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Clark-Lindsey VillageUrbana, IL

Kellijo Leach or Paula [email protected] / [email protected]

Clark-Lindsey Village capitalized on ActiveAging Week as an opportunity to create anddeepen their relationships with outsideorganizations. Through these partnershipsthey dazzled Champaign-Urbana, IL with themessage of successful aging!

This included a collaborative cooking demobetween CLV’s Executive Chef, RegisteredDietician, and a local Master Beekeeper, anevent called Chai Tea & Tai Chi in a localpark, an outdoor watercolor painting class,and an opportunity for members of thegreater community to complete a MobilityReview.

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The Community Outreach Manager at Somerbyat St Vincent’s One Nineteen was giving a tour toa gentleman who kept using the word "facility"as they were talking. He shared that he wastouring various places for his mother, becauseshe was in need of further support, but she wasunhappy with him doing so. The CommunityOutreach Manager stopped him and asked "Letme ask you something. Would you rather yourmother live in a facility or in a community?" Thiswas a light bulb moment for the son whoresponded, "Oh. I need to change the way I talkto my mom."

Somerby at St. Vincent’s One NineteenBirmingham, AL

Valerie [email protected]>

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The Terraces of Phoenix have found that in order to establish the members of their organization as experts in aging in the community, it is critical that they be seen and heard through media outreach. For example, their Health & Fitness Program Manager Aneil Koerper has been featured in three separate local newspaper articles within the past six months. Marge Pope, the Marketing Director at the community was originally contacted by a freelance writer for the Living Well Section of the Arizona Republic. Marge referred the writer to Aneil and after the first article was published, the writer continued to contact Aneil to serve as an expert source.

Terraces of PhoenixPhoenix, AZAneil Koerper

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Clermont Park Denver, CO

Andrew [email protected]

Clermont Park partnered with Touchtown to pilot anew tablet system for senior living communities. Toshare the success of the program, they created a videoto share with the residents, staff and community. Inaddition to simply sharing the success of the program,this video also combats largely held stereotypes thatolder adults have no interest in, or talent for, engagingwith new technologies. By developing this video andtelling its story, Clermont Park is doing its part tochange views on aging in the senior living field andthroughout the country.

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MiradorCorpus Christi, TX

Jenny [email protected]

One year ago, Mirador increased their Posture Classofferings to twice a week with the addition of a poolclass. To celebrate, they held a “Posture Party” andcreated a video to highlight the success stories of classparticipants. Consider capturing videos of thesuccessful stories that highlight the culture ofsuccessful aging within your organization!

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Prospects on the Quincy Village waiting list are part ofthe “Future Resident Club.” Each month they receive theQuincy Village program calendar in the mail and areencouraged to attend any of the events listed. This club,which is fully resident-led, was created to keep those onthe wait list engaged with the community and currentresidents until they are able to move in. Before certainevents, a room is reserved called the "VIP" room wherethose on the wait list can mingle with residents and teammembers.

Quincy Village Quincy, PARyan Knisley

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On an annual basis, five to six resident champions from Quincy Village are featured in a 90-minute presentation to prospects. Each resident champion has 10 - 20 minutes to tell his or her story and show prospects what it is like to live at Quincy Village. Residents have the opportunity to discuss the talents and interests they have been able to share with the community. A popular discussion point is the resident-led clubs such as the popular model train club and disc golf club.

Quincy Village Quincy, PARyan Knisley

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The Wesleyan Senior Living Community has been knitting hats for newborn babies in the local hospital since 2001. To date they have made and donated 841 hats! This project, named Hats by Warm Hands with Warm Hearts, not only provides a service to the local community, it has created new bonds between the Wesleyan residents. Residents who are part of this project actively encourage others to participate, even offering to teach them to knit so even more hats can be made!

This initiative has been promoted through the Wesleyan Arts & Crafts studio. Since introducing Masterpiece Living to the community, the Wesleyan team members have encouraged residents from all areas of the community to participate in the arts and learn something new – whether it be knitting or another endeavor.

