Employee of Year
Cindy Olsen is recognized as the 2025 Employee of the Year at Westview Health Care Center. She was honored for her 50 years of dedication—and counting.  She has touched innumerable lives and contributed to every department’s operation spanning 5 decades at Westview.   Now in her 25th year as Westview’s Director of Nursing Services, her impact expands continually; helping others to help others across a legacy of generations.
She began in 1975 as a dishwasher.  After working for some time as a Dietary Aide, she transferred to Housekeeping and Laundry Services and gained more familiarity with the skilled nursing environment throughout Westview.  Her early interests in nursing care grew in these experiences, and flourished as she entered the field as a Certified Nursing Assistant.  Adjacently, she started working with patients and residents in recreation, and in 1979, Cindy became Westview’s Therapeutic Recreation Director.
In December of 1980 Cindy set forth in her career as a Licensed Practical Nurse; finding her efforts in patient care to be highly rewarding and inspiring.  Cindy aimed ever higher: When she earned her degree as a Registered Nurse in 1992, she continued caring for patients while pursuing positions of leadership.  During these years, working to aid the patient population as the Infection Control Coordinator and promoting the growth of fellow colleagues as the In-Service Director instilled Cindy with important perspectives on the major operations within a skilled care setting.  Next, in April 1995, she ascended to become a Certified Case Manager for those entrusted to Westview’s care and continued her work for a few years managing the needs, goals, and outcomes of rehabilitation cases.  Ascending first as an Assistant Director of Nursing in 1998, she ultimately earned the role and responsibility of Westview’s Director of Nursing Services in February 2001.
She grew up in the Killingly area with her mother, her father, and her four siblings.  She attended Killingly High School and Windham Technical High School to further her pre-college education in health care.  At  Becker College she earned her degrees as a Licensed Practical Nurse and as a Registered Nurse.  Cindy and her husband Keith live in Killingly.
Her son Josh, his wife Jill, and their children are all nearby. She loves the outdoors, crafting, golf, fishing, and skeet shooting. 
David T. Panteleakos, administrator, said:  “As Westview’s longest tenured employee, Cindy also has the unique distinction of being the longest serving Director of Nursing in Westview’s history.  Now, with over 50 years of dedicated service to Westview, I share in congratulating and thanking.”

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