My wife Ruth and I are honored and humbled to own Leaves Personal Care and work with the AMAZING team here. We LOVE assisting seniors to remain in their homes and receive the companionship, care and support they need to live dignified, fulfilled, and purposeful lives. We are blessed by the 80+ wonderful care companions who serve the Leaves' clients and by the amazing office support staff who work tirelessly to match the right care companion to the right client. As each leaf is unique, every person is an individual with dignity and value.

I am excited to be connected with a mission and ministry oriented group of individuals at Leaves Personal Care Services. We are providing non-medical private duty home care across West Michigan.

Served as Executive Director at Whispering Woods, now a Meridian Property

Reported directly to the Board of Directors regarding our 25 bed nursing home, 49 bed Home for the Aged and 47 unit independent living communityUsed Patrick Lecioni's "Five Dysfunctions of a team" to hire, develop and guide an outstanding leadership teamCreated interdepartmental buy-in while implementing key strategic initiatives including momentous culture change away from a medical model of care toward becoming a person-centered community, creating activity-focused dementia care, and an enhanced dining program. Achieved new initiatives through team-focused work groups that looked at what we wanted to achieve, what we wanted to avoid, what we wanted to preserve and what we wanted to eliminateResponsible for a $2.5 million expansion from conception through full occupancy six months after completion; debt-freeEnjoyed creating professional relationships with industry professionals, and with regulatory agenciesLaunched a creative re-branding and marketing program to elevate the organization's professional imageResponsible for employee development through a widely varied education program, DiSC-focused team building and creation of professional Standards of Care

Administrator in TrainingResponsible for QA/QI and oversaw the process to thoroughly review the Administrative Policies and ProceduresRe-created an enhanced Emergency Procedure ManualImproved documentation across all levels of the organization to support better compliance, accuracy and risk-managementOversaw the redevelopment of new employee applications, job descriptions and annual reviews

Assisted the Director of Nursing with Employee ReviewsDeveloped Care Plans for 25 Skilled Nursing Home residentsManaged Infection Control ProgramAssured regulatory compliance through Plan of Correction creation and oversight

Developed professionally, starting out in laundry and housekeeping and completing my LPN training while working full-timeAs LPN, oversaw the safety and welfare of 29 - 50 Skilled Nursing residents, passing medications, doing treatments and updating care plansAs LPN, supervised a staff of 3-5 CENA's nightly for the direct care needs of the residentsDeveloped excellent communication skills as liaison between departments, shifts and managers