What an incredible journey, man: After 38 years, ‘Conductor’ Pomeranz still on the ultimate roll with LTC juggernaut

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What started on a whim as a wheelchair transport assistant in the 1980s has come full circle for David V. Pomeranz, who became the new President and CEO of RiverSpring Living in New York on April 1. In preparation for the promotion from COO, he visited with workers on all three shifts and also did a stint in his “favorite” job, helping wheel residents to appointments. “You have to constantly put yourself out there,” Pomeranz told McKnight’s Executive Editor James M. Berklan during this edition of the McKnight’s Newsmakers podcast. Overseeing the care of nearly 20,000 individuals, Pomeranz sees more dementia care in RiverSpring’s future, as well as deeper involvement with technology — for his organization and the rest of long-term care as well. The self-styled coach and “conductor,” says operators’ focus should be “all about staff” at this point. Providers must create viable career paths and options — and then make them known to younger job candidates, he stresses.

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