Gifford Health Care recently named Ursula Margazano the executive director of Gifford Retirement Community and administrator of Menig Nursing Home. Margazano brings to the role 20 years of long-term care experience in Vermont.
The Gifford Retirement Community offers a variety of services as part of a continuum of care plan to support aging community members in central Vermont, to include Menig, a top nursing home in Vermont with a Five-Star Rating from Medicare; Morgan Orchards Senior Living Community; and Adult Day Services. Under Margazano’s leadership, Gifford will continue to develop and expand services and support to meet the needs of aging community members in Randolph and surrounding towns in Orange and Windsor counties.
“I was drawn to the Gifford team because of the community emphasis and opportunity to develop programs and services that best serve aging community members,” said Margazano, who in 2015 was named the Vermont Health Care Association Administrator of the Year. “It takes a village to provide exceptional health care and services throughout the continuum of life. The Gifford Retirement Community has a great group of people who work, live, and participate within our various service areas. Together we are committed to building relationships and providing service that is not only geared to an individual’s personal wants and goals but served with excellence.”
Before joining Gifford, Margazano was the executive director of Berlin Health & Rehabilitation Center and previously worked as administrator of Woodridge Rehabilitation and Nursing in Barre, executive director of Burlington Health & Rehabilitation, and administrator of Haven Health Center of Rutland.
Originally from Ohio, Margazano moved to upstate New York to complete her studies, earning a bachelor’s degree in health services administration from SUNY Institute of Technology, now SUNY Polytechnic Institute. She worked in human services before receiving her degree. In 1999 she moved to Vermont, where she completed an administrator-in-training internship before earning her license in nursing home administration. She lives in central Vermont.
For more information about the Gifford Retirement Community, visit giffordhealthcare.org/service/senior-services, email [email protected], or call 802-728-7887.
Gifford is a community hospital in Randolph, Vt, with family health centers in Berlin, Bethel, Chelsea, Randolph, Rochester, and White River Junction; and specialty services throughout central Vermont. A Federally Qualified Health Center and a Top 100 Critical Access Hospital in the country, Gifford is a full-service hospital with a 24-hour emergency department and inpatient unit; many surgical services; a day care; two adult day programs; and the 30-bed Menig Nursing Home, which was named by US News & World Report as one of the best 39 nursing homes in the country in 2012. The Birthing Center, established in 1977, was the first in Vermont to offer an alternative to traditional hospital-based deliveries, and continues to be a leader in midwifery and family-centered care. The hospital’s mission is to improve individuals’ and community health by providing and assuring access to affordable, high-quality health care in Gifford’s service area.