What’s on Our Mind

Emporia Presbyterian Manor’s annual Art is Ageless® exhibit features the work of local senior artists. This year, we also are marking the 40th anniversary of the Art is Ageless® program.At this time, we plan to offer the Art is Ageless exhibit virtually on our Emporia Presbyterian Manor Facebook page and announce our winners during a live Facebook event. Watch our Facebook page for updates.Art is Ageless is a trademarked program of PMMA (Presbyterian Manors of Mid-America).   Read More...

For 38 years, Betty Campbell and Margaret Davidson have been virtually attached at the hip—both personally and in their lives as EPM volunteers.The two initially met as colleagues at Emporia State University and, following Margaret’s divorce in 1982, became full-time roommates. Betty helped care for her friend’s three young children—eventually becoming what Margaret calls their “second mom.”“I claim them all now, and I think they claim me,” said Be...  Read More...

She leads a daily exercise class, serves as a greeter and helps decorate at monthly community events and is a regular contributor to annual PMMA fundraising efforts—so to put it simply, Nona Berghaus definitely does her part to give back to the place she so affectionately calls home.Prior to moving into the community, Nona was a professor at Emporia State University, where she both taught business and broke gender barriers.“There were more male than female professors when I first cam...  Read More...

The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued revised guidelines March 9 for infection control and prevention of the novel Coronavirus 2019. These guidelines call on providers to limit – and in some cases restrict – in-person visitor access to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in senior health care communities.The guidelines call for communities to screen and limit visitor access to senior health care communities. The restrictions for communities in areas where there are active COVID-19 case...  Read More...

Maria Lane, director of social services at Emporia Presbyterian Manor, will celebrate her 11th year as an employee on our campus this May. She discovered her calling to help others early on in her education.“I started out in college as a nursing major. It soon became apparent that I was not strong in the math and sciences.   Read More...