Masterpiece Living Q&A with Sharon Grambow
Sharon Grambow Executive Vice President/Chief Operating Officer What is Masterpiece Living? Masterpiece Living is a nationally recognized program and research-based way of life that focuses on four key dimensions: physical, social, intellectual and spiritual. Why did Sun Health Senior Living become involved in Masterpiece Living? Although we believed we were making a difference in the […]
Senior Health: The No. 1 Best Secret to Aging Well
The search for a fountain of youth has captivated explorers since the dawn of man. But 92-year-old Barbara Knickerbocker Beskind doesn’t believe anyone needs to scour the planet for the secret to successful aging. The Silicon Valley designer and occupational therapist’s prescription for a long and healthy life is to “take a daily walk.” It […]
Sun Health at Home Names Barbara Mason as Executive Director
SURPRISE, ARIZ., Dec. 15, 2016 – Sun Health at Home (SHAH) has hired Barbara Mason to become executive director of the “continuing care at home” program, the first of its kind in the Southwestern U.S. The Pittsburgh native brings a varied background to the job, which includes experience in sales and marketing, counseling, clinical care […]
Sun Health at Home Scores a Touchdown
SURPRISE, ARIZ., Nov. 11, 2016 — In football lingo, Sun Health at Home (SHAH) scored a touchdown last night. The continuing care at home program received the “Excellence in Innovation” award at WESTMARC’s 24th Annual Best of the West Awards, held on the field at University of Phoenix Stadium, home of the NFL’s Arizona Cardinals, […]
Concrete Pour at The Colonnade Villas
During the early morning hours of Monday, Dec. 17 and Tuesday, Dec. 18, nearly 70 concrete trucks brought a total of 750 yards of cement to The Colonnade Villas, following three months of preparation work on the four-story, 36-unit condo-style project scheduled to open in July. The big pour was to complete the first-floor slab, […]
Sun Health’s Fall-Prevention Event Makes Front-Page News
Sun Health’s second annual Stand Up To Falling Down event, held Sept. 21 at The Colonnade, was highlighted in YourWestValley.com, the online publication of the Daily News-Sun. The fall-prevention event featured fall-risk assessments, talks by balance and fall-prevention experts and exhibitors who offered fall-prevention products and services. (Read the article.)
Sun Health Helping People ‘Feel Right at Home’
SURPRISE, ARIZ., July 14, 2016 – Wilber and Eva Smith, both 88, feel rooted in their Peoria house where they’ve lived for 19 years. “It’s comfortable, we have nice neighbors and we’re close to places we like,” Wilber said. Those reasons played heavily in the Smith’s decision to become members of Sun Health at Home (SHAH), […]
Sun Health Senior Living Bundles With Aetna to Improve Employee Benefits
SURPRISE, ARIZ., May 26, 2016 – An April Gallup survey found rising health care costs to be the top financial worry of American families. The 550 employees of Sun Health Senior Living (SHSL) may not share those same worries thanks to a new bundled medical plan through Aetna that reduces their doctor and prescription copays for the […]
Sun Health at Home Appoints Medical Director
SURPRISE, ARIZ., April 21, 2016 – Sun Health has hired Radha Ramamrutham, M.D., as the medical director for Sun Health at Home, a nonprofit “continuing care at home” program for Phoenix-area residents, ages 55 and above, who want to stay in their homes as they age. Dr. Ramamrutham, who is board certified in internal medicine […]
Sun Health at Home featured on 960 AM’s ‘Aging in Arizona’
Sun Health at Home Executive Director Terri Cluff was a recent guest on 960 AM’s “Aging in Arizona” radio show. Terri explained the benefits of this new nonprofit “continuing care at home” program, offering highly personalized support and coordinated services to help older adults age confidently and safely in their own homes. Listen to Terri’s interview here.