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Rolla Presbyterian Manor is on the U.S. News and World Report Best Nursing Homes 2019 long-term care list. The senior living community received the highest score of High Performing to make the list, available here.

As an organization evolves and grows, so should brand awareness. In the past year, Presbyterian Manors of Mid-America has embarked on a journey to create a brand image that could represent all its communities and provide greater brand awareness for the entire PMMA system.The challenges were great. The new mark had to reflect PMMA’s core values, mission and beliefs.

On April 19, Presbyterian Manors of Mid-America (PMMA) will celebrate its 70th anniversary. Our first very first community opened in Newton, Kan., on April 19, 1949, nearly two years after ninety-year-old Alice Kalb of El Dorado, Kan., asked the United Presbyterian Synod if it would consider opening a home for the aged. A small exploratory committee formed to look at the idea and determined it had merit.

Three winning artists in Rolla Presbyterian Manor’s annual Art is Ageless® juried competition will be featured in the 2019 Art is Ageless Calendar produced by Presbyterian Manors of Mid-America.“Poppies in the Light,” a sculpture by Sophia deLaat, “Sunflowers,” a painting by Mutz Maples and “Mid Journey,” a painting by Ellen Reynolds will appear in the calendar when it is released this fall.In addition, “Springtime Landscape,”

A newspaper article from the Rolla Daily News, covering the groundbreaking for Rolla Homelife.[/caption]A safe and comfortable retirement community for seniors. This was the suggestion made by the X.Y.Z. Club of Rolla’s First Presbyterian Church in 1972. After some initial research, a legitimate need was uncovered, and a community-wide committee was formed under the chairmanship of Hugh R. Berry, a member of The Presbyterian Homes of Missouri Inc. Board of Trustees.