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TALAScene Out and About with TALA

Thank you to the Sinceri Senior Living team at Carver Heights Estates for a lovely community tour! TALA is grateful to welcome Sinceri as a new Provider Member in 2023.

Thank you TALA Board Chair Greg Roderick for hosting a fantastic evening to benefit the PAC! Thank you Heather Tussing of The Aspenwood Company for your leadership on the TALA PAC. It is important for change makers at the Capitol to be informed about Assisted Living and the meaningful impacts that Assisted Living has on the lives of residents, their families, and staff. TALA is grateful for your support!

Thank you TALA Board Chair Greg Roderick for hosting a fantastic evening to benefit the PAC! Thank you Heather Tussing of The Aspenwood At the opening session of the Argentum Senior Living Summit Loren Shook, Founder/CEO of Silverado Senior Living, discusses the dismissal of charges in a COVID admission with James Balda, President and CEO of Argentum. Loren received a standing ovation for the incredible perseverance.

Texas in the house at the Argentum Senior Living Summit: TALA member Merrill Gardens President Tana Gall.

The opening reception at the Argentum Senior Living Summit where President and CEO Diana Martinez caught up with fellow chapter leaders Gail Matillo, Florida Senior Living Association, and Catie Ramp, Georgia Senior Living Association.

November's TALA Board Meeting and TALAConnect were held in Houston. TALA is extremely grateful to have an engaged and supportive board. Thank you to the TALAConnect event sponsors August Health, Blackmon Mooring/BMS CAT, Engagement Through Education, and Select Rehabilitation.

Greg Roderick, Kandice Alcorn and Diana at the Spark event in Dallas. An event that brought together industry innovators to spark conversation about issues the AL Industry faces.

The YPN had a great first in-person networking event in Austin. Stay tuned for more events!

Thank You QIC Pharmacy for hosting a very informative TALAHour.

TALA attended the 2023 Dementia Education Advocate Awards at James L West to recognize winners Reps. Stephanie Klick and Giovanni Capriglione for their dementia advocacy and support.

Rose Saenz, TALA’s Workforce Development Advisor, is out on a Texas tour of communities. She is capturing video portraits of assisted living staff so we can show others the diversity of positions and the passion of your staff.

The TALA Board met January 31st in Dallas to kickoff the year.

Texas in the house at the Argentum Senior Living Summit: TALA Industry Partner J. T. Levin of August Health.

Thank you to recent TALAHour webinar hosts Misti Powell, Civitas Senior Living, and Greg Hunteman, Pi Architects, for their highly informative session. Find insights from their TALAHour, Successful Integration of Independent Living into Assisted Living, now on the TALALens.

The Workforce Committee tackled some tough topics when they met January 26th.

TALA’s President and CEO Diana Martinez and VP of Public Policy Carmen Tilton attend an event.

President and CEO Diana Martinez attends the Silverado Senior Living 25th anniversary celebration with Silverado CEO and Founder Loren Shook and TALA Board President Le Riggs.

Recently TALA and LeadingAge Texas testified at the Texas House of Representatives Public Health Committee hearing on workforce development in healthcare services. Thank you to Anthony Ormsbee-Hale from Civitas Senior Living and to LeadingAge Texas VP of Advocacy Alyse Meyer for speaking and to the Public Health committee for including us. We are grateful to collaborate with you!

The TALA YPN convened in Houston for some networking.

TALA hosted a TALAConnect networking event in June, sponsored by CoBridge Workforce Solutions and Simply Connect, and welcomed the TALA Board, Industry Partners, and the Young Professionals Network (YPN). Thank you everyone for coming out! We look forward to seeing you next time.

President Diana Martinez and Conference and Events Coordinator Alex Yndo toured the 2024 conference and industry expo location, the Hyatt Hill Country, in San Antonio.

TALA had a sold-out 24-hr AL Manager course. Thank you to the Sagora community Rio Terra in New Braunfels for hosting and Anthony-Ormsbee Hale for teaching!

Thank you to Steve Groth and Leah Saylor of Insurica for a great July TALAHour event!

TALA hosted a TALABook with Fort Worth Native Kathe Goodwin, author of Love Remembers in which she writes of her husband Steve's diagnosis of early-onset Alzheimer's.

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