Across iCare Health Network centers and indeed from nursing homes across the State and country, residents are sending their friends and families simple messages of love. While we work hard to institute and increase access to web chat services like FaceTime and Zoom, sometimes a greeting card, a phone call or a message on a dry erase board can be clear and effective.  Seen here are resident of Touchpoints at Farmington posing with their message. Sometimes just to get their smile out there and so…

The iCare Health Network leadership team, including care center Administrators, Directors of Nursing, corporate office leadership and others are meeting on a daily basis to update on developments related to COVID-19 and continue to identify ways to keep our residents, staff and partners safe. 

Under the direction and coordination of the Department of Public Health, this nursing home and all nursing homes in Connecticut, have been advised that visitors to the facility should not visit family members until further notice out of an abundance of caution pertaining to COVID-19.  This care center does not have any cases of COVID-19, however, as part of the statewide plan to limit risk to our residents and employees, and in particular to a vulnerable population of individuals with chronic d…

In early February 2020, Touchpoints at Manchester received generous and detailed praise for their care and programming by a recently discharged resident. Among her comments she states, “Here I am today, no longer requiring oxygen to breathe and be active. I am walking without a walker or cane. I can tackle stairs without shortness of breath and breathe on my own! I would like to express my thanks and appreciation to one and all for the care, compassion and thoughtfulness that went into my …

The residents and staff of Touchpoints at Bloomfield threw a surprise retirement party for Carol Lenneg, a longstanding volunteer at the care center and librarian at Prosser Library in the heart of Bloomfield, Connecticut.  Carol has volunteered for just shy of 17 