“Eldercare Experiences in the Claremont Area” –
Speakers who live at four eldercare facilities will talk about why they made the choice to move there and how it has been going. On our panel are residents from Hillcrest, Claremont Manor, Pilgrim Place, and Mt. San Antonio Gardens. This will be a personal and informative session (no sales reps!). If you’re considering making residence decisions, or you know anybody who’s considering making residence decisions, this is the meeting for you.
Gus and Martha Boesch have lived in Claremont for over 35 years. Gus spent a varied career in the healthcare industry from which he retired in 2014. They moved across the street to Pilgrim Place in 2022. Gus has managed logistics for the Pilgrim Place Festival for four years and Rita Dixon worked as Assistant Superintendent of Business for several school districts in the Los Angeles area and was Chair of Association of California School Administrators for the greater L.A. region. Once she retired, she volunteered for various positions at her church and community and is now is Chair of the Residents Association for Hillcrest Retirement Community where she and her husband moved in 2021.
Charleen Krueger had a 50-year nursing career, serving patients and their families from prenatal care to hospice. In her later years she was “Parish Nurse” for the Claremont Quaker Meeting. She and her husband Bob moved to Claremont Manor in 2023 when they were unable to safely manage his vascular dementia at home.
Jack Mills and wife Susan Lominska moved to Claremont in 1975 for Jack to enter the PhD program in psychology at CGU. He worked for the insurance arm of Kaiser Permanente for 20 years, followed by 23 years as an independent program evaluation consultant in education. He spent 14 years on the Claremont Board of Education and is currently board president of CLASP—Claremont After-School Programs. Jack and Susan moved to Mt. San Antonio Gardens in 2023 after Jack received a diagnosis of multiple sclerosis.