Pennsylvania Alliance of Retirement Community Residents
The national network of LifeCare Communities and Residents
Fellow NaCCRA Members,
Our Pennsylvania State Affiliate invites you to tune in to their discussion on Monday about Building Community with award winning Author Jill Vitale-Aussem. Here are the event details from PARCR President, Bob Newell . . .
What makes a senior living community a place where people not only receive good services, but also feel they belong, have a meaningful voice, and can contribute in ways they choose?
Please join us on November 9 at 3:00 p.m. Eastern for PARCR’s next Zoom Conversation, featuring Jill Vitale-Aussem, President and CEO of Christian Living Communities, a Colorado-based nonprofit senior living organization, and author of Disrupting the Status Quo of Senior Living: A Mindshift. Jill brings the perspective of both an author and an executive leading multiple senior living communities.
Jill invites us to think beyond senior living as a place where services are provided and consider what it means to build and sustain a community together. Residents, employees, management, and boards have different roles and responsibilities—but what can each contribute to making community life more meaningful, welcoming, and connected?
What we will explore
Our conversation will move from ideas to everyday experience:
- What is the difference between being well served and living well?
- How can residents have meaningful influence while respecting the responsibilities of management and boards?
- What helps people work constructively when they disagree?
- How can communities respect individual choices while addressing safety concerns?
- How can everyday collaboration help prepare a community for difficult decisions and changing circumstances?
- What is one practical step residents and leadership could take together?
We will invite Jill to share stories, practical examples, and what she has learned since writing her book. We will also reserve substantial time for audience questions and perspectives.
Meet Jill before the conversation
A short introductory conversation with Jill is available to everyone on the PARCR home page at PARCR.org. It offers a preview of her thinking about senior living and residents as partners in community life.
The live session will build on that introduction, not simply repeat it. Watching the video is entirely optional—you do not need to have seen it or read the book to enjoy and participate in the conversation.
Why join us?
Whether you are a resident, a member of a resident council or task force, a community leader, or someone interested in the future of senior living, our aim is to offer fresh perspectives and practical ideas you can bring back to your own community.
This will be a conversation, not a formal lecture. Partnership does not require agreement on everything. We hope to explore how thoughtful questions, clear responsibilities, and respectful disagreement can help people build stronger communities together.
Event details
Date: November 9
Time: 3:00 p.m. Eastern / 1:00 p.m. Mountain
Live on the NaCCRA YouTube Channel
https://www.YouTube.com/@naccra-media/streams
As you prepare to join us, consider one practice in your community that strengthens partnership—or one you would like to approach differently.
We look forward to having you with us.
Warm regards,
Bob
Bob Newell
PARCR President & Chair
Richmond Shreve
NaCCRA Board Member & VP
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