Benchmark Founder & CEO Tom Grape participated in a panel discussion regarding how assisted living communities navigated the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic and the lessons learned. Hosted by Mass-ALA, the panel was part of a two-day conference during which Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker and Elder Affairs Secretary Elizabeth Chen spoke. #MassALA #GovernorBaker #SecretaryChen
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The residents enjoyed a wonderful piano concert with Fred Rossomando this week. Always a favorite.
Fall has arrived at Middlebrook Farms. We started our leaf peeping bus tours around our beautiful town of Trumbull. 🍁
The Harbor residents had fun creating their own grandparents day poster💕
We are pleased to announce that Benchmark has been recognized by the Hartford Business Journal as one of the Healthiest Employers in CT for the 3rd straight year! We’d like to thank the associates in all 17 of our CT communities for their hard work and dedication toward promoting healthy living! #CalledtoCare #HBJ
Read more in the link below:
https://www.hartfordbusiness.com/event-honorees/2020-healthiest-employers-of-connecticut
Harbor ladies getting pampered. Very relaxing.
A big thank you to Girl Scout troop 35251 for the beautiful silk flower arrangements for the residents. It really brightened up the community and raised everyone’s spirits here!💕😀
Residents are really enjoying our new puzzle room. Each person gets their own table and puzzle. #socialdistancingtogether.
Our staff and residents showing support for Breast cancer awareness month. 💕
“Double Vision” gave our residents a great concert on the patio. Thank goodness for this Warm fall weather 🍁
What a great day for an Octoberfest on the Patio! German beer, brats and potato pancakes. Thank you Chef Billy.
Our Harbor residents are enjoying our weekly rides. This week we went to the beach. We just had to feed the seagulls a little 😀
Guy Hemond, VP of Culinary & Dining Experience with Benchmark, was featured in a piece by Senior Dining Association about Benchmark's Memory Care Dining Program.
Guy discusses how Benchmark communities improve memory care dining for residents, including how to create a home-like dining experience, visual stimulation in food and kitchenware, and creative ways to make food easier to eat. We are proud of Guy and our dining associates who strive toward creating a positive dining experience for residents! #CalledtoCare #memorycare #seniordining
Read the full story below:
https://seniordining.org/senior-dining-news/f/ways-to-improve-food-intake-and-dining-in-memory-care
We all had a great time at our 1st socially distanced Halloween Party 🎃The queen took first prize and the scary ghost won 2nd prize. Lots of fun!
Our ladies had so much fun making pine cone bird feeders.
Thank you so much Gerry H. for beautiful homemade cupcakes for the staff. Middlebrook Farms has the best family members!💕🎃
The residents had so much fun making “happy” scary ghosts during Carol’s Crafts class today. Getting ready for Halloween. 🎃
Harbor residents are really enjoying the weekly bus ride. 🍁
Today, Benchmark CEO Tom Grape received his first COVID-19 vaccine at Cabot Park Village, an Independent Living community in Newton, Mass. Tom waited until all residents and associates throughout Benchmark’s 63 communities had a chance to receive their initial dose before rolling up his own sleeve. Tom and the entire Benchmark team are working hard to promote the importance of getting vaccinated.
Through Town Halls with medical experts, associate and resident videos and daily myth-buster emails, Benchmark is ramping up associate vaccine promotion as the second round of clinics begin. Read more below about our efforts to put an end to this terrible virus. #CalledtoCare
https://bit.ly/2Mu48uj
The residents love to get creative during the artist in me program!
Harbor residents expressing their emotions through their art-making, with deep concentration and the finished art will reflect their happy and bright emotion!
As part of Benchmark Senior Living’s commitment to improve and personalize the resident experience, we are thrilled to be the first senior living provider in the Northeast to implement a digital platform that pinpoints residents’ interests to better match them to community programs and activities, and build relationships with neighbors.
The “Something in Common” program, developed using TSOLife technology, is being launched across all of Benchmark’s 63 communities.
“Creating and enhancing human connections in our communities is at the heart of Benchmark’s mission and something each of our staff members strive to achieve each day. ‘Something in Common’ is a tremendous resource that helps forge cherished relationships between new and longtime residents, as well as staff,” said Tom Grape, Benchmark's founder, Chairman and CEO.
Read more about the program below! #CalledtoCare #TSOLife
https://bit.ly/3t7XpXt
The Wall Street Journal today put a spotlight on Benchmark Senior Living’s innovative and creative efforts to educate and encourage our associates to get the COVID-19 vaccine. Benchmark Founder, CEO and Chairman Tom Grape was asked for his insights on how to inspire employees to get vaccinated. Read the story below. #CalledtoCare #WSJ
https://bit.ly/2Yev1os
The spa day was a big hit with our residents, all of our residents had smiles on their faces! It was a very relaxing and enjoyable day for them.
