It's either an exciting or a scary time to be in the senior living industry, depending on who you ask. For Aegis Living Founder and CEO Dwayne Clark, it's the former.

The senior living provider is opening unique communities with themed designs, and all the while building a corporate team that includes former leaders from companies such as Starbucks and Nordstrom, Clark said in this episode of the Senior Housing News podcast, Transform.

In this episode, learn about:

- Why Aegis Living wants to stop using the term "assisted living"

- How Clark sees the provider as a "patchwork quilt" of different industries

- Why Aegis doesn't hire any of its general managers from other senior living competitors

- What Clark learned traveling the globe looking for the keys to longevity and healthy aging