The Gift of Elderly Care, Lawrence Stansberry of New Orleans Caring for the elderly is a tremendously intrinsically rewarding endeavor. The staff and leadership at Saint Margaret’s of Mercy have been providing outstanding services and care for the elderly within the community of New Orleans since 1931. Over the years they have engage with the most economically challenged but needy members of the community by delivering outstanding elderly care. There is an entire population of older adults who live in the community and receive care for chronic and stable conditions. These patients can be distinguished by a variety of functionality including physical and cognitive as well as the environs that they live in. Making decisions around which care to engage in is one of the critical aspects of aligning the right kind of elderly care with a patient’s needs and wishes. At the onset of engaging with elderly care, the situation might be very sudden and this causes a tremendous amount of change to take place when an individual comes to find that they require a high degree of care. It is somewhat conflictive with their entire life of not needing this kind of care. Other times patients come to a gradual point where they do need assistance. This can be one of the most painful as well as the patient can be struggling to maintain themselves or their home. Bill changes start to become obvious things like a messy home or close that are not as clean as they used to be. It is also possible that memory lapses and falls start to become obvious. Unfortunately the only way to forcibly get someone to leave or move from their home is if they are a danger to themselves or others. It is important in these situations to explain how care may prolong their independence, with some changes. It is also important for families to help them cope with the loss of independence. It is also very useful to suggest a way of trying a situation within an assisted living facility for some time without a long-term commitment. Chief executive officer and chief administrator of Saint Margaret’s of Mercy, Lawrence Stansberry from New Orleans has been an advocate for the elderly for the last 25 years. He has led the organization since 2001 and has built a tremendous body of work and respect for the achievements and continued excellence on behalf of the citizens of New Orleans. He has been advising families on the various aspects of elderly care throughout this prestigious career and he has instilled a culture of dedication and focus within the organization.