Events & News

Dear Palm Garden Family, July is Palm Garden GEM Celebration Month. GEMs are the hallmark of the Palm Garden Way. We are empowered and expected to celebrate the life story for each and every guest, member, and resident entrusted to our care.  GEMs aren’t identified by...

Dear Palm Garden Family, I want to share with you the best Christmas gift I could imagine. It’s a long story (and most of the good ones are) but I’ll boil it down for you. I was visiting a center yesterday and a team member stopped me and said “Luke, I have someone...

Good Morning Palm Garden Family, This year at one of our centers the Grinch stole Santa’s “Steven R. Covey” planner. That’s right. Without his planner, Santa wasn’t going to show up. When one of your team members learned of this she said “Oh no you didn’t! Where’s the...

We celebrate life stories and I want to share one with you. But first, I’d like you to put on your “empathy cap.” Imagine if you were 99 years old. You’re lounging in bed watching one of those morning shows probably thinking “just 3 more months to 100!” and the guy on...

Dear Palm Garden Family, ..and this is what it means to those we are fortunate to serve. Please read this “contact us” message that came through our website from Palm Garden of West Palm Beach: Name: Joseph - Guest at PG/WPB For whom are you inquiring? Self How did...

Dear Palm Garden Family, We believe in celebrating the life story- our Palm Garden Family. In fact, we learn all the little details that make each of our guests, residents and family members unique, different and special. We think it informs how best we can help those...

Palm Garden treats folks like family. We celebrate the life story of every guest, resident, and family member entrusted to our care by training and retaining team members as members of our own family. It takes extra compassion, but by learning about those life events...

Palm Garden is so proud of our team member– Armen Froojen- because he puts persons before tasks. Looking at the picture above you might think Armen is a piano virtuoso. You might think “what a great picture of a pianist being paid to entertain the guests, residents...

Want an example of WHY we put persons before tasks? Want some goosebumps, a little inspiration? Read below. Let’s say we have a resident with moderate cognitive impairment. She rarely verbalizes but when she does it’s usually to ask “where’s the coffee?” We bring her...