Oak Crest In The Press

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Oak Crest Home Health Team Named as a Top Agency in the 2019 HomeCare Elite®

November 21, 2019 Parkville, Maryland— Oak Crest announced that its Home Health Team has been named a Top Agency of the 2019 HomeCare Elite ®, a recognition of the top-performing home health agencies in the United States. For 14 years, HomeCare Eli...

Oak Crest’s Continuing Care Neighborhood Receives “Best Nursing Home” Designation by Newsweek

October 16, 2019 Parkville, Maryland—The continuing care neighborhood of Oak Crest received a Best Nursing Home designation for 2020 by Newsweek, available exclusively at https://www.newsweek.com/best-nursing-homes-2020. To create this easy-to-use...

Residents of Oak Crest Embrace the Digital World

September 25, 2019 Parkville, Maryland—A study released by Michigan State University concluded that the quality of life for older adults can be enhanced by technology use. And a survey conducted by the Pew Research Center noted that more seniors (67...

Oak Crest Resident Volunteers with Local Church for Worldwide Reach

August 8, 2019 Parkville, Maryland--More Americans than ever are volunteering, according to a federal study released in 2018 by the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), the federal agency that oversees AmeriCorps and Senior Cor...

Oak Crest Selected as Best Active Adult Community by Readers of The Baltimore Sun

April 24, 2019 Parkville, Maryland—Oak Crest was named as the Best Active Adult Community in the 2019 Baltimore's Best Readers' Choice Contest, presented by The Baltimore Sun. According to the publication, "winners earned top votes in an online ...

Erickson Senior Living Communities in Baltimore Name Jennifer Simon as Health Insurance Resources Manager

March 13, 2018 Parkville, Maryland—Oak Crest and Charlestown, Erickson Living retirement communities in Baltimore County, have named Jennifer Simon as health insurance resources manager. Simon brings more than 25 years of sales experience to the...

Erickson Senior Living's Newly-Launched Website Makes User Experience Easier & Integrates a National Network of Sites

May 17, 2016 Catonsville, Maryland--Erickson Living's newly-launched website, www.EricksonLiving.com, makes user experience easier and more enjoyable while integrating a national network of sites. Erickson Living is the developer and manager o...

Oak Crest Promotes Roussey to Executive Director

March 2, 2016 Parkville, Maryland--Oak Crest, the Erickson Living retirement community, announced the promotion of Mark Roussey to Executive Director. Roussey brings more than twenty-five years of accomplished business development and customer ...

John Swope Keeps the Magic of Memorial Stadium Alive

February 29, 2016 Parkville, Maryland—The record book shows that the Baltimore Orioles played their final game at Memorial Stadium on October 6, 1991. For many fans, though, twenty-five years have not dimmed the magic made on 33rd Street. At the ur...

Oak Crest Announces Hiring of Robert Braubitz as Director of Finance

February 19, 2016 Parkville, Maryland--Oak Crest, the Erickson Living retirement community, announced the hiring of Robert Braubitz as the Director of Finance. In his leadership position, Braubitz will be responsible for day-to-day supervision of s...

Erickson Senior Living, Manager of Charlestown, is Named "Healthiest Employer"

February 9, 2016 CATONSVILLE, MD (February 9, 2016) -- Erickson Living , manager and developer of Charlestown retirement community, has been named the 'Healthiest Employer" for a company with more than 2,000 employees by Baltimore Smart CEO. As pa...

Oak Crest Named to Top 500 of 2015 HomeCare Elite™

January 7, 2016 Parkville, Maryland— Oak Crest retirement community announced that it has been named to the Top 500 of the 2015 HomeCare Elite™, a recognition of the top-performing home health agencies in the United States. Now in its tenth year,...

Oak Crest Residents to Celebrate Veterans Day with Local ROTC Cadets

November 6, 2015 Parkville, MD—The military service men and women who are now residents of Oak Crest retirement community sacrificed for their country in the battlefields of Europe, Asia and beyond. Their deeds will never be forgotten by a gratefu...

Oak Crest's Bob Gralley Makes Half-Marathon a Family Affair

October 19, 2015 Parkville, MD—Bob Gralley is no stranger to racing in marathons across the mid-Atlantic. Mr. Gralley, 89, has competed in 42 of them, including the signature races in New York and Boston. In recent years, the half-marathon of the ...

Oak Crest Honors Resident Ki Kent for Board Service

October 14, 2015 Parkville, MD—On October 1, Ronald "Ki" Kent was recognized for his thirteen years of service on the Oak Crest Village, Inc. Board of Directors. During a ceremony held on October 1, the Erickson Living retirement community dedicat...

20th Anniversary Theme Highlights Gala at Oak Crest

October 6, 2015 Parkville, MD—"Honoring the Past. Celebrating the Present. Embracing the Future." In bold silver lettering, those words greeted 375 attendees as they entered Erickson Hall for Oak Crest's 20th Anniversary Gala on September 19. Pro...

Sister Danielle Murphy Celebrates 50th Jubilee as a Mission Helper of the Sacred Heart

September 15, 2015 Parkville, MD—Sister Danielle Murphy, MHSH celebrated her 50th Jubilee as a Mission Helper of the Sacred Heart during a Mass and reception in her honor in the Chapel of Oak Crest retirement community on September 8. Over 275 atten...

Oak Crest Residents Show How to Live the Life

August 17, 2015 Parkville, MD—Although the calendar says August, it's far from being the "dog days of summer" at Oak Crest. On August 7, the Erickson Living retirement community hosted the Live the Life Fair, a showcase of ninety (90) resident-ru...

The Impact of Medicare Through the Eyes of an Oak Crest Resident

July 30, 2015 Parkville, MD—During the summer of 1965, Gerri Gray was a 29-year old librarian working in Baltimore's Enoch Free Library. She was just two years out of graduate school from Rutgers University. So when President Lyndon B. Johnson ...

Oak Crest Celebrates 20 Years in Style

March 17, 2015 PARKVILLE, MD—Despite the biggest winter storm of the season, the show went on at Oak Crest. During the snowy evening of March 5, the Erickson Living retirement community celebrated its 20th anniversary in style, as residents enjo...

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