Wesleyan Senior LivingElyria, OH

Cindy [email protected]

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Llanfair Retirement CommunityCincinnati, OH

Carol [email protected]

Llanfair Retirement Communityrecently had an open house for theirnew rehab center and the theme wasResilience. The invitation includedthe following Japanese Proverb:"Then bend, do not break. Be likeBamboo. It endures stress and finds away to bounce back.” Each attendeealso received a bamboo plant to takehome.

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During an open house, Llanfair provided infuser water bottles to attendees. An infuser water bottle “bar” was setup where attendees could select the combination of fruit they wished to use to infuse their water.

Llanfair Retirement CommunityCincinnati, OH

Carol [email protected]

LEADERSHIP

Ware Presbyterian Senior LivingOxford, PA

Yolanda [email protected]

To help educate all departmentmanagers about the basic concepts ofMasterpiece Living, Ware PresbyterianSenior living took their entiremanagement team off campus for aday early in the pre-launch phase.

The group did educational activities onsuccessful aging as well as fun team-building activities.

LEADERSHIP

In order to encourage Christian Living CommunityBoard members to better understand MasterpieceLiving, a retreat was designed to provide anopportunity to experience Masterpiece Livingfirsthand.

The retreat included a presentation by Dr. RogerLandry, participation in the Lifestyle Review process,and experiential learning of the four components. Avideo of testimonials collected from all communitieswas played at the end of the retreat to show theimpact of the culture on Christian Living Communityresidents.

Christian Living CommunitiesDenver, CO

Patrick [email protected]

PURPOSEFUL PROGRAMMING

Casa de La Vista & Fern LodgeRedlands, CA Linda Stowell

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Casa de la Vista and Fern Lodge hadan intern teach Nourish. After itscompletion, the intern compiled acookbook of recipes submitted bythose who participated.


Residents of The Terraces of San JoaquinGardens joined with nearby Fresno StateUniversity's cheerleading squad to formthe Senior Dog Squad, a group of spiritedolder adults who wear school colors andhelp cheer with megaphones at theUniversity's football and basketballgames. The Senior Dog Squad alsoperformed a routine to Pharrell Williams'"Happy." This collaboration has providedresidents with physical exercise,opportunities for inter-generationalconnection, community involvement, anda lot of FUN, and it smashes stereotypesabout aging in the greater community. Terraces of San Joaquin Gardens

Fresno, CADiana Sherwood

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Eastcastle Place Milwaukee, WI

Anna [email protected]

Eastcastle Place held their first annual Healthy ChiliCook-Off, a friendly competition among residentsand team members.

Judges voted between the different entries based onoverall taste, spiciness, aroma, appearance andwholesomeness. Three extra points were awarded tothe chili with the healthiest ingredients based on anutritional analysis.

Prizes were awarded for first, second and third place,and a people's choice award was given based onresident and team member votes.

Next year, they plan to speed up the judging processand provide trays so it is easier to carry the chilisamples around the dining room.




Wesleyan Senior Living offers internships for students from the local college to help them gain experience with community projects. Recently, they had a Diet Tech student teach the 4-week Nourish class to residents. Not only did the residents enjoy learning about food labels and balanced diets, the intern gained first-time experience preparing a class and speaking in front of a group.

The class was promoted through newsletters, bulletin boards and the in-house TV. In addition, the intern set up an information display with a healthy snack to help encourage residents to sign up.

The participants were very pleased with the class and started asking "When are we going to see the nutritional information on our menus?" As a result, Wesleyan has now includes nutritional information on all of their dining menus.


Clermont Park Denver, CO

Andrew [email protected]

Clermont Park began the Clermont College of Creative Life as a way to present the MPL program “Living It.” From there, they created a summer college, recruiting residents, family members and team members to teach. Thirty-seven new courses were introduced, led by 26 volunteer ‘faculty members.’ More than 200 resident participants attended from all levels of care- that amounts to 2/3 of all Clermont Park residents.

Now, new courses are introduced each month through a College Brochure. When participants reach 3 or more credits in each 4 components (Social, Intellectual, Physical, Spiritual) they are eligible to graduate. Credits are tracked in Excel based on sign-in/sign-out sheets.


