The COVID-19 pandemic has created new challenges in lives across the world, and United Church Homes residents need your support now more than ever. The faith-inspired senior living provider, headquartered in Marion, Ohio, is in the third year of its $20 million Campaign for Abundant Life. Thanks to the generosity…
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Ziegler Senior Living + Finance Strategy Conference to Feature United Church Homes CEO
2020 Ziegler Senior Living + Finance Strategy Conference MARION, Ohio — Rev. Kenneth Daniel, president and CEO of United Church Homes, will serve on a panel of CEOs for multisite senior living organizations at this year’s virtual Ziegler Senior Living + Finance Strategy Conference. Each year, Ziegler features CEOs from…
Read MoreParker Center Partners with Eden Theological Seminary for NEXT Steps: Midlife and Beyond Learning Experience
MARION, Ohio [Aug. 25, 2020] — Rev. Beth Long-Higgins, executive director of United Church Homes’ Ruth Frost Parker Center for Abundant Aging, will co-teach a virtual course for retirees and people nearing retirement in collaboration with Eden Theological Seminary. NEXT Steps introduces participants to theological, philosophical and psychological concepts of vocation…
Read MoreTrinity Community at Beavercreek Earns Silver Quality Award
BEAVERCREEK, Ohio [Aug. 21, 2020] – Trinity Community at Beavercreek, a life plan community serving the Dayton area for nearly 50 years, has earned a 2020 Silver – Commitment to Quality Award from the American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living for its commitment to improving the…
Read MoreGlenwood Community Earns 2020 AHCA/NCAL Silver Quality Award
MARIETTA, Ohio [Aug. 20, 2020] – Glenwood Community, the Mid-Ohio Valley’s premier independent and assisted living community, has earned a 2020 Silver – Commitment to Quality Award from the American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living for its commitment to improving the lives of residents through quality…
Read MoreTrinity Community at Miami Township Residents Help Neighbors and Deployed Troops Mask Up
DAYTON, Ohio [Aug. 19, 2020] – When federal and state officials encouraged and later mandated the use of cloth face masks to slow the spread of COVID-19, residents and staff at Trinity Community at Miami Township, a United Church Homes community, got to work. Within a few days, the independent…
Read MoreSouth Haven Woods Residents Benefit from Emergency Grant from Cleveland Foundation
BEDFORD, Ohio — A Bedford, Ohio, affordable housing community was one of 13 organizations that received funding from the Greater Cleveland COVID-19 Rapid Response Fund, the Cleveland Foundation announced in July. South Haven Woods, which offers housing for those age 62 and older and people with disabilities, received a $10,000…
Read MoreClinical Services Director Joins United Church Homes
Heineman to Lead Clinical Services MARION, Ohio – A longtime registered nurse and respiratory therapist has accepted the position of director of clinical services for United Church Homes communities. On June 22, 2020, Lorelei Heineman joined the team. She'll lead clinical efforts for UCH senior living and housing communities. Most…
Read MoreFirst Church, Congregational UCC Awarded Diakonie – Chapel Hill Community Senior Living
First Church, Congregational United Church of Christ in Painesville, Ohio, started as First Church because it was – literally. The oldest church in Lake County, it has been on the forefront of a variety of social justice issues. First Church, Congregational's Abolitionist Roots When the national Presbyterian Church endorsed slavery…
Read MoreTowne View Baptist Receives Housing Diakonie
Towne View Baptist Church in Kennesaw, Georgia, has been a friend of United Church Homes' Laurel’s Edge senior housing community since before the affordable housing community’s inception in 2004. Founded in 1989, the church has had six different places of worship in the past 26 years under the leadership of…
Read MoreKnob Prairie UCC Awarded Diakonie – Trinity at Fairborn
Knob Prairie United Church of Christ was established in 1806, celebrating 214 years in the Enon, Ohio, community this year. The church existed before Clark County was established and just three years after Ohio gained statehood. Named after the location of the congregation’s first Christian church building – the knob…
Read MoreUCH Welcomes Executive Director to Pilgrim Manor senior living in Grand Rapids, Michigan
Kim Vagnetti Joins Grand Rapids Team United Church Homes, a senior living provider based in Marion, Ohio, has welcomed a new executive director to lead its Pilgrim Manor campus in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Kim Vagnetti, LNHA, joined the team Tuesday, July 21, with a wealth of experience in the senior…
Read MoreShiloh Church UCC – 2020 Diakonie Award
The relationship between Shiloh Church UCC and United Church Homes’ communities – Trinity Community at Beavercreek and Trinity Community at Fairborn (formerly Patriot Ridge Community) – stretches back decades. Shiloh’s congregation has included residents of the Beavercreek and Fairborn senior living communities. At least one current resident of Trinity at…
Read MoreGolden Graduates Treated to Day of Recognition
PEARL, Mississippi – Residents of United Church Homes’ housing communities recently gathered from a distance outdoors at Indian Run in Pearl, Mississippi, to celebrate nine “golden” graduates. Golden Graduates' Special Day Each honoree who graduated high school in 1970 received a certificate of congratulations, conferred by Pearl Mayor Jake Windham…
Read MoreStaff, Supporters Gather to Celebrate Golden Graduates
Residents of Jackson Run Estates, Indian Run Honored in Special Ceremony PEARL, Mississippi — Rhemalyn Lewis was in a jam. The service coordinator at United Church Homes’ Indian Run Estates and Jackson Run had been planning a summer party to celebrate the communities’ “golden” graduates – residents who graduated from…
Read MoreService Coordination Expanding for Older Adults
Ohio-Based Senior Living Provider Plans to Expand Programming to Neighbors United Church Homes today announced it is expanding its service coordination services, with plans to continue expansion of this unique model to improve health outcomes for older adults living in UCH affordable housing communities and in the surrounding regions in…
Read MoreParkvue Residents Enveloped in Support During Pandemic
SANDUSKY, Ohio [June 30, 2020] – The Erie County Community Foundation’s emergency response fund has provided vital support for residents and staff at Parkvue Community, a United Church Homes life plan community in Perkins Township. Parkvue applied for the emergency grant early in the pandemic. The funding was needed to…
Read MoreUnited Way of North Central Ohio COVID-19 Community Response Fund Supports Fairhaven Community
UPPER SANDUSKY [June 24, 2020] – United Way of North Central Ohio has awarded a $3,000 grant to Fairhaven Community from its COVID-19 community response fund to support Fairhaven's new virtual visitor guide program. Fairhaven is experiencing significant financial pressure due to the pandemic. While operating on the front lines,…
Read MoreGuidelines for Outdoor Assisted Living Visitation at Pilgrim Manor
The state of Michigan is not allowing outdoor, in-person visits for any residents of senior living communities at this time. However, Pilgrim Manor is excited to offer porch visits for assisted living residents and their families to see one another face-to-face. The visits will be offered from 1:00 to 4:00…
Read MoreProcurement Team Shines in COVID-19 Under New Director
MARION [June 22, 2020] – When United Church Homes welcomed Phil Darling as its newest director of procurement and supply chain earlier this year, few could have imagined the trajectory of the supply challenges ahead. Running Start for Director of Procurement Darling joined the team March 16, just days after…
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