residents and their families often need to come up with the money themselves, especially following the financial turmoil that has beset long-term-care insurance providers. Read more from Charley Grant and The Wall Street Journal.

Resident Jan Jordan shared photographs and stories from her trip with her husband to receive his Nobel Peace Prize.