Community Celebrates Brookdale Living

Recently, Brookdale of Loma Linda, formerly Emeritus, hosted their ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the beginning of the Brookdale legacy in the community of Loma Linda. Brookdale opened its doors 35 years ago and currently operates more than 1,150 communities in 46 of the 50 states across the United States, 468 of which are freestanding Assisted Living Communities, which results to over 111,000 residents calling Brookdale home. Residents and family were welcomed to the dinner alongside several community leaders and elected officials as well. James Ramos, San Bernardino County supervisor, and Dan Matthews from the Loma Linda University Church, received a certificate of recognition from Brookdale. Certificates of appreciation were also awarded to the Enlightened Dogs Therapy Team, accepted by Chris and Elicia Ashton and The Faithful Singers, accepted by Joe Shaffer. Carolyn Garvin thanked the staff at Brookdale, who took care of her mother, Eldine Friesen, for many years. "I would like to say thank you to all of the staff here. You are close to mine and my family's hearts," she said. Michele Provencio, business office manager, who had the honor of cutting the ribbon at the ceremony, commented on the recent change from Emeritus to Brookdale. "I'm most excited about all of the great systems that we have in place. There are so many different things we can offer, currently, Brookdale has many different types of facilities, like nursing facilities, that I am looking forward to getting involved with here in California." Provencio went on to say, "I love working with the residents here at Brookdale." According to the Brookdale website, "enriching the lives of those we serve with compassion, respect excellence and integrity," is the mission at every Brookdale location, and while they have grown to become a national leader in senior living solutions, they ascertain that the care the quality of care they are providing is the most important part of their operations. [END] -Certificate of Appreciation was presented to Enlightened Dogs Therapy Team (Accepting award on behalf of the organization was Chris & Elicia Ashton) for having their therapy dogs bring so many warm and memorable moments to our residents -Certificate of Appreciation was presented to Loma Linda University Church (Accepting award on behalf of the church was Pastor Dan Matthews) for providing an uplifting & inspiring spiritual blessing to our residents every week -Certificate of Appreciation was presented to The Faithful Singers (Accepting award on behalf of the group was Joe Shaffer) for providing our residents with their motivational services and songs on a monthly basis. We also gave an honorable mention to thank Steve Lawless for his time and talent that he shares with our Brookdale Loma Linda Choir. Steve volunteers his time to play the piano for our choir to rehearse and perform at various events. I am not sure if you wanted to know who some of the other speakers were besides Lori & myself so I am sending you a few names that might help. Carolyn Garvin (Family Member) – Shared about her families experience at our community over the years. Her mother’s name was Eldine Friesen. Kim Weidman (A Place for Mom Representative) – Presented an award “2015 Best of Senior Living” to our community. Stephanie Mahe (Loma Linda Chamber of Commerce Operations Manager) – Led us through the ribbon cutting ceremony and various awards from the County and state officials. Karolyn, in have been so blessed to have a member of 1991 23 years moved my aunt time goes so fast in that length of time you have a great time with the staff. We were blessed to have the memorial service here. I would like to say thank you to all of the staff here. You are close to my and my families heart. Kim, I am pleased to announce that Brookdale are winners of this award for their consistent care and great rapport with families. Dog people, it is a joy go be Here and we thank you for the opportunity. Dave Matthews Loma Linda university church. Awarded for providing spritual... Singers awarded for their hard work. We want to thank you so much for everything you do and wish you the best of luck for the next 50 years. LLCCommrrce. Whoshotmykids@Gmail.com Kelly 9098388786 Members of the community, city officials, volunteers, and residents. Brookdale operates more than 1,150 communities across the United States. Brookdale communities offer independent living, assisted living, memory care, therapy and home health services, hospice & skilled nursing care. Almost 80,000 associates work for Brookdale. Brookdale’s symbol on the New York Stock Exchange is BKD. Brookdale went public on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in November 2005. Brookdale operates 468 freestanding Assisted Living communities. T. Andrew (Andy) Smith is Brookdale Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Brookdale operates 550 Alzheimer’s and Dementia communities. Brookdale operates approximately 49 Independent Living communities. Over 110,000 residents call a Brookdale community home. Brookdale communities are located in 46 of the 50 states. Brookdale’s main corporate office is in Brentwood, Tenn., with a support services center in Milwaukee, Wis. and small regional offices in Seattle, Wash.Chicago, Ill. and Tampa, Fla. Brookdale’s mission statement is “Enriching the lives of those we serve with compassion, respect, excellence and integrity.” And some fun facts, too! Approximately 60 Brookdale residents turn 100 years old each month. CEO Andy Smith sends each one of them birthday wishes in a personally signed letter. Brookdale purchased more than 900,000 square yards of carpet in 2012, enough to cover 16 football fields. The total interior square feet of our communities is 54,144,224. Brookdale purchases more than 8,300 dining room chairs annually, that’s enough to make a lap around Talladega speedway, which is 2.66 miles long. Florida has 146 Brookdale communities – more than any other state we operate in. Overall Brookdale currently operates communities in 46 states.