Category: Christian Living Communities

Culture change efforts at Christian Living Communities are getting a big boost in 2025, thanks to the generosity of caring supporters like you! Your gifts to the Workforce Innovation Fund made it possible last month for five CLC team members to complete the week-long training to become Certified Eden Alternative...

Starting January 6, 2025, the CLC communities Clermont Park, Holly Creek, and Someren Glen will have a new partner for in-community health clinics, Curana Health. Curana Health specializes in providing comprehensive, on-site primary care tailored to senior living communities. Curana provides services in 34 states and is dedicated to improving...

The traditional approach in senior living is to view older people as customers or consumers of services. You can see that reflected in advertising promising a carefree life of leisure – kind of the resort or cruise ship approach.  This approach is rooted in false and limiting beliefs of aging....

For the second consecutive year, Christian Living Communities (CLC) has been awarded the World’s Best Culture certification. Our team members and residents are beaming with pride over this recognition of our exceptional workplace culture. This certification is given to senior living organizations by Drive, a consultancy firm that specializes in...

Imagine if more than 200 of your closest friends and family showed up to celebrate your birthday. Wouldn’t you feel so loved? That’s exactly how we felt last week at the 2024 Founder’s Day Breakfast! 230 amazing supporters, residents, team members, chaplains, families, and past and current board members attended...

When searching for a potential home for yourself or a loved one, you may notice each has unique features that set it apart. One of the most critical aspects of senior living communities is whether they operate as a for-profit or non-profit organization. There are critical differences between for-profit and...

How do you know when expanding your marketing team to handle your community’s digital marketing makes sense and when it is better to contract an agency? When considering hiring a full-time employee vs. contracting a digital marketing agency, it's helpful to understand both options' advantages and disadvantages. There are many...

“It is not joy that makes us grateful; it is gratitude that makes us joyful.” - Davide Steindl-Rast, American Monk & Author As we enter this season of Thanksgiving we pause to focus on the power of gratitude. There is powerful science behind the concept that gratitude has many benefits...

by Dr. Amy Dore, CLC Board Chair, Metropolitan State University Professor Maddy Chapman, Associate Executive Director, Holly Creek Did you know that ageism is learned and developed during early childhood and continued throughout adulthood? Did you know 61 million adults in the United States live with a disability? Ageism and...