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If a building had a heart, and you were looking for the heart of Royal Park Place, you’d likely find it beating strongly at whatever life-enriching activity Paula St. Amant is leading at that moment. With 24 years of service, Paula calls Royal Park Place “my home,” but she is also the first to say that she’s just one of many staff there who feels that way.…

When Diane Giglio walked in the doors of a Providence skilled nursing community almost 35 years ago, it was the first time she’d been in a nursing home. It was also the day she knew she was called to serve there. “I remember looking at the face of a woman who lived there, and I instantly knew this was where I belonged,” she says. “This is what I was born to do.” …

Victorian Village Health & Wellness Center, Providence Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center, Park Place Health & Wellness of Elmhurst, and Park Place Health & Wellness Center of St. John have each been certified by Vohra Wound Physicians as a Center of Excellence for Wound Management. Only 10% of Vohra’s skilled nursing facility partners have qualified for this annual certification. …

After a fall broke her pelvic bone, Diana Nicholson was in so much pain that she barely remembers her week-long hospital stay, nor does she remember much about coming to Park Place Health & Wellness Center for rehab. “The pain was so bad that I can’t even describe it” Diana says. But she kept fighting. “I just knew that I needed to stay alive for my family.” …