Nancy J. Ulanday Named Director of Health Services for Winchester Gardens

Nancy J. Ulanday, RN, MSN, APN, LNHA, has been named Director of Health Services at Winchester Gardens, a continuing care retirement community in Maplewood, New Jersey.

“We are pleased to have Nancy join the Winchester Gardens team, bringing leadership skills and experience critical to assuring continuance of the highest care standards, “ said Gregory Rogerino, President/ CEO of Winchester Gardens.     

According to a press release, Ulanday is responsible for overseeing all health-related services and managing the community health care staff for independent and assisted living residents and those with special care needs.

Prior to joining the community, Ulanday was associated with the Bergen County Health Care Center, serving  in varied management capacities,  most recently as Acting Administrator (2011) and Assistant Administrator since 2005 of the Rockleigh (N. J.)  Center.  She also served as Wellness Director for the Bergen County Housing, Health and Human Services Center in Hackensack (N.J.). 

Previously for Care One, a premier health care company in New Jersey, she served as Clinical Service Coordinator for Pine Rest, a 120-bed nursing home at Paramus (N.J.) and for two assisted living communities, Cupola at Paramus and Morris Assisted Living at Parsippany, as well as Director of Health Services at the Paramus community.

Ulanday has specialized in gerontological care management and direction of clinical systems for nursing homes; caring for acute psychiatric and dementia residents, and the management of assisted living and residential housing.  She was a Case Manager and Coordinator for the Christian Health Care Center, a major Bergen County multi-health care campus located in Wyckoff (N.J).

She received her Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing from Roberts Wesleyan College in Rochester (N.Y.) and a Master of Science in Nursing as a Clinical Specialist in Primary Health Care of the Aged from Seton Hall University (N.J.).   

Her current certifications include those as a Gerontological Nurse Practitioner and as a Clinical Nurse Specialist from the American Nurses Association where she continues active membership and is certified in Advanced Nursing Administration.  

A licensed registered nurse, nurse practitioner with prescriptive authority and nursing home administrator, Ulanday is a member of Sigma Theta Tau, the National Honor Society of Nurses, and the National Association of Directors of Nursing Administration/LTC. 

Named Specialty Nurse of the Year by the N. J. Association of Directors of Nursing, she has been an instructor in clinical management at two N. J. nursing schools and has developed supervisory manuals and procedural protocols for several N. J. wellness centers and skilled nursing homes.