We are honored to profile 19 wonderful residents in the 2024 Faces & Stories in Virginia’s Long Term Care Centers campaign.

• This year’s Faces & Stories honorees include veterans of the Army, US Coast Guard, a certified nursing assistant, authors, an actor, teachers, a farmer, hairdresser, coin collector, artists, a gardener, and more. 

Take a look: All the profiles are included on our website. We hope you are inspired by their good humor, stories of recovery, their ability to overcome adversity, and their wisdom about how to create a life well-lived.

• Louis Albertia, Autumn Care of Mechanicsville
• Barry Batten, Rocky Mount Health & Rehabilitation
• Paul Calloway, Forest Health & Rehab
• Joan Edwards, Dogwood Village of Orange County Health & Rehab
• Doris Files, Falls Run Nursing & Rehabilitation
• Ilse Fisher, Lake Taylor Transitional Care Hospital
• Shirley Freehill, The District Home
• Bobby Kagey, Heritage Hall – Front Royal
• Constance Kramer, Friendship Health and Rehab South
• Frances Lynch, Friendship Health and Rehab South
• Anna Marks, Dogwood Village of Orange County Health & Rehab
• Charlotte Newman, Dogwood Village of Orange County Health & Rehab
• Eva Owens, Heritage Hall – Grundy
• Terry Peyton, Birmingham Green
• Janis Randolph, Wayland Nursing & Rehabilitation Center
• Michael Shirley, Friendship Health and Rehab South
• George Taliaferro, The Oaks at Richfield
• Elizabeth Ward, Berea Health & Rehabilitation
• Dennis Williams, Wayland Nursing & Rehabilitation Center

Thank you: VHCA-VCAL is deeply appreciative of staff members at the centers featured for their efforts at collecting the resident stories and sharing them with us.