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Gulf Coast Village names Rose administrator for Palmview facility

Gulf Coast Village has appointed Ronda Rose as administrator for Palmview, the community’s assisted living and memory care center. Rose has served as Gulf Coast Village’s resident services director since 2016. In this role, she was responsible for the wellbeing of more than 170 independent living residents, coordinating residents’ transportation, healthcare needs, moving and other concierge services. In her new position, Rose will help maintain a caring atmosphere that allows Palmview residents to embrace moments with purpose and joy, offering a greater sense of freedom and ...

Lee Health announces plans for new hospital campus in Fort Myers

The Lee Health Board of Directors has approved plans to move forward in planning a new hospital campus in the City of Fort Myers. Tentatively known as “Lee Health Colonial Campus,” the property will sit on 52 acres of land along Challenger Blvd. between Colonial Blvd. and Winkler Ave. The Board of Directors approved proceeding with issuing a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for architectural services, construction management and commissioning authorities as a first step in developing the hospital campus. The RFQ process identifies well-qualified firms that wish to work with Lee ...

Health News 10-28-21

SalusCare earns three-year CARF Accreditation SalusCare, Inc., a provider of not-for-profit mental health and substance use treatment services, has earned another three-year accreditation from CARF, the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities. CARF International is an ...

Lee County Walk to End Alzheimer’s raises $77,000 to combat disease

The Alzheimer’s Association Walk to End Alzheimer’s reconvened in person on Saturday for the first time since 2019, following last year’s virtual event. More than 250 Lee County residents walked at Bishop Verot Catholic High School, raising $77,000 for the care, support and research programs of the Alzheimer’s Association. Came to Believe was the top fundraising team at this year’s event, raising more than $11,000. Team member Iris Hanney walked for her mother Paula Rugoff. “It was amazing to watch a strong, loving, dedicated woman become a mere shell of herself - and ...