The Terraces of Los GatosLos Gatos, CA

Steve [email protected]

Steve Cheregosha, TLG’s then fitness coordinator led Vertical andhad a terrific turnout of approximately 70 participants. He usedthe PowerPoints as they are written, and also printed handoutsfor those who preferred to read along. He also provided thehandouts to residents who chose not to attend the class andpreferred reading the material on their own time.

Steve also divided the participants into three fitness groups andheld practical balance training sessions and assigned "homework"based on participants’ ability.


The BuckinghamHouston, TXKenya Carter

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Camp BuckarooSince the summer is filled with visits fromresidents' grand and great grandchildren, wedecided to hold an all-day camp to entertain andengage residents' grandchildren and teammembers' children. There were several activitiesthroughout the day including: Guided art andcrafts, the BuckaRoo challenge (games),swimming (lifeguards were team members'children/residents‘ grandchildren), baking, campsongs and much more! We even had campBuckaRoo t-shirt as souvenirs. There were severalcommittees in charge of program development.Volunteers from local schools chipped in as campcounselors and received community servicehours.


Someren GlenCentennial, CO

Beth [email protected]

Someren Glen, a Christian Living Community in Centennial,Colorado, has an ongoing partnership with a local school. OnVeteran’s Day veterans from Someren Glen went to the school tobe interviewed by history students. This was followed by a specialceremony to honor the veterans, run by the students.


Holland HomeGrand Rapids, MIAmanda Baushke

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The fitness team at Holland home planning Walk toWellness decided to have each week of the programrepresent an MPL component. The special events includeda prayer walk during the spiritual week, a scavenger huntduring the intellectual week, a Zumba gold class during thephysical week and an intergenerational walk with familiesduring the social week.

Participants received a “tree of life” chart on which theycould track their participation. Special stickers forparticipating in the component events were giventhroughout the month: A dove represented the spiritualevent, an owl represented the intellectual event, moneyrepresented the physical event, and a butterfly representedthe social event. Large apple stickers representing 5 mileswalked and smaller stickers representing 1 mile walkedwere also given.


The Social Work Director at Westminster Village led a 30-minute presentation on bullying, explaining what it is, giving examples, and introducing a new anti-bullying mission statement she had created for the community. She discussed a zero-tolerance policy for staff and residents and encouraged resident participation and acknowledgment. It was a great opportunity to have residents listening to an issue that is relevant without being reprimanded or individually called out on bad behavior.

The Social Worker utilized a Senior-to-Senior Bullying Powerpoint presentation by Gloria M. Gutman, PhD, OBC, expert on elder abuse, to create her own presentation.

Follow up will include a Learning Circle with staff and residents. The Social Work Director will also be giving a web-based tutorial for all Presbyterian Senior Living campuses.

Westminster Village AllentownAllentown, PA

Arielle Bair, MSW, LSW, Social Work [email protected]




The Arts & Crafts studio at Wesleyan Senior Living participated in "The Artist as Quiltmaker" with the Firelands Association for Visual Arts. Residents made small quilts and helped to hang them outside the new Union Center for the Arts in Oberlin, Ohio. Everyone was very excited to know that their work was being displayed to help promote the new Arts building in the greater community.

People from all levels of the community participated, and some learned a new art. Knowing that the project was to promote the arts to the greater community was exciting and rewarding. They also made additional quilts to hang in the courtyard and had individuals from assisted living and the Alzheimer's area help to hang up the displays for all to enjoy.




Wesleyan Senior Living offers the Silver Sneakers Flex program at their community two days a week. The class is open to residents as well as individuals from the surrounding community. The program has helped to increase physical fitness opportunities for the residents and also promotes wellness to the greater community. The participants enjoy the variety of exercises offered by the Silver Sneakers Flex program.

The class is promoted through bulletins in the community as well as the local Senior Years monthly publication. The instructor had an information table at a Dr. Landry book-signing event.

TEAM MEMBER ENGAGEMENT

Westminster Woods at HuntingdonHuntingdon, PACathy Zumpetta

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For the first staff training following their Masterpiece Living Launch, the team at Westminster Woods at Huntingdon wanted to not only review foundational training, but also focus on the role each team member plays in providing an environment of successful aging for the residents and for themselves. Team members from different departments were combined for one hour seminars that were ‘team taught’ by the NHA, Social Worker, Fitness Director, Community Life Director & IL Services Director.

