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Carissa Kohn-Johnson

Product Marketing Manager, Relias Academy Assisted Living, Relias

Carissa Kohn-Johnson is part of the Relias Academy Assisted Living team that focuses on the online continuing education, classroom training, and physical products required for the licensure and compliance of professionals who specialize in residential assisted living for adults and seniors. She has a background in information technology, and studied sociology and gerontology at Nazareth College and biological sciences at NC State University.

Posts by Carissa Kohn-Johnson

Interested in Becoming an Assisted Living Administrator or Owner-Operator?

2 min read | Posted April 22, 2020

With 35 million people age 65 and over in the United States, and with many preferring to remain near friends and family and in their communities, opportunities to expand senior living options and create successful assisted living communities continue to grow.

Before Founding AARP: How a Retiree in a Chicken Coop Inspired Dr. Ethel Percy Andrus

4 min read | Posted March 6, 2020

As part of Woman’s History Month we look at a pioneer of assisted living. Dr. Ethel Percy Andrus was the founder of the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP), and created a new housing model for seniors with the opening of the Grey Gables Inn.