Pleasant View, a Lutheran Life Community in Ottawa, Illinois, is pleased to announce the hiring of Becky Cattani as the community’s Administrator. A graduate of Northern Illinois University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology, Becky’s most recent career positions were as Nursing Home Administrator in the Quad Cities and Rockford Areas. In the [Read more...]

Each of the five Lutheran Life Communities in the Midwest faced their biggest snow in decades. With thoughtful planning and tireless dedication to each other, success was assured in true Lutheran Life Community spirit. Days in advance of the February 1st-2nd dumping of 20-plus inches of snow across the central states, as the meteorologists were [Read more...]

Pleasant View is excited to welcome Rev. Peter Ward to the role of Pleasant View Chaplain. In this new call Pastor Peter will lead programs for spiritual wellness and Christian growth for residents, staff, volunteers and the extended community. Pastor Peter was born in Portage La Prairie, Canada. His family moved to north-central Minnesota when [Read more...]

Residents are now enjoying the first renovated half of Pleasant View’s Health Care Pavilion. With moves from the old side to the new side recently finished, residents and their families now have a better feel and appreciation for what the completed project will provide. The new spas, private rooms and thoughtfully designed features of the [Read more...]

Life Service Network (LSN), a state organization committed to the advancement of quality and innovation in older adult services, presented Pleasant View with their distinguished Partner in Quality Award on December 10th. Pleasant View, a Lutheran Life Community in Ottawa, Illinois is in the midst of campus repositioning that is bringing the senior living community [Read more...]