Each team member received a small laminated card featuring the MPL logo and the SIPS on the front with a variety of responses to “What is MPL?” on the back. Discussions about the seminars were also held at senior staff meetings. The training seminars were promoted through flyers throughout the staff areas in the community.


Ware Presbyterian VillageOxford, PAEllen Stoner

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Ware Presbyterian Village recently hosted a “Bring Your Child to Work Day” event for the children of their team members. Administrator Ron Patti did a presentation to 15 children between the ages of 8 and 16 about ageism, aging myths, successful aging and the 4 MPL components. The children were quizzed on what they thought older adults shouldn’t do and residents debunked the stereotypes. They also asked the children how they were aging successfully and taught the students that successful aging is for every age.

After the event, one eighth grade student approached Mr. Patti and complimented him on the well thought out, organized presentation.

Next year, the Ware team plans to have more opportunities for the students and residents to engage with each other throughout the day.


St. Vincent’s One Nineteen knows language is an important part of a successful aging culture. In order to ‘spread the word’, they’ve begun a six-month campaign where all pay stubs will have a Language Directory stapled to them. As new words are identified, the Champion team will simply add them to the directory. Team members will see new word selections each pay period as well as past words that had been identified in order to reinforce language choices. Somerby at St. Vincent’s One Nineteen

Birmingham, ALPhil Schirle

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Masonic Homes of CaliforniaUnion City, CA

Carolee Rodrigo & Penny [email protected]

The results of the employee satisfaction survey at MasonicHomes of California indicated one of their least satisfieddepartments was Housekeeping. As a result, the DepartmentManager began telling the team about upcoming events,inviting them to participate and to encourage residents to dothe same. She set the expectation that part of their job,beyond cleaning apartments, was to participate in the cultureof Masonic Homes of California.Now, the housekeeping staff are always very involved inprograms such as Walk to Wellness, heading up their ownteams and encouraging residents to join them. They come inon their days off for events and promote those events toresidents – some even offer to help the residents get ready forthe events.The result has been increased morale and interpersonalrelationships within the department as well as significantlyincreased employee satisfaction scores.




Clark-Lindsey made the team member trainings their own by combining and personalizing MPL-provided PowerPoint presentations and assigning different sessions to training teams. The first team kicked off training by combining Introduction to Masterpiece Living with Dynamics of a Culture Change. Interactive opportunities included closing with each attendee choosing one word or short phrase that summarized what Masterpiece Living means to them.

Teams of three were assigned to lead a 45-minute session on each of the four components of MPL. Two sessions were held in the morning and two in the afternoon with a complimentary meal in between.

To mix up the training experience, each component session was hosted in a different room within the community, allowing team members to move from on space to another as they advanced through the training.

Instead of simply telling them about each component, the teams were challenged to create an experience in each of the spaces.


Glen Meadows Retirement CommunityGlen Arm, MDJoanna Phillips

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Prior to launch, leaders at Glen Meadows Retirement Community were looking for a way to get team members to lead by example and really get on board with the MPL Living It! Campaign. To this end, the Executive Director challenged all team members to try one new activity/thing/food and to take a picture doing it! The pictures were shared with the team at stand-up meeting the following week.


To improve relationships between team members as well as improve theservice housekeepers are able to provide residents, the Resident ServicesDirector at Edgemere created an English tutoring program for thepredominantly Spanish speaking housekeeping team. Lessons are heldonce per week and led by Edgemere team members. Emphasis is placedon everyday phrases and sayings that the housekeepers can exchangewith the residents. It has been a complete success and manyhousekeepers, who only a few months ago knew just a few words ofEnglish, are now able to hold basic conversations.

EdgemereDallas, TXRyan Spring

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Clark-Lindsey Village created a human resource policy (inspired by andmodeled after one used by The Birches) to establish expectations andbarriers in regards to team members engaging in successful agingprogramming at their community.


Somerby at St. Vincent's One Nineteen wanted to create an opportunity for the departments of the community to honor residents in their own way during Resident Appreciation Week. Each department was responsible to hosting an event for the residents each day of the week that involved residents from each level of living. There was friendly competition between the departments that resulted in a stunningly successful event.

