| Windsor woman takes senior living resort position
Former director of patient and public relations for Clinix Health Services of Centennial, Dawn Jensen of Windsor, was named director of marketing and senior living for the Good Samaritan Society Water Valley Senior Living Resort, scheduled to open in spring 2008 in Windsor.
During her tenure at Clinix, Jensen was responsible for the creation of the Life Enhancement Coaching Program, designed as a practice-building tool for doctors and health-care professionals. The program was created to allow professionals to enhance and grow their business in the area of diet, nutrition and exercise while attracting the attention of new patients. While at Clinix Jensen and her sales team set record numbers for the growth of the program with medical lectures and health fairs in the Denver metro area.
Uzi on the brink of living his dream
CHIPPENHAM all-rounder Uzi Qureshi is dreaming of a future in first class cricket after he was named the first ever associate member of Gloucestershire County Cricket Club's Academy. Qureshi had also been invited to join Hampshire and train with Somerset, but the 13-year-old opted for Gloucestershire, where he will benefit from year round coaching and will act as 12th man for the senior sides. "I've wanted to be a first class cricketer since I could walk and this is a great opportunity to fulfil that dream," he said. "I want to go on and play for Gloucestershire and England." Qureshi, who made his first century aged 10, came to the attention of the selectors after his club Chippenham set up a coaching link with the county last summer.
Crdentia Awarded Joint Commission Health Care Staffing Services Certification
DALLAS, Feb. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Crdentia Corp. (BULLETIN BOARD: CRDT) , a leading U.S. provider of healthcare staffing services, today announced that the Company has achieved the Gold Seal of Approval for health care staffing services. The Joint Commission has awarded Crdentia its Health Care Staffing Services Certification for two years. Crdentia met national standards addressing how staffing firms determine the qualifications and competency of their staff, how they place their staff and then monitor staff's performance. "Health care organizations that contract with Crdentia can look to this certification as an assurance that Crdentia demonstrates a commitment to providing and continuously improving quality services," said Michele Sacco, executive director, Health Care Staffing Services Certification, Joint Commission.
Shields cast in drama pilot
Brooke Shields has been tapped to star on the one-hour NBC pilot Lipstick Jungle. Lipstick is based on Candace Bushnells novel about three rich, power-hungry professional women in New York. Shields will play a movie-studio president and a harried wife and mother of three. In other casting news, Tony-winner Norbert Leo Butz has signed on to star on the Fox comedy pilot Playing Chicken. Chicken revolves around Jake (Butz), an outspoken conservative, and his brother Tim, an intellectual lefty, who end up living together after an accident disables Jake. Kevin Daniels and Christopher Thornton have landed the two leads on the NBC comedy Im With Stupid; Eric Balfour has been cast as a lead on the CBS drama Protect and Serve; Jack Davenport and Grant Show are set to star on the CBS drama Swingtown; and Xander Berkeley has been cast in untitled NBC drama.
Senior housing projects abound in Milton
MILTON -- Within the next 15 years, the number of Vermonters age 62 and older is expected to grow by more than 66,000.
In Chittenden County between 2000 and 2010, the number of households with residents in that age bracket is expected to rise by 26 percent, according to the state Department of Housing and Community Affairs. As baby boomers age into senior status, the elder population will steadily expand.
With that expansion comes the need for affordable housing for seniors who might not want to stay in their homes but who do not need the services provided by a nursing home or an assisted-living facility. A scarcity of that type of affordable housing exists in Vermont, said Tim Fluck, deputy director of the Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission.
Milton, one of the fastest growing towns in the state, is looking to do something about that shortage.
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