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Plaza Health Network Celebrates

Lifelong Careers of Two Nurses July 27 August 3
South Florida Healthcare South Florida Healthcare
Few people can say Networking Group Meeting Networking Group Meeting
they have worked for You are invited to the monthly You are invited to the monthly
the same organization meeting of the South Florida meeting of the South Florida
their entire career but Healthcare Networking Group Healthcare Networking Group
so was the case for Rosa (SFHNG) hosted by Aventura (SFHNG) hosted by HealthSouth
Brown and Yolaine Hospital and Medical Center on Rehabilitation Hospital of Miami on
Joseph, who each Friday, July 27 from 7:45 to 10 a.m. Friday, August 3 from 7:45 to 10 a.m.
retired from a Plaza Download the reservation form at Download the reservation form at
Health Network man- www.southfloridahospitalnews.com www.southfloridahospitalnews.com
aged facility in May or call (561) 368-6950. or call (561) 368-6950.
after spending 55 and
37 years, respectively, July 27-29 September 14
with the organization. (l-r) Rachel Schuster, Executive Vice President for Facilities Scleroderma National Patient Highballs & Hibiscus Fundraiser
“All I ever wanted to Jupiter Medical Center Foundation
do was be a nurse and Administration; Yolaine Joseph; Plaza Health CEO Elaine Bloom; Education Conference presents the 8th Annual Highballs &
take care of patients,” and Sacasha Brown, Aventura Plaza administration Scleroderma Foundation’s Annual Hibiscus fundraiser on Friday,
said Rosa Brown, a National Patient Education September 14 from 7 to 11 p.m. at
licensed practical nurse (LPN) who officially retired Conference will take place July 27-29 The Country Club at Mirasol in Palm
on May 25, 2018 after spending 55 years at Arch in Philadelphia, PA at Loews Beach Gardens. For information, call
Plaza Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center and Philadelphia Hotel in Downtown (561) 263-3712 or email
its related facilities. Brown’s career began when she Philly. Register online at scleroder- highballs.event@jupitermed.com.
was 21 years old. She has gone on to care for thou- ma.org/conference or call (800) 722- Tickets will be available for purchase
sands of patients but quite a few, she recalls, have 4673 for more information. starting Friday, August 3 at jmcfoun-
greatly impacted her life. dation.org/events.
“One of my patients was part owner of a major
chocolate company and he would come down to
Florida each winter and would ask for me to care
for him,” recalls Brown. “He would advise me on
how to invest my money. His daughter even taught E-mail Your Calendar Submissions to
me how to start a doll collection.”
Brown now owns over 32 dolls in pristine condi- editorial@southfloridahospitalnews.com
tion. Another patient taught her how to knit, a skill Rosa Brown and Arch Plaza
Brown now plans to teach others in her retirement, administrator, Barry Preter
along with volunteering her time at Arch Plaza, the
place she called her work home for decades. Brown was named Nurse of the Year at Arch
Plaza six times and was also recognized as the LPN Nurse of the Year for the state of
Florida in 2005.
Plaza Health Network also said goodbye to Yolaine Joseph, who began working at the
facility that is now Aventura Plaza Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in 1981,
nearly 37 years ago. A certified nursing assistant (CNA), Joseph now plans to spend more
time with her four children and ten grandchildren, though she says it will be difficult to
not get up and go to work every day.
“If I had to do it all over again, I’d do exactly the same thing,” said Joseph. “God called
me to nursing.”
Joseph was instrumental in the success of the Adoptive Family Program, where she
“adopted” more than seven residents and patients on her own to ensure they were well Specializing in Medically
cared for. This was in addition to the many patients for whom she provided care, day-in
and day-out. As for what the future will bring, Joseph says, “I’ve been meaning to retire Complex Patients
for two years and now, I’m going to Key West!”
Kindred Hospitals are owned by Kindred
FAU Receives $2.8 Million Healthcare, Inc., a national network of Long Term
Acute Care Hospitals (LTACH's).
HRSA Grant to Enhance Role of RNs Kindred Hospitals provide specialized, high quality
care for acutely ill patients. For more than a decade,
in Primary Care we have fine-tuned the art of medically complex care.
Our services range from complex catastrophic
Florida Atlantic University’s Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing has received a illnesses that require intensive care, post-surgical medical
$2.8 million grant from the Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA) for rehabilitation to patients suffering from chronic diseases requiring respiratory and
a four-year project titled, “Caring-based Academic Partnerships in Excellence (CAPE) rehabilitative therapies. Kindred Hospitals provide outcome-oriented
RNs in Primary Care,” to recruit and prepare nursing students and registered nurses cost effective care for patients with a wide spectrum of
(RNs) to practice the full scope of their license in community-based primary care medical conditions.
teams. This latest HRSA grant is the third awarded to FAU’s College of Nursing over
three consecutive years and totaling $6.4 million. Admissions to Kindred Hospitals may be
FAU has partnered with the West Palm Beach Veteran Affairs Medical Center and recommended by physicians, acute-care hospitals,
their interprofessional health care teams who provide services in 26 primary care clin- rehabilitation hospitals, managed care providers, case
ics; Community Health of South Florida, Inc. in Miami; Holy Cross Hospital in Fort management companies or by the patient’s family.
Lauderdale; Caridad Center in Boynton Beach; and FAU’s Community Health Center In all cases family tours are encouraged.
in West Palm Beach. FAU’s College of Nursing is working in concert with these part-
ners to increase access to care while emphasizing prevention and control of chronic
diseases in non-institutional settings.
“The overarching goal of our project is to create healthier communities in rural and Kindred Hospital Kindred Hospital Kindred Hospital Kindred Hospital
underserved populations,” said Karethy A. Edwards, Dr.PH, ARNP, project director, Fort Lauderdale Hollywood Coral Gables The Palm Beaches
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Ft. Lauderdale FL 33301 Hollywood, FL 33020 Coral Gables, FL 33134 Riviera Beach, FL 33418
“With this latest grant from HRSA, we will educate and provide clinical training to
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establish a primary care workforce of students with a bachelor of science in nursing
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degree who are practice ready and willing to serve our veterans and patients in rural
and underserved communities.”
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