The Gardens at DePugh Nursing Center is organized to provide short-term rehabilitative services, traditional skilled nursing services for those requiring long-term nursing care, and end-of-life palliative care to the aging population of Winter Park

Impact Summary from the Nonprofit Mary Lee DePugh Nursing Home Association, Inc. Impact Statement Beginning in 1932, Mary Lee DePugh courageously organized medical and dental care for the residents of Westside Winter Park where none was available. In 1956, the DePugh Medical Clinic's Board of Directors admitted its first resident into the Mary Lee DePugh Nursing Home. Originally conceived to provide care for the poor and elderly, DePugh has grown from its initial charge to a complete skilled nursing facility that maintains its adherence to its mission, ""�to provide quality, compassionate and individualized care."" The center provides respite, short term and permanent placement care, as well as physical, speech and occupational therapies for the individualized needs of patients of all ethnic, racial, religious and socio-economic backgrounds. The Gardens impacts the community by being a one-of-a-kind 24-hour skilled nursing facility that engages physicians, registered nurses, licensed practical nurses along with certified nurse assistants and a host of other skilled staff personnel in the care of its residents. It is uniquely positioned because of its small size (40 beds) to provide personalized care for the growing population of elderly in Central Florida. The ""homey"" atmosphere prompted a recent resident to comment, ""I felt like I had just moved from one room to another in my own home - I was loved, I was taken care of, my family surrounded me..."" Our location, within walking distance of Winter Park's Central Park and Park Avenue shopping district, make us the prime location for a Sunday afternoon stroll after paying a visit to a loved one who is in the care of the skilled practitioners at The Gardens.