e-Newsletter
View previous E-newsletters here
E-Newsletter Signup
information about OHCF
Tell Us Your Story
Have you had an experience you would like to share with OHCF
Click here to submit your story and share it with our community.
Volunteer
Click Here to learn more about volunteer opportunities.
Professional Resources
Visit OHCA to find useful links to Health Care related resources.
Scholarship Recipients
2010 Summer Scholarship Recipients
2010 Margaret Murphy Carley Award $1,000
Name/LTC Experience/Education and/or Career Goal
Misty Lohn/ Oregon City Health Care/ Masters of Science in Nursing and Masters in Health Care Administration, LTC Administrator
General Studies Awards $500 each
Name/LTC Experience/Education and/or Career Goal Bukola Ademola/ Maryville Nursing Home/ LPN
Linda Bifano/ Rose Schnitzer Manor/ Doctorate of Nursing Practice
Malinda Close/ Marquis Care at Wilsonville/ Wound Care Certification
Morgan Connor/ Marquis Care at Wilsonville/ RN
Carolyn Dunn/ Providence Elderplace/ MBA, LTC Administrator
Konni Graham/ Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital/ ALF Administrator
Jamie Handshaw/ Providence Brookside Manor/ MBA, Administrator
Jamie Hawkins/ Hillside Heights/ Director of Rehab NF
Tina Hill/ Providence Elderplace/ BSN, Masters Prepared Nursing Instructor
Barbara Hyde/ No Worries Corporation-In home Care/ RN
Rajdeep Kaur/ Full time student/ BSN, Director of Nursing Services
Thuy An Ngnyen/ Marquis at Mt Tabor/ BSN, Resident Care Manager
Maryaugusta Onyima/ Full time student/ LPN, LTC administrator
Brandon Sheets/ Providence ElderPlace/ BSN, NP or MD
Kathleen Sarvent/ Marquis Care at Wilsonville/ RN, Resident Care Manager or Hospice Nurse
Heather Stangeby/ Cornerstone Care Options/ Masters of Social Work, LTC Administrator
Musa Sidibey/ Marquis Care at Centennial/ LPN, NP or MD
Jane Duku/ Marquis at Centennial/ RN
Tara Manske/ Mary’s Woods/ BSN, Master’s Degree in Gerontology
Kimberly Gomez/ Cascade View Nursing Center/ Associate Degree, RN
2009 Winter Scholarship Recipients
BJ Treglown Scholarship For Registered Nursing Education
Name / LTC Experience/ Goal
To Be Announced
Wendell White Scholarship For Leadership in LTC
Lori Frank/ Providence ElderPlace, Providence Health Systems/ MBA
McKesson Medical-Surgical Scholarship For Nursing Education
Name/ LTC Experience/ Goal
Pinnacle Quality Insights Scholarship For Quality Care Heather Sowa/ Oregon City Health Care Center Prestige Care, Inc./ RN
General Studies Scholarship Alexandra Appleton/ Laurelhurst Village LLC, Sunwest Management/ CNA
Aya Abdallah/ Health Care Services/ BSN
Stephanie Bergmann/ Oakwood Country Place/ RN
Name/ LTC Experience/ Goal
Haseena Vaswani/ Marquis Care at Hope Village Marquis Companies/ M.S.W.
