Employees from multiple iCare Health Network centers won scholarships and several care centers were recognized at the Connecticut Association of Health Care Facilities 90th Annual Meeting, held on the north lawn of Mystic Seaport on July 11th. Many pictures in the post. 

The residents of Touchpoints at Bloomfield, with help from the recreation and dietary departments, put on a wonderful appreciation reception for the care center’s CNA team.  The residents wrote up inspirational and thankful mottos and tied them to diamond-top pens.  Administrator Jaime Faucher and Director of Nursing Shanta Griffiths said a few words as the residents praised the hard working CNA staff.

The staff and residents came together to celebrate Evelyn Lindo’s 100th Birthday. Ms. Lindo was born and raised in a little village in Jamaica.  She told the group that she never thought in a million years she would see her 100th birthday.  She explained that she did a lot of walking and took care of herself.  She even joked and stated, “From the top of my body,  I don’t feel 100, but from the bottom down I do.”  

Touchpoints at Bloomfield residents and staff celebrated a showing of resident artwork with partners from the art program at the University of Hartford The students have been coming in on a weekly basis for the past three months to work with the residents on their individual art projects. The program has been a confidence booster for the residents and students alike.  Eight students were each paired with a resident  to envision their own creative projects. 

As National Skilled Nursing Care Week 2019 wraps up around the iCare Health Network care centers, the photos keep on  coming. Today’s post includes The Masked Singer at Touchpoints at Bloomfield with special guest judge, Matthew Barrett, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Connecticut Association of Health Care Facilities, Touchpoints at Manchester and Westside Care Center residents and staff attending a Carnival hosted by the iCare Health Network corporate team on the front lawn of…