Care That Started With Family

Our family-owned business was founded in 2004, when we bought our first facility in Bellingham, Washington. Our thirty-five bed facility became the foundation in which our business grew. But our story begins years before, in 1998 when Constance Paiu immigrated to the United States with $2000 in her pocket and only knowing two English words: 'coffee' and 'chicken.' Although a successful and well-known surgeon in Romania, Connie came to find the American Dream--to build something for her daughters and grandchildren that would last generations. Three years later, in 2001, she helped her daughter (Laura Goicu) move to the states where she attended Western Washington University Universiy and graduated with her Bachelors of Mathematics. While attending university, Laura was a full-time worker and a single mom to a new born baby. One evening, on her twelve-hour shift as a CNA in a nursing home, Laura was trying to get some studying in while the residents slept. She was caught on the cameras and warned that if she was found studying on her shift again, her employment would be terminated. So while walking the halls of the 100+ room facility, she told herself that one day she'll own a facility like that one.

Twenty-years laters, we have the privilege of opening our own beautiful, new community in the heart of Pinellas County. Along the way, the mother-daughter duo expanded to include Connie's grandson and Laura's son, Orion Margineanu. Who is currently working for the family business alongside them and studying to get his Bachelors in Mathematics like his mom.

Our family has also expanded to include our Vice President of Operation, Jessica Hansen, who started as a cook in the kitchen at our family's second facility, Country Inn. Jessica was a single-mom, living in her car when Connie and Laura took a chance on her. Through the years, she has proven to be a vital asset to the business and has long outgrown the term "employee" as she is now family.