Phyllis Nakamura, RN
Founder and director
A geriatric nurse who moved from Omaha with her parents in 2006 and opened Tanyard Creek three years later.
Our people
The people behind every page
Nurses, a therapist, a social worker and the crew who run the day.
Our team
The masthead
Sharon Pike, RN
Nurse manager
Sharon keeps the medication pass, the care plans and the long-distance phone calls running on time.
Dr. Raj Mehta, DPT
Therapy director
Raj leads the Parkinson's movement class and measures every member's balance each month.
Lisa Brandt, LMSW
Social worker
Lisa helps families sort out benefits and is the voice on the line for children who live out of state.
Carmen Ortega
Activities director
Carmen plans the lake outings, books the musicians and runs the ukulele club with more patience than anyone.
Joe Whitaker
Driver and woodshop
A retired Air Force mechanic who drives the van and supervises the woodshop bench.
Grace Odom
Lead aide
Grace has helped members with personal care for eleven years and remembers every birthday.
Tom Reiter
Cook
A former restaurant chef from Kansas City who cooks for five diets without complaint.
Sample family reviews
Letters from families
I live in Seattle. The Friday email with photos of Dad at the lake is how I know he's okay. Some weeks it's how I know he's happy.
My husband has Parkinson's. Raj's class has him taking big steps again. Our neurologist in Fayetteville asked what we were doing differently.
Mom played bridge in Wichita for forty years. She found a foursome here in her first week.
Sharon called my brother in Chicago and me in Houston on the same call when Dad's blood pressure dropped. That's how it should work.
Dad was an engineer at Boeing. He runs the woodshop bench with Joe like it's a production line.
The lake outing is the highlight of my wife's week. She can't always tell me what she did, but she always tells me she saw the water.
Lisa got Dad's VA benefit approved after two years of trying on our own.
Tom's lunch is better than the club's. Don't tell the club.
We moved here to retire, then my wife got sick. Tanyard Creek is why we didn't have to move again.
The great room fills up at ten.
Come for a tour and stay for lunch, or bring your parent for a free day with the van included.