The entire iCare team is excited to celebrate National Skilled Nursing Care Week, often called Nursing Home Week, this week May 8-14th.  According to the American Health Care Association (AHCA) website, skilled nursing care centers and their staff provide a​ steadfast commitment to providing high-level of care for their residents. This has never been more evident than the last two years during the pandemic. In addition to protecting and caring for their residents around the clock du…

For more than 20 years, Chris Wright has been doing what many other nursing home operators either can’t or won’t: taking patients with behavioral health diagnoses, treating them with embedded, additional services, and becoming a valued community partner while building value in his own business. Following an expansion of his iCare Health Network last year, Wright remains bullish on building and managing behavioral health and other speciality services. But even as regulators put more emphasis …

On Valentine’s Day, the Fresh River staff and residents were showered with heartfelt, hand written messages and cards, handmade by students in the Windsor Public Schools. Each card had a message written inside directed towards the team and the residents who reside at Fresh River Healthcare. The staff was simply touched by the sentiment and would like to express gratitude to all who contributed to making their day filled with love.  Over 300 cards were donated to Fresh River from the di…

Pride in Food Service Week is an annual event honoring dietary managers and their employees to celebrate the important role they play in institutional food service. Nourishment is a critical part of the rehabilitation process and continued ongoing health and These dedicated teams keep residents fed, happy and full, tailoring menus and accommodating specialty diets.

Fresh River celebrated ten Veterans with a celebratory breakfast and speech proclamation to thank them for their services. Rosanne, our recreation director, put this all together, and our creative Dietary manager cooked them a wonderful breakfast. We were lucky enough to have our First Selectman, Jason Bowsza, to not only come and show appreciation to our veterans, but to present them with personalized certificates for their services in the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marines. Their true spirits…