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 …
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 …
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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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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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 …
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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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 …
Full employment—that’s the term economists use to describe a market where virtually everyone who can and wants to work lives. For places like Denver, where the current unemployment rate is an incredibly low 2.8 percent, “full employment” means both a booming economy and a particularly difficult market for retaining team members who care for older …
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“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view, until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.” – Atticus Finch in To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee This quote from an American classic essentially states: “Walk a mile in my shoes.” The idea is …
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For many hard-working Americans, it’s a struggle to make ends meet. That’s true for some Christian Living Communities associates. In order to respond to this need, last year the Team Member Critical Needs Assistance Program was established. The program, which is strictly funded through donations, offers one-time, emergency grants for qualifying team members who need …