Broad Reach Healthcare Happenings

Stefanie Murray has been promoted to the position of Executive Director at The Victorian Assisted Living Residence in Chatham, having most recently served as its Assistant Director. She first joined Broad Reach in 2019.

She took an unusual career path to make her way to the Broad Reach Health Care campus.

Born and raised in Chatham, while in college in New Hampshire she explored meteorology, thinking maybe she would become a “storm chaser.” Instead she made her way back to the Cape and worked in an office environment for 10 years, while becoming choir director for her church.

“I realized how much I love working with older people, because many of the people in the choir were in their 80s and 90s,” she recalls.

So she followed that passion, first with a position as director of activities for a now-closed assisted living residence in Brewster. From there, she came to Broad Reach in 2019 to help build The Victorian’s activities program.

“We are so fortunate to be able to have Stefanie step into our Executive Director’s position,” said Bill Bogdanovich, President and CEO of Broad Reach Health Care. “Her inspired experience and her deep understanding of the culture, both here and in the Chatham community, make her a perfect fit to

become The Victorian’s leader.”

The Victorian is home to 40 residents, each in their own apartments. Stefanie’s longstanding involvement has allowed her to get to know everyone, “and they get to know me,” she adds. “They know my kids, I know their kids. It becomes a family setting. You know what it’s like? It’s like I have a lot of grandparents.”

“There might be a misconception about assisted living,” she continues. “There is actually a lot of freedom. Some residents are still driving, for example. I try to work from the perspective that this is their home and we just work in it. We’re here to help people be independent, but they have the right to choose to participate, or choose not to. This is a place of comfort.”

“Our goal,” she concludes, “is to make meaningful memories here.”

Established in Chatham in 1986, now a multifaceted community, Broad Reach Healthcare is proud to be Cape Cod’s longest-standing locally-owned provider of post-acute care.