Going Green in Eldercare

OVERVIEW

Being environmentally responsible helps us live out our values as mission-driven eldercare facilities. It demonstrates care for creation and stewardship of resources. Getting started in this work takes a bit of organization and a lot of passion. Our faculty for this webinar from Covenant Health Systems, has both — in spades! They will share their experience of forming green teams, re-thinking food service, and implementing processes for recycling, reuse and reduction of waste and energy use. They will show you how they saved money going green and you can too!

OBJECTIVES

As a result of this program, participants will be able to:

• Plan how to embark on a program of environmental responsibility.
• Engage leaders, employees and community members in going green.
• Measure and celebrate success in environmental responsibility.

FACULTY

Jeff Burks Relationship Manager Key Green Solutions

Jeff Burks is relationship manager with Key Green Solutions. He has developed industry experience in several categories including sustainability metric tracking and benchmarking, sustainability dashboards and executive reporting and sustainability program management.

He has a bachelor of science degree in management science with an emphasis in decision support system from Virginia Tech and a double master's degree in human service counseling and theology from Regent University. He has worked internationally at Fortune 200 companies leading very complex web-based data conversion projects in the banking and insurance industries. He has written articles on using software to successfully manage sustainability and has been a guest speaker in the United States and Canada.

Nancy Mulvihill Vice President, Corporate Communications Covenant Health Systems, Inc.

Nancy Mulvihill, vice president of corporate communications, is responsible for creating, developing and directing Covenant's public relations, national and local media relations, internal and external communications including newsletters, publications, video productions and advertising. She provides the same support, including crises communication management, to Covenant-related organizations as needed. She also promotes and represents Covenant's interests and services to national and regional media, groups and organizations. She chairs Covenant's system-wide environment committee.

Prior to joining Covenant, Ms. Mulvihill served as director of public relations for eight years at Youville Hospital and Rehabilitation Center, in Cambridge, Mass., a member organization of Covenant Health Systems. She has received over 50 awards from professional societies for magazines, brochures, calendars and audiovisual productions. She is a member of the Society for Healthcare Strategy and Market Development and the Public Relations Society of America. She serves on the board of MassAging and Neighbors Who Care.

Ms. Mulvihill holds a master's degree in counseling from Lesley College and a master's degree in English literature from DePaul University.

Bob Salamanca Facilities Manager Youville Place Assisted Living Residence Lexington, Mass.

Bob Salamanca brings over eighteen years of experience in the housing industry to his role as director of environmental services at Youville Place. During the four years he has been at Youville Place, Bob has implemented a number of green initiatives, many of which have resulted in industry recognition, including the 2010 Practice Greenhealth Partner for Change with Distinction Award. He is proud to be part of a great team of maintenance associates and housekeepers.

Joanne Scianna COO Youville House and Youville Place Lexington, Mass.

Joanne Scianna is COO of Youville House and Youville Place, an assisted living community sponsored by The Sisters of Charity of Montreal, The Grey Nuns. She opened the community and served as the executive director for the past 12 years.

Ms. Scianna has worked with seniors and in all levels of the retirement industry. She began her career in elder services at MI Residential Community, which is sponsored by The Sister of Charity of Montreal, The Grey Nuns. MI Residential Community has subsidized independent and assisted living programs for seniors. Ms. Scianna assisted in opening Newbury Court, a Continuous Care Retirement Community (CCRC) sponsored by New England Deaconess Association, and worked as the executive director for over five years.

She is chair of the Board for Minuteman Senior Services. She has earned a master's of education degree from Boston University, a bachelor's degree from Framingham State College and holds Retirement Housing Professional Certification and Assisted Living Administrators Certification.

WHO SHOULD PARTICIPATE

CHA MEMBER BENEFIT

CHA's webinars are designed to offer timely, convenient, relevant, cost-effective education about key topics and issues.

CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS

Executives
The Catholic Health Association is authorized to award 1.5 pre-approved Category II (non-ACHE) continuing education credits for this program toward advancement or recertification in the American College of Healthcare Executives. Participants in this program wishing to have the continuing education hours applied toward Category II credit should list their attendance when applying for advancement or recertification in ACHE.

Nursing Home Administrators
This educational offering has been approved by the National Continuing Education Review Service (NCERS) of the National Association of Long Term Care Administrator Boards (NAB) for 1.50 continuing education credit.

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