ENMMC Announces Opening of Agave Senior Care Center
12/14/2013
Roswell, NM – Eastern New Mexico Medical Center continues to enhance services to the community with the opening of Agave Senior Care Center located at 603 W Country Club Road. Aimed exclusively at providing patient-centered medical care to adults 65 and older, Agave Senior Care Center is designed to ensure access to fully integrated, comprehensive care so that seniors can remain healthy and independent as long as possible. The center represents a new approach to senior care and is one of the first of its kind in our area.
At the helm of Agave Senior Care Center is Dr. Karen Vaillant, Board Certified Family Medicine Physician with over 20 years’ experience in Family and Geriatric Medicine. “Senior healthcare has been a life-long passion of mine. I am honored to be on the ground level of such a unique project and to be able to provide a much needed service for the seniors in our area,” said Dr. Karen Vaillant, Director of Agave Senior Care Center. “In the months to come we anticipate being able to add more providers and services at Agave Senior Care Center; this is only the beginning!”
“At Agave Senior Care Center It is our goal to deliver timely, high quality, coordinated medical care while responding to the always changing community needs,’ added Maridel Acosta, CEO of Eastern New Mexico Medical Center. “Agave Senior Care Center was developed to help ensure access to primary care for seniors. Eastern New Mexico Medical Center continues work to actively recruit additional providers to support Dr. Vaillant and the staff at Agave Senior Care Center.”
The staff at Agave Senior Care Center strives to provide patient-centered care in a supportive environment. Seniors who are interested in becoming patients or would like more information are encouraged to contact Agave Senior Care Center at 624-5622. The office will be open to patients as of Monday, July 15th.
Eastern New Mexico Medical Center is a 162-bed acute care hospital guided by a mission to be a great place for employees to work, physicians to practice, and patients to receive compassionate and quality care. In addition to emergency services and medical and surgical care, the hospital provides specialty services including invasive cardiology, cancer treatment, women’s services, rehabilitation, mental health services and advanced diagnostic imaging. ENMMC's community outreach includes a Senior Circle Chapter and Healthy Woman program. ENMMC is fully accredited by The Joint Commission and is an Accredited Chest Pain Center.
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