Mountain Valley Manor
Ryan & Ryan Insurance Brokers’ Client of the Month for May is
locally owned and operated Mountain Valley Manor. Mountain Valley Manor opened its doors in
November of 2007, on Wilbur Avenue in Kingston, NY. MVM is a 53 bed NYS Dept.
of Health (DOH) licensed adult care home that offers 24-hour care. They feature
an expansive activities schedule including an onsite putting green, walking
path, bocce court and shuffleboard. MVM is owned and operated by Taber
McNaughton and Salvatore Depoala. Both Sal and Taber are hands-on
administrators who are available to answer any and all questions for residents
and their families.
The idea for Mountain Valley Manor originated after Taber
helped his father expand his adult care home in Oneonta, NY while he and Sal
were still in college. Taber’s father needed help with the expansion application
process so Taber and Sal put it together for him and submitted it to the NYS
DOH. After finishing this application, Sal and Taber conducted some market research
and noticed that Ulster County, and in particular, Kingston, was an area in
need of assisted living and senior care.
Taber’s father had owned two assisted living homes throughout
the years so Taber had grown up in the business. After college, he helped his
father with the administration of The Hampshire House in Oneonta, NY while
developing MVM with Sal. Sal is local to Saugerties and also grew up surrounded
by a family business, Andrew DePoala Mushrooms. Sal also spent many years
working in the hospitality industry managing many local restaurants including
most of the Guido's family restaurants. Taber and Sal note that the combination
of their previous backgrounds, knowledge and skill sets have assisted them in
developing a unique senior living experience for Ulster County.
Mountain Valley Manor recently became customers of Ryan &
Ryan Insurance Brokers, Inc. Sal and Taber met Bob through Bob’s wife, Amy, whose
aunt was one of MVM’s original residents. Sal and Taber got to know Amy over
the years and eventually asked Bob to provide a quote this year for Mountain
Valley Manor’s insurance. Taber states
that Bob has been very hands-on throughout this process. However, the service
that particularly stands out is how Bob went through all of the quotes with us
personally and still makes himself available to answer any questions we have. We have also had a positive experience working
with Linda Salerno.
