George Bewick

***** ***** ***** #**

Yucca Valley Ca 92284

Cell Phone 559-***-**** e-mail: acdg3z@r.postjobfree.com

EDUCATION:

****-**** ***/**** ********, Gerontology Certificate

****-**** ** ****** Administration, CSU Stanislaus,

1989-1993 MS Ed. Administration, CSU Fullerton

1975-1983 BA Music, BA History CSU Northridge

EMPLOYMENT:

2014 to pres Nursing Home Administrator – Sky Harbor Care Center- a 99bed leased facility

Hired DDS, increased census 90% ave census hired DDS

2012 – 2014 Nursing Home Administrator – Valley Care Center – SmithCare 59 bed facility in Southern

Central Valley. Assisted in QIS Survey development. Angel Program and QI implementation.

AbaQIS, Daylight IQ, Point Click Care. Increased census to ave. 96% for 18 months. Increased

facility Star Rating from 2- Stars to 4- Stars. No sub-standard surveys.

2010 –2012 Nursing Home Administrator – Shasta View Nursing Center – Foresight/Meridian 59 bed

facility in rural Siskiyou County. Hired DSD DON, MDS, Improved average census of 46 to 53.

Started C.NA/LVN Training program with College of the Siskiyou Nursing Dept. Pathlinks

MDS3.0 implementation. ACHA Bronze Quality Award Recipient. 2011 Annual survey

improved from 22 deficiencies to 9.

2009-2010 General Manager - The Commons at Union Ranch. 98 apartments, 24 in Memory Care.

Hired new staff. Doubled occupancy in 6 months.(23-56) No citations or fines.

Regional Marketing Plan. A.L.Wizard /ADP implementation.

2006-2009 Nursing Home Administrator - Healthcare Management/Country Villa Health Services

Merced. 68 and 79 bed facilities. Census development. Maintained Budget and q-mix for each

building. No citations or “G” level deficiencies. 2008-2009- Acacia Park Nursing and Rehab.

Center Modesto. Increased census from 79 to 94 residents and from 7 Medicare residents to

21. MDS triple check, CQI implementation, master calendar, Policy and Procedure

Development. February 2009 Administrator Palm Haven Nursing and Rehab in Manteca. 99

bed facility in re-cert for IJ. (In addition to Acacia Park)

2004 - 2006 General Manager-Sundial Senior Lodge /Assessment Services Specialist- Life Choices

Services- 96 bed Assisted Living Facility, 44 bed Alzhiemer’s / dementia unit and hospice

waiver. Directly responsible for marketing, budgeting, personnel, training, workers

compensation state licensing requirements, Payroll, ADP, Paychex, A.L.Wizard Assessment

Systems, resident care planning, care-giving training. Life-Choice Services - Geriatric

assessments and community referral. Care-planning, client database, staff training and follow-

up.

1998-2004 Site Director - Linkages Program - Stanislaus County

Directly responsible for the implementation of the Linkages Program Grant from the California

Department of Aging. Duties include: Direction of social work care managers, budget,

clinical staff hiring/evaluation, client information systems, data storage, staff training, client

needs assessment / purchase of service, vendor contracts, annual program audit. 1995-

1998Federal/State Categorical Programs Liaison - Salida School District

Duties included testing/ report of LEP student populations, State SAT 9 test implementation,

consolidated categorical programs audit, certificated CLAD/BCLAD training, course selection

for credential compliance, statistical analysis of LEP populations. Promoted High School

Technology Grant through Stanislaus County Office of Education. School Administrator-

Oakdale Christian School. Duties included K-8 curriculum and discipline programs, teacher

recruitment and training, budget, staff development, Certificated/classified hiring and

evaluation.

1981-1995 Superintendent/Principal -Roy/Lima Public Schools, Montana

Duties include Budget, Bi-annual review, categorical program evaluation/audit,

Certificated/classified hiring and evaluation, curriculum design, buildings and maintenance,

transportation, Writer for State Integrated Fine Arts Curriculum, Initiated School to Work

Partnership Program Grant with Western Montana College.1981-93 Teacher, Activities

Director, Adjunct Faculty CSU San Bernardino Camarillo Christian School, 2 years Music

Director. Chaffey Unified High School District, 8 years Music Director/Activities Director. Val

Verde School district, 1 year Administrative Intern. California State University San Bernardino

Adjunct Professor, Undergraduate Music Education.

COMMUNITY Past Chairman - Services To Older Adults Advisory Council, Past Chair - Community

SERVICES: Services Agency Adult Advisory Committee, Representative at Large -Commission on Aging for

Stanislaus County. Grace Lutheran of Modesto Contemporary Worship Ensemble

I enclose this letter and resume for your consideration in the selection of an Administrator. My hope is

that this brief letter will give you a better understanding of my experience as it may relate to this position.

