News and Events

6th Annual Margaret T. Morris Center Charity Golf Tournament
August 25, 2008
The Margaret T. Morris Center will be hosting its' 6th Annual Golf Tournament at the prestigious Talking Rock Golf Course in cool Prescott, Arizona on Monday August 25, 2008. Cost is $650 for a foursome or $180 for a single player. Join us for a great day of golf, prizes, food, and fun. All proceeds benefit the programs of Adult Care Services and The Margaret T. Morris Center. For more information contact: Yvonne Napolitano, Director of Community Relations at 928-445-6633.

Josue AlvaradoFor Immediate Release June 23, 2008
The Margaret T. Morris Center is proud to announce the recent promotion of Josue Alvarado, Sous Chef, to Director of Food Services. Mr. Alvarado has been employed with The Margaret T. Morris Center for nine years and has won several national awards over those years for his culinary delights.

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Dr. Candice ReedThe Margaret T. Morris Center
Congratulates Dr. Candace Reid
Recipient of the 2007 Nate Goff Award

Candace Reid, D.O., Medical Director at The Margaret T. Morris Center, has been chosen by Yavapai Regional Medical Center to receive the 2007 Nate Goff Award.

Dr. Goff, who passed away in 1997, was instrumental in establishing a community-based hospice program in the Prescott area. The annual award was established in his honor to recognize YRMC staff physicians who consistently demonstrate excellence in providing end-of-life care.

“Dr. Reid is certainly deserving of this honor,” says YRMC CEO Tim Barnett. “She is an excellent physician who always demonstrates consistency and sensitivity.”

The Margaret T. Morris Center and Adult Care Services is proud to have Dr. Candace Reid as part of our staff!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 3, 2007
CONTACT: Gaye Horton 859-514-9177

Kieckhefer Strolling Garden Wins AHTA Garden Design Award

March 16-22 is National Horticultural Therapy Week and The American Horticultural Therapy Association recently announced its 2007 award winners at their annual conference in Silver Spring, Maryland. The Kieckhefer Strolling Garden at the Margaret T. Morris Center in Prescott, Arizona was named the winner of the AHTA Therapeutic Garden Design Award. Pamela Catlin, HTR, Horticultural Therapist at the Margaret T. Morris Center, an Assisted Living community for People with Alzheimer's Disease and other dementias accepted the award.

This award recognizes excellence in therapeutic garden design and
programming maintained for therapeutic purposes and has the following
characteristics:

  • Scheduled and programmed activities including horticultural therapy programming, events, and activities intended to encourage the participation
    of special populations.
  • Improved accessibility through modified features and the availability of adapted equipment and tools.
  • Well-defined perimeters to direct visitors to garden displays.
  • The inclusion of intensive plantings and open environments benignly designed to enhance people-plant interchange, and a sense of safety.
  • Universally designed for all people, regardless of age and ability.
  • An intensified recognition of the opportunity to experience comfort, sensory stimulation, and independence within the designed garden or landscape.

About AHTA: The American Horticultural Therapy Association (AHTA) is helping
horticultural therapy (HT) gain increasing acceptance as a unique and
dynamic human service program. AHTA is the only national organization
concerned with the promotion and development of HT programming. For more
information about AHTA and the awards program visit www.ahta.org. For more
information about The Margaret T. Morris Center contact Yvonne Napolitano,
Director of Community Relations at 928-445-6633.

Press Release April 2008: The Margaret T. Morris Center Education and Training Program Receives Licensure
The Margaret T. Morris Center, an assisted living community specializing in
care for people with Alzheimer's disease and other dementias is proud to
announce the recently awarded licensure of the MTMC Training and Education
Department. Licensure was awarded by the Arizona State Board for Private
Postsecondary Education. The licensure now mandated by the state of Arizona
for community caregiver training programs, ensures legal operations, ethical
practices, and quality education in the private postsecondary sector. For
more information about MTMC contact Yvonne Napolitano, Director of Community
Relations 928-445-6633. For more information the state board for the private
postsecondary sector go to azppse.state.az.us.