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November 14, 2020

New CLC CEO “comes home” to keep Holly Creek and other communities strong

In a time when so many are feeling isolated, long-time Denverite Jill Vitale-Aussem is coming home to community — or communities, in this case. Mid-November, she will become the first female president and CEO of Christian Living Communities (CLC). The Denver-based senior housing provider serves six states and more than 3,000 older adults and their …

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September 23, 2020

CLC’s Next President & CEO Announced

Christian Living Communities is proud to announce the selection of our next President & CEO. Jill Vitale-Aussem will join the organization on November 16th replacing Terry Rogers, who announced his departure in February. To view a video greeting from incoming President & CEO Jill Vitale-Aussem click here. Jill Vitale-Aussem has more than 20 years of …

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June 5, 2020

A Note from Leadership on Rejecting Racial Injustice

This morning our Interim CEO Camille Burke reached out to our dedicated team to confirm our commitment to embracing equity for all and rejecting racism in all its forms. Good Morning CLC-Cappella Family, This morning we pause to share our organizational thoughts regarding the racial injustice that continues to infect our country and how we, …

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June 5, 2020

How do you Cope in Times of Historic Crisis?

By: Debra Westeen, Vice President of Human Resources at CLC-Cappella If time travel were my superpower, I would jettison 20 years from now to see how history records this time. Wouldn’t that be fascinating? In 1918, the Spanish Flu pandemic took hundreds of thousands of lives. On Black Tuesday, in October of 1929, the stock …

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April 19, 2019

Innovative Team Member Caring in the News

The following is an excerpt from an article that originally appeared on McKnight’s Long-Term Care News. If you’d like to read the whole article, visit their website. Colorado is a state with a 3.7% unemployment rate. That makes it challenging to retain qualified workers in hospitality and senior care. So Christian Living Communities (CLC) and Cappella Living …

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January 16, 2019

Senior Living Leadership: Tackling Team Member Turnover

To effectively manage a senior living community or service, managers often need to prevent team member turnover. We’ve discovered several approaches that have made a big difference in the communities and services we manage. The following interview contains excerpts from Senior Housing News and first appeared on their website on January 14, 2018. The Value of …

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December 5, 2018

National Presentation on Leadership in Team Member Engagement

Pam Sullivan, our Vice-President of Communications was in Miami, Florida from December 3-5, to present about CLC being the first senior living organization in the country to engage with Beekeeper, the company behind our smartphone app, The Loop. The Advanced Learning Institute conference was for employers who want to improve internal communications. Pam’s presentation focused on engaging …

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November 15, 2018

Leadership through Experiencing a Resident’s Life

Congratulations to our own Pat McBride, RN, BSN, MSN – our Vice-President of Clinical and Compliance – on her recent graduation from the LeadingAge Leadership Academy as a Leadership Academy Fellow. The Academy is a year-long commitment by leaders from around the nation to improving their skills and elevating the senior-living experience. Each fellow must complete an …

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October 16, 2018

CLC Celebrates Quality Improvement Initiatives with GOlympics

The second annual GOlympics was held late last month on the patio at Someren Glen to celebrate quality improvement initiatives throughout the legacy communities of Clermont Park, Someren Glen and Holly Creek. Twenty-six projects were entered into the competition among eight different categories that included Most Impactful to Residents, Most Improvement Shown, Risk Reduction and …

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August 17, 2018

CLC Team Members Give a Hand to Residents

For the fifth year in a row, Christian Living Communities team members demonstrated their huge heart for the residents they serve by generously supporting the Give a Hand employee giving campaign. The official campaign wrapped up earlier this month with 110 associates raising $33,015 for the Resident Assistance Fund, helping qualified residents in financial need. The total …

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