by ehoopes | Jul 5, 2018 | Blog
Dear Palm Garden Family, July is Palm Garden GEM Celebration Month. GEMs are the hallmark of the Palm Garden Way. We are empowered and expected to celebrate the life story for each and every guest, member, and resident entrusted to our care. GEMs aren’t identified by...
by ehoopes | Dec 22, 2017 | Blog
Dear Palm Garden Family, I want to share with you the best Christmas gift I could imagine. It’s a long story (and most of the good ones are) but I’ll boil it down for you. I was visiting a center yesterday and a team member stopped me and said “Luke, I have someone...
by ehoopes | Dec 21, 2017 | Blog
Good Morning Palm Garden Family, This year at one of our centers the Grinch stole Santa’s “Steven R. Covey” planner. That’s right. Without his planner, Santa wasn’t going to show up. When one of your team members learned of this she said “Oh no you didn’t! Where’s the...
by ehoopes | Nov 14, 2017 | Blog
We celebrate life stories and I want to share one with you. But first, I’d like you to put on your “empathy cap.” Imagine if you were 99 years old. You’re lounging in bed watching one of those morning shows probably thinking “just 3 more months to 100!” and the guy on...
by ehoopes | Oct 30, 2017 | Blog
By Jan Marino, Director of Transitional Services Seinfeld was an award-winning TV Sitcom about nothing. But mention Seinfeld and all the favorite episodes are recalled – remember the one about the black and white cookie? Or the one when Kramer spits a Junior Mint into...
by ehoopes | Oct 23, 2017 | Blog
Crystal Ashe, Senior Director of Transitional Services, accepting the award for Best Nursing Home 2017, on behalf of Palm Garden of Ocala.
