Raising the bar – McKnight’s Senior Living [Video]

Over the weekend, Facebook was filled with the posts of proud parents sharing photos of their children graduating from college.

It may have been the other way around in the Winston family. Saturday, grandfather and former Life Care Centers of America President and CEO Tom Winston earned his law degree from the University of Tennessee at the age of 73.

“I decided to go to law school because I was bored with retirement,” said Winston, whose LinkedIn profile pegs him at the helm of Cleveland, TN-based Life Care Centers from 1987 to 1988.

Winston worked at Legal Aid of East Tennessee between his first and second years of law school and with Elder Law of East Tennessee during his final year.

Now that he has graduated, he plans to practice law in Chattanooga, TN, with a longtime friend. His career in senior living, long-term care and hospital care will come …