A Place Like Home is a pretty residential care assisted living facility that has been run by family and friends since it's inception over 18 years ago. Continuity of care is primary for those living in assisted homes. Since there has been little turn-over throughout the years, our residents know our faces, they know our voices, they know our hearts and they experience consistency in our day to day routines.
Our workers are easy going, gentle, funny and moderated... yet efficient. We are trained to balance compassion with effectiveness.
Meet the Wonderful Folks Who Make Up Our Team ... With them there is professionalism, humor, and love):
Dr. Diane Walker
Dr. Walker is the administrator and owner of A Place Like Home. She is a licensed Clinical Psychologist in the State of Florida who has spent over 30 years specializing in Geriatric Psychology.
With a warm heart, she spends a good deal of social time with our residents.
Dr. Walker is on call 24/7 and she is a hands-on caregiver three 24 shifts per week.
Dr. Walker is trained in Kundalini yoga. She leads chair yoga sessions for all interested residents. Additionally, Dr Walker designs the behavioral plans of treatment for our residents and oversees all operations in the management of A Place Like Home.
She also plans and implements, outings (examples: restaurants, beach, plays, movies, ice cream), sing-alongs, tea parties, holiday festivities and other day to day activities.
Canaan Maffeo, ARPN
We are most fortunate to have Canaan Maffeo, ARPN consulting with us as our in-house Medical Director. He has been given the highest of accolades and he consults at a number of assisted living communities within our county.
With a rich background in Geriatric Care and Emergency Medicine, Canaan brings both expertise and compassion to our team.
He has expertise in treating dementia, behavioral issues, COPD and emphysema, diabetes, arthritis, and other Senior issues.
Happily for us, Canaan's heart is large and caring. He has carved out room in his busy schedule to take us under wing. Having an excellent medical provider travel to our home is a privilege we are grateful for. He is a welcomed addition to our professional staff.
Peggy Epling
Peggy has been a friend to A Place Like Home for all our years. She is our office manager and also fills in as an assistant to Dr Walker with administrator tasks if Dr Walker is out of town.
John Walker
John Walker has been working at APLH since our earliest days. He is a trained caregiver and has worked here for many years. Of late, John fills in as as an aide, as needed.
John helps us with smaller maintenance projects and keeps our generator operational in case of any emergency.