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Today we celebrate all the mothers! Thank you for all the kissed knees, sage advice, shoulders to cry on, and bent ears. Your years of love and dedication have not gone unnoticed. Thank you! Happy Mother’s Day!

Dear Nurses,

As we embark on Nurses Week, May 6th-12th 2024, it is with immense gratitude and admiration that I extend my deepest appreciation to each and every one of our nurses here at AbleHearts. Your unwavering dedication, compassion, and expertise truly make a difference in the lives of our residents and their families every single day.

Florence Nightingale once said, "I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took an excuse." Your commitment to providing exceptional care, even in the face of challenges, is a testament to the incredible impact you have on those around you.

This week, we come together in celebration and recognition of the incredible work you do. Your light shines brightly, illuminating the lives of those in our care and lighting up the sky with your compassion and skill. You are the heart and soul of AbleHearts, and your dedication does not go unnoticed.

Alongside the national American Nurses Association (ANA) campaign, we encourage our nurses to use social media to share their gratitude for their peers. Use or , to share a story of a time they made a difference in your life. Give them a social media shoutout or share the story of your journey to become a nurse.

May this Nurses Week be a time of reflection on your amazing contributions, a time of celebration for all that you do, and a time of recognition for the difference you make each day. Thank you for your tireless efforts and for embodying the ANA’s Nurses Week theme: "Nurses Make the Difference."

With heartfelt gratitude,

Antonio Costa, MBA, BSN, RN
Chief Clinical Officer
AbleHearts

Mary Seacole was born in Jamaica more than 200 years ago. Mary’s mother ran a lodging house, called Blundell Hall, which was much respected by local people in Kingston, Jamaica’s capital city. But she was also a healer and taught Mary many of her skills using traditional Jamaican medicines.
A keen student from early childhood, Mary practised medicine on her doll, dogs and cats, and on herself. By 1818, aged 12, Mary helped run the boarding house, where many of the guests were sick or injured soldiers. Three years later, she travelled to England with relatives and stayed for about a year. It was an opportunity to acquire knowledge about modern European medicine which supplemented her training in traditional Caribbean techniques. In 1823, Mary went to London on her own, remaining there for 2 years. In 1850, she nursed victims of the Kingston cholera epidemic. Travelling to Panama in 1851 only to find that her skills were needed once again because the town of Cruces was suffering its own outbreak of the disease. In 1853, Mary returned to Kingston, caring for victims of a yellow fever epidemic. She was invited by the medical authorities to supervise nursing services at Up-Park in Kingston, the British Army’s headquarters, and she re-organised New Blundell Hall, her mother’s former lodging house rebuilt after a fire, to function as a hospital. Mary had no children of her own, but the strong maternal attachments she formed with these soldiers, and her feelings for them, would later drive Mary to the Crimea. Mary travelled to England and approached the British War Office, asking to be sent as an army nurse to the Crimea where she had heard there were poor medical facilities for wounded soldiers. She was refused. Undaunted, she funded her own trip to Crimea, now part of Ukraine, where she established the British Hotel with Thomas Day, a relative of her husband, Edwin. The hotel provided a place of respite for sick and recovering soldiers. At the time, Mary was as well-known in Britain as Florence Nightingale. Ms Nightingale’s famous military hospital was situated hundreds of miles from the frontline in Scutari (now called Üsküdar, just outside the Turkish city of Istanbul). But Mary’s hotel near Balaclava was much closer to the fighting. Mary was able to visit the battlefield, sometimes under fire, to nurse the wounded. Indeed, she nursed sick soldiers so kindly that they called her ‘Mother Seacole’. When the war ended, Mary went back to Britain with very little money. Soldiers wrote letters to newspapers, praising what she had done. The Times War Correspondent, Sir William H Russell, wrote of Mary in 1857: “I trust that England will not forget one who nursed her sick, who sought out her wounded to aid and succour them, and who performed the last offices for some of her illustrious dead”. All those who admired her came to her aid, whether soldiers, generals or members of the Royal family. In 1857 a fund-raising gala was held for her over four nights on the banks of the River Thames. Over 80,000 people attended. The same year she published her autobiography, The Wonderful Adventures of Mrs Seacole in Many Lands, which became an instant bestseller. Mary died in London in 1881. Unfortunately, she was then lost to history for around 100 years until nurses from the Caribbean visited her grave in North West London, where the local MP, now Lord Clive Soley, promised to raise money for a statue for Mary. In 2004, Mary was voted the Greatest Black Briton. Lord Soley launched the campaign for a statue after leaving the House of Commons. In 2016, the statue was finally unveiled in the grounds of St Thomas’ Hospital on London’s Southbank.

