Eskaton Blog

Sacramento, CA (June 2017) -- Stephen Bender, of the Warren G. Bender Co., named 2017 CEO of the Year by Eskaton Foundation.

Carl receives a phone call twice a week from a friendly volunteer at Eskaton’s Telephone Reassurance Program. Alone in his apartment and in poor health, Carl enjoys the phone calls. On some days, it is his only conversation with a human being.

It is a small miracle that Edward is alive. At age 85, he suffers from Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), diabetes and high blood pressure. Nevertheless, Edward has a positive attitude. He appears remarkably healthy when he is not dragging around the oxygen tank.

Vera, living with dementia, replies, “The melody. I love to sing and listen. I used to sing in Europe while I worked. It’s a good feeling. Makes life happier and reminisce precious moments.”

Jose Montano joins in on few activities at Eskaton Village Grass Valley. However, when staff told him that a little girl who does not speak English needed a buddy, he enthusiastically participated. They quickly became friends!

The sound of her mother’s voice singing The Way of the Cross Leads Home filled Elsie’s ears one night as she lay in bed at Eskaton Care Center Fair Oaks.

Yes, it’s true!

Three raffle prize winners were announced at the Celebration of CEOs in Sacramento on June 15, 2016. Mary Ann was ecstatic to hear she was the winner of the gold ring from Sharif Jewelers. She and her husband will soon celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary and this is the perfect present for that occasion she said.

Richard Anderson has provided Eskaton with promotional materails for 22 years. He remembers his very frst print job: The Eskaton note pad. Since then he's provided t-shirts and endles supplies to help our nonprofit's differentiation. Richard also has a deep understanding of what it means to help the aging. His father lived with Alzheimer's and as a family caregiver, he personally knows the struggles and the rewards of caring for his loved ones.

Tom Arjil was honored by his peers as the CEO of the Year at the Celebration of CEOs event on June 14. Tom began in the emergency response business 40 years ago as an ambulance driver. The founder of AlphaOne, and the first Philanthropic Partner of Eskaton Foundation, saw a great need to focus on seniors. Since 2011, AphaOne takes a different approach to emergency medicall services through innovation and enchanced training for it's EMT's. "The biggest positive innovation is the GPS, which impacts response time," says Tom. But Electronic Medical Records have also been extremely helpful he says. "The patient data from the EMR helps in training."

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