Wichita Presbyterian Manor
APRIL 2022
Volunteer gives manicures, listens to stories After her retirement, Jenny Taylor told her daughter she needed to find something to do. “She said, ‘We always need volunteers at Wichita Presbyterian Manor,’” Jenny recalled.
We welcome Becky to Wichita Presbyterian Manor.
Her daughter is Executive Director Courtney Wolfe. Their conversation inspired Jenny, who worked as a medical assistant for a surgical group before her retirement, to begin volunteering once a week in the community’s memory care neighborhood.
Wichita Presbyterian Manor welcomes new business office manager
At first, Jenny was the walking companion for a resident who liked to make circuits around the memory care area. Since then, she has served in many different volunteer capacities in memory care — including manicurist. Every Tuesday morning, Jenny sets up a
Jenny Taylor gives a manicure to a memory care resident. She sets up a nail salon in the memory care neighborhood every Tuesday morning.
In January, Becky Thackery joined the leadership team at Wichita Presbyterian Manor as business office director. The married mother of three brings a wide breadth of senior living experience to her new role. A native of Hutchinson, Kan., Becky got her start in the senior living field as a housekeeper for the Sunshine Meadows Retirement Community in Buhler, Kan. For the past six years, Becky was
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