Our core philosophy is simple: our people make us distinctive.
We’ve built our approach on a foundation of elite senior housing talent, and we believe our community-level teams are the primary driver of our partners’ financial returns.
We are not looking for standard “employees.” We are recruiting “owners”—the senior living industry’s most driven Executive Directors, clinical experts, and operational leaders.
We are a team of proven winners—regional operators, clinical directors, and community leaders—who treat every senior living asset with an “owner’s mindset.”
If you are a high-performer ready to join an institutional-grade senior housing platform that values and rewards your operational expertise, we want to talk to you.
We’ve cultivated a culture of excellence that has earned us the Great Place to Work® certification. This is where top-tier talent comes to win. We provide:
We empower our team to act, unbound by the bureaucracy of “check-the-box” operators.
We invest in the sophisticated, SOX-compliant data and business intelligence platforms our experts need to make agile, informed decisions.
We are a team of A-players. We value performance, discipline, and a relentless focus on results.
Our performance-driven approach has not gone unnoticed.
Distinctive Living’s Great Place to Work certification is testament to our commitment to cultivating an exemplary workplace culture. By prioritizing employee development and well-being, we have intentionally created an environment that champions our core values of Respect, Integrity, Service Excellence and Enthusiasm. These values guide decision-making and foster a sense of belonging among employees.
We are proud to be recognized by the industry’s most respected organizations, validating our position as a leader in senior living management, development, and workplace culture.
Are you a leader? An expert? A proven winner? Tell us why you belong at Distinctive Living.
We are not just participants in the senior living industry; we are actively shaping its future. See where our leadership and strategic insights are making headlines.
October 14, 2025 — Memory care demand is consistent, driving occupancy growth and improving margins, according to Distinctive Living CEO Joe Jedlowski. Distinctive has more than 1,200 memory care units across its 49 communities…
September 16, 2025 — Distinctive Living is taking a new approach as part of its growth strategy: joint-venture acquisitions with larger capital partners. The operator is currently fundraising for a specialized investment fund… with a target between $100 million and $200 million…
August 4, 2025 — Meet Joe Jedlowski, founder, chairman and CEO of New Jersey-based Distinctive Healthcare, a senior living development, management and services company that operates 46 senior housing communities… “At Distinctive Living, we make decisions based on data points…”
May 7, 2024 — Fast-growing senior living operator and developer Distinctive Living has acquired Validus Senior Living Management… Former Validus Senior Living President Lindsey Hacker will now serve as executive vice president and CFO of Distinctive Living…
July 20, 2023 — “From a development standpoint, we kill around 95 to 98 percent of all of the deals we look at because they’re either too expensive, not enough demand, or we can’t get a good rate.”
