BATH — The Thomas Plant Memorial Home of Bath recently announced the selection of five new appointees to the board of directors. They include Lisa Gellatly, Connie Jones, Linda MacMillan, Carol Wark- Bijhouwer and Lisabeth (Liz) A. Wyman.

Commenting on the new appointees, executive director Don Capoldo said, “The group of new members brings much needed experience to the home. Fundraising and health care admissions and discharge planning, to be specific. They are the strongest group of new members I have been a part of in my ten years here. It is an honor to have The Plant Home attract such qualified and active board members.”

The new board members’ backgrounds are as follows:

— Lisa Gellatly is an occupational therapist with CHANS Home Health in Brunswick. She holds an M.S. degree in occupational therapy and is certified in environmental modifications for people with disabilities. “I wanted to be part of the board of directors at The Plant Home so I can contribute knowledge from ten years’ experience to maintain or improve quality of life to the residents. Occupational therapists are trained to look at individuals holistically and are able to assess and problem-solve based on individual and environmental needs. My goal is to provide a safe and productive environment for all seniors living at The Plant Home.”

— Connie Jones is the director of the Area Agency on Aging programs for SeniorsPlus in Lewiston. She has a long history of working with older adults, from her first job at Rhode Island Meals on Wheels to her current position. She received her master’s degree in human services with specialty in gerontology from Springfield College and teaches, speaks and writes about aging. She also serves on the Elder Abuse Institute of Maine board of directors, and the Androscoggin Home Care and Hospice Professional Advisory Board. She is a resident of Phippsburg, and sees her role on the board as “a way to give back to the community she lives in, in the field she is passionate about — aging.”

— Linda MacMillan has personal and professional experience in the senior housing industry, having been director of Sales and Marketing for The Highlands in Topsham, and has volunteered with the Southern Maine Agency on Aging. She was vice president of Marketing and Foundation Liaison at People’s United Bank in Portland from 2004-12 and, most recently, was associate director of Development at Mid Coast Health Services. As a daughter who cared for, and sought services for her elderly parents, she enjoys helping others consider the best options for high quality assisted living.

— Carol Wark-Bijhouwer, R.N., M.S., is a care coordinator at Mid Coast Hospital in Brunswick. Regarding her recent appointment, she said, “The Plant Home has been an integral part of the community for as long as I can remember, and I want it to retain that status. A jewel on the Kennebec.” She is a Bath native and lives in Phippsburg.

— Lisabeth (Liz) A. Wyman is vice president/ banking center manager, Bath, for The Bank of Maine. She is the treasurer of the board of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Bath/Brunswick, chairwoman of the Ambassador Committee and board member for the Southern Midcoast Maine Chamber, a member of the Bath Rotary Club, and a friend of the Elizabeth Levinson Center. She joined The Plant Home’s board “to get involved in a nonprofit in Bath that I could believe in.”

Other board of directors include: Dan Daggett, president; Carl Young, treasurer; Amy Brewer, secretary; Brigit Cavanaugh; and Governance Committee chairman Bob Curtis.

The Thomas Plant Memorial Home was founded in 1917 as a nonprofit organization with the following mission: To deliver to our residents, regardless of their ability to pay, the highest quality independent elder housing and assisted living services, professionally, compassionately, and efficiently; and to support community involvement in the Midcoast Maine area. Thomas Plant’s vision is memorialized in the following quote, displayed in the living room of the home: “This home is founded on my sincere belief that those who have lived honest, industrious lives and are without means or friends to take care for them, have earned the right to be cared for. Only through the labor and expenditures of others is it possible …”

Its mission

THE THOMAS PLANT Memorial Home was founded in 1917 as a nonprofit organization with the following mission: To deliver to our residents, regardless of their ability to pay, the highest quality independent elder housing and assisted living services, professionally, compassionately, and efficiently; and to support community involvement in the Mid-coast Maine area. Thomas Plant’s vision is memorialized in the following quote, displayed in the living room of the home: “This home is founded on my sincere belief that those who have lived honest, industrious lives and are without means or friends to take care for them, have earned the right to be cared for. Only through the labor and expenditures of others is it possible …”