Margaret Ellery, RN
Founder and director
Twenty years as a home health nurse in Benton County. She planted the lilacs herself.
Our people
Meet the cottage staff
The nurses, aides, cook and gardeners who know every member by name.
Our team
The people of the cottage
Hannah Brooks, LPN
Nurse
Hannah runs the medication pass and keeps a careful eye on every member's blood pressure and blood sugar.
Lourdes Castillo
Lead aide
Lourdes has helped members walk, bathe and dress for nine years, and taught half of them a little Spanish.
June Whitfield
Activities and garden
A retired florist who runs garden club and flower arranging and still wins ribbons at the county fair.
Dorothy Kim
Cook
Dorothy's chicken salad and Friday pies are the reason some members never miss a Tuesday or a Friday.
Nathan Price
Music and handwork
A music teacher who plays the cottage piano and coordinates the university watercolor students.
Walt Henson
Driver
Retired from the school district after twenty-six years of bus routes. Walks every member to the door.
Sample family reviews
Notes from our families
Mother taught home economics for thirty years. She's been put in charge of the Tuesday chicken salad, and she takes it very seriously.
My wife was a florist. She can't always find words now, but she can still make an arrangement that stops you in the doorway.
Margaret called me because Dad seemed off after lunch. It was a low blood sugar, caught right there, before anything happened.
The handwritten note in his pocket every afternoon is the best part of my day. Some days it's two lines, some days it's a whole page.
I drive in from Fayetteville. Knowing Mama is in a garden instead of alone in her kitchen lets me breathe.
Grandma brought home a watercolor of the lilacs. It's framed in our hallway now.
My father is a retired pharmacist and corrects the nurses on drug names. They thank him every time.
It's the gentlest place I've ever walked into.
The kettle is on. Come sit with us.
Bring your mother or your dad for a visit day, our treat. Call or text Margaret and we'll set it up.