Cora Elm was born in 1891 on the Oneida reservation in Wisconsin. Her grandmother was a midwife, which may have influenced her choice to become a nurse. She entered the United States Indian Industrial School in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, in late 1906 and graduated in September 1914.
After graduation, she began training in Philadelphia. She graduated from nursing school in 1916 and was appointed a supervisor at the Episcopal Hospital the following year. When World War I began, she volunteered for the Nurse Corps and served at a base hospital in Nantes in Brittany, caring for over 9,000 patients from 1917 to 1918. She later recalled the psychological toll she faced caring for so many injured soldiers. In 1920, she was sent to Russia, Latvia, and Lithuania for nursing service with the Red Cross. After the war, she served as an Army nurse in the Baltic States. She married in 1922 after returning to the U.S. and had a son in 1926. She died in 1949 and was buried with military honors.

Florence Nightingale was one of the most famous nurses in history due to her sanitation improvements during the Crimean War that led to increased nurse and doctor training. Her efforts also resulted in the formation of the Army Medical College and Nightingale School and Home for Nurses.

Eager to encourage greater equality for African Americans and women, Mary Eliza Mahoney pursued a nursing career which supported these aims. She is noted for becoming the first African American licensed nurse.

Mary Eliza Mahoney was born in the spring of 1845 in Boston, Massachusetts. Born to freed slaves who had moved to Boston from North Carolina, Mahoney learned from an early age the importance of racial equality. She was educated at Phillips School in Boston, which after 1855, became one of the first integrated schools in the country.

Your kindness and compassion shine through in the work you do each day. Thank you for being a NURSE!

National Patient Experience Week is an annual recognition of healthcare staff who impact the patient experience every day. It’s important to honor and recognize every team member who works tirelessly and selflessly to care for our patients, their families and caregivers and one another. Improving patient experiences creates better outcomes for both our patients and our community.

National Administrative Professionals Day, recognizes the professionals who work hard every day to help keep us organized and efficient. Today is a day to celebrate all they do for us and to let them know how much they are appreciated!

Happy Passover! Wishing you a joyous celebration with family and friends.

Plant a garden with someone you love!

Happy National Exercise Day! Whether it's a brisk walk, a yoga session, hitting the gym, or dancing to your favorite tunes, let's celebrate the incredible benefits of staying active. Exercise not only boosts physical health but also uplifts our mood and sharpens our mind. So, let's lace up those sneakers, stretch those muscles, and make today an energizing celebration of movement!

It is so wonderful to be around employees that love and adore you! Last week, we all had a great time celebrating Ms. Pam, Admissions Director at Apopka Health and Rehabilitation Center. 🎉 So much fun for you to be "21 all over again!" Please join us in wishing Ms. Pam a very Happy Birthday🎂

Stress can have an impact on a person’s health, whether physically, mentally or emotionally–and often it is a combination of them all! These health issues, when allowed to build up over time, could manifest themselves in issues such as anxiety and depression, hormonal problems, difficulty sleeping, high blood pressure, heart disease and much more.

Simply becoming more aware of stress and learning to apply various coping mechanisms can certainly help an individual who is feeling overwhelmed by this emotion.

Try out some of these simple practices that have been known to help people reduce the negative impact of stress on their lives:
-Breathing Exercises
-Laugh More
-Exercise
-Reduce Stress Triggers

Happy Easter! Wishing you a beautiful and joyous day with family and friends.

Today we honor all the exceptional doctors who consistently demonstrate kindness, compassion, and a determination to improve the lives of patients.

Our employees had a great day wearing the cheerful color of green for St. Patrick's Day! Celebrating is what we do at Apopka Health and Rehabilitation Center! We spread the cheer and love amongst all!

Certified nurses make a difference in the lives of their patients every day. They work incredibly hard to improve patient outcomes and be extraordinary health care providers. They exemplify professionalism, dedication, expertise, and service to nursing and their patients. We honor the dedication and service of our certified nurses.

Happy St. Patrick's Day! 🍀 May you have all the happiness and luck that life can hold and at the end of your rainbows may you find a pot of gold.

During Long Term Care Administrator’s Week, we honor and celebrate the important role administrators have in providing leadership for the delivery of quality, resident-centered care and a supportive work environment.

Administrators are key players in the care team and are entrusted with the responsibility of managing the care of our loved ones. They touch the lives of residents and families, and, most importantly, ensure that their team provides the highest level of quality care.