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This week on 0684-Radi0, our free podcast (subscribe here in the iTunes Store), we talk to Waveny LifeCare Network about its telemedicine program. We hear from Waveny’s chief sales and marketing officer, Terry Henry, and the executive director of the telemedicine program, Kathleen Benevento.
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This week on 0684-Radi0, our free podcast (subscribe here in the iTunes Store), we talk to Stella Clarke, executive director of community engagement and volunteering at Waveny LifeCare Network, about the New Canaan Thrift Shop. Sign up here for the Thrift Shop Insiders newsletter to receive news of promotions and coupons. Follow the Thrift Shop on Facebook and Instagram. To volunteer at the Thrift Shop, please call the New Canaan Thrift Shop at 203-966-2361 or call Stella Clarke at 203-594-5334. Here are recent episodes of 0684-Radi0:
Town officials are weighing a $400,000 allocation of federal funds for a well-established local nonprofit organization that provides healthcare services to seniors. The Board of Selectmen voted 2-0 last week in favor of recommending the American Rescue Plan Act funds for Waveny LifeCare Network’s “telemedicine” initiative. The initiative has already been shown to address a rising need in healthcare in town, Waveny’s president and CEO, Russ Barksdale Jr., told the selectmen during their April 5 meeting. “An investment in telemedicine today will give New Canaan a tremendous advantage in managing any future public health crisis, by providing a daily tracking and disease management program with a proven record to enhance timeliness and quality of care,” Barksdale said during the meeting, held at Town Hall and via videoconference. First Selectman Kevin Moynihan and Selectman Nick Williams voted 2-0 in favor of the recommendation.
One year after withdrawing its application to build a senior housing complex on Oenoke Ridge, Waveny LifeCare Network last week purchased a residential property there for $1.5 million.
Waveny officials had said in the months leading up to applying in October 2019 to build a 70-unit residential retirement building that its purchase of the .88-acre property at 65 Oenoke Ridge was under contract pending approval for its project by the Planning & Zoning Commission.
Ultimately, following several widely followed hearings before P&Z, the organization on March 18, 2020 withdrew its application, citing its focus on the emerging COVID-19 pandemic. On Friday, Waveny purchased the parcel, which includes a 1929-built Colonial, from the New Canaan Museum and Historical Society, tax records show. The acquisition “is purely a prudent business decision,” according to a press release issued by Waveny on Monday on behalf of the organization. “This parcel effectively ensures a contiguous connection of important real estate that protects and improves the sustainability of Waveny’s future,” it said. Russ Barksdale, Jr., Waveny’s president and CEO, said in the press release, “Exercising the purchase option now gives us time to evaluate all of our options through an inclusive process to which we remain committed.”
A letter dated Friday and attributed to Barksdale as well as Kathleen Corbet and Leo Karl III—chair and vice chair Waveny’s Board of Directors, respectively—says, in part, “Although there are no specific plans for the property at this time, exercising the purchase option gives Waveny time to evaluate all options.”
It adds, “As you may know, St.
Happy 105th birthday to Camille Hyman, who celebrated the milestone with family members at Waveny LifeCare Network on Aug. 27. Hyman is the oldest resident of The Village at the Farm Road facility. ***
The town last month suspended a player in the Recreation Department-run adult softball league after he misbehaved following a game, officials said. The July 2 incident unfolded after a row involving members of rival teams The Firm and Kaster Moving escalated, according to town officials.