Category: Front Porch

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Episode 6: “It’s Not Just Housekeeping”: What Gives Work Meaning?

Episode Description Randi Jorgenson began her career as a housekeeper at Spring Lake Village and now leads a team of 36 employees while overseeing 400 resident apartments in her role...

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Episode 5: Welcome Love, Welcome the Stranger (Part 2)

Episode Description After losing his beloved wife of 50 years, David embraces a new chapter of life. From the inclusive Shabbat services he leads at St. Paul’s Towers, to teaching...

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Useful gifts for older adults in your life

What are useful gifts for older adults in your life? Holiday gift giving is often a difficult task, especially when you’re searching for a useful gift for parents or grandparents...

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Episode 4: Who Shall Live? Growing through Grief (Part 1)

Episode Description David E. Jackson spent his career as an educator, but some of his most profound “life lessons” have come out of navigating loss and grief. After evacuating his...

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Episode 3: Former Pro-Wrestler Victor Ceron Pays It Forward

Episode Description Before Victor Ceron fell in love with senior living he was known in the pro-wrestling world as “Kafu: The Brazilian Beast.” In this episode, Victor shares how his...

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Kitchen trailer brings state-of-the-art cooking to Casa de Mañana and beyond

Front Porch has used a kitchen trailer before, but never one like the state-of-the-art customized trailer developed for Front Porch by Modular Culinaire. (Click here for video.) Previously, when one...

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Episode 2: Building Belonging

Episode Description From her early years as member of a large migrant family—following the crops from town to town— to her work as teacher, principal, and advocate, Dorothy Astorga has...

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Episode 1: Discovering Jean

Episode Description Jean Owen always thought of herself as “somebody’s someone” – first as her mother’s daughter then as her husband’s wife. It wasn’t until she moved to Villa Gardens...

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