Black serves as service representative for Quarry Hill’s assisted living and nursing care centers. Assistant administrator Nancy Marcille, RN, called her “a role model for the best of what we all strive to be in long-term care: loving, kind, capable, organized, focused, compassionate, quick-thinking, people-oriented and able to juggle a zillion tasks and still make each person she speaks to feel at ease. Shannon is loved by everyone—residents, families, and coworkers alike.”
Meservey, a certified nursing assistant with 28 years of experience, provides bedside care for
residents of the Gardens, Quarry Hill’s nursing care community. “Linda never gives less than 110 percent to her residents and her team,” Marcille commented. “She possesses an uncanny ability to know what’s important to each person in her care and how to make them feel special and loved.”
Excellence awards are given annually to long-term care employees who exemplify commendable levels of caregiving, dedication and professionalism in caring for elderly and disabled citizens in Maine nursing homes and assisted living centers. Nominees must meet criteria related to quality of caregiving, attention to residents’ rights and leadership among their peers. Nominations are submitted by long-term care communities and an independent panel of judges with expertise in the field of long-term care selects the winners.
According to MHCA president and CEO Richad Erb, “Maine’s direct care and support staff provide compassionate quality care and in many cases fill a family role for long-term care residents and consumers….[The awards program is] a tribute to their dedication and our way of saying thank you.”
MHCA is a nonprofit trade association representing Maine’s 250 long-term care providers, including nursing homes and assisted living communities.
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