About Us, Our Staff
"Service with Integrity, Passion & Care"

Welcome! Northern Lakes Nursing is a 99-bed Skilled Nursing & Rehabilitation Center located in Northeast Indiana; Angola, Indiana in Steuben County.
It is hugely significant to have this many physicians & nurse practitioners onboard our medical team at Northern Lakes Nursing; Always one of the medical team is on duty Monday - Friday, plus on-call availability 24/7.
NLNR's Rounding Providers will follow all new admission and all new re-admits; Our goal is to reduce the risk of re-hospitalization or emergency room visits.
Meet our Medical Doctors

Dr. Jonathan Alley, DO
Medical Director
25 Years of Service
Des Moines University Osteopathic Medicine 1990

Dr. Derek Paris, PsyD.
Clinical Psychologist
Masters Degree in clinical psychology, Ball State University and Doctorate in Psychology, Indiana State Univ.

Dr. David Johnson
Attending Physician
Sub-acute care
Short stay patients
Meet Our Extended Medical Team

Joel Nagel, NP
General Medicine
Sub-acute care
Short stay patients

Gina Yarnall, NP
Behavioral Health
Dementia / Alzheimers

Katie O’Keefe, NP
General Medicine
Sub-acute care
Short stay patients
Meet Our Staff Members

Dee Smallman
Leadership Award-winning Administrator

Kathy Hall, RN
Director of Nursing

Tanya McHenney, RN
Assistant Director of Nursing Wound Nurse
Infection Preventionist

Bridget McShane, LPN
Community Liaison
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Autumn McCormick, RN
MDS/Care Plan Coordinator

Amanda Fritz, LPN
Staff Development Coordinator

Sara Flores
Scheduling /Unit Manager

Bridget Stark
Human Resource/Accounts Payable

Terri Leedy, CDM
Dietary Manager

Ashleigh Trent
Therapy Director

Jody Hoffman
Medical Records Coordinator

Stefanie Lynch
Environmental Director

Elisha Day
Activity Coordinator

Andrew Clausen
Maintenance Manager
OUR COMMITMENT
We will continue to provide levels of care across every department that will meet & exceed benchmarks for our industry. We believe our Outcomes Report confirms that we have achieved Excellence in a wide variety of services.
OUR VISION
To provide uncompromising standards of Quality of Care and Quality of Life to our community and to be recognized as the leader in providing these services with Integrity, Passion & Pride.
OUR MISSION
We are a team of professionals committed to provide an extraordinary health care experience for our residents. We understand our focus must be first and foremost, our residents & their family members. That means doing whatever necessary to provide quality clinically-based services, and quality of life, while guiding our residents to achieve their highest potential. We work diligently to ensure that dignity and respect are the hallmark of every resident experience, and we strive to exceed our resident’s expectations in all that we do.