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Long-term Care Provider to Require Workers to be Vaccinated

July 14, 2021 5:07 pm Published by Leave your thoughts

PEABODY, Mass. — As companies, universities and even the U.S. military wrestle with what to do about requiring COVID-19 vaccines, one Massachusetts nursing home and assisted living provider is requiring all their employees at their six facilities to be vaccinated as part of their employment. “As a private employer we have different mandates we’re allowed to issue, including the flu...


Steve McAlilly and Betsy Mullen at The Green House Project Conference 2023

The Green House Project-Pioneer Network Conference

August 21, 2023 10:21 am Published by Leave your thoughts

At the first joint Green House Project-Pioneer Network conference in Pittsburgh, COO of Legacy Lifecare and Chelsea Jewish Lifecare , Betsy Mullen, reflected on opening the innovative Leonard Florence Center for Living 13 years ago. The Green House Model is a lifecare philosophy that encourages emotional growth through smaller living areas that facilitate physical comfort and honor autonomy, independence, and privacy. In her presentation,...


Legacy Lifecare Leadership Karen Petruccelli, VP of Clinical Services; Kae Santos, Chief Strategy Officer; Ron Anglo, Chief Clinical Officer; Austin Azeta, Director of Clinical Operations

Legacy Lifecare Team Attends New England Alliance Fall 2023 Regional Conference

September 25, 2023 10:24 am Published by Leave your thoughts

Legacy Lifecare was honored to kick off the New England Alliance Fall 2023 Regional Conference last month in Portland, Maine with a session titled “Stronger Together: How Legacy Lifecare Collaborates to Accelerate Improvement in Nursing Homes”. Chief Strategy Officer Katherine S. Santos, Chief Clinical Officer Ron Anglo, VP of Clinical Services Karen Petruccelli, and Director of Clinical Operations Austin Azeta talked with an audience...


Legacy Lifecare Group Photo at GBMP andThe Northeast Lean Conference

Legacy Lifecare Team attends GBMP & The Northeast Lean Conference in Worcester

October 5, 2023 10:35 am Published by Leave your thoughts

Here’s a group shot of Legacy Lifecare team members from last month’s GBMP & The Northeast Lean Conference in Worcester. From left to right: Melissa Kershaw, MPT, Amy Sanders, Claire Massero, Rose DiMonda, Adam Berman, Christina C. Tuohey, Susan LeClaire, Adam Ernst, Tammy Starion, Renato de León, LNHA, Tameka Bennett, and Katherine S. Santos. The annual two-day event attracts more than 600 Lean practitioners to share with and learn from their peers about...


Betsy Mullen and Yari Velez at the 2023 LeadingAge Massachusetts Annual Achievement Awards

Leonard Florence Center for Living Wins at the LeadingAge Massachusetts 2023 Annual Achievement Awards!

October 13, 2023 10:58 am Published by Leave your thoughts

At the recent LeadingAge Massachusetts‘ 2023 Annual Achievement Awards, the Leonard Florence Center for Living proudly accepted the Program Innovation Award! The award was given for LFCL’s revolutionary Outward Bound program, which enables ventilator-dependent residents to attend events outside of our Chelsea-based residence. Betsy Mullen, COO of Legacy Lifecare and Chelsea Jewish Lifecare , and Yari Velez, Special Projects Director at LFCL (both pictured below), accepted this...