CRAIG UBBELOHDE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

BETHANY ST. JOSEPH CORPORATION

Rotary Classification Talk

How Do You Say Your Name?

I’ll never remember that!

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Ubbelohde

What Nationality is That? Meaning?

• German

• Traced to Bielefeld Germany back to 1272 AD

• Area of Ubbenlo or Ubbenlohe

• “Over (or Beyond) The Pasture (vegetation)”

• Landowners were cities, nobility (knights) and farmers

• If the farmers didn’t have enough land they had to rent

more from the knights which led to serfdoms

• Ubbelohdes were “free farmers” and had the largest farm

in the area. Their symbol on the family crest and coat of

arms was a rose which was the symbol of the free

farmers.

Ubbelohdes Arrive in Wisconsin

• Carl Ubbelohde, 7th generation, left Germany (religious

persecution) and immigrated to New York. After 1 year

there, he traveled the St. Lawrence Seaway, settling in

Sheboygan

• Farmed near the Kettle Moraine forest.

• Grandfather moved to New Richmond to run the Star

Prairie cheese factory and he served as Mayor of NR.

• Father and Mother met at River Falls Teacher’s College.

After WWII moved to Colfax where he had an insurance

agency and she taught school—for 50 years.

Growing Up in Colfax, WI

• 20 mile NW of Eau Claire

• “Halfway Between The North Pole and Equator”

• Famous for the 1958 Tornado

• Two older sisters—Lisa and Mona

• Enjoyed anything outdoors

How Does a 17 Year Old Kid Decide to Be

a Nursing Home Administrator?

How Does a 17 Year Old Kid Decide to Be

a Nursing Home Administrator?

• Helga Bjerkness

• Esther Ubbelohde

• Amanda Dahlke

• Kathy Anderson

My “field” really chose me…….

How Does a 17 Year Old Kid Decide to Be

a Nursing Home Administrator?

• Servant Leadership—Servant first

• CNA at Colfax 1977 - 1982

• Leon

• Kathy Andersen, H.S. Guidance Counselor

• UW Eau Claire Health Care Administration Program

• 9 month Internship at Victory Memorial Hospital and Nursing Home

Stanley

Work History

• Spring Valley Municipal Nursing Home 1982-1988

• St. Clare Hospital and Health Services 1988 – 2000

• Vice President of Senior Services/Administrator of St. Clare

Meadows Care Center

• Masters Degree from U of MN Hosp. and Health Services Admin.

• 1996 started last year of Masters; Rotary President; Interim Hospital

President

• Malcolm Baldrige Award Team visit. SSM Health Care was the first

health care organization to win the Malcolm Baldrige quality award

• Lutheran Homes of Oshkosh 2000 - 2012

Eden Meadows

• Opportunity to build a new nursing home campus

• 30 Unit Eden Rehabilitation Suites (short term rehab)

• 2 10-unit Green House Homes (long term skilled care)

• First in Wisconsin

• Tomah, Milwaukee, and Chicago VA facilities have now

built Green House Homes.

Bethany St. Joseph Corporation

• Ecumenical endeavor by Catholics and Lutherans

• After 12 years of working with Lutheran Homes of

Oshkosh and 12 years with Catholic health care at St.

Clare, I was a perfect fit for BSJ Corporation.

• BSJ Corp operates facilities and apartments in six

communities, in La Crosse, Vernon, and Trempealeau

Counties

Bethany St. Joseph Corp. Ministries

La Crosse—BSJ Care Center; Shelby Terrace; Welcome

Home; Merit Adult Day Centers; Windsor Place

Onalaska—Onalaska Care Center; Laurel Manor;

OnaMain; OnaTerrace

West Salem—Mill Street Manor; West Salem Terrace

Holmen—Prairie Home

Westby—Norseland Nursing Home; Friendship House

Galesville—Marinuka Manor; Eden House

Bethany St. Joseph Corp.

• 650 employees

• $29 Million in revenues

• 640 adults served everyday

• Economic impact on the region

• SNFs $54,000,000 Northstar Study

• Senior Housing probably adds another $16,000.000

• Total impact of $70,000,000

How can you work in a nursing home?

Opportunity to positively impact the lives of others

• Maxine

How can you work in a nursing home?

• How can I not?

• Indeed, How can I not?

Why La Crosse?

• BSJ Corp. and its mission of providing affordable senior

living options

• Aging parents (both sets) and being nearer to them