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Community-based care management and consulting in the Pacific Northwest. Cultivating Home. Inspiring Purpose. Thriving Together.

12/02/2025

It’s a Grow With Us Good News Tuesday! Congratulations are in order to Haley, Christine, Tabatha, Lorrie, and Vickie. After a tremendous amount of work and a significant commitment of time and energy, these five amazing women recently completed all of their classes and clinicals for their accelerated nursing school program.

The final step on their journey to becoming a Registered Nurse is to take the NCLEX exam. They are actively preparing for this test with the help and support of the Grow With Us Future Leaders Program Nursing Pathway.

We are SO VERY PROUD of Haley, Christine, Tabatha, Lorrie, and Vickie’s accomplishments and can’t wait to see where their nursing careers take them!

11/28/2025

This week, we celebrated the four-year work anniversary of Sam, Vanda Health’s VP of Finance. Sam tackles all things payroll and accounting, and we are grateful for all of her hard work behind the scenes for our organization!

11/27/2025

Happy Thanksgiving from Vanda Health. May our lives be full of both thanks and giving.

11/26/2025

We like big pies and we cannot lie. 🥧🥧🥧 Vanda Health’s annual holiday pie giveaway was a HUGE success. Our Pastry Posse (Wes, Chief People Officer, and Jill, VP of Horticulture & Life Engagement) delivered pies to team members at all five Vanda Health communities. This year, 53% of all employees ordered up an apple 🍎 pie while 47% chose pumpkin 🎃! Here’s to a wonderful Thanksgiving that’s sweet as pie!

11/25/2025

We’ve added a new pathway to our Grow With Us Future Leaders Program.

The Grow With Us GED Program is designed to help team members earn their high school equivalency diploma, opening doors to new career and educational opportunities. This program provides a supportive pathway for individuals who wish to complete this important milestone.

Through the Grow With Us GED Pathway, participants receive:
🌲 Comprehensive instruction and preparation in all required GED subjects: Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies.
🌲 Access to live, instructor-led online courses with flexible scheduling options designed to support working adults.
🌲 Practice testing and exam preparation resources to build confidence and readiness for each subject area.
🌲 Coverage of all exam fees, ensuring there is no out-of-pocket cost for eligible participants.

This program provides a structured and encouraging environment where learners can progress at their own pace, gain essential academic skills, and take the next step in achieving their personal and professional goals.

11/24/2025

Dance party at Harvest Homes! (Ain’t no party like a Harvest Homes party cause a Harvest Homes party don’t stop!)

11/21/2025

This week, we celebrated two impressive work anniversaries at Vanda Health. Suzi, one of our longest serving employees, has been working at Vanda Health for 8 years and Emily for 4 years. Both Suzi and Emily work behind the scenes to ensure everything is running smoothly in our organization. They are always willing to jump in and help out in any situation, and we are grateful for their hard work and commitment to Vanda Health!

11/20/2025

It’s another Thriving Together Thursday, and this month’s story worth celebrating is all about JP, an Elite Care Fanno Creek resident and volunteer.

Before moving to Fanno Creek, JP lived on a farm. As such, he loves to be outside, stay busy, do chores, and help out—daily—in big and small ways in the Fanno Creek community. He takes out the trash and recycling. He trims bushes and sweeps the walkways and shovels snow. Every year, he spreads mulch around the campus gardens. JP takes great pride in his volunteer work and especially enjoys completing any task that requires his John Deere wheelbarrow.

We are grateful for JP’s industriousness and commitment to the betterment of the Fanno Creek community. Every day, he shows us what is possible when we work collectively to cultivate home, inspire purpose, and thrive together.

11/19/2025

There’s a new Guiding Principle in town, and it’s WE GROW. We Grow represents Vanda Health’s commitment to creating, supporting, and celebrating growth opportunities for our employees and those we serve. We know that individual growth strengthens our organizational leadership and culture and believe that when our people grow, our mission and impact also grow.

One concrete way that we support the growth of our Vanda Health team members is through our monthly Med Tech course. This two-day course, taught by Renee a Vanda Health nurse, brings together Med Techs from across all five Vanda Health communities. The course covers the 24-hour process (alert charting and temporary service plans), incident reports, medication administration, and the triple check system.

We recently graduated our November Med Tech course attendees (pictured here) who, through this professional development opportunity, have now met new friends, expanded their caregiving skills, and have a better understanding of their important role within their community.

11/18/2025

It’s the season of giving, and we have kicked off our Neighbors Helping Neighbors Food Drive at all Vanda Health communities. Each community has a donation box located at the front desk or in the activity room. We will be collecting donations through the weekend, and then residents will be hand delivering donations to local food pantries.
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While you’re out preparing for your own upcoming holiday, please consider picking up an extra box, can, or bag of non perishable food items and dropping them by a Vanda Health community. Every item of food makes a difference!

11/12/2025

A chicken fish? A duck pig? A monkey cow? No, your eyes are not deceiving you.

Last week, the Vanda Health Life Engagement team attended the Oregon Health Care Association’s Virtual Life Engagement Conference. Presenter Kevin Sage taught a hands-on session on innovating activities with A.I. called “Using Chat GPT for Connection, Creativity, and Coaching.”

Our team enjoyed exploring how A.I. could be used to enhance resident experiences and had fun creating these mystical animals. Additionally, the team learned about the importance of Resident and Family Councils and had an opportunity to network and share best practices with other LE professionals across the state.

Thank you to OHCA for putting on an informative and engaging conference!

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