{"id":149,"date":"2020-04-11T03:30:16","date_gmt":"2020-04-11T03:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/manoacottage.com\/wp\/?page_id=149"},"modified":"2025-08-06T09:39:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T19:39:14","slug":"where-resident-care-is-our-first-priority","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/manoacottage.com\/wp\/","title":{"rendered":"Where Resident Care is Our First Priority&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">Our Story<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Manoa Cottage was founded in 1994 when Sandra Shim transformed her own family residence into an eight-bedroom care home. As the need for care grew, she decided to expand the care home\u2019s capacity. As the adjacent properties became available, she created the 3-cottage care home that exists today. This expansion started as Sandra noticed the \u201cneed for good care\u201d.&nbsp;She aimed to provide this with 24-hour care for care home and expanded level residents, while creating a familiar, home-like environment.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the level of expanded care grew, so did Manoa Cottage. In 2012, the company opened up Manoa Cottage Kaimuki, their Skilled Nursing Facility, which houses 27 residents. Manoa Cottage Kaimuki specializes in Dementia and Alzheimer\u2019s care and provides expanded care with 24-hour nursing staff.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>\u201cOnce I started the business, I got a great sense of satisfaction working with the residents. I consider them my family.\u201d -Sandra Shim<\/em><\/strong><strong><em><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Creating a home-like care environment for the residents at Manoa Cottage and Manoa Cottage Kaimuki has been fulfilling for Sandra as well as her family, which has been involved in growing the company throughout the years. Their goal is to create a loving, safe, and comfortable environment for their residents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-style-large is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>All my residents are on a journey, and it is my mission to make it as joyful and safe as possible<\/p><cite>Sandra Shim<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:121px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our Story Manoa Cottage was founded in 1994 when Sandra Shim transformed her own family residence into an eight-bedroom care home. As the need for care grew, she decided to expand the care home\u2019s capacity. As the adjacent properties became available, she created the 3-cottage care home that exists today. This expansion started as Sandra &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":123,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-149","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/manoacottage.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/149","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/manoacottage.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/manoacottage.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manoacottage.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manoacottage.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/manoacottage.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/149\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1110,"href":"https:\/\/manoacottage.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/149\/revisions\/1110"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manoacottage.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/manoacottage.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}