Staff Anniversaries 2022:

Laurie Morency: 15-year Anniversary, Life Enrichment Director for Reflections

Laurie Morency has worked at RiverCourt Residences since October of 2007, which means that in the year 2022, Laurie will be celebrating her 15-year anniversary. Laurie came upon RiverCourt by chance when she worked as a companion at Right at Home Agency with a woman named Connie. Once Connie moved from assisted living to the memory care unit, Laurie was asked to apply for the open activities position and the rest is history! Laurie’s favorite part about working at RiverCourt is seeing the resident’s faces when she walks into Reflections, even if some of them don’t know her name, she knows they will always be happy to see her. One memory in particular that stands out to Laurie was during the music and memory program, one of the non-verbal residents had a conversation with his wife after they listened to his personalized music library. It was a powerful thing to see how music can affect the brain and memory. Laurie was born in Maine and moved to Chelmsford Massachusetts when she was 5 years old. She is the oldest (by 6 minutes) of 8 children to her parents Tom and Rita Pucci. She married Steve Morency in 1976 and has two children together named Eric and Shannon. In her free time, Laurie likes to go for walks, garden, play poker, and thrift shop with her sister Linda.

Amanda Cowan: 1-Year Anniversary, Activities Director for Assisted and Independent Living

Amanda is celebrating her 1-year anniversary at RiverCourt Residences in June of 2022. When Amanda was in high school, she needed to complete a certain amount of community service hours in order to graduate. She decided to do the program called “adopt a grandparent” where she fell in love with bringing joy and happiness to the elderly. She then knew that was what her calling and one of her purposes was to be in life. Her favorite part of working at RiverCourt is getting to know the residents and spending time while making personal connections with them. Amanda got her associate’s degree in Human Services with a certification in gerontology. She is from Andover MA, got her associate’s degree right before she moved to Florida, and is now living in Chelmsford MA. She has a big orange cat named Simba who she rescued in Florida, she loves to go to the beach when the weather is good, and to binge-watch a good tv show.

Scott Taylor: 20+ Year Anniversary

Scott Taylor is an original member of RiverCourt Residences, working now for 20 years and 6 months since December of 2001. There are many memories that Scott mentioned, but the ones that made him smile the most were the ones where he mentioned how closely he worked with residents that lived to be over 100, the cookouts that the staff would attend for certain milestones, and anytime that he could make a resident smile. He also mentioned that working with residents that lived over 100 was always a highlight of his career. Scott mentioned many reasons why his years at RiverCourt have been rewarding, including when families come up to him and thank him and everyone else for the wonderful job that they do. He also mentioned that when good things happen to the residents, it always puts a smile on his face.