Name/ LTC Experience/ Goal
Donna Chambers/Marquis Care at Centennial Marquis Companies/ LPN
Catherine Couey/ Visiting Angels/ CNA
Kayla Curry/ Avamere Rehab of Coos Bay, Avamere Health Services/ RN
Jim Dalton/ Consultant/ Activities Consultant Certification
Caroline Dunn/ Providence Elder Place/ MBA
Kimberly Gomez/ Cascade View Nursing Center, Regency Pacific, Inc./ RN
Maria Gonzalez/ Elder Place at Gresham, Providence Health Systems/ RN
Nicole Hardy/ Porthaven Care Center, Prestige Care, Inc./ RN
Tina Hill/ Providence ElderPlace, Providence Health Systems/ BSN
Rajdeep Kaur/ student/ RN
Michelle Loghry/ Town Center Village, Generations, LLC/ RN
Jennifer Marvin/ Rogue Valley Manor, Pacific Retirement Services/ Administrator
Melissa McNeely/ Myrtle Point Care Center, Westcare Management/ RN
Christy Mohr/ Touchmark Home Services/ BSN
Josephine Muthui/ Clarendon Court/ BSN
Kristin Palmer/ Hillside Retirement Community, Sunwest Management/ Registered Dietition
Pam Roberts/ West Hills Assisted Living, Bonaventure Senior Living/ MSW
Brandon Sheets/ Providence Elder Place, Providence Health Systems/ BSN
Yvette Smith/ Home Instead Senior Care/ Owner In Home Svc.
Heather Stangeby/ Cornerstone Care Option/ MSW
Courtney Stevens/ The Pearl at Kruse Way, Avamere Health Services/ LPN
Aliza Stromme/ Hillside Retirement Community, Sunwest Management/ RN
Fritzie Vader/ Avamere Rehabilitation of Coos Bay, Avamere Health Services/ Administrator
Deborah Wentz-Cantrell/ Oregon Veteran's Home, Westcare Management/ Administrator
2009 Summer Cycle Recipients
Margaret Murphy Carley Scholarship Recipient
Name/ LTC Experience/ Goal
Heather Sowa/ Oregon City Health Care Center, Prestige Care, Inc./ RN
General Studies Scholarship Recipients
Name/ LTC Experience/ Goal
Chiamaka Aniefuna/ Clarebridge of Beaverton, Brookdale Senior Living/ Admin
Gaylene Bruce/ Haven House Retirement Center , The Fossil Elderly Housing Committee Inc/ RN
Jane Duku/ Marquis Care at Centennial, Marquis Care/ LPN
Caroline Dunn/ Providence Elderplace, Providence Health System/ Admin
Nicole Hardy/ Porthaven Care Center, Prestige Care, Inc/ RN
Alma Hernandez/ Porthaven Care Center, Prestige Care, Inc/ CMA
Rebekah Hughes/ Holladay Park Plaza, Pacific Retirement Services/ LPN
Rajdeep Kaur/ student/ LPN
Michelle Kupetz/ Canfield Place Assisted Living, Leisure Care, Inc./ CNA2
Ngawang Lhundup/ Hearthstone of Beverton, Hearthstone Management Service/ CNA
Michelle Loghry/ Town Center Village, Generations LLC/ RN
Isabelle Mwanga/ Laurelhurst Village, Farmington Centers/ CMA, CNA2
Anna Potter/ student/ Occupational Therapist
Kathleen Sarvent/ Marquis Care at Wilsonville, Marquis Care/ RN
Brandon Sheets/ Providence Elderplace, Providence Health System/RN
Musa Sidibey/ Marquis Care at Centennial, Marquis Care/ LPN
Jillien Smith/ Clare Bridge of Salem, Brookdale Senior Living/ Cert. Activity Consult.
Yvette Smith/ Home Instead Senior Care, Home Instead Senior Care/ CNA
Rungrudee Sriyoung/ Providence Elderplace, Providence Health System/ RN
Heather Stangeby/ Cornerstone Care Option, Cornerstone Care Option, Inc/ Social Service Administrator
Haley Sullivan/ Corvallis Manor , Pinnacle Healthcare Inc./ RN
Joshua Thomas/ Premier Living Center, Premier Living Centers/ Social Services Director
Deborah Wentz-Cantrell/ Oregon Veteran's Home, Westcare Management/ Admin
Sarah White/ Cascade Manor, Pacific Retirement Services/ RN
Christina York/ St. Anthony's Village, St Anthony Village Associates, LP/ CNA
2008 Winter Cycle Recipients
Metro West Ambulance Scholarship Recipients
Name/LTC Experience/Education Goal
Nicole Hardy/ Porthaven Care Center, Prestige Care Inc/ LPN
Stephanie Hollingshead/ Pearl at Kruse Way, Avamere Health Services/ Admin
Misty Lohn/ Marquis Care at Wilsonville, Marquis Companies, Inc/ DON
Fritzie Vader/ Hearthside Rehab & Specialty Care/ Administrator
Pinnacle Consulting Scholarship Recipients
Name/LTC Experience/Education Goal
Joyce Phipps/ Willamette Terrace, Willamette View Inc./Cert. Recreational Spec.
