<Li> Denise Boutte as Sasha Brown (née Bohem - Brown), RN: Sasha, Will's wife, is a nurse who decides to work for Brown helping to look after the retirement - home residents . Sasha and Will start their family by adopting Brianna and Joaquin Ortiz . In one episode Sasha becomes pregnant, then miscarries . She is also very good at giving advice . </Li> <Li> Tony Vaughn as Colonel Cleophus Jackson: The Colonel is a former military man who still lives as if he's in the military . His motto is "Shoot now, ask questions later ." He's a very disciplined, very formal, and very official man, but underneath that hard exterior is a soft heart . His wife died several years ago and he's estranged from their only child, daughter Karen . He takes up with Edna Barnes; in Season 3 they moved out of Brown Meadows to a house down the street . He finally weds Edna in Season 5 . </Li> <Li> Juanita Jennings as Edna Wright Barnes Grey Foster Jackson: 69 - year - old childless widow Edna has always wanted to be a singer but has never actually pursued this dream . Most of her close friends and relatives have passed . She's extremely in touch with her sexuality--she can relate everything to sex--and acts like "late 60s" is the new 40 . In Season 3, she and her fiancé, the Colonel, moved down the street from Brown Meadows . A running gag involves Brown comparing Edna to various animals . She finally weds the Colonel in Season 5 . In the series pilot she had a crush on Brown, telling him to come in his bed with her plus showing him her full body naked . </Li> <Li> Brianne Gould (Season 1) / Logan Browning (Season 2--5) as Brianna Janae Ortiz: Brianna is a foster child who comes from a broken home and an unsafe foster environment . At age 16, she knows the foster care system too well . She's very bright, but has anger problems that stem from her tragic childhood . The only relationship she nurtures is with her brother Joaquin; she feels like they are alone in the world . At the end of Season 1, Brianne Gould left the series for undisclosed reasons and Logan Browning took over the role from the beginning of Season 2 . </Li>

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