Sunrise Senior Living | The Vision & The Experience

In the 10th episode of The Senior Soup Podcast, Sunrise Senior Living National Director of Business Development Tom Berry joined Raquel and Ryan to share all about the Sunrise experience and what prospective residents (and their families) should expect the first time they walk into a Sunrise Senior Living community. 

Sunrise Senior Living | The Vision & The Experience 

• The podcast begins with Tom Berry walking the audience through his 20+ year career at Sunrise Senior Living and the history of Sunrise. 
  
  
• Tom shares what prospective residents (and their families) should expect and feel when they first walk through the doors of a Sunrise Senior Living community. 
  
  
• Then Tom, Raquel, and Ryan discuss what services and hospitality are offered at Sunrise Senior Living.  
  
  
• Raquel steers the conversation back home: She asks Tom how families would choose among the nine Sunrise Senior Living communities in Montgomery County. 
  
  
• Nine minutes into the podcast, Raquel highlighted Sunrise Senior Living's new vision that was announced by its CEO in November 2022, and she asked Tom to unwind said vision and expound upon what inspired it. 
  
  
•  Ryan asks Tom about Sunrise Senior Living's renewed focus on hospitality while balancing the need for outstanding care. 
  
  
• Tom, Raquel, and Ryan then shift the conversation to breaking down misconceptions around senior living with a throwback audio clip from season one of The Sopranos. 
  
  
• Raquel then asks Tom about some of the distinct programs Sunrise Senior Living has implemented for residents. 
  
  
• Ryan and Raquel give kudos to Rachael Cicconi, Sunrise Senior Living's Montgomery County, Maryland director of business development, for connecting the local Montgomery County community to the nine Sunrise communities within the county. 
  
  
• Tom, Raquel, and Ryan then discuss how Sunrise Senior Living includes animals within their communities, which speaks to Sunrise's culture and sense of community. 
  
  
• Before ending the podcast, Raquel tossed out a nugget to the audience: Tom Berry previously hosted a television show about senior issues in the Northern California media market. 
  
  
• Finally, Raquel asks Tom for a few takeaways from this podcast for The Senior Soup's audience. 

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