Kudos - Sarah Rudzavice

In my travels around our portfolio of sites, I often come across some great ideas, which I'm hoping to share with you all on this blog.  Saw this one today at North Purchase, so here is the start of my "Kudos" category of posts:

Check out this welcome packet North Purchase gives its new Residents.  Sarah uses these in order to make sense of the pile of papers new Residents get.  Included in this packet is the Resident Handbook, information on the site contacts and office hours, and a nifty little welcome brochure.  The brochure gives a quick reference to the area - local restaurants, places of worship, grocery stores, pharmacies that deliver, etc., as well as some other information about the town, and even a map!  Sarah's card is also included.

There's plenty of room for the Residents to use it to store their Lease and other items, so it's a perfect way for them to consolidate all their important rental documents. 

Great idea, Sarah!

You're Never Too Old to Be a Hero

I find it amusing that when you tell people you work in senior housing, you often get comments about how "quiet" it must be, and you hear a lot of stereotypes about senior citizens. 

You don't often hear people talk about 72-year-olds jumping in to save the day:

Inspired by a recent video of tourists rescuing 30 plus beached dolphins in Brazil, 72-year-old George Heheman put the techniques he saw in that video into action when he came upon a stranded dolphin himself.


According to Good Morning America, Heheman was taking a leisurely boat ride in Jacksonville, Fla., over the weekend with his wife and daughter, Kerry Ware, when they saw a dolphin stuck on a sandbar. Remembering in the Brazil rescue mission the beachgoers pulled the dolphins back to sea by their tails, Heheman began to do the same.

Read the full story here.

Memory - a Parody by Pam Peterson

Old or young, you will appreciate this lighthearted look at some of the absent-minded moments we all experience. Not meant to make light of serious illnesses that we all know can affect memory, this is presented as a simple bit of humor.

Well, Who Didn't See THIS Coming?

From Mark Alper of the National Center for Housing Management comes word that Congress may not reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) when it expires in the near future.  But according to Mark, that doesn't necessarily mean that the protections are likely to go away:

If I were to bet, and I am the furthest thing from a gambler because the compliance mindset doesn't involve much risk-taking, my money would be on HUD finding a way to keep VAWA even if the law isn't reauthorized. Specifically, I can see the Department acting in a manner similar to its promulgation of regulations on equal access in HUD programs regardless of sexual orientation and gender identity.

If there's one thing that's true about regulated housing, it's that the rules are ever-changing.

More over at Mark Alper's Compliance Corner

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