FULL LIFE PREPARATION

Greg Witte, Administrator at Risen Son Christian Village, was the Optimist Club speaker. He has a B.S. degree in Music Education, received a Masters from Union Theological Seminary, and took classes at UNO to become a Nursing Home Administrator.  He has been at Risen Son for almost six years.

Risen Son is a faith-based, nonprofit continuing care retirement community.  It opened in 1990 and is owned by Christian Homes, Inc. which operates 14 care facilities, mostly in Illinois.

Risen Son is a full-service retirement community that includes 50 Garden Homes, 46 Independent Living Senior Apartments, 36 Residential Care Apartments, 23 Assisted Living Dementia Apartments with three double-room suites and a 102 bed Health Care Center.

Risen Son employs about 160 staff.  They try to be a provider of choice and an employer of choice in the community.  They are a clinical site for three Nursing programs.

When asked, Greg discussed four questions to ask when looking into long term care insurance.  1)  How much does the policy pay for each day of residence?  The national average cost is $175/day.  2) When does coverage start?  Some policies do not start paying expenses until you have been in the facility for 60 days.  3)  How long wll coverage last?  Some policies only last a fixed number of years.  4)  What is covered by the policy?  Does it cover assisted living along with nursing home care?

For more information, see http://www.christianhomes.org/rscv-index.shtml.