Avamere Living News & Stories
Read the latest news and heartwarming stories from Avamere Living.
Avamere Living Welcomes New VP of Clinical Services
Avamere Living Community-Based Care proudly welcomes Peggy Brekke, RN, as the new Vice President of Clinical Services. Peggy joined the team July 9, 2021. About Peggy Peggy brings to Avamere her extensive experience in the senior living industry, spanning 25 years...
Gardening Club Brings Color to Avamere at Sandy
Creating beauty with gardening The Avabloomers Gardening Club at Avamere at Sandy, an assisted living and memory care community, filled their home with color and beauty through their passion...
The Importance of a Name
Kristin Hoku Okumura is a physical therapist with Infinity Rehab, a division of the Avamere Family of Companies. Avamere values diversity, equity, and inclusion, corporate social responsibility, and employee engagement. We are dedicated to diverse voices within our...
Albuquerque Healthcare Career Fair
Find your next job and make a difference in the lives of seniors! About the healthcare career fair Interviews and potential offers given at our career fair. Get all the details below! When: July 21, 2021 from 1-4 p.m. Where: Top Golf in Albuquerque, New Mexico Hiring:...
General Staff Roles for South Ogden Senior Living
If you’re a senior or a caregiver considering senior living community services in the near future, there are several important areas you’ll be considering. One of these will be the numbers and types of staff on-hand in any assisted living community, which are vital to...
Work with Purpose as a Nurse at Avamere
Become a resident care manager Avamere Crestview of Portland, a skilled nursing community in Portland, Oregon, has an opportunity for a registered nurse (RN) to take a role as a resident care manager. The position is lucrative for candidates looking to lead and...
Happy Father’s Day: A Story of My Dad
By Livia Thompson, Senior Life Enrichment Director, Avamere at Bethany In honor of Father’s Day, I wanted to share a little about my dad. Our family story is a little more unusual than most. My father, George, met my mother when he moved from California to Oregon as...
Laurelhurst Village Earns 5-Star Rating
Senior community earns 5-star rating Laurelhurst Village, a senior care campus offering skilled nursing and assisted living, earned a 5-star overall rating from Medicare, the highest possible score. Approximately 25% of nursing homes nationwide earn this impressive...
Senior Living Financial Assistance: Insurance and Medicare
In part one of this two-part blog series, we went over some basics on financial assistance that’s sometimes used to help pay for a move for a senior to an assisted living community. Finances are often a significant concern for seniors in this position and their...
A Knitting Passion that Inspired the Country
For some people, staying home and social distancing during the pandemic gave them a little more free time to pick up a new hobby, or like in Jean Allen’s case, reignite an old passion. Jean, resident of Queen Anne Healthcare in Seattle, Washington, reignited her...
Pride Month Media List
June is Pride Month. Pride Month is a time for all of us at Avamere to support a culture of trust and respect with our LGBTQIA+ team members, patients, and residents. As a family of companies, we celebrate the historical movement of the LGBTQIA+ community and the...
12 Ways to Celebrate Pride Month
Happy Pride Month! We believe love is a powerful force. During Pride Month, the Avamere Family of Companies team members and those across the United States celebrate the historical movement of the LGBTQIA+ community and the great impact made in our country and the...