Discussion of best practices in governance.
Our next meeting is on Thursday, June 26, 2025 (fourth Thursday) at 3:30 p.m. in the Blue Room and on Zoom. Those unfamiliar with Zoom are encouraged to attend in person. The Zoom waiting room will be open fifteen minutes early, at 3:15 p.m. Here is the Zoom link: – https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83497318670?pwd=1JRPGYXr3EYNrjBs5KdLOTbbVTxGxl.1 – The proposed Agenda […]
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Nancy Morrill and her subgroup have been working to develop a Resident Bill of Rights suitable for adoption by the State of Pennsylvania. Attached is the current draft Bill of Rights for people in the independent living parts of Pennsylvania CCRCs. It contains two minor revisions to what was circulated in advance of the last
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For some Pennswood Residents it is hard to imagine why anyone is excited about getting the State of Pennsylvania to enact a bill of rights for residents. The reason is simple, contracts with providers usually do not adequately protect independent residents from being intimidated or exploited. The skilled nursing resident and the assisted living resident
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One of our fellow residents expressd puzzlement about the amount of time and effort devoted to our “slogan.” She was referring to the Mission Statement that is in our strategic planning agenda. The mission of a non profit sets the direction for the enterprise. Our mission of caring and service seems more obvious to us
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If you are reading this, you are a PV-Eldercare subscriber. You follow our discussions because you care deeply about Pennswood Village, the community living here, and the issues that affect seniors who have chosen a community like ours. Like many things we do out of love, this engagement sometimes has unpleasant aspects and hard work.
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Strategic Planning is foremost a collaborative process. It is essential that the stakeholders engage in conversations and not simply be polled for their opinions. Ideally, the strategic plan (a document) is a report of the process’s outcome that those engaged in creating it recognize and endorse as the best course of action. When the plan’s
Dear Participants in the Eldercare Issues Discussion Group, Our next meeting is scheduled for Thursday afternoon, July 25, 2024 at 3:30 p.m. in the Blue Room and via Zoom. Here is the Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85878270705 The Agenda and related documents are below These meetings are open to all Pennswood Village residents, so you should feel
CEO Dan Murray has posted the second in a series of weekly planning questions for residents to ponder and answer. Here is my response to today’s query. What do you think? Post a comment.
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I’m sure you have seen this article from the last AARP Bulletin, but I’m wondering if this is something the Eldercare Discussion Group would be interested in discussing or possibly in lobbying for inclusion of some of the transparency and disclosure issues we’ve been wrestling with. I mentioned the article to Lynn Waymon this evening,
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Three letters have been sent following our discussions at the recent meeting. They are reproduced below with a brief narrative introduction. Subscribers are encouraged to comment on this post. Answers to Financial Questions Dan Seeger reiterated his request to Tim McQuaid for a follow-up meeting to clarify and explain the brief responses made at the
