Susan Hollen Joins Piper Shores as Environmental Services Director

Scarborough, Maine, October 1, 2010

Piper Shores, Maine’s first and only nonprofit lifecare retirement community, today announced that Susan Hollen has been hired as the Environmental Services Director. Prior to joining Piper Shores, Hollen ran the Housekeeping Department at the Black Point Inn for 10 years. As the Environmental Services Director, Hollen is responsible for cleaning all 160 independent living apartments and 40 cottages at Piper Shores as well as 40 skilled nursing rooms and 20 assisted living apartments at Holbrook on a weekly basis.

“Susan brings the ability to manage a team of people and takes great pride in meeting resident satisfaction goals as our Environmental Services Director,” says Michael Bierley, Executive Director at Piper Shores. “With over 300 residents and large number of common areas at Piper Shores, Susan’s team has a lot of ground to cover each and every week. She and her team do a great job for the residents.”

Hollen’s team of sixteen (16) people also takes care of laundry services for Piper Shores as well the retirement community’s sizable recycling operation. “The residents at Piper Shores are big on recycling,” said Hollen. “During the month of August, for example, Piper Shores generated 2.93 tons of recycled material bringing the total to 25.12 tons for the year to date.”

Hollen also owns her own business in Buxton, Main Street Cutters, Inc., where she employs four (4) full-time stylists.

About Piper Shores
Piper Shores is the only nonprofit lifecare retirement community in Maine and the first to be recognized by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF) and the Continuing Care Accreditation Commission (CCAC) - the nations’ only accrediting body for continuing care retirement communities. Built in 2001 in a style that complements Maine’s architectural heritage, Piper Shores is located on 138 acres of beautiful oceanfront property, situated between Higgins Beach and historic Prouts Neck in Scarborough, Maine. Piper Shores is an innovative retirement community that promotes the long-term wellbeing of its residents through a continuum of activities and lifecare services. Piper Shores residents enjoy active, independent lifestyles with guaranteed priority access to on-site assisted living and skilled nursing care, whenever they may need it.

Piper Shores is owned by Maine Life Care Retirement Community, Inc., a Maine nonprofit organization, formed by a group of accomplished local individuals to deliver the shared vision of creating an ideal retirement community on the coast of Maine.

For more information, visit http://www.pipershores.org or call 207-510-5211.