Cypress Cove Events
October 10, 2018

New Cypress Cove Scholarship Offered for Lodge Staff

An educational scholarship fund named in memory of former Cypress Cove at HealthPark Florida resident, Anne Tatler, has been formed for employees of the Life Care community’s skilled nursing facility, The Lodge at Cypress Cove. Barbara Lewis, daughter of Anne Tatler, Tuesday announced the program’s initial scholarship fund gift of $10,000 in her mother’s memory […]
March 19, 2018

Scherer Appointed Assisted Living Nurse Manager

Cypress Cove at HealthPark Florida has appointed healthcare professional Jamie Scherer as Assisted Living Nurse Manager for its assisted living community (The Inn) and its assisted living memory care facility (The Cottage). Scherer comes to the South Fort Myers Life Plan community after serving the past eight years in healthcare management positions.  The registered nurse […]
December 14, 2017

Cypress Cove Donates More Than 500 Toys

Over 500 toys, given by residents and staff of Cypress Cove at HealthPark Florida, were gifted Thursday to the Heights Center and Gladiolus Learning and Development Center for their annual toy drive.  The gifting of the toys occurred during a brief ceremony on Cypress Cove’s life plan community. The toy drive and gifting program has […]
November 6, 2017

Cypress Cove Awards Scholarships to Employees

Cypress Cove at HealthPark Florida recently awarded $24,000 in scholarship assistance to 12 of the South Fort Myers life plan community’s qualifying college student employees. The awards are the first presented by Cypress Cove’s newly formed staff scholarship program. “Funding for the program,” explained Resident Services Director Mary Franklin, “is the result of generous donations […]
October 25, 2017

Douglas Dodson, Jr. Named Home Health Administrator

Douglas Dodson, Jr. has been appointed administrator of home health for Cypress Cove at HealthPark Florida. Dodson comes to the 48-acre South Fort Myers life plan community with experience in the field of healthcare. For the past several months, he has been assisting Cypress Cove in its strategic planning and compliance project efforts, including interim […]
July 31, 2017

State Association Names Kevin Mannix as Employee of the Year

Kevin Mannix, Director of Dining Services at Cypress Cove at HealthPark Florida has been named The Employee of the Year by LeadingAge Florida. The Award, given by Florida’s 400-membership senior care and service community organization, was recently awarded to Mannix at the association’s convention in Orlando. Mannix, who has served since 2006 as Director of […]
July 24, 2017

Cypress Cove’s Ammie Black to Speak at Orlando Conference

Ammie Black, a certified human resource management professional for the South Fort Myers life plan community of Cypress Cove at HealthPark Florida, has been selected to present in Orlando this October at the annual user’s conference – Impact Nation – of Relias Learning. Black’s presentation, title Keeping the Talent You Have: Engaging Employees & Preparing […]
June 27, 2017

Cypress Cove Employee Literacy Program Honored

Cypress Cove at HealthPark Florida has been awarded the Florida Literacy Coalition’s 2017 Outstanding Business Partner Award in recognition of its highly successful employee literacy program, Project Boomerang. The program, now in its fourteenth year, originally started because of concerns about the abilities of employees, who spoke English as a second language, to understand and […]
March 15, 2017

Cypress Cove Appoints Campus Medical Director

Jimmy Liu, M.D. of Estero has been appointed Campus Medical Director at Cypress Cove at HealthPark Florida. Dr. Liu will assume duties on April 1. He will be responsible for the guiding, approval and assistance in overseeing the development, implementation and the monitoring/evaluation of all Cypress Cove’s resident care policies and procedures.  Dr. Liu also […]