Dining kicked off the week with a special brunch and included a carving station each night at dinner for the rest of the week. Marketing hosted a sock hop and Lifestyles, in partnership with Administration, hosted a dance with a swing band one evening. Maintenance held a car wash outdoors for residents with cars and then a scooter/wheelchair wash inside. Housekeeping, in partnership with Maintenance, hosted a cookout and then sang a song of gratitude to the residents to the tune of The Supreme's 'Baby Love'.

The week wrapped up with the 100th birthday of a resident. A former sous-chef requested to come back to the community for the resident's birthday in order to perform a traditional Thai dance titled 'The Dance of Benediction' in her honor. This is a statement of the strong relationships that are built and supported at Somerby at St. Vincent's One Nineteen. Somerby at St. Vincent’s One

NineteenBirmingham, AL

Saralyn [email protected]


At Clark-Lindsey, all team members from every department and level of living attend the Masterpiece Living training during their birthday month. The training takes place on a regularly scheduled day each month, so team members know when they are expected to attend. A rotation of three MPL champion team members co-leads the training. Clark-Lindsey took creative freedom in developing this training and implemented several interactive and discussion-based exercises throughout. At the end of each training team members select an image out of a magazine that they feel represents successful aging and they decoupage a table.




Presbyterian Village of Hollidaysburg recently started theNo Pass Zone policy in higher levels of living. The program isintended to engage all team members in the Health Centerand in Personal Care. Whenever a team member sees a callbell, he/she stops and answers the call. The goal is to have allteam members more engaged with residents. The teamdiscovered that 90% of calls were non-clinical andacknowledged that anyone is capable of engaging withresidents. This created a shift in perception from a clinicalenvironment to a more integrated and non-clinical culture.

Presbyterian Village of HollidaysburgHollidaysburg, PA

Debra [email protected]


Leadership team members as indicated by job code within the Presbyterian Senior Living system have an opportunity to earn an annual bonus based on “Measures of Success.” Each year, two of the measures are Masterpiece Living core measures. One of the required measured is an average of 70% participation in the Lifestyle Reviews for IL and AL/PC. In 2014, teams were encouraged to have 9 resident led programs per month. In 2015, teams are encouraged to continue momentum with resident led programming and are additionally working to have 10 blended programs per month. All 12 PSL communities have shown significant core measurement growth and teams have continued to strive to put the cultural core measure in place.

Presbyterian Senior LivingDillsburg, PA

Alicia Fenstermacher

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Presbyterian Senior Living supports individual communities by having a corporate representative attend annual strategy sessions. The partnership specialist plans the dates of the sessions with the communities and corporate representative six month in advance. The MPL Partnership Specialist works with the corporate representative leading up to the strategy session by sharing agendas, documents and travel plans and communicates strengths and opportunities. As a result, communities feel supported and corporate variations across the system are easily identified.



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Presbyterian Senior Living communities meet once per quarter via a conference line. The MPL Partnership Specialist works with the corporate contact to identify an agenda and teams that are able to speak to successes they have experienced on each identified topic. There is also an opportunity for open discussion and an update from the corporate representative at the end of each call. This call serves as a channel for communication and an opportunity share and highlight best practices.

RESIDENT/MEMBER ENGAGEMENT

At Presbyterian Village in Hollidaysburg, human capital is celebrated every day! The community strives to support residents in accomplishing their goals and one way they accomplish this is by pairing up residents with complementary skills & goals. One health care resident wanted to learn to write her name and an IL resident wanted to share her gift of teaching. By working together, the goal was quickly accomplished and the duo continues to work together.

Presbyterian Village of HollidaysburgHollidsaysburg, PA

Deb [email protected]


Clark-Lindsey Village’s President and CEO wrote aletter that was delivered to each resident, highlightingeach event of the launch week. All activities werelisted on the calendar, but this provided thecommunity with the opportunity to expand on adescription of each of the activities and how theyrelated to Masterpiece Living and successful agingwhile also demonstrating the dedication of thecommunity’s leadership.




Jacqueline Foss, Executive Director of The Birches AssistedLiving, was inspired by the message she heard at theMasterpiece Living Lyceum to focus on a resident’s strengthsand interests when moving into assisted living—instead of thechallenges that may have brought them there.

