Good Shepherd Services Receives Safe Resident Assistance Endowment Grant

Good Shepherd Services Receives Safe Resident Assistance Endowment Grant

West Bend supports Wisconsin long-term care facility with equipment grant to make patient moving and lifting safer for residents and caregivers

West Bend Mutual Insurance Company announced recently that it has given its Safe Resident Assistance Endowment Grant to Good Shepherd Services in Seymour, Wis. In partnership with LeadingAge™ Wisconsin, West Bend established the Endowment to provide state-of-the-art equipment to improve transferring or transfer assistance for residents and caregivers of long-term care facilities across Wisconsin, while easing the financial burden for facilities. Since the Endowment’s creation in 2014, West Bend has awarded more than $100,000 in grants to over 25 Wisconsin facilities.

“The grant provided by West Bend will provide us the opportunity to purchase an EZ Way Smart Stand ®, which will allow our staff to provide advanced resident support that promotes mobility in a safe and dignified manner,” said Deborah Captain, Executive Director of Good Shepherd Services. “The equipment will provide a safe, efficient way to move residents, minimizing risk of injury to both our residents and caregivers.”

“Patient and caregiver safety is of utmost importance to us,” said Jim Keal, vice president of Argent, West Bend’s monoline workers’ compensation division. “Our Safe Resident Assistance Endowment and our partnership with LeadingAge™ Wisconsin provide us with the perfect opportunity to help ensure the safety and comfort of both caregivers and residents at quality facilities throughout Wisconsin.”

“LeadingAge Wisconsin applauds West Bend’s commitment to improving the quality care to our State’s nursing home residents,” said John Sauer, LeadingAge Wisconsin’s President/CEO. “Through this company’s generosity and charitable giving, more direct caregivers will have access to state-of-the-art equipment designed to safely serve residents in need of assistance with transfers and related cares.”

###