Women’s Recuperative Care opens at City of Refuge. Building upon one of our most effective programs for helping people out of homelessness, Mercy Care has opened a 14-bed, Recuperative Care program for women recovering from a hospital stay at the City of Refuge, located in one of historic West Atlanta’s most struggling neighborhoods. “We’re creating a supportive…
Joyce Handspike first met Rochelle Butler, DDS, while she was in a dark place – on a roller coaster of alcohol and crack use and making a living by selling drugs supplied by her Godson. “My teeth were bad. Dr. Butler had to pull all of them,” Joyce said. Fast forward 9 years to early…
“I got my first partials when I was sixteen,” says Wardell Jones – a now 69-year-old man who received dentures from the Piedmont Dental grant this year. “I came from meager means. Growing up, the dentist just pulled teeth. He did nothing preventive like a root canal or cleaning.” In the summer of 1965, Jones…
Dr. Mark Holzberg volunteers his time at the dermatology clinic. Seven patients were treated for skin issues between 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. on Aug. 28 during the first dermatology clinic day at Mercy Care at Gateway Center. The driving force behind the clinic, volunteer Mark Holzberg, MD, emailed afterward, “You have a great group…
Pearly whites for Pearlie through her new set of dentures. At 75, Pearlie McCrimmon is soft spoken and not-so-good at remembering names. So she tells you upfront that she might call you sweetie, baby or princess during a conversation, and she describes herself as young and strong as a bull. Pearlie lived in Georgia in…
Uncommonly known, Dr. Richard Hansen worked as a juvenile prison guard and lived in a group home for juvenile delinquents while in college, building relationships with this younger, in-need group and ultimately leading to a row of fourteen friends at his wedding. This indiscriminate, non-judgmental approach to service has clearly held up in the 25…
Amidst a broad range of experience in healthcare administration, Tom Andrews stumbled across a novel program in 1988. He had begun working at Saint Joseph’s hospital as an office admin and by fate his desk was next to Nancy Paris, the then-president of Mercy Care. She invited him to experience a new service that brought…
I went to Savannah for my family reunion with extra swagger,” said Jimmy Johnson with a smile that showed his new top and bottom dentures. The 65-year-old resident of Stone Mountain is one of dozens of low-income seniors who benefited from a $13,000 dental grant from Piedmont Hospital. Johnson had lost his dentures and couldn’t…
Wayne Broughton, Sr., grew up in New Jersey, one of 18 children. In 2015, he moved to Florida for work that didn’t pan out. So, he enrolled in classes to become a licensed HVAC professional. Things got bad Valentine’s Day 2015. A fight with his girlfriend, who lives in the Atlanta area, left him hurting.…
For Dora Llantop, service is about educating and empowering the patient. Formerly a dietician in Peru, Dora found a passion at Mercy Care in 1997 meeting one-on-one with Latina women to talk nutrition and holistic wellbeing. In her three years as a volunteer, this meant seeking patients out in salons, apartment complexes, and laundromats to…