Jillien Smith/ Clare Bridge of Salem, Brookdale Sr. Living/ Cert. Activity Consult.
General Studies Scholarship Recipients
Name/LTC Experience/Education Goal
Chiamaka Aniefuna/ Clare Bridge of Beaverton, Brookdale Senior Living/ Admin.
Cynthia Blouin/ Hood River Care Center, Prestige Care Inc./ Physical Ther.
Ocba Debessai/ Providence Elderplace, Providence Health System/ RN
Jane Duku/ Marquis Care at Centennial, Marquis Companies Inc/ LPN
Carly Dunn/ Providence Elderplace, Providence Health System/ Administrator
Mary Espinas/ Marquis Care at Forest Grove, Marquis Companies, Inc/ RN
Sara Gebrewold / King City Rehab, Avamere Health Services/ RN
Nicole Hardy/ Porthaven Care Center, Prestige Care Inc/ LPN
Latreece Hawkins/ Cherrywood Village, Generations LLC/ LPN
Kendal Holland / Bridgewood Rivers ALF, Sun Management Services/ RN
Robert Jackson/ Rescare Homecare/ RN
Joni Kaady/ Marion County Health Department Geriatric Program/ Geriatric Psych.
Rajdeep Kaur/ Evergreen Portland, EHC Management Inc./ LPN
Betty Lee/ Columbia Basin Care Facility, Aidan Health Services Inc./ RN
Misty Lohn/ Marquis Care at Wilsonville, Marquis Companies, Inc/ DON
Melissa McNeely/ Myrtle Point Care Center, Westcare Management/ RN
Josephine Muthui/ The Taft Home, Concepts in Community Living/RN
Ryan Nelson/ Hospice Center/ RN
Mary Augusta Onyima/ Student/ Activity Director
Melissa Richmond/ Oatfield Estates, Elite Care LLC/ Geront. Horticultural Ther.
Sally Ryan/ Providence Elderplace, Providence Health System/ CNA II
Kathleen Sarvent/ Marquis Care at Wilsonville, Marquis Companies, Inc/ RN
Heather Stangeby/ Cornerstone Care Option, Inc / Social Service Administrator
Erica White/ Marquis Care/ Marquis Companies, Inc/ RN or Health Care Mgmt.
