Sunrise Senior Living
Sunrise Senior Living is an operator of nursing homes, which is located in Tysons Corner ( Virginia). The company operates over 440 retirement homes worldwide.
History
The company's founders, Paul and Terry Klaassen, both had experience with long-term care as they grew up. Terry and her family learned the institutional character of nursing homes in the United States know, while Paul visited his grandparents, who lived in the Netherlands. After their marriage they both worked volunteer in nursing homes in the U.S. and got to know many seniors who were dissatisfied with the formal care in these homes.
The couple decided to take over the Dutch model for long-term care of the elderly as a business model. They sold their house and bought one just closed nursing home, which she renovated. In the first fiscal year, they still took care of itself to the residents. This new alternative in the elderly spread quickly and was called " Assisted Living".
To meet the growing demand, the Klaassens the mid-1980s opened two more Sunrise homes. In 1987, the first home was opened in the style of a Victorian villa. This was one of the first built expressly for this purpose nursing homes in the United States.
In spring 2003, the company changed its name from "Sunrise Assisted Living " in " Sunrise Senior Living ," to represent the extension of the power spectrum.
Sunrise in Germany
Sunrise ran until 2010, seven nursing homes in Germany in Hamburg, Bonn, Frankfurt am Main, Königstein im Taunus, Oberursel ( Taunus), Wiesbaden and Munich. The two sites Reinbek and Hanover were closed in 2008 due to lack of profitability. Since September 1, 2010 no longer operates Sunrise, but Kursana under the brand " Kursana Villa " the eight German Sunrise homes for seniors. In the sites Reinbek and Hanover, the company was started by Kursana villa after a half year break on 1 October 2010.