I am a Montana native and am looking to work in the Missoula area again

I am currently the Administrator of Braswelll’s Sky Harbor Care Center. A one start building near Joshua

Tree CA. The building suffered from neglect. Hired DSS. Brought the building out of DPH Focus.

As the Administrator for Valley Care Center in Porterville CA. No “G” or above deficiencies,

maintained 96% average census for all months as administrator and increased Star rating from 2-stars to

4-stars. Liberalized diet for residents, letting resident choice drive our dietary department. AbaQis and

daylight IQ software implementation and monitoring. Point Click Care implementation and Care Plan

review including “I” care plans.

As the administrator for Shasta View Nursing Center in Weed CA. I came to this troubled building in

June of 2010. It’s last Annual Survey was completed without an administrator. They had received 22

deficiencies including two F’s. One of these was given for dietary sanitation. After hiring a DSD, MDS

coordinator and DON we were able to convince the local college to choose us as a training site for both

C.NA’s and LVN’s. The response to our efforts has been very good our most recent survey revealed only

9 deficiencies nothing hirer than an “E” and no deficiencies in dietary. We were also were chosen as only

one of only 37 facilities in CA to receive the ACHA Bronze award for Quality Improvement which uses

the Baldridge Award Criteria. The process of modernizing the rehabilitation department and improving

our Computer and phone systems was initiated.

Before Shasta, I was the General Manager of the Commons at Union Ranch a 98 apartment RCFE with

24 apartments in the Memory Care Area.. I have hired most of the staff and have more than doubled the

occupancy since I began in June (23 residents to 56 residents) I have also administrated Acacia Park

Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, a 98 bed Skilled Nursing Facility in Modesto. Since joining Acacia

Park in late October, the team has increased census and q-mix to average 94%occupancy and a 30% q-

mix. During this time I have hired Social Service,, DNS, MDS specialist, Business Office Assistant,

Activities Director and Assistant and DSD. In addition, I was also the temporary Administrator for Palm

Haven NRC in Manteca. I assisted in their re-certification after receiving an I.J. I have two previous

years of experience as a Nursing home Administrator in Merced with two adjacent facilities, La Sierra

and Merced Nursing and Rehab Center. Both facilities were under budget and neither had citation or

significant deficiency under my administration. This is due to an excellent team effort in both buildings

My first General Managership was at the Sundial Senior Lodge in Modesto. This is a 96 bed facility

which houses a 44 bed Alzhiemer’s / Dementia Unit and has a Hospice waiver. By bringing in Life

Choice Services, an experienced management team consisting of Business manager (MBA) and Nurse

Practitioner(MSN), We increased the census 12% and actual resident rent by 18%. This was due to

proper re-assessment of care level and vendor review and marketing. I have hired and trained care giving

staff and have brought the building into compliance with both OSHA and Dept. of Social Service

Community Care Licensing.

For 5 years, I was the Site Director for the Linkages Program of Stanislaus County. This Non-profit

program funded by the CA Department of Aging, is a social service agent that seeks to help

seniors/disabled adults stay in their homes through complete psycho-social-medical geriatric assessment,

care management and resource utilization. We instituted a paperless care management system that uses a

HIPPA Compliant Internet Database to store our client medical and social services information. The

Linkages grant is funded through the Area Agency on Aging. As Director, I was responsible for training

all social workers in assessment techniques, and to maintain open lines of communication with all

community services - private, public and not for profit. I have also trained Title V care-givers through the

Center for Senior Employment National Care-Giver Training Program.

As a former K-12 School Superintendent, I have managed transportation, food service, employee

relations, teacher training, certificated and classified hiring / clinical evaluation, collective bargaining,

school board policy, fire and safety codes, federal/state grant compliance, bi-annual budget review and

audit, mill levy and taxable valuation, staff training, special education and distance learning. I have

written curriculum for the State of Montana and CSU San Bernardino. I have also acted as liaison for the

Salida School District concerning areas of compliance with accreditation and other state and federal

guidelines.

I continue to advocate the importance of the Adult Services Programs in our community. I have held

positions as the At Large Representative to the Stanislaus County Commission on Aging, Secretary for the

Central Valley Marketing and Administrative Professionals Alliance and Board Member for The Resource

Center of Stanislaus County, Home Share Program. I am Past Chairman of the Adult Advisory

Committee for the Community Services Agency of Stanislaus County and Past Chairman of STOAAC.

Past worship leader member at Grace Lutheran of Modesto.

Thank you again for consideration and interest.

George Bewick

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