Meet our team of LIFE Leaders! We are here for you and always available to answer your questions. Experience, generosity of spirit, and passion for helping others is the common thread at Silverado Senior Living.
Noralyn is a life-long resident of Utah. For the past 13 years she has focused her love and energy on long-term care. After working at almost every non-nursing position in a skilled nursing home, she became an administrator 8 years ago. For the past five years she ran the only Certified Eden Facility in her community. Everyone has a right to live in a place where happiness and good care are provided. Where laughter rings down the hallways and staff want to come to work. Noralyn’s door is always open to anyone who wishes to speak with her be it residents, families or staff.
Noralyn is an avid animal lover who brings with her a wallaroo named Stuart who hops down the halls at Silverado Senior Living – Aspen Park. She is the proud mother of six children ranging in age from 9 to 25, and the proud grandmother of three grandsons. In her spare time, Noralyn enjoys camping and cross-stitching. She is currently working towards a degree in nursing.
Charles brings a passion for research and innovation in the field of medicine and in particular, in Alzheimer’s care. He received his MD from the University of Utah School of Medicine in Salt Lake City. Since 1991, he has been a research investigator at the Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center and staff physician with the Geriatric Internal Medicine Section at the Salt Lake City Veterans Administration. As a physician committed to achieving and maintaining maximum quality of life for our seniors, he also serves as Physician Consultant for PEAK Academy, Department of Exercise and Sport Medicine, University of Utah. Dr. Fehlauer is certified with the American Board of Internal Medicine and is an American Board of Internal Medicine Diplomate in Geriatric Medicine. He serves on the University of Utah Cognitive Sciences Executive Committee and the Advisory Board of the Northern Utah Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association.
Dr. Fehlauer shares Silverado’s passion for maximizing the quality of life of the frail elderly through exercise and sensory stimulation and has participated in a long-term study with dementia patients studying the effects of exercise and sensory-perceptual stimulation on their cognition.
Excellence in quality of care is the main focus of the Director of Health Services at Silverado Aspen Park. Gia Osmus, RN, joined our team in January 2003 and brings with her 14 years experience in the fields of Long-Term Care, Assisted Living, Home Health and Case Management. The last five years have been in nursing management with a new emphasis on Dementia care. The nursing team at Aspen Park, consisting of Licensed Nurses and Caregivers, are an exceptionally strong team and meet the physical and emotional needs of those entrusted to their care. Gia is proud to be a member of that team.
Gia’s strongest asset is her family and the support they render to her. She has three children and one stepdaughter who all love to come to Silverado and join in the activities, visiting with “Grandma” or “Grandpa,” and attending to the many pets that call Silverado their home.
Kema Hobbs received her master’s degree in social work from Brigham Young University. She has pursued medical social work since 2004, and has experience in acute and long-term care settings, as well as in home health and hospice. She prefers working with long-term clients and advocating for residents and their families. Kema joined the Silverado team in October 2007 and she is excited to be part of such a caring “extended family.”
Kema is originally from Portland, Oregon. She relocated to Utah to attend BYU and never quite managed to make it back home. Her hobbies include reading mystery novels, belly dancing, gourmet cooking, and watching movies. Her newest love is Kennedy, a tiny long-haired kitten who was generously donated by Noralyn Snow.
Kathy joined Silverado in 2003. She received her bachelor’s degree in Sociology minor in Psychology from the University of Utah. She joined the Silverado family as a Community Ambassador in Escondido community and transferred to Utah to become the Family Ambassador and start her family.
She currently has one son, Jonah, who comes to work with her everyday to our daycare. Kathy started in healthcare as a caregiver over 17 years ago in a dementia unit. Kathy is an avid animal lover and in her spare time she loves to snowboard, run, read, and shop.
My love of food and cooking started at the very young age of 7, with my first Easy Bake Oven. I was the primary cook in my family since I was 8. I believe a good meal can fix almost anything!
I always look for new recipes and ways to improve food. I have always had a great love to serve and help others, which started when I was a Red Cross volunteer in Junior High and helped at hospitals. I would spend my summer at the Cerebral Palsy camps. I started working in the health care field in 1981 where I have been a caregiver, laundry aide, and social service aide.
In 1988 I went to work for a dietary department in a skilled nursing community. I started as a dishwasher, then dietary aide up to cook, then assistant to dietary manager. I received my T.R.T. license and worked in recreation for 8 years. I have been back in the culinary service for 11 years. I have been at Silverado for 5 years.
I have a profound love and respect for the elderly, for they are the building blocks of all that we have and enjoy. I feel it a privilege to serve them, to make great warm, and appealing nutritious food for them for food can comfort the soul.
I have been married 3 ½ years to a great man named Ken. We have 2 Shih Tzu dogs, named Jasmine and Jade, who love to come to work with me and get lots of love from the residents.
Kristy was born and raised in a small town in Central Pennsylvania. Growing up she spent a lot of time learning how to cook in her grandmother’s kitchen. After graduation Kristy moved to Columbia, South Carolina where she earned a degree in Exercise Science.
In 2003 Kristy moved to Salt Lake City and soon was given the opportunity to work in a facility that specialized in Dementia. Working with the Alzheimer’s population Kristy found that many of the residents were just waiting for someone to come along and wake them up. When given the opportunity to express themselves, people who had been considered to far along in the disease processes blossomed. Kristy came to Silverado in April of 2005 where she continues to develop programs that allow the residents to engage in meaningful activities.