2008 Summer Cycle Recipients
Consonus Healthcare Services
Name * LTC Experience * Position Seeking
Melea Doughty * Student * Occupational Therapist
Greta Gillas * Life Care Centers- McMinnville * Physical Therapist
Justine Kuunifaa * Willamette View * Pharmacy Technician
Youssef Roman * Gateway Medical Pharmacy * Pharmacist
Linda Wong * Kaiser Permanente Pharmacy * Pharmacist
Margaret Murphy Carley Scholarship Recipient
Julieta Contreras * Cascade Terrace * LPN
General Studies Scholarship Recipients
Aya Abdallah * Health Care Services * RN
Chiamaka Aniefuna * Wynwood of Mt. Hood * Administrator
Stephanie Bergmann * Oakwood Country Place * RN Laura
Blosser * Menlo Park Health Care * CMA
Catherine Couey * Visiting Angels * Director/Manager of LTC facility
Amber Donaldson * Marion County Health Dept. * Geriatric Certification
Cheri Foreman * Marquis Home Health * RN
Suzie Foumal * Porthaven Healthcare Center * Health Info Technician
Louise Jordan * Home Instead Senior Care * End of Life Care Counselor
Rajdeep Kaur * Evergreen Rehab Center * LPN
Jenny Kiel * Avamere at Three Fountains * Dietary Manager
Melissa McNeely * Myrtle Point Care Center * RN
Netsanet Mekbib * Porthaven Healthcare Center * LPN
Judee Moore * The Taft Home * Gerontologist
Josephine Muthui * The Taft Home * RN
Kathleen Nelson * Rosewood Park Retirement * Administrator
Kirill Nikiforov * Encore Senior Village * CNA
Joyce Phipps * Willamette View * Gerontologist
Heather Restoule * Trinity Mission Health Rehab * Dietary Manager
Kristen Savorelli * Marquis Care at Forest Grove * LPN
Musa Sidibey * Marquis Care at Centennial * RN
Jillien Smith * Clare Bridge of Salem * Activity Consultant
Heather Stangeby * Cornerstone Care Option Social * Service Administrator
Seli Thomas * New Horizons In-Home Care * CNA
Maria Vital * Maryville Nursing Home * CMA
2007 Recipients
Elaine Velu ** Beaverton Hills
Aya Abdallah ** Marquis Care
Stephanie Bergmann ** Oakwood Country Place
Patty Brown ** Courtyard Senior Living
Bethany Chamberlin ** Lifeworks Northwest
Ocba Debessai ** Providence Elder Place
Danille De Carlo ** Porthaven Care Center
Theresa Earhart ** Marquis Companies- Hope Village
Cheri Foreman ** Marquis Home Care
Jennifer Fulton ** Avamere at Bethany Assisted Living
Sarah Harding ** Maryville Nursing Home
Heather Harrison ** South Hills Rehabilitation Center
Leslie Horner ** Private Care Giver
Dawn Howland ** UMRC The Willson House
Courtney McCallum ** A Home for Mom and Dad
Judee Moore ** The Taft Home
Josephine Muthui ** The Taft Home
Ayodele Ojebode ** Porthaven Care Center
Melonie Powell
Rodlyn Redburn ** Powell Valley Assisted Living
Adelina Ruiz ** Avamere at Bethany Assisted Living
Leslee Schader ** Staffing Services on Call
Jillien Smith ** Clare Bridge of Salem
Noriko Toyokawa
Maureen Underwood ** Marquis Care at Centennial
Erica White ** Marquis Care at Wilsonville
Alicia Brous ** Providence Brookside Manor
Elizabeth Crandall ** New Horizon
Joni Kaady ** Marion County Health Department
Misty Lohn ** Marquis Care at Wilsonville
Naketa Lugo ** Marquis Mt. Tabor
Danielle Mellow ** Brookside Manor- Providence
Melissa Morgan ** Courtyard Senior Living
Evelyn Nohemi Vanegas ** Maryville Nursing Home
Shawn O'Connor ** Curry Country Home Health and Hospice
Lashawn Phillips ** Marquis at Powellhurst
Janet Ramey ** Grandview Rehab and Specialty Care
Socorro Salinas ** Maryville Nursing Home
