{"id":1937,"date":"2020-10-15T13:23:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-15T20:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seniors.nikkeiplace.org\/?p=1937"},"modified":"2025-08-13T10:52:39","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T17:52:39","slug":"letter-to-families-friends-supporters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seniors.nikkeiplace.org\/ja\/2020\/10\/15\/letter-to-families-friends-supporters\/","title":{"rendered":"Letter to Families, Friends &#038; Supporters"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/seniors.nikkeiplace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/FamilyNotice_Upcoming-1-1200x675.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1946\" srcset=\"https:\/\/seniors.nikkeiplace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/FamilyNotice_Upcoming-1-1200x675.png 1200w, https:\/\/seniors.nikkeiplace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/FamilyNotice_Upcoming-1-585x329.png 585w, https:\/\/seniors.nikkeiplace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/FamilyNotice_Upcoming-1-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/seniors.nikkeiplace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/FamilyNotice_Upcoming-1-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/seniors.nikkeiplace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/FamilyNotice_Upcoming-1-2048x1152.png 2048w, https:\/\/seniors.nikkeiplace.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/FamilyNotice_Upcoming-1-100x56.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">To:&nbsp;Family Members, Friends &amp; Supporters of Nikkei Seniors Health Care &amp; Housing Society<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>2020 has been a very unusual year due to the COVID-19 pandemic that has occurred.&nbsp; As a Society that provides care to residents at Robert Nimi Nikkei Home (RNNH), New Sakura-so (NSS), and offering&nbsp;Outreach Programs, we along with everyone throughout the world have not been immune to the impact that this pandemic has brought.&nbsp; You have been kept abreast of the restrictions brought to our residences and programs through Cathy Makihara\u2019s regular notices.&nbsp; We are grateful for your understanding for all the adjustments you have had to make in your relationship with your family member.&nbsp; Despite the restrictions, your support for your&nbsp;loved one has helped them cope with the isolation that this disease has brought.&nbsp; Also, your encouragement to the staff, who have worked under very difficult and changing circumstances has been appreciated very much.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Moving into the coming months, there will be personnel changes that will affect the seniors and you as family members, friends or supporters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Firstly, Cathy Makihara is retiring from the position of Executive Director effective February 28, 2021.&nbsp; She has devoted over 25 years to Nikkei Place and to Nikkei Seniors Health Care &amp; Housing Society, its residences and programs.&nbsp; Under her guidance and with staff involvement our approach to the care of seniors, the programs and activities provided have become models for Fraser Health Authority and further afield.&nbsp; Cathy has guided our programs through undertaking research, surveys, involvement of partners, consultations with other organizations and building a team who feel valued and involved.&nbsp; She has strongly supported the values of respect, dignity, independence, choice and privacy in caring for the seniors in our residences and programs.&nbsp; She has built a strong team that supports these values.&nbsp; There are no words that can describe the debt we owe her for all she has contributed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Secondly, while Cathy is retiring, we would like to let you know that her successor will be Jay Haraga who will begin in this role on November 2, 2020.&nbsp; Jay has been a Board member of Nikkei Seniors for 4 years and steps into this position with detailed knowledge of the work of our Society.&nbsp; He embraces the values that we as a Society advocate.&nbsp; He brings with him a broad background in management and belief in the importance of continuing to build and support a strong team of staff in caring for our seniors.&nbsp; He is an outgoing, friendly, approachable,&nbsp; person who has a deep commitment and passion for working with a population of seniors.&nbsp; He is appreciative of the Japanese cultural values, but he acknowledges the need to be sensitive to the diversity of the&nbsp;seniors and staff in our residences and programs.&nbsp; We are pleased to introduce you to Jay Haraga and hope you will welcome him as he resumes his new role shortly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While Jay will be stepping into the role of Executive Director on November 2, 2020, there will be a transition period where Cathy will be orienting him to his role, transitioning out by February 28, 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank you for your ongoing support for our seniors, staff and programs.&nbsp; Our hope is that you will all continue to be healthy and well in the coming days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With much appreciation,&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ruth Coles, President<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To:&nbsp;Family Members, Friends &amp; 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