(From St. Luke's Nursing Center)St. Luke’s Nursing Center is pleased to announce new executive leadership for the 50-year-old nonprofit healthcare provider located in Carthage, Missouri.
Dee M. Shaffer, Licensed Nursing Home Administrator (LNHA) has been appointed as the Licensed Administrator of St. Luke’s Nursing Center by the facility’s Board of Directors. She takes over the helm of this long-standing Skilled Nursing Facility/Assisted Living Facility and brings with her decades of healthcare experience in both Kansas and Missouri.
Dee enjoyed 15 years of serving individuals with disabilities prior to obtaining her licensure to practice in healthcare administration in 2011 where she was the Executive Director of a large Continuous Care Retirement Community in Kansas. Dee continued as Licensed Administrator of two other healthcare providers in Kansas until obtaining her Missouri license in 2018.
Dee was hired as the Chief Executive Officer of a large healthcare campus in the Kansas City Metropolitan area for several years prior to beginning her role at St. Luke’s Nursing Center in the Spring 2022.
When Dee is not working to support the needs of patients, residents, families, and employees associated with St. Luke’s, she enjoys writing, spending time with her children, and walking/hiking with her French Bulldog, Pinkie. Her faith serves as the cornerstone for her life, and she believes her purpose and ministry is to serve and advocate for those in her care as well as lead others to God in ways she can.
“I am pleased and honored to be working with so many wonderful individuals in the Carthage/Joplin communities. It is my desire to continue efforts to make St. Luke’s Nursing Center the premier healthcare provider in the area and to strive for excellence in our delivery of care. We want only the best for our residents and my job is to promote that standard and constantly strive to achieve it.”
Dee welcome’s all inquiries, including those from civic organizations, churches, and businesses. Dee said she is excited to announce that St. Luke’s will be hosting a Chamber Coffee event on-site at 8 am on Friday October 21st. St. Luke’s is located at1220 East Fairview in Carthage. Dee can be reached at 417-358-6256 or dshaffer@stlukesnc.com.
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