Eileen Urban ** Center for Medically Fragile Children at Providence Child Center
Maria West ** American Heritage Services
Christine Whippy ** Harvest Homes
Noemi Wiseman ** McKay Creek Estates
Sarah Zeller ** Providence Center for Medically Fragile Children
2006 Recipients
Kelly Barton ** Royale Gardens Rehab & Nsg
Valerie Clark ** Marquis Care at Vermont Hills
Joni Kaady ** Marion County Health Department
Mary Knudsen ** Woodland Heights Assisted Living
Angel Mendoza ** Friendsview Manor
Carl Oliveri ** Waterford Health & Fitness Center
Melonie Powell ** Marquis Care at Mt. Tabor
Oksana Savelo ** Cedar Sinai Park
Alicia Sundby ** Rock Cove Assisted Living
Maureen Underwood ** Marquis Care at Centennial
Christina Weinman ** Marquis Care at Autumn Hills
Stephanie Bergmann ** Oakwood Country Place
Shakira Cunningham ** Porthaven Health Care Center
Nicole Easley ** Marquis Care at Oregon City
Corey Farrow ** Oakwood Country Place
Corey Jones ** Emanuel Hospital - Unit 54
Suzanne Kemp ** Waterford at Three
Ann McQueen ** Portland State University, Institute on Aging
Rene Miller ** Portland Community College Sylvania
Judee Moore ** The Taft Home
Josephine Muthui ** The Taft Home
Alisha Snow ** Aidan Health Care (now Regency of Florence)
Derek Johnson ** Friendsview Manor
Maureen Underwood ** Marquis Care at Centenniar
Betty Rulli ** Porthaven
Janet Morgan ** Town Center Village, Columbia Wing
Danielle Mellow ** Providence/Brookside Manor
Alicia Brous ** CNA at Providence Brookside Manor
Joni Kaady ** Marion County Health Department
Shawn O'Connor ** Curry Co. Home Health & Hospice
Jillien Smith **
Debra Hussey ** Cascade View Care Center
Jessica Henry ** New Horizons In-Home Care
Lisa Wolf ** New Horizons In-Home Care
Daniel Serres ** Lincoln Memorial Park and Funeral Home
2005
Sarah Jane Barnes ** Eugene Good Sam Health Center
Alicia Brous ** Providence Hood River Mem Hospital Brookside Manor
Julieta Contrereas ** Cascade Terrace
Tiffany Dawson ** Marquis Care at Vermont Hills
Devon Devecka ** Royale Gardens Health & Rehab
Jennifer Fulton ** Avamere at Bethany
Jason McFarland ** Evergreen Hillsboro Health & Rehab Center
Ann McQueen ** PSU Institute on Aging
Karen Morrison ** Leisure Care Corporation
Kristi Nett ** Marquis Care at Hope Village
Yuiya Olefirenko ** Country Meadows Assisted Living
Chuks Orji ** Menlo Park Health Care/Providence
Angela Pardey ** Marquis Care at Hope Village
Lindsay Pond ** The Wilsonville Assisted Living
Melonie Powell ** Marquis Care at Mt. Tabor
Linda Sherman ** Concordia Univ/JDL Development
Jill Tauchert ** Cascade Manor
Raschelle Ussery ** Marquis Care at Powellhurst
Haseena Vaswani ** Marquis at Hope Village, Canby
Timothy Williams ** Evergreen Hillsboro Health & Rehab Center
2004 Recipients
Tabatha Anderson ** Laurelhurst House
Stephanie Lee Bergman ** Oakwood Country Place
Alicia Brous ** Providence Hood River Mem Hospital Brookside Manor
Rebekah Chadwick ** Medford Rehab Center
Sue Chittenden ** Laurel Hills Nursing & Rehab Center
Justin Dowling ** Marquis Care at Plum Ridge
Nayeli Garcia ** Willamette Lutheran Retirement Community
Rachel Graham ** Aidan Health Care of Albany
Susanne Hill ** Generations Home Care
Janelle Joslyn ** Brennan Care Service
Karen Kohl ** Marquis Companies
Tori Kirkendall ** Homewood on the Willamette
Sylvia Medrano ** Maryville Nursing Home
