By Tom Neal, CEO of Highlands-Cashiers Hospital I hope readers enjoyed their holidays and are ready to usher in 2024 with hope, confidence, and excitement. The beginning of the year also seemed like an ideal […]
By Highlands-Cashiers Hospital CEO Tom Neal Patient safety is a term you hear constantly in the healthcare industry, and though the two words are simple and easy to understand, the efforts to ensure that patients […]
The first shipment of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine arrived and was administered at Highlands-Cashiers Hospital on Saturday, Dec. 19. A total of 202 people received the vaccine during the four-hour clinic. This included 47 residents of Eckerd Living Center, […]
Macon County Public Health has identified two COVID-19 outbreaks in Eckerd Living Center and Macon Valley Nursing Home. Two individuals have tested positive for COVID-19 at both facilities. “The two positive test results from Eckerd […]
Ladies from the Mountain Garden Club developed and maintain a garden behind the Eckerd Living Center on the Highlands-Cashiers Hospital campus much to the delight of ELC residents. MGC Members were able to visit the […]
Chestnut Hill of Highlands and Eckerd Living Center recently held parades on campus to give residents a chance to see family and friends since visitations were prohibited back in March because of COVID-19. Chestnut Executive […]
Residents at Eckerd Living Center had the chance to see family members in-person for the first time in almost two months on Tuesday when over 40 cars paraded through the parking lot on Highlands-Cashiers Hospital’s […]
The Blue Ridge Early College Interact Club visited the Eckerd Living Center in Highlands shortly before Christmas as part of Santas for Seniors, a project aimed at spreading holiday cheer at a Christmas party for […]