VALLEY — EAMC-Lanier Nursing Hone Administrator Alison Yarbrough was the guest speaker at the Monday evening meeting of the Valley Lions Club. She has been in her current position since August 2017 and with Lanier in some capacity for 20 years. She was one of Program Chairman Sam Bradford’s students when he was the principal at Valley High.
While EAMC-Lanier has undergone many changes it its current conversion to a rural emergency hospital, the nursing home has been largely unaffected. “We are still really, really busy,” Yarbrough said.
It’s currently a 103-bed facility, 93 of them certified for Medicare or Medicaid. Nine of the rooms are private with 94 being semi-private.
There’s one bed in each private room and two in each semi-private room.
A two-year renovation effort at the nursing home was recently completed, and it looks spectacular. “We now have very homey hallways,” Yarbrough said. “I just love the new look of the floors, and each room has a welcoming feel. Every room has a TV with cable being paid for by the nursing home. Each room looks so much better than it did. I love the way the new windows slant.”