1. The Best Practices Roundtable
David Fleming
Vice President
Brethren Village
November 10, 2004

2. Brethren Village (non-profit)
Continuing Care Retirement Community
Skilled nursing
Assisted Living
Independent Living
Affordable Housing
Home Health Agency
Child Day Care
Founded 1897
800 Residents
500 Team Members
50% FT & 50% PT

3. Statistical Information (current)
38% of team members 50+
8% of team members 65+

4. Sample positions 50+ President Admin. Ass’t Pastors Nursing Admin.
LPN’s
RN’s
CNA’s
Staff Development
Maintenance
Catering Mgr.
Wait staff
Accounting
Marketing
Security
Bus Drivers
Secretaries

5. Recruitment Newspaper Local Senior Expo’s Local Job Fairs
“Message on Hold” when telephoning Village
Internal Position Postings

6. Retention Flexible work arrangements including job sharing
Retirement benefits including totally employer-funded defined benefit pension plan
EAP
PTO
Catastrophic leave contributions
Long term care insurance
Early retirement option (collect benefits and continue drawing salary)

7. Synergies
As a continuing care retirement community, Brethren Village is both a provider of services to seniors and employer of seniors;
Sensitivity training re seniors
Senior friendly wellness
Supervisor training re diversity

8. Challenges Health insurance costs Pension costs
Benefit costs vs. charges to “customers”: tension
Equity erosion
Fixed pensions
Social security limited increases
Physical demands