Team Member Spotlight

• New Leadership at Elder Care Alliance: Adriene Iverson

  

  Our President & CEO discusses strategic plans, senior living and what it means to be a non-profit assisted living organization. Approximately fifteen years ago, it was a connection with a resident that affirmed that Adriene Iverson was on the right track. Iverson started her career in senior living when she joined the board of directors……

  January 17, 2017
• Staff Member Spotlight: Carmel Dolcine-Joseph

  Elder Care Alliance’s Corporate Director of Clinical Services takes a hands-on approach with every aspect of resident services. You might expect a Corporate Director of Clinical Services and Memory Care Programming to be sitting in an office making big decisions about processes and implementing new programs for the care of approximately 500 residents in four……

  January 17, 2017
• Caregiver Spotlight: Susan Dimos, Director of Operations at ComForcare

  

  This professional caregiver has 20 years of experience caring for California seniors. Susan Dimos has been caring for seniors for 20 years. For more than 10 years she’s been overseeing non-medical home care for seniors as the Director of Operations at ComForcare’s Alameda County, California, location. Senior caregiving is hard work, and it can often……

  January 17, 2017
• Medical Provider Spotlight: Dr. John H. Fullerton, AlmaVia of San Rafael

  

  Assisted living communities offer convenient health care for seniors. When seniors visit the doctor’s office, it is often up to their family members to help with everything from scheduling to driving to interpreting doctors’ instructions. Medical services at an assisted living community can ease some of this burden for families and help ensure seniors get……

  January 17, 2017
• Staff Member Spotlight: Minerva Santiago, AlmaVia of Camarillo

  

  A dedicated caregiver to seniors with memory loss. Caring for seniors with Alzheimer’s, dementia and memory loss involves more than giving medications and making sure they have assistance getting to meals. True care requires a personal touch to unleash their creativity and bring them joy. Resident Care Assistant Minerva Santiago, known as Mini, engages residents……

  January 17, 2017
• Staff Spotlight: James Li, AlmaVia of San Francisco

  

  Our 2014 Heart of Gold award winner goes above and beyond. As a Transportation Specialist, James Li drives residents to appointments and activities. But, he does so much more. James is best known at this community for going above and beyond for the community’s residents, and he is the esteemed recipient of the 2014 Heart……

  January 17, 2017
• A San Francisco Senior Housing Leader Finds His Calling

  Adam Mitchell takes a compassionate, empowering approach to senior care. Shifting from the advertising world to managing a senior living community isn’t part of a typical career trajectory. But Adam Mitchell’s experience in the ad world has informed his work in senior living quite nicely. He’s been able to bring his marketing and advertising knowledge……

  January 16, 2017
• Spiritual Leader Spotlight: Chaplain Donene Blair, AlmaVia of San Rafael

  

  A conversation with the woman who serves as the heart and soul of spiritual life at Alma Via of San Rafael. She prays with residents. She laughs and cries with them. For seven years, Rev. Donene Blair has served as the Spiritual Care Director at AlmaVia of San Rafael. As a minister ordained by the……

  January 16, 2017
• Staff Member Spotlight: George Buquich, AlmaVia of San Rafael

  

  An advocate for seniors with memory loss. Enhancing the quality of life of seniors with dementia is a vital part of the memory care program at all Elder Care Alliance communities. George Buquich strives to fulfill this mission at AlmaVia of San Rafael. As the life enrichment coordinator, he has a passion for helping people……

  January 16, 2017