Volunteers of America, the non-profit parent organization of Cape Coral’s Gulf Coast Village, has opened The Preserve, a three-story, 118,000-square-foot skilled nursing and assisted living community at the new Hope Preserve Campus in south Fort Myers. Located at 14750 Hope Center Loop, at the corner of Six Mile Cypress Parkway and Plantation Road, The Preserve [...]
Volunteers of America, the non-profit parent organization of Cape Coral’s Gulf Coast Village, is now accepting reservations and offering signup incentives at The Colonnade of Estero, a brand-new senior retirement community and the first full-service, Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC) in Estero. Choose from more than a dozen spacious apartment home floor plans in the [...]
Kevin Ahmadi has been named Nonprofit Executive of the Year through the Cape Coral Community Foundation’s Excellence in Nonprofit Performance Yearly (ENPY) awards program. Ahmadi is area director of operations for Volunteers of America, a national nonprofit, faith-based organization with a growing presence in Southwest Florida. In his role, Ahmadi oversees Gulf Coast Village, Cape [...]
Residents of Palmview, an assisted living and memory support residence in Cape Coral, will now have access to a virtual reality program designed to combat the effects of memory loss and dementia, announced Gulf Coast Village. Utilizing virtual reality technology, Palmview has implemented a new program that is geared to spark positive cognitive results for [...]
Gulf Coast Village, the premier Continuing Care Retirement Community in Cape Coral, has completed its new Faith and Fitness Trail for residents to appreciate the natural beauty of their surroundings while maintaining a healthy lifestyle. The 0.6-mile shaded path winds through mature trees on Gulf Coast Village’s 36-acre residential campus on Santa Barbara Boulevard in [...]
Leaders in health care will converge in Southwest Florida for an exclusive eight-month Leadership University program beginning December 2018. Presented by Gulf Coast Village, Volunteers of America and LindaShell.com, Leadership University is a nationally proven program for long-term care, acute and clinical health professionals. The program features six days of powerful teaching, interactive activities, discussions, [...]
Keiser University has recognized Gulf Coast Village as the top local site for its occupational therapy students during the 2017-18 academic year. Gulf Coast Village earned the university’s “Best Fieldwork Site” award after developing a mutually beneficial program in which Keiser students complete their clinical internships at the premier continuing care retirement community. The annual [...]
Volunteers of America, the non-profit parent organization of Cape Coral’s Gulf Coast Village, has broken ground on The Preserve, a new state-of-the-art skilled nursing and assisted living community in Fort Myers. The Preserve addresses Lee County’s growing need for skilled nursing, transitional care and assisted living in southwest Florida, and offers 75 private rooms to [...]
Gulf Coast Village is partnering with the Alzheimer’s Association to host a memory support event on Wednesday, Nov. 1 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Palmview, the new assisted living and memory support residences at Gulf Coast Village in Cape Coral. With the goal of spreading awareness and educating those on Alzheimer’s disease and [...]
A limited number of residences now available, including dog-friendly units Gulf Coast Village is now accepting reservations for the community’s newly renovated and well-appointed Independent Living residences at 1333 Santa Barbara Blvd. in Cape Coral. Gulf Coast Village community, a Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC), offers the full continuum of care for adults over 62, [...]
Gulf Coast Village, a Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC) in Cape Coral, and its sponsoring organization, Volunteers of America, have announced Bob Inkenbrandt, associate pastor, has successfully completed his ordination and welcomed Cheryl Leftwich, director of the Gulf Coast Village Foundation, to her additional role as associate pastor for the organizations. “Throughout the years, both [...]
Seniors and families invited to learn more about Palmview at Feb. 22 event Gulf Coast Village is now accepting reservations at Palmview, the new state-of-the-art, 130,980-square-foot assisted living and memory care support residence located next to the existing Gulf Coast Village campus at 1433 Santa Barbara Blvd. in Cape Coral. Opening in March, [...]
Gulf Coast Village Executive Director Kevin Ahmadi has been appointed to the Board of Directors of the Cape Coral Community Foundation, a charitable organization dedicated to stimulating philanthropy in order to enrich quality of life within the community through lasting and meaningful giving. As executive director of Gulf Coast Village, Ahmadi is responsible for overseeing [...]
Gulf Coast Village has been recognized by the American Heart Association as a Gold Fit-Friendly Worksite for its leadership in promoting health and well-being within the workplace, and its efforts to provide employees with healthy choices and an overall culture of wellness. “Employee wellness is a top priority for our team at Gulf Coast Village, [...]
Gulf Coast Village has welcomed Jill Waruszewski as the new administrator for home care services for the Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC) in Cape Coral. With 20 years of experience in the healthcare industry, Waruszewski will now oversee all areas related to private duty Home Care by Gulf Coast Village. These services include personalized in-home [...]
Gulf Coast Village has promoted Kimberly Roth, R.N. to assistant director of nursing for its Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC) in Cape Coral. Roth brings more than 19 years of experience working in the field of post-acute healthcare and possesses extensive knowledge in the Minimum Data Set (MDS) process as well as Quality Improvement and [...]
Gulf Coast Village, a Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC) in Cape Coral, has promoted Debbie Wheeler, R.N. to director of nursing for the organization. Wheeler has 23 years of experience in the healthcare industry, with previous involvement in hospital, home health and skilled nursing settings. Wheeler has worked with Gulf Coast Village for more than [...]
Gulf Coast Village, a Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC) in Cape Coral, and its sponsoring organization, Volunteers of America, have welcomed Bob Inkenbrandt to his new role as minister for the organizations. Inkenbrandt joined Gulf Coast Village as music director in 2012, became assistant minister to Rev. Tom Hafer in 2014 and was recently commissioned [...]
Gulf Coast Village, a Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC) in Cape Coral, has earned the Greystone Diamond Award for service excellence. The annual award from Greystone, a senior living advisory group, honors senior living communities for extraordinary achievements in areas including financial performance, hospitality, leadership development and resident and employee satisfaction. As a recipient of [...]
