Arbor Acres United Methodist Retirement Community has recently added several new employees to its management team. Lisa McClellan has joined the staff in the newly created position of Director of Talent and Work Life Enhancement Arts. Lisa oversees talent management and personnel policies, compensation strategies and benefit programs, and training and development for over 300 full-time and part-time employees. [...]
Well•Spring and UNCG have entered a partnership that will pair the community’s senior residents and adult day care participants with university programs and events. In making the announcement, Well•Spring’s president and CEO Stephen Fleming says the idea is for Well•Spring’s population of involved senior adults to work with, perform for or tap for advice in a wide range of [...]
Effective January 1, 2013, a new law requiring specific infection control training for staff at assisted living facilities in North Carolina took effect. The law, supported and advocated for by AARP North Carolina, was passed with bi-partisan support in the last legislative session. By the end of 2012, med. techs at facilities must receive a training course developed by the [...]
By Rep. Pricey Harrison and Bob Phillips, Common Cause North CarolinaRep. Pricey Harrison is a Democrat who is in her fourth term representing Guilford County. Bob Phillips is executive director of Common Cause North Carolina, based in Raleigh. Two year ago, in a narrow 5 to 4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court declared that corporations can spend unlimited amounts of [...]
James Ray, Greensboro entrepreneur, who is old enough to retire but prefers working up to 50 hours a week, explains why Congress is obligated legally to call for an Article V convention which it has refused to do for more 200 years. Alexander Hamilton wrote the final version of Article V of the U.S. Constitution which states “The Congress, whenever [...]
Are you one of the millions of Americans who searches online for information regularly? Do you have special websites or are you a fan of using Google? Google has become so popular that those who use the Internet often refer to searching online as “googling.” But searching for health information is more complicated than looking for information on the best [...]
In commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the Civil War in North Carolina, the N.C. Museum of History in Raleigh is presenting a three-part exhibit series titled North Carolina and the Civil War. Part two of the Civil War Exhibit series, North Carolina and the Civil War: The Raging Storm, 1863, opened November 4 at the North Carolina Museum of History [...]
Dee Hatch of Raleigh, AARP’s state president for seven years, is the winner of the 2012 Andrus Award, the most prestigious award AARP can bestow on an individual. Named in honor of AARP’s founder Dr. Ethel Percy Andrus, the award celebrates and honors individuals who make a difference in the lives of others, embodying Dr. Andrus’ motto, “To serve, not [...]
By: Erica Allaby Residents will again be packing 400 Operation North State (ONS) boxes at Bermuda Village on Saturday, December 8, as they did last year. The boxes include letters from Governor Beverly Perdue and Senators Kay Hagan and Richard Burr. Congresswoman Virginia Foxx has promised to attend the packing party as well as Miss North Carolina and volunteer students [...]
Raleigh-Durham area residents are needed for a National Academy of Sciences (NAS) study of driving behavior, described as the largest coordinated highway safety research program ever undertaken in the United States. A total of 3,100 drivers in six states will participate. In addition to Raleigh-Durham, study centers are collecting data in Seattle, WA, Buffalo, NY, Bloomington, IN, State College, PA, [...]
