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          Home’s bucolic surroundings. “There’s lots of green
        
        
          space around us. It’s not unusual to see lots of nature,
        
        
          anything from birds to deer. That’s pretty special for
        
        
          our seniors. They can look out their windows and see
        
        
          gardens, trees, and birds.”  She also alludes to the fact
        
        
          that the Home’s 300 employees, many of them long-
        
        
          standing, are “satisfied and engaged.” She continues,
        
        
          “We’re very much committed to quality initiatives. We
        
        
          have a huge quality framework that we work on in
        
        
          every department, every service level. You’re always
        
        
          looking to improve.”
        
        
          Michaels’ pride in her staff shines when she speaks
        
        
          about the 2014 fire that caused a million dollars of
        
        
          damage in a non-residential area of the campus. “Our
        
        
          emergency preparedness and planning kicked in very
        
        
          well, and we had no injuries to the residents, or the
        
        
          staff, or anybody. We’re very proud of that.”
        
        
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