To provide love, support and compassion for those unable to care for themselves and to sustain emotional and moral support for continued growth and goal awareness. At Silver Cross Health and Rehab our focus is to provide quality nursing home care and rehabilitation therapy services to each and every individual who finds their home in our care. Silver Cross Health and Rehab is Mississippi-owned and operated. We are licensed by the State of Mississippi and offer Medicaid and Medicare services, as well as short- and long-term care. Above all, our goal is to be a place that you or your loved one is proud to call home. Silver Cross Nursing Home was organized in 1965 by the ladies of the Willing Hearts Circle of the International Order of The King’s Daughters and Sons, an interdenominational Christian service organization. Willing Hearts was formed by a group of local women in 1894 in Brookhaven with the mission of ministering to the needs of others. This group of ladies purchased the furnishings of the Brookhaven Sanitarium(hospital), and in 1922 they opened a new hospital on the corner of N. Jackson and W. Congress Streets. A nursing school was also operated there between 1924 and 1944. When the King’s Daughters Hospital moved to its current location on Hwy 51, the city of Brookhaven deeded the old hospital location on N. Jackson to Willing Hearts with the purpose of housing Silver Cross Nursing Home. The name Silver Cross comes from the International Order’s badge, which is the Silver Maltese Cross. In 1996 the new 60-bed facility was completed and Silver Cross moved into its current location on Silver Cross Drive behind King’s Daughters Medical Center. In 2014 the Silver Cross board of directors leased the management of the home to Advanced Health Care Management (AHM). The ladies of Willing Hearts still own and sit on the boards of King’s Daughters Medical Center, Silver Cross Health & Rehab and Kingsborough Elderly Housing in Brookhaven.
