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We are pleased to announce that Neil Foote, Forefront Living Operational Board Vice-Chair, is being inducted into the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) Hall of Fame. Every year, this elite group pays homage to legendary Black journalists who have made outstanding contributions to the industry. This year, Neil is one of eight outstanding professionals that will be inducted into this esteemed group during a virtual ceremony on Saturday, December 4.   

The virtual awards ceremony will also highlight winners of NABJ’s Salute to Excellence Awards, including the Student Chapter of the Year Award. Neil is the advisor of the University of North Texas (UNT) NABJ chapter, and I am excited to share this is the group’s third consecutive year to be nominated for this distinguished award.  

“I had the wonderful opportunity to work with Neil as an undergrad serving on the executive board of UNT-NABJ,” said Alesa Gerald, public relations liaison. “During that time, I learned so much about journalism and also life, under his guidance. I believe there is no one more deserving of being a NABJ Hall of Fame inductee. Neil continues to be an inspiration to me, his students and other aspiring journalists everywhere.”

For more information about Forefront Living leadership, please visit https://www.forefrontliving.org/about/leadership. To learn more about NABJ, please visit https://nabjonline.org/.

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Presbyterian Village North and Faith Presbyterian Hospice showed appreciation for their nursing assistants during the 41^st Annual National Nurses Assistants Week from June 17-24.

Each year National Nursing Assistants week is held to recognize the vital supporting role nursing assistants play in the delivery of quality care.

Presbyterian Village North (PVN) held  different events each day to celebrate and honor these teammates. PVN provided hot fudge sundaes, tacos and sandwiches for the teammates to enjoy. Each day there were also raffle, games and prizes.

At Faith, the hospice aides were celebrated with a luncheon that included special gifts, games and of course, food.

For more information about careers at Forefront Living, visit forefrontliving.org/careers.

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Presbyterian Village North (PVN) participated in the Coalition for Aging LGBT, an expansive cultural training process. Through this program, PVN has been certified as a LGBT-friendly senior housing option since 2018.

The Coalition for Aging LGBT is an organization that worked for two years with 17 senior living communities across 4-county areas (Dallas, Tarrant, Denton and Collin counties) to create a list of inclusive LBGT senior housing options in north Texas. The guide is a comprehensive assessment of the 17 communities’ policies, resident procedures and forms, LGBT inclusive programming, marketing, outreach to the LGBT community and LGBT competency training for teammates and residents within these communities.

“We wanted to create a safe and friendly space for all residents regardless of gender, identity or sexual orientation,” said Forefront Living Director of Sales and Marketing, Barbara Matamoros. “One of our organizational values is diversity and we want to embrace that in others at every level.”

The Senior Housing Guide is available online and at several locations across north Texas.

“At PVN we are so accepted and we so appreciate that. People are so kind and nice and wonderful here,” said Sue Sherrod.

“We’ve received nothing but support. It’s our family of choice. I wish more people would come here. PVN doesn’t have labels other than we’re a village,” said Jude (Judith) Hammett.

For more information about the Coalition for Aging LGBT, visit cfa.lgbt.

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In the first article in this series, we shared a few techniques to help adult children more effectively start a conversation with their parents about the sensitive topic of aging. In this article, we’ll take a step further and talk about what to do once the discussion progresses beyond those early startup stages. We’ll look at some options families consider, share the positive and potentially challenging aspects of each, along with some tips on how to better evaluate each scenario.

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