Oct 30

Maura Donohue, Julie Arias, Carolyn Fenn, and Mary Brooks

Assisted Living Ombudsman Program Profile

Moving into an assisted living facility is a major life change. Residents leave behind the comfort of home and step into a new environment where it can be difficult to have their voices heard. Springwell’s Assisted Living (AL) Ombudsman Program ensures those voices are heard by offering residents support, guidance, and advocacy. This work builds […]

Oct 10

Martha Connors

For Residents’ Rights Month: Ombudsman Martha Connors

Springwell volunteer Martha Connors brings empathy, compassion, and extensive experience with caregiving to her role in our Ombudsman program. In fact, she began helping people who are old or ill when she was in middle school. But her comfortability with helping others became personal during her twenties when her father was diagnosed with cancer. She […]