b'CONCORD HOSPITAL HEALTH SYSTEM | One SystemPATIENT PROFILELinda LordenTHREE GENERATIONS WELCOME NEW LIFE AT THE FAMILY PLACELinda Lorden grew up in Concord and has become asponsorship of the annual Payson Center for Cancerthe importance of making sure The Family Placeleader in the community through her work in the Cares RockN Race. She is also a board member andcontinues to be a destination for families to be together, banking industry and as a proud volunteer for many former chair of the New Hampshire Bankers Association,surrounded by the comfort of quality care.local organizations. Through it all, one place has been was named Community Banker of the Year in 2021,a consistent presence when it comes to welcomingand serves on the City of Concord Steering CommitteeTheres this sense of calmness and warmth aroundmembers to the family. for the Plan to End Homelessness. Three years ago,[The Family Place], Lorden says. I know there have been Lorden was honored to join the Concord Hospital Boardchanges over the years, but it doesnt feel like youre inNot only was Lorden born at Concord Hospital, she of Trustees. It has given her even more perspective on a hospital when youre there. Theres just a warmnessalso gave birth to her two sons at The Family Placeand it makes you think, Heres my new family and thisin 1983 and 1988, respectively. More recently, two ofis going to be okay.Lordens three granddaughters were born (in 2014and 2021) at Concord Hospital, marking the third Looking at multiple It is the excellence of prenatal and postnatal care that Lorden and her family have come to expect that hasgeneration of Lordens to come into the world at the generations of folks become a gold standard for maternity care for the local maternity unit.going to the same place Concord community and beyond. Lorden has enjoyed When youre having a baby, The Family Place is a given,watching the unit grow into a space where the entire Lorden says. The health system was in our backyard,to welcome new life, family can gather to celebrate new life and supportand we trusted it. I always felt fortunate to have such atheres a sense of one another. She even hopes she might one day see a wonderful facility so close to home. fourth generation of the Lorden clan take advantageThrough her work in banking over the last four decades,comfort there. It of The Family Place. Lorden also has felt fortunate to be able to contribute speaks volumes in Looking at multiple generations of folks going to the to a variety of community causes. As president ofsame place to welcome new life, she says, theres a Merrimack County Savings Bank, a role she has held formy mind about the sense of comfort there. It speaks volumes in my mind the last six years, Lorden has been involved in the bankstrusted resource about the trusted resource The Family Place is. The Family Place is.Linda Lorden56'