Anne Basting receives Altenheim Award
10/21/2008
CAC Director Anne Davis Basting awarded the Lutheran Home/Luther Daily Services Altenheim Award. Congrats Anne!
CAC Director Anne Davis Basting has been chosen for Lutheran Home/Luther Daily Services Altenheim Award. The Altenheim Award is given annually to one outstanding individual who shows a commitment to Milwaukee Aging Community.
Anne has been chosen because of her extensive commitments and contributions to our community. For the past decade, Basting has worked on innovative programs that help people with dementia in a personal way. Through person-centered programs she has developed, such as the popular TimeSlips, and by enhancing national programs, such as StoryCorps, to help those with dementia, Anne has made a significant impact on the lives of many older people.
Founded in 1906, The Altenheim (Home for the Aged) served the needs of retiring pastors and teachers of the predominately Germanic Lutheran community in Milwaukee. Today, that rich heritage of compassionate service to older adults lives on at Lutheran Home. Because their mission extends outside their own walls, Lutheran Home developed the Altenheim Award in 1998. The purpose of the Altenheim Award is to recognize an individual who epitomizes compassionate service to the older adults in unique and special ways.
"Anne's many accomplishments educating and serving the needs of older adults make her a perfect choice for this award," says Bob Peters, CEO Lutheran Living Services. "Anne leads and inspires the CAC's mission of improving and enhancing the lives of adults as they age. Lutheran Home is very proud to name Anne as our 2008 Altenheim winner." The Altenheim Award will be presented to Anne at the Monarch Ball, at the Pfister Hotel on Oct. 18.
Congratulations Anne!
