Mission – Eldercare Issues Discussion Group

The Power of Solidarity: Building Connections That Nurture and Empower

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The Power of Solidarity By Richmond B Shreve This essay originally appeared on the NaCCRA.org website first posted 1/12/25 Solidarity is a word with a storied history. For many, it conjures images of laborers locking arms in pursuit of fair wages or activists standing together to confront injustice. But solidarity isn’t confined to union halls or […]

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The Importance of Mission

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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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The Wrong Process

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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

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Meeting Notice

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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

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Question 2 for Pennswood Residents

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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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Rethinking EIDG Goals

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Two years ago the Issues, Trends, and Governance in Eldercare Committee pondered its goals and priorities and produced a draft statement. Nancy Morrill retrieved a copy of the draft to inform our present thinking. The document below is offered to spark comments and discussion. Readers are invited to respond using the comment space below the

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Strategic Planning in CCRCs

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Our type of community differs from most beneficiaries of non-profit corporations–here the beneficiaries fund the corporation. That fact makes residents the principal stakeholders. At the same time, we have no direct say in governance. We trust in the benevolence of the corporate board. In the video presentation below, Marguerite and I present our views on

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Drift

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A need for courageous conversations For many weeks I have pondered what has changed since I first joined the Pennswood community. The attached page-and-a-half essay summarizes my personal distress and frustration with the erosion of the spirit of mutual caring that was so inspiring and attractive to me a decade ago. Most of us signed

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