Jacqueline’s goal is to have a conversation with each newresident within 24 hours of moving in and create anannouncement that is shared with team members. (Withpermission, this could also be shared with other residents.) Theannouncement focuses on the resident’s interests and goals forhis/her new life at The Birches and is organized around the fourcomponents. This helps focus the staff on the person as awhole, not just his/her needs.

In the future, Jacqueline hopes to start having theseconversations and building close relationships with newresidents before they move in. The Birches

Clarendon Hills, ILJacqueline Foss

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Asking “Why not?!” is a sign of an ever-evolving culture andthe leadership at Presbyterian Village at Hollidaysburg did justthat when a new resident asked to bring her pet as she movedinto personal care. She knew this was in violation of the rulesat the time, and asked if an exception might be made.Leadership said no, they could not make an exception to therule, but they definitely could change the rule. Changes weremade to the community’s policies and handbook and nowresidents in personal care can enjoy the company of their bestfriends.

Presbyterian Village of HollidaysburgHollidsaysburg, PA



PSL's ultimate goal is to have the Masterpiece Living initiativebe 100% resident-run. As a vehicle for moving closer to thatsystem-wide goal, they have created a Masterpiece LivingGovernance Council in which all communities activelyparticipate. This council is composed of community teammembers and residents who gather on an annual basis todiscuss the strategic plan for the year ahead as well as tonetwork and share innovative practices. Members of thecorporate leadership team are present to listen and share aswell.


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Westminster Village AllentownAllentown, PA

Emily [email protected]

Westminster Village in Allentown offers several formats of a crucial step in the Review Process-

Follow-up Sessions.

1. The Director of Community Life facilitates open follow-up sessions on a monthly basis.

2. Additionally, as part of the MPL Review process, all managers take part in the facilitation of 4 group follow-up sessions. The group sessions are based on the four components of Masterpiece Living.

3. Individual sessions are available upon request.

The team takes advantage of all follow up and coaching resources available to them on the Masterpiece Living website and works together to overcome scheduling challenges. They have found that participation plummeted when there were competing programs/events. By working together to schedule the follow up sessions, participation has grown.


The StaytonFt. Worth, TXBrittany Parrish

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The Stayton at Museum Way holds a “Crafting for the Community" project where they work on a craft that benefits an organization out in the local community. Recently, they chose the Warm Place, a non-profit organization that provides free grief support for children. A resident co-founded the organization in 1989. Residents were eager to get involved. One resident, who is not usually very active outside of her room, heard about the organization and wanted to learn more. The team was thrilled when she offered to represent the Nursing Services residents in the delivery of the crafts so she could be more involved.


Querencia at Barton Creek Austin, TX

Fran [email protected]

Querencia at Barton Creek held asuccessful aging-themed art contest.The only rule was that the MPL logohad to appear in each of the pieces ofart. This was a great way for residentsto creatively express the value ofMasterpiece Living at theircommunity.


The coaching team at Ware Presbyterian Village is made up of one team member and two residents. In preparation for follow-up sessions, the team watched the coaching and integration videos. After the MPL Reviews had been completed, the resident champions hand delivered feedback reports to the resident participants. The report packet contained a description of the follow-up sessions and information about the successful aging initiative being implemented throughout the community. As they handed out the packets, the resident champions encouraged each resident to come to the follow-up session with a goal in mind. The follow-up sessions were described as a good conversation between friends and neighbors.

Ware Presbyterian VillageOxford, PA

Susan [email protected]

The residents at La Loma Village have always expressed an interest in lifelong learning. Although programs like “The Great Courses” were popular, it quickly became evident that residents wanted more. In 2014 La Loma University (LLU) was created to meet this need. A “Design Committee” of residents selects the course material, contacts potential presenters, partners with other communities, writes course descriptions, creates a course catalogue, runs an orientation and coordinates class enrollments! The committee also manage the budget for presenting and program feesLLU has been a huge success. Classes are often held three times per week to meet the demand and there has been a great deal of positive feedback about the quality of programs and the highly knowledgeable presenters. The community plans to use feedback surveys to further enhance the University’s offerings.


