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by Julie Turner

A Helping Hand with Medication Management

When you can’t just run out to the pharmacy, count on the Paradise Valley Estates team to bring the pharmacy to you.

by Victoria Stone

Dining Services Aims for Four-Star Delivery, Dining and Safety

Adapting services for Paradise Valley Estates residents while quarantined has presented vexing challenges. Knowing that dining is a daily highlight for many residents and conscious of the top-shelf food quality his team is known for, David Kalbaugh, the community’s Dining Services director, set about creating a fulfillment system that duplicated a meal in the community’s popular main dining room or casual cafe.

by Victoria Stone

Live From Paradise Valley Estates

Paradise Valley Estates has always been ahead of the curve in using technology to support resident communication and social connections.

by Victoria Stone

PVE Housekeeping Team Shines During COVID-19

The Housekeeping Department at Paradise Valley Estates has put great thought and care into making sure their services meet any emerging health and safety needs resulting from the ongoing threat of COVID-19.

by Heather Ramirez

Ding-Dong Dinner

Our community’s Dining Services team has spearheaded the planning and preparation of resident meals since the COVID-19 outbreak began in mid-March. Some of our team members from other areas have been pulling double duty for weeks delivering meals right to residents’ front doors.

by Victoria Stone

PVE Masketeers

Bob and Debbie Lunning had no idea the kind of adventure they were embarking on when their daughter Tobi, an emergency room nurse at Kaiser Roseville, called to ask if her parents would make masks for the hospital’s nurses.

by Julie Turner

Flexing Virtual Muscle

As wellness director of Paradise Valley Estates, Jan Olson has flexed her traditionally fitness-focused role with emerging activities that are benefitting the more than 500 residents of the Life Plan Community during the COVID-19 pandemic.

by Julie Turner

Grocery Go-Getters

As Californians began sheltering in place, Ronda Guffey was already concerned about the order’s impact on Paradise Valley Estates residents. In her work with PVE@Home, which provides community residents with a helping hand around the house if needed, she already had a solution in place that could ease food scarcity issues without further endangering residents.

by Julie Turner

A Social Distancing Star

The COVID-19 outbreak has brought significant changes to Northern California’s Paradise Valley Estates and the life of resident Sally Gripman.

by Kevin Burke

Finding a New Normal at Paradise Valley Estates

In a scary and fast-moving health crisis, it’s been soul filling to see our residents and team members respond to this unprecedented stress with selflessness, kindness and creativity.

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