MEET OUR COTTAGE TEAM
Alex Valle
Executive Director and President
Alex Valle is a dependable, friendly and caring manager and LVN with 30 years of Skilled Nursing and Assisted Living experience. Her long, distinguished career has spanned various roles, most of which have been in a leadership capacity. She’s responsible for the coordination of resident care communication with primary physicians upon admission and throughout the resident’s stay at The Cottages. Alex works closely with resident’s families to cover resident care plans and make adjustments as needed.
Kimberly Walters
Director of Resident & Family Services/RCFE Administrator
Kim is a capable and experienced professional with 18 years of experience in senior and memory care. Her experience and kindness make her an excellent communicator with families and residents. Connect with her to ask questions or talk about your loved one by contacting her at (949) 394-5678.
Michelle Nesbitt
Cristina Galang, LVN
LVN Clinical Manager
Cristina is a kind and compassionate professional. She brings over 20 years of experience to the cottages team. Cristina is a true veteran, she has a wide range of clinical experience from working in medical offices, to assisted living centers, to hospice, and now memory care; Cristina is a hallmark member of our team.
If you have any questions or would like to learn more about The Cottages, please contact:
- Director of Resident and Family Services, Kimberly Walters – (949) 394-5678
- Executive Director, Alex Valle – (949) 533-1136
- RCFE Compliance Manager, Michelle Nesbitt – (949) 463-5075
Staff Training
Our professional and highly-skilled staff are required to complete comprehensive and continuous training to ensure they provide the highest level of care for our residents and their families.
Monthly Training
Staff members receive monthly continuing education to train them on a variety of topics including:
- Nutrition, Home Food Safety, and Preparation
- Enhancing Meal Times and Activities
- Medication Management (Ordering New Medications, Refills, Crushing, Medication Rights)
- Preventing Urinary Tract Infections (UTI’s) and Infection Control
- Skin Integrity (Reporting skin changes)
- End of Life Care (medications, coping with loss, POLST)
- Residents’ Rights
- Safe Lifting, Transfers and Reducing Falls
- Assisting with Activities of Daily Living (ADL’s)
- Beauty Care
- Emergency Preparedness
Cottage Training Program
This training program teaches staff how to properly care for residents living with dementia and how to meet their unique needs. As part of the program staff learns about:
- Communicating with the Memory-Impaired Person
- Do’s and Don’ts of Memory Care
- Redirection Techniques
- Stages of Alzheimer’s Disease (Early, Middle and Late)
- Positive “Therapeutic Fibbing”
- Validation Therapy
- Activities – the Key to Keeping Boredom Away
- Medication Training
- Redirection Techniques