Mendy was nominated by a family who says that she "did an amazing job both clinically and emotionally" and that she "showed compassion and caring as a nurse."
Manes was the home health nurse for a patient whose favorite pastime was sitting on his front porch watching deer and cattle and enjoying the fresh air.
As the patient's family shared in the DAISY nomination, many of Manes' home health visits were made on his front porch. When the patient was hospitalized, Manes told the patient and family that "we just need to get him home to the front porch and he will get better."
"When we admitted him to hospice she said, 'make sure he gets front porch time.' That was important to him. When he died she came to his visitation. We truly thought of her as one of our family."