Berry’s books. A patchwork quilt. Spending an afternoon in Adult Day Health at Mercy Care, a clinic for aging adults in downtown Rome, you might hear any number of stories and life wisdoms – as diverse as the people sharing them. Each patient carries a unique history. Though the nostalgia of seniors is often heard…
When you know, you know. By age 5, Dr. Jeff Moore knew he wanted to be a dentist. In elementary school, he dressed up as one for career fairs, and in high school through college he volunteered at an office. His inspiration, he says, goes back to his childhood dentist. “Somehow my exposure to him,…
Service runs deep for Dr. Gabriel Onofre. For several years in the early 2000s, he sought to become a monk and dedicate his life to the Mission of Charity Brothers in California — working with Latinos in Los Angeles, and combining spirituality and social change through service. But he first came to Atlanta as a…
Street Medicine’s Joy Fernandez de Narayan obtains her Doctor of Nursing Practice. Joy Fernandez came to Mercy Care almost five and a half years ago as a Nurse Practitioner. Though she originally entered her BSN at Kennesaw State with the intention to serve in Latin America with missional medicine, using her Spanish fluency, she felt…
Journeys intertwine at Adult Day Health. It’s hard to know what to do when your loved one begins to change with dementia. Many caregivers press on and remain unaware of resources at hand. They might not reach out for help or know where to go. Thelma House first sought care in 2014 for her husband,…
Rome community gathers for “Changes in Aging” event. On Nov. 8 over 50 attended Mercy Care’s community event on aging to hear nursing and psychology experts from Berry College and a Berry College graduate now with a Ph.D. in adult development and aging share insights in providing the right care for each individual, the impact…
Sterling Bishop, a 57-year-old man from Cincinnati, Ohio, flips proudly through the pictures on his phone as he shows off his beloved daughter’s wedding photos from last July. “I didn’t smile here though,” Bishop said. “I wanted to smile so bad, but I didn’t want to mess up her moment.” Bishop began having problems with…
Half of the 28 years that Beatriz Leon York has been with Mercy Care was as a volunteer, and the other half has been as a full-time employee. In 1991, after her mother’s diagnosis with breast cancer, Beatriz Leon York saw a need at Saint Joseph’s Hospital, which led her to volunteer at Mercy Care.…
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…
