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BAYADA: 40 Years of Compassion, Excellence, and Reliability
What it means to be on the BAYADA bus
D
avid Roarty wrote and shared the following document
in November 2003. At that time, he was Director of
What it means to be
on the BAYADA bus
the Personal Care Assistant Office in Philadelphia. A beloved
employee since 1979, David was “a stalwart of our early
Shared by David Roarty,
Director, PCA
motley crew of Muppet Movie-like characters pursuing
our worthy common goal to make it to our Hollywood,”
says Mark. David passed away in 2011 and is fondly
remembered for his feisty “must do” spirit and unrelenting
dedication to excellence.
A BOV E LE F T A N D
RIG H T: David in the
1980s; David and Mark
on stage at Awards
Weekend in 2010.
LE F T: David’s words
adapted for a poster.
O P P OSIT E TO P LE F T:
Artwork created
during the Bus Tour by
three support offices:
Managed Care (MCO),
Insurance Confirmation
(ICO), and Contract
Management (CMO).
O P P OSIT E TO P
RIG H T: The Bus Tour
inspired lots of
employee creativity.
W
e all know the Muppet story: How Kermit the Frog, alone
in a swamp, discovers that Hollywood is looking for a
few good frogs. He decides he wants to be a star with a little
encouragement from Dom DeLuise. So off he goes, alone on
his Schwinn bicycle, determined to reach his goal. Along the
way, he meets many other similar-minded individuals who share
his dream and together they journey to Hollywood in a yellow
school bus. They have adventures on the way, and successfully
reach their destination and accomplish their goals.
Because these Muppets believe and take full ownership of
their mission, they do whatever it takes to achieve their goals.
They help each other; they respect each other’s separate goals;
they become friends and do it as a team of individuals, rather
than individuals within a team.
We at BAYADA Nurses can be compared to these lovable
Muppets, as we too, share a common goal and will stop at
nothing to help people have a safe home life with comfort,
independence, and dignity, despite illness or disability.