Belmont Village Sunnyvale Executive Director Radhika Singh was recognized with the 2018 Outstanding Executive Director Award at the California Assisted Living Association (CALA) Spring Conference in Sacramento on Monday, June 4. The award is given to an exceptional executive director whose dedicated leadership and outstanding service demonstrate through words and deeds a strong commitment to the residents and community.
As wildfires swept through Northern California in the fall of 2017, Singh drove to sister community Belmont Village Albany to help coordinate the arrival of residents being evacuated from nearby Sonoma county. She was the first to arrive and helped to get over 100 residents settled, including more than 50 residents with dementia. At the same time, she continued to lead her own team, ensuring that Belmont Village Sunnyvale’s residents continued to receive top-notch care.
For those who work with Singh or live in her community, this drive to serve and provide care is par for the course. At Belmont Village Sunnyvale, Singh instituted a “good news contact” program. Team members are encouraged to share positive news about residents’ outcomes at staff meetings and with the residents’ family members. This initiative has helped create positive relationships among residents, family, and staff, contributing to a high quality of life.
Singh began at Belmont Village San Jose as a part-time dining room server while completing her degree at San Jose State. A year later she was promoted to dining room coordinator then quickly advanced over the next few years to activities program director, assistant executive director, and finally, executive director of our Sunnyvale community.
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About Assisted Living: Currently, nearly 180,000 Californians are residents in Assisted Living, Memory Care, and Continuing Care Retirement Communities and the need continues to grow. These communities provide residents with the care they need to perform activities of daily living, medication management, social activities, housekeeping, meals, and transportation; some communities also offer dementia care programs and health-related services. A 2016 study commissioned by CALA showed that staff has a positive impact on residents’ quality of life. Ninety-eight percent of residents say the staff members in their communities are friendly and 94 percent say they receive the help they need.
About CALA: With more than 625 provider members, CALA is the only association solely representing the state’s Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly, which encompass Assisted Living, Memory Care, and Continuing Care Retirement Communities. CALA provides leadership through advocacy efforts and education to support providers in their efforts to offer the highest quality programs and services to their residents.