For the People Doing Healthcare’s Hardest, Most Human Work
Chris Sund is a keynote speaker for senior living and retirement communities, assisted living, memory care, home health, and hospice organizations. He is a healthcare workforce executive who has stood on the stages of LeadingAge, AHCA, and state health care associations across the country, and he brings senior care audiences leadership, culture, retention, and recognition they can use on the next shift. In November 2026 he speaks to the leadership team of Spring Living Retirement Communities, a Canadian operator with 28 communities in Ontario and Quebec, in Playa del Carmen. Booking for a retirement community? See the retirement community speaker page. Booking for a skilled nursing facility? See the long-term care page.
Senior Care Is a Continuum, and Every Setting Has Its Own Tuesday
An assisted living aide, a hospice nurse driving between homes, and a memory care team all do work that asks something different of them, and one generic leadership talk reaches none of them. Chris meets that room with respect and realism: he works the senior care workforce battle daily, and his message gives executive directors, clinical leaders, and frontline caregivers practical ways to build cultures people stay for, plus the renewal caregivers themselves are rarely offered.
- Retention built for CNA, nursing, and dietary reality — not corporate theory
- Recognition systems that honor caregivers doing invisible, essential work
- The Power of Small Moments applied to resident and family experience
- Leadership tools for administrators and DONs carrying enormous loads
- Culture drivers that work on LTC budgets: support, purpose, appreciation
Senior & Long-Term Care Stages Chris Has Served
- Spring Living Retirement Communities, Playa del Carmen (Nov 2026)
- AHCA/NCAL Annual Convention, Boston (Oct 2026)
- Montana Health Care Association, Billings (Sep 2026)
- Iowa Health Care Association, Des Moines (Sep 2026)
- LeadingAge Illinois Annual Conference, Chicago (Jul 2026)
- South Dakota Health Care Association, Sioux Falls
- Colorado Health Care Association, Denver
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Popular Programs for Senior Care Events
You Are Capable of More
The signature keynote. Genuine renewal for caregivers running on empty.
The Power of Small Moments
Resident, patient, and family experience. The everyday interactions that define a community’s reputation.
Leadership Keynote
For executive directors, clinical leaders, and the supervisors carrying the building.
The Power of Small Moments
Resident and family experience — the everyday interactions that define a community’s reputation.
You Are Capable of a Better Culture
Build a community caregivers never want to leave. Five drivers, senior care budget friendly.
People Quit People, Not Companies
The retention keynote, for the settings where one supervisor decides whether an aide stays.
Senior Care Audiences Chris Serves
Related pages: Rural Healthcare Speaker · Healthcare Leadership Speaker · Employee Retention Speaker · Home Health & Hospice Speaker · Retirement Community Speaker · Skilled Nursing Care Week Speaker · CNA Week Speaker
What LTC Planners Ask
Does Chris actually know long-term care?
Yes — LTC and senior living staffing is core to his daily work in healthcare workforce solutions, and he has keynoted LeadingAge, AHCA, and four state health care association conferences. The examples come from your setting, not acute care with the names changed.
Can the keynote serve administrators and frontline staff in the same room?
Yes — state association conferences bring both, and the message is built for it: leaders get the retention playbook, caregivers get recognition and renewal, and everyone leaves owning the culture together.
Is CE documentation available for administrator licensure?
Chris’s sessions have been approved for continuing education credit at past conferences, including both of his sessions at the Iowa Health Care Association convention. The host association handles the CE application, including any administrator licensure credit; Chris provides the learning objectives, outline and bio it needs.
Can Chris keynote our caregiver appreciation event?
Absolutely — recognition events are among his favorite rooms. He has keynoted an employee recognition dinner inside a healthcare facility, and the You Are Capable of More message is built to honor people while re-energizing them.
Give Your Caregivers a Keynote That Gives Back
Tell Chris about your association event or community. You’ll get a fast, straight answer on fit and availability.
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