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SHOULDERING THE WEIGHT OF
NURSING HOME CARE
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KENEDY - It takes a total team effort for a nursing home
to run smoothly, and the head chief in such an operation is its
administrator.
The Kenedy Nursing & Rehabilitation Center is one of Karnes
County’s top-notch nursing home facilities, and the woman in
charge is administrator Lavonne Murphy-Guzman, who has
been in that capacity since July 2016.
“I absolutely love what I do,” said Murphy-Guzman, who has
worked in the long-term care industry since 1989. “The best
things about my job are working with residents who need our
care and protection, working with staff who do some of the hard-
est work around, helping families through difficult times when
dealing with their loved ones in the nursing homes, preparing for
state surveys and inspections, marketing and community rela-
tions, traveling some for meetings and training and working with
paperwork, financials and computer work.”
“The most difficult things about my job are dealing with
death and dying, being limited in resources from the state and
federal government in taking care of the elderly,” noted Murphy-
Guzman. “The job is stressful, having all of the responsibilities on
my shoulders and the potential risk management involved, and
not being able to do more for the elderly and disabled population
and the issues that come with our industry.”
Even with all of the difficulties, Murphy-Guzman explained
that the good outweighs the bad and that her job is rewarding.
“If someone was interested in pursuing a career in long-
term care or as a nursing home administrator, I would defi-
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Gonzales, Paul. Mathis News (Mathis, Tex.), Vol. 91, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 23, 2017, newspaper, March 23, 2017; Mathis, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1170423/m1/22/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Mathis Public Library.