West Bend Supports Long-Term Care Facilities with Grants

WEST BEND, Wis.– West Bend Mutual Insurance Company partnered with LeadingAge Wisconsin to award Safe Resident Assistance Endowment grants to six long-term care facilities. The grants will be used to purchase equipment to more safely and effectively move and lift residents. Such lifts and equipment are integral to creating a safe and dignified resident handling program.

The six 2019 recipients of the grant were:

· Samaritan Health Center in West Bend;

· Bethany Home, Inc. in Waupaca;

· Belmont Health and Rehab in Madison;

· Brown County Community Treatment Center in Green Bay;

· Baldwin Care Center in Baldwin; and

· Lakeview Health Center & Assisted Living in La Crosse County.

As a major insurer of nursing homes and assisted living facilities in Wisconsin and across the Midwest, West Bend believes it is important to ensure both resident and caregiver safety, as well as to give back to Wisconsin’s long-term care provider community. The Endowment was established to provide state-of-the-art equipment to improve transferring or transfer assistance for residents and caregivers, while easing the financial burden for facilities. Since the Endowment’s creation in 2014, West Bend has awarded more than $145,000 in grants to over 35 Wisconsin facilities.

“The grant provided by West Bend will give us the opportunity to purchase a full body lift, which will allow our staff to provide advanced resident support that promotes mobility in a safe and dignified manner,” said Chanda Doll, Director of Clinical Services at Samaritan Health Center in West Bend. “The equipment will provide a safe, efficient way to move residents, minimizing risk of injury to both our residents and caregivers.”

“LeadingAge Wisconsin applauds West Bend’s ongoing commitment to improving the quality care to our state’s nursing home and assisted living 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.”