About Better Life Senior Living
Transforming Senior Living Through Passionate Leadership and Innovative Management
Our Journey in Senior Living Excellence
Success Stories
Better Life Senior Living was born from a vision to revolutionize senior living. Founded by industry veterans who saw the need for a more resident-centered, financially sustainable approach to senior care, we’ve grown from managing a single struggling community to becoming a trusted partner for senior living facilities across the region. Our journey is marked by a commitment to excellence, innovation, and the belief that every senior deserves to live in a thriving, vibrant community.
97% occupancy achieved in just 18 months at one of our managed communities.
Reduced staff turnover by 40%, enhancing stability and care quality.
Turned a loss-generating community into a profitable one.
Achieved 60% year-over-year revenue growth.
Our Mission:
To elevate the standard of senior living by providing exceptional management services that enhance resident quality of life, ensure community financial health, and empower staff to deliver outstanding care.
Our Core Values:
Compassion
We approach every decision with empathy and understanding.
Innovation
We constantly seek new ways to improve and adapt to changing needs.
Integrity
We operate with transparency and honesty in all our dealings.
Excellence
We strive for the highest standards in every aspect of our work.
Collaboration
We believe in the power of teamwork and partnership.
Meet Our Leadership
Our experienced leadership team brings together diverse expertise in senior care, finance, operations, and hospitality.
Rodney Thomason
Rodney Thomason is a successful entrepreneur and corporate leader who has proven himself in many diverse businesses. When the medical device company he worked for sold in 2000, Thomason founded Southeast Imaging, LLC – which served multiple states and represented well-known imaging brands such as Sectra PACS, Carestream, Quantum, and Fuji Medical. He helped lead the consolidation of X-ray distributors, now known as AMI that partnered with the Innovation Institute. In 2000, he established Medical Assets Holding Company to provide administrative, payroll, financial management, and other services for companies within the corporate family.
Thomason has since developed additional medical-related companies, which include a pharmaceutical (radiopharmaceuticals) research company that has grown and expanded over the years. He acquired the largest medical billing company in the state of Arkansas which provides revenue cycle management in multiple states and hospital systems. He acquires senior living communities and provides health care facility development and management. Rodney also serves on the CARTI Board of Directors.
A native of Arkansas, Thomason attended the University of Arkansas Monticello. He started his professional career in pharmaceutical sales before transitioning to medical equipment and real estate development. Shortly after, Rodney began farming timberland and acquiring recreational real estate and farmland in the Midwest and Arkansas, which has grown exponentially over the past ten years.
Rodney’s passion is to provide farm-to-table senior living communities to improve the lives of seniors. In his spare time, he loves to spend time with his friends and family doing what he loves, hunting and fishing.
Ann McClure
Ann McClure has more than 10 years public accounting experience working in tax and management consulting. She brings over 20 years of overall accounting experience, from being accounting manager for a Memphis-based retail chain operating 400 locations to 5 years with a minor league baseball club where she was brought in to restructure the accounting and controls system, which eliminated massive amounts of waste. Her past experience became a valuable asset to Medical Assets Holding Company when McClure came on board in 2013. As COO, Ann oversee’s all operational focuses for each of the MAHC businesses.
McClure holds a bachelor of science degree in accounting. She is originally from Memphis and relocated to Maumelle in 2003 where she resides with her husband, Jimmy. When she is not busy working, she enjoys following the University of Memphis Tigers basketball / football team and riding her bike along the banks of the Arkansas River.
Kelly Marchand
Kelly Marchand has been licensed as an attorney since 2005.
Prior to joining our team, she worked as Counsel at Mitchell Williams law firm, where she represented nursing homes, medical providers, and insurance companies in general and professional liability lawsuits. Marchand also has experience working in risk management, managing litigation, and providing coverage analyses for insurance syndicates based in the Lloyd’s of London market.
Marchand holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Spanish from the College of the Holy Cross, a Master of Arts Degree in Hispanic Linguistics from the University of Arizona, a Juris Doctor from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, and a Master of Laws in Taxation from NYU. She is licensed to practice law in Arkansas and Texas.
Marchand has three children and enjoys watching them play volleyball and soccer. She is an avid runner and is a member of the Little Rock Roadrunners Club.