from Byron Health Center Medical Clinic Manager Violet Ellowsky, LPN Whenever we need to raise a little extra money for our Jan Faherty Food Pantry, our Employee Emergency Fund, the Alzheimer’s Association or any other cause, we usually turn to a bake sale, because we love to eat! At every Byron Health Center bake sale, the most sought after item … Read More

by Shannon Young, Move-In Coordinator Autism Awareness published April 12th April is Autism Awareness Month. But for me and my family, we live #AutismAwareness every day of our lives. My thirteen-year old son, Corey, was diagnosed with severe infantile Autism at the very young age of nine months old. Our lives have never been the same since that day.   … Read More

by Sarah Starcher, Administrator and Executive Director Published March 26th Recently, our CEO Deb and I spent four days in our Nation’s capital at the LeadingAge Leadership Summit. As a re-vamp of the LeadingAge PEAK Conference from years past, this new and improved conference design focused on innovative conversations and relationship building between post-acute providers and vendors. Deb attended a … Read More

Meet Our Greeter Published March 6th It’s Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month! Here at Byron Health Center, we have the pleasure of serving over 40 individuals with a developmental disability. Our residents live their lives to the fullest each and every day. They are who they are and nothing stands in their way! Each day, they are able to enjoy various … Read More

from one of our Resident Engagement Specialists, Silvia Nino Published February 18th Do you leave work at the end of your day and think of the impact you had or the great things you did in that one given day? I have been a team member here at Byron Health Center for 4 years and it’s been a journey I … Read More

from Audra Guy, Byron Health Center CFO, and Lane Guy, Mind Remapping Specialist (as told by Lane) Published February 14th Audra and I started dating back in in 1991. She was 16 and I was 19. Two years later, I asked her to marry me. Coming up on April 8th, we will now have been married for 24 years. We … Read More

an interview with Gwen Poindexter, QMA Published February 5th Nowadays, it is rare to see anyone stay at a place of employment for longer than five years. (Who are we kidding? Even a one year stay is amazing these days!) Gwen Poindexter is a Qualified Medication Aide (QMA) who has worked at Byron Health Center with our “Miller’s Place” Assisted … Read More