The residents at La Loma Village have always expressed an interest in lifelong learning. Although programs like “The Great Courses” were popular, it quickly became evident that residents wanted more. In 2014 La Loma University (LLU) was created to meet this need. A “Design Committee” of residents selects the course material, contacts potential presenters, partners with other communities, writes course descriptions, creates a course catalogue, runs an orientation and coordinates class enrollments! The committee also manage the budget for presenting and program fees

La Loma VillageLitchfield Park, AZ

Kari [email protected]

LLU has been a huge success. Classes are often held three times per week to meet the demand and there has been a great deal of positive feedback about the quality of programs and the highly knowledgeable presenters. The community plans to use feedback surveys to further enhance the University’s offerings.



When Sue Deobil, Sales Director at Westminster Woods set a goal to create a community newsletter, she wanted to focus on more than just the events going on in the community. Sue was interested in capturing the stories of the people living and working within the community. Using the components of MPL as her guide, Sue uses the newsletter to share stories about residents who have reached personal goals and to inspire residents who might be looking to make a change or try something new.

Westminster Woods at HuntingdonHuntingdon, PA

Sue [email protected]



When The Barrington of Carmel was ready to unveil Masterpiece Living, they could think of no better way than to have their resident champion put on a presentation at their monthly fireside chat. Their resident leader started the debut by explaining each fundamental concept of Masterpiece Living: culture, lifestyle, process vs. program, successful aging, and resilience. Quoting “When one creates an outstanding painting or sculpture we call them masterpieces, so it seems logical that when a process is designed to optimize, enrich, and enhance our mature adult lifestyles and make a positive change in our community culture, it should be called Masterpiece Living”. Following the introduction, four resident champions described each pillar and gave examples of programs that fell into each category.

The BarringtonCarmel, IN

Talisa [email protected]



To keep the Masterpiece Living momentum going after launch, The Barrington decided to conduct the Mobility Review during active aging week. In addition to the 10 physical activity stations, they created four resting stations at which residences could learn more about each of the Masterpiece Living components. At the physical station there was a Swiss exercise ball, exercise books, healthy granola and fruit water. At the intellectual station, there were word puzzles, games such as Scrabble and Sudoku, and a puzzle. At the social table, there was a conversation ball and games including catch phrase. Finally, at the spiritual table, there was a list of local parks in the community, yoga & meditation information, as well as tips on how to de-stress. Each rest station was manned by a resident champion who provided information on each component and answered questions. They finished up the evening with a community BBQ where mobility review participants wore the MPL t-shirts they earned. Participants also wear their shirts every Monday!

The BarringtonCarmel, IN

Talisa [email protected]

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The resident champions at Ware Presbyterian Village are active and engaged in the successful aging culture. The community created a Masterpiece Living work plan and taskforce groups to complete each goal. Each taskforce is made up of team members and a resident representative. The coaching/follow-up session taskforce residents watched the Masterpiece Living coaching videos and led the follow-up sessions. One resident champion is also a member of the Presbyterian Senior Living Board of Directors.

Ware Presbyterian VillageOxford, PA

Yolanda [email protected]


Leading up to its corporation-wide Masterpiece Living resident council meeting, Presbyterian Senior Living held a successful aging video contest. Each community gathered team members and residents and had two minutes to showcase successful aging in a short video. The winning community earned a monetary prize for use in programming. The contest provided an opportunity for residents and team members to engage. It also challenged residents to learn something new, be creative and have fun!



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CENTERS FOR SUCCESSFUL AGING

Clark-Lindsey Village utilized their entire 15-person Masterpiece Living Design Team to ‘divvy up’ the different CSA Application criteria sections. The entire group would meet each month for a 90-minute meeting to share progress on existing goals as well as set three new goals :

(1) Goal due in two-weeks(2) Goal due by next meeting(3) Goal due in two months

Team members sought support from fellow team members and residents in completing their criteria assignment. This form of organization and accountability was certainly a key factor in Clark-Lindsey’s successful application for the Centers for Successful Aging Certification in 2014.



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OUTREACH€¦ · they dazzled Champaign-Urbana, IL with the message of successful aging! This included a collaborative cooking demo between LV’sExecutive Chef, Registered Dietician,