Margaret Ann Mitchell ** Myrtle Point Care Centr
Carmen Nanu ** Marquis At Autumn Hills
Merci Paye ** Providence Child Center
Angela Pardey ** Marquis Care at Hope Village
Heather Partridge ** Timberview Care Center
Susan Robbins ** King City Reha & Living Center
Katie Sinnott ** Harvest Homes
Bonnie Smith ** Myrtle Point Care Centr
Timothy Williams ** Evergreen Hillsboro Health & Rehab Center
Christopher Worlton ** Sheldon Park Assisted Living
2003 Recipients
Jennifer Blacke ** Our House of Portland
Nicole Blanchard ** Cedar Creek AL
Kylie Blacken ** Corvallis Manor-Pinnacle Health Care
Amanda Coy ** Corvallis Manor-Pinnacle Health Care
Dinah Elizabeth Caldwell ** Oregon City Marquis Care
Penny A. DeMoss ** Marquis at Autumn Hills
Maria Gonzalez ** Edgewood Point Assisted Living
Nicole Garmon ** Marquis Care at Silver Gardens
Delila Dawn Garrison ** Crestwell Care Center
Rose Hoang ** Marquis Vintage Suites
Christine Humphries ** Marquis Care at Home Village
Kristin Marie Kenney ** Molalla Care Center
Tina Marie Lambert ** Myrtle Point Care Center
Tricia Love ** Myrtle Point Care Center
Lynette Masterson ** Marquis Care at Hope Village
Sarah Nelson ** Corvallis Manor-Pinnacle Health Care
Melonie Powell ** Marquis Care at Mt. Tabor
Susan Robbins ** King City Reha & Living Center
Fhunkang Zhu ** Camelot Care Center
Faye Torcorm ** Providence Brookside Manor
2002 Recipients
Rachel Borsch ** Mt. St. Joseph
Athena Figueroa ** Rogue River Morrow Heights
Jessica Garr ** Alterra Villas of McMinnville
Siagigi Hintsatake ** High Lookee Lodge
Karen Jenkins ** Marquis Companies
Tina Marie Lambert ** Myrtle Point Care Center
Margaret Martin ** Avamere at Sherwood
Irma Moody ** Valley West Care Center
Jacquelynn Peters ** Farmington Square Salem
Jeffrey Prevatt ** Linda Vista Care Center
Eva Pudil ** Sunny Vista Care Center
Kathy Smith ** High Lookee Lodge
Fae Torcom ** Providence Hood River Mem Hosp
Kathy Willis ** Nehalem Valley Care Center
Ben Young ** AIT, Corvallis Manor Nsg/Rehab
Danielle Barker ** Marquis Care @Hope Village
2001 Recipients
Danielle Barker ** Marquis Care @ Hope Village
Tibletse Berhane ** Macdonald Residence
Gregory Buzzy ** Care Center East of Portland
William Elwell ** Marquis Care @ Hope Village
Maria Gonzalez-Zarate ** Edgewood Point Assisted Living
LaVonne Henry ** Spruce Point Assisted Living
Vera Thorne ** Crestview Nursing & Rehab
Dawn Howland ** Spring Ridge at Charbonneau
Kascy Lowden ** Farmington Square Gresham
Joshua Norem ** Corvallis Manor
Ashley Renn ** El Dorado Heights
Julie Schaeffer-Mitchell ** Bridgecreek Alzheimers Special Care
Brande Schumacher ** Siuflaw Care Center
Jennifer Wisley ** Alterra Carebridge of Bend
Brooke Wylam ** Linus Oates Retirement Center
Nelson Zomont ** High Lookee Lodge
2000 Recipients
Sarah Eliz. Adami ** Luke-Door/Boletha Guest House
Judee Carmela-Barnes ** Timberview Care Center
Gregory Buzzy ** Summit Springs
Emily Chartier ** Evergreen Vista
Sandy Devine ** Providence Hood River Memorial Hospital
Jodi Fox ** Hillside Heights Rehab Center
Zulfa Nuri ** Astor House
Dawn Whipp-Groberg ** Oakwood Country Place
Patricia Hoerth ** Magnolia Gardens Assisted Living
Laurie Manske ** Summit Assisted Living
Cindy Smith ** Quail Run Memonite Home
AL Manalebish Tale ** Astor House
Holly Thomas ** Rosehaven Nursing Center
Copyright 2010, Oregon Health Care Foundation For Quality Long Term Care
