This feature is a question-and-answer session with a new Blount County Chamber member. So, here we go with our 217th installment visiting with Leslie McInturff, an administrator with MorningView Village Senior Living community which has been serving Blount County for more than 20 years by offering independent living for those looking to downsize and assisted living for seniors looking for independence.
Tell me more about MorningView. MorningView Village offers maintenance-free living with no long-term lease in a setting that offers 24/7 onsite emergency assistance as well as a memory care setting for those needing a more structured and supportive assisted living environment.
What is your role and what have you learned working in this field? I started as a recreational therapist and worked up to an administrator position. I’ve learned to slow down, you can only do so many things at once. Things that you’ve worried so much about usually work themselves out and finally, be kind.
What do you enjoy most about where you work? I enjoy meeting senior citizens and hearing their stories. They have lived some of the most amazing lives…surviving in the ocean for days when their ship was bombed, winning their states beauty pageant and the grand prize was a plane ride! They’re some of the toughest people I’ve met.