iCare Health Network is proud to celebrate the one-year anniversary of assuming operations at MissionCare at Bennington, a skilled nursing and rehabilitation center dedicated to providing high-quality care for individuals in need of short-term rehabilitation and long-term nursing support. Since opening its doors under iCare’s leadership in August 2024, MissionCare at Bennington has admitted more than 45 residents into its programs. Many of these individuals had been waiting in acute care hospi…

On August 26th, twenty-one leaders from across iCare Health Network nursing facilities – including Administrators, Program Directors, and other care team members – successfully completed the Behavioral Health Ambassador Training through the Center of Excellence for Behavioral Health in Skilled Nursing Facilities (COE-NF). Each participant earned two professional credentials: the COE-NF Behavioral Health Ambassador Badge and CPI Verbal De-escalation Strategies Certificate.

iCare Health Network is pleased to announce the selection of Meredith Parda-Burr as Vice President of Human Resources. Meredith comes to iCare with more than 20 years of progressive human resources leadership experience across healthcare and hospitality. Most recently, she served as Senior Director, HR Business Partners at Benchmark Senior Living, where she led the organization’s HR Business Partner team. Prior to that role, she spent seven years as a Regional Human Resources Business Partner …

At the 96th Annual Membership Meeting of the Connecticut Association of Health Care Facilities (CAHCF), held at the picturesque Saybrook Point Resort on July 17, 2025, iCare Health Network’s Chairman and former CEO, Chris Wright, was honored with the CAHCF Lifetime Achievement Award. Chris Wright’s impact on the skilled nursing profession spans nearly four decades, and his leadership in advancing high-quality care is both deep and enduring.

Touchpoints at Bloomfield has earned the Skilled Nursing Facility Heart Failure Certification offered by the American Heart Association®, the world’s leading voluntary organization focused on heart and brain health. The certification provides an evidence-based framework for evaluating skilled nursing facilities against the American Heart Association’s rigorous science-based requirements for heart failure (HF) patients, including program management, patient and caregiver education and suppor…