RCBA Commitment to Emergency Preparedness Award 2020 - Las Villas de Carlsbad

For the past seven years, the Ready Carlsbad Business Alliance (RCBA) has recognized organizations with a Commitment to Emergency Preparedness Award. This award sheds a light on the importance of business and emergency preparedness planning and it is presented at the Chamber's annual State of the Community event.

This year, the winner of this important award was Las Villas de Carlsbad, an assisted & independent living facility for seniors. The Las Villas de Carlsbad team, under the leadership of Charlie Bloom, has provided a positive, supportive and caring home for its residents and workplace for its staff during the COVID-19 pandemic - ensuring the protection of their residents and staff by guaranteeing compliance with state guidance, county public health orders and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention protocols. Furthermore, they proactively implemented COVID-19 infection control practices which has allowed for no reported COVID cases among staff or residents to date.
Since early March, the facility staff has given extra assistance to its residents’ mental health to help relieve the stress of COVID-19 related isolation.