Planning News Team Univ. Wayne R. Carlsen, DO, Associate Professor of Geriatrics and Chairman of Geriatrics at the Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine, has been named medical director of the Kimes Convalescent Center, Ltd., in Athens. Dr. Carlsen has an excellent reputation for providing quality medical care, an approach which is right in line with the Kime's mission of caring. An OU-COM faculty member since 1993, Dr. Carlsen also practices at the college's University Osteopathic Medical Center in the Geriatrics Unit at Parks Hall and Doctors Hospital of Nelsonville. Kimes Convalescent Center, located on Kimes Lane in Athens, is a 61-bed intermediate care nursing facility established in 1965 by Fay and Harold Kimes.
Residents enjoy a rural setting with the convenience of being within city limits.
Home-cooked meals, weekly ministerial visits with guitar worship and volunteer visitors who read, conduct crafts and share movies help residents pass the time with interest. Activities Director, Linda Beasley, is planning to build residents raised-bed gardens for vegetables and flowers with assistance from local FFA high schoolers to provide some extra special outside activities for residents.