Every year we ask you to help us collect resident stories to help put a real face to long term care as part of our Faces & Stories campaign. We are honored to help tell their stories and be advocates for your residents, patients, and staff.

• This year we had a tremendous response to our call for honorees and are thrilled to have over three dozen stories to share. We owe a huge thank you to the life enrichment directors, activity directors, directors of social services, content marketing managers, administrators, and more who helped us gather these profiles.

Please take a few moments to read about our 2025 Faces & Stories honorees and reflect on why you do what you do and what a difference it makes in the lives of others.

• Muriel Marie Baker, The Huntington Assisted Living
• Matt Dillon, Rocky Mount Health & Rehabilitation
• Larry Farmer, Chatham Health & Rehabilitation Center
• Bobby Faucette, Bland Nursing and Rehab
• James Genus, Coliseum Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
• Catherine Goin, Birmingham Green
• Harold Hagins, South Boston Health and Rehab
• Debbie Hall, The Rehab Center & Memory Care at Bristol
• Frances Harpine, Birmingham Green NVHCC
• Joseph Hassell, Autumn Care of Chesapeake
• Lena Jackson, Brian Center of Fincastle
• Suzanne Joyner, Northampton Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
• Sandra Layman, Autumn Care of Madison
• Samuel Lionberger, Brandon Oaks Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
• Donna Jean “DJ” Master, Oak Grove Health and Rehab
• Mable McDavid, Nova Health and Rehab Center
• Laurie Rosalind Bailey Newsome, Autumn Care of Suffolk
• Rena Belle Curry Payne, Autumn Care of Portsmouth
• Charles Ramirez, York Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
• Joan Remer, Shenandoah Nursing & Rehab
• McArthur Ridley, Portside Health and Rehabilitation Center
• Rosa “Eva” Roithmayr, The Hamilton Assisted Living
• Gerald Rubener, Tyler’s Retreat at Iron Bridge
• Nancy Salcido, Waddell Nursing and Rehab Center
• Sandra C. Scripture, Lancashire Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
• Nikki Shackelford, Monroe Health and Rehabilitation Center
• Betty Smith, Rosemont Health and Rehab
• Carolyn Sprinkle, Falls Run Nursing & Rehabilitation
• Connie T. Strickland, Walter Reed Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
• Della Marie Taylor, Shore Health & Rehabilitation Center
• Charles L. Thompson, Waterside Health & Rehab Center
• Howard True, Loudoun Rehabilitation and Nursing Center
• Evelyn D. Tunstall, Autumn Care of Mechanicsville
• Michael Williams, Lake Taylor Transitional Care Hospital
• Julius Woods, Roman Eagle Rehabilitation & Health Care Center
• Vickie Young, Bland Nursing and Rehab
• Terressa J. Young, Farmville Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center

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