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Expert Source
Vassar Byrd is a nationally recognized expert source on the topics of gerontology, innovative senior living and the importance of person-directed care. She has lent her expertise to stories in the L.A. Times, U.S. News & World Report, the New York Times, Parents.com, The Oregonian and more. She has also been featured in stories on KXL-FM News/Talk and NPR.Rose Villa is regularly featured in local and industry media. If you are a journalist, please contact Jennifer Werdel, Director of Marketing and Communications.
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10 Steps to Finding the Right Nursing Home for Mom and Dad
Feb 19, 2016Erin Cornell, director of health services at Rose Villa in Portland, Oregon, says many people find themselves scrambling to locate a nursing home after an emergency situation or hospitalization.Read m... Read More »
Issues of Choice and Challenge
Dec 4, 2015Balancing Quality of Life with Safety and Risk
Vassar Byrd, Rose Villa CEO, will join a panel of professionals at the Wellspring Conference center on January 11, 2016. Presented by Making Oregon Vita... Read More »
Reimagining Death and Dying
Dec 1, 2015Changing the way we care. Rose Villa's CEO, Vassar Byrd, will deliver the keynote address at a January 2016 Contemplative Coference presented by Noraopa University. A nationally recognized speaker and... Read More »
WWII veteran awarded prestigious medal
Nov 17, 2015Donald Cresap, a B-24 bomber pilot in WWII, was presented the Air Medal on Saturday in Portland. The medal is awarded for meritorious achievement while in aerial flight. U. S. Senator Ron Wyden presen... Read More »
Top 5 Must-Ask, Pre-Retirement Questions for All Baby Boomers
Nov 11, 2015Huffington Post article by Buck Wargo. Read More »
A Portland community's batty idea: collect guano for its gardens
Nov 5, 2015Rose Villa's two acre resident-run community garden serves as a significant resource for produce for not only the residents that manage their individual plots and the seasonal farmer's market, but als... Read More »
Rose Villa Wellness Director Serves PCC Technology Fitness Advisory Board
Oct 30, 2015Rene' Swar, Ros Villa's Wellness Director is Co-Chair of the Portland Community College Technology Fitness Board. This is a working committee of the top fitness professionals in the tri county a... Read More »
Transformation of Milwaukie Retirement Community Continues
Oct 20, 2015The finishing touches are being put on our modernized cottages and new residents are starting to move in. The Daily Journal of Commerce shares Rose Villa's latest construction developments. Read More »
Chefs Nourish Customers and a Healthy Food System
Oct 16, 2015Kathleen Bauer with Willamette Living magazine featured Rose Villa's Chef KathrynYeoman's in this October/November 2015 issue. Read More »
Bracing for a Surge
Sep 15, 2015At the Portland Business Journal’s recent roundtable discussion on health policy ( “Mapping reform’s next big road bumps,” Aug. 21), the discussion turned to a huge topic.... Read More »
A Portland Senior Community Renovates for Baby Boomers
Sep 6, 2015When Rose Villa was built 57 years ago on a bluff overlooking the Willamette River, it probably seemed like the latest and greatest example of senior living. After several generations came and went, t... Read More »
What the New Normal for Retirement Looks Like
Sep 4, 2015More seniors are working longer, playing harder and loving every minute of it. Just ask Don and Elsie, who are living life they way they choose and are "having the time of their lives" as residen... Read More »
