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Stacy Olson saw the writing on the wall: Industry-wide staffing shortages were set to pose a substantial challenge to Emmaus Homes. “Our industry, like a lot of health care and home health industries, has very high turnover,” says Olson, chief human resources officer of the CHHSM member organization, which provides care to people with disabilities.…
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United Church of Christ-related Bethany Children’s Home in Womelsdorf, Pennslyvania, is launching a fundraising and marketing campaign called “Over the Edge” to provide a thrilling rappelling experience for adventurous donors and create awareness of the services Bethany provides for local youth who have experienced trauma in their lives. Over the Edge, a staging company known for…
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The United Church of Christ’s Beatitudes Campus, a life plan community for active seniors in Phoenix, will host a premier showing of “Gen Silent,” the award-winning documentary about LGBTQ aging in America, on Tues. July 19 at 6:30 p.m. AARP Arizona, PFLAG and PrimeTimers are partnering with the campus to host the event. The event is…
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UCC-related Pilgrim Manor has announced that it is integrating into United Church Homes, a national, faith-based, nonprofit senior living services provider based in Marion, Ohio. Pilgrim Manor was conceived in 1955 by 12 Grand Rapids area Congregational churches, most now affiliated with the United Church of Christ. It opened in 1963 as an assisted living…
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Creating community well-being should be a proactive endeavor for both the nation and communities of faith. That’s what community leaders from around the country discussed at this year’s Wellbeing in the Nation Summit, held in Alexandria, Virginia. The summit acts as a think tank to create plans that influence national health policy. CHHSM Vice President…
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The leaders of CHHSM member ministry Consecra know their organization faces a challenge. Despite a long and proud history as a faith-based social services organization that traces its founding to the late 19th century, too many people today have a fuzzy idea about its focus and mission, says Susan Sinderson, executive vice president of the…
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Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital is again among the 25 most “green” hospitals in the country, according to the nation’s leading health care environmental stewardship organization. Practice Greenhealth’s Top 25 Environmental Excellence Awards recognize organizations that are setting the highest standards for environmental practices in health care. Winners are those with highest overall scoring. They must…
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The Rev. Kenneth Daniel, president and CEO of United Church Homes, Inc., was honored on May 19 as the recipient of the 2016 Distinguished Alum Award at UCC-related United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities. Daniel, who graduated from United in 1981, has served in local congregations, seminary settings, retirement community administration and has acted…
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The UCC’s Plymouth Harbor on Sarasota Bay, a life plan community serving more than 300 residents, will celebrate its 50th anniversary on May 23 and pay tribute to its founder, the Rev. John Whitney MacNeil, a Congregationalist/UCC minister. “During our 50th anniversary year, Plymouth Harbor remembers the fascinating story of a man’s vision that ignited…
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CHHSM President and CEO Michael J. Readinger was featured in the inaugural “This I Have Learned’ column in the bi-monthly magazine of LeadingAge, an association of 6,000 not-for-profit organizations dedicated to expanding the world of possibilities for aging. In the 18 months that I have been called to my position as president/CEO of our small…
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In early September, United Church Homes announced that it has been selected by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to participate in a new Medicare alternative payment model designed to...