We are excited to announce that Abby Waldo is the new Administrator of The Warm Friend and Maple Woods. Abby began working at Resthaven in 2018 as the Director of Recreational Therapy. Her leadership has shaped a clinically sound recreational therapy program across...

Written by Rev. Leigh Boelkins Van Kempen -  “When you hope, be joyful. When you suffer, be patient. When you pray, be faithful.” (Romans 12: 12) I was leading a Bible study yesterday and I asked the residents if anyone had been a model of joy and faith for them in...

We’ve been living our new ‘COVID normal” for the past few weeks. Comparing life today vs. before this pandemic started over five months ago is certainly interesting. It has been a long five months. For our residents and loved ones, we know it has been challenging. It...

Message from the President/CEO Each week the Life Enrichment staff assist a long term care resident to Face Time with her nephew who lives out of state. Though usually quiet, when she is Facetiming with her nephew she is talkative and smiling. For another resident,...

Tai Chi is such a popular program at The Warm Friend for the past two years that they are now adding an advanced class. Our Warm Friend activity coordinator is a certified Tai Chi Easy Practice Leader and leads three classes a week for residents. “Warm Friend...

One of the many volunteer opportunities at Resthaven are friendly one-to-one visitors. These volunteers offer friendship and companionship to an individual resident when they visit one of our facilities. The goal of these one-to-one visits is to create a friendship...

Resthaven prides ourselves in looking for leaders from within. This has been Lina Jacob’s experience with Resthaven and a primary reason why she has worked here for 18 years. Now, Lina is the Director of Nursing at the Care Center, but she began as a Certified Nursing...