Jack & Arlene Peplinski,
Founders
About The Peplinski Group:
Arlene Peplinski, a registered nurse, worked several
years in hospital nursing before joining the staff of Huron Woods Nursing Center
in 1980 as its Director of Nursing Services. Arlene was recruited
at a time when she was giving serious thought and prayer about what “Nursing
Specialty” she felt called to. Within a short time of working in
long-term care she
realized that serving others was a noble calling and she could someday envision
her family working with her. Arlene prepared herself for administration knowing
someday she would like to own a nursing facility. In 1982, that vision
became a reality when she and Jack purchased Huron Woods. At that point,
Jack joined Arlene in administration while their daughters, Terri and Tammy,
worked in the office. Their son Todd also began work in the environmental
department. This gave each sibling a unique area to learn the business from the
ground up. One by one each studied nursing home administration and all are
now licensed nursing home administrators in the State of Michigan. It
became evident as a
family that the business needed to grow so that these
services could be provided to other communities.
Between 1982 and 1990, Arlene was very active on the
board of the Health Care Association of Michigan. In 1989 Arlene joined the
administration of Grand Oaks Nursing Center where she and Jack became partners
with Richard Postema of Grand Rapids, Michigan. While in Baldwin Arlene met Phyllis Sullivan,
also a registered nurse, and together they formed a long-term care consulting company. From
1992 to 1998, they consulted, trained and mentored for several nursing
facilities throughout the State of Michigan, many of whom were at risk for
losing Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement due to non-compliance in the program.
In 1994, Jack and Arlene purchased North Woods Nursing
Center in Farwell where son-in-law Jeff Schade was appointed administrator. In 2002,
Jeff became the President and CEO of The Peplinski Group. In 1999, Jack and
Arlene purchased West Woods of Niles where son-in-law Rick Ackerman was
appointed administrator. Rick was appointed Executive Vice President of the Peplinski
Group in 2002. In 1999, Maple Woods Manor in Clio became part of the
Peplinski Group where Todd is the administrator. In 2003, son-in-law Brian Thompson joined The
Peplinski Group as CFO. Each one of the family members bring to the table their
individual skills, talents, education and abilities to support each other and
the rest of The Peplinski Group team in building a strong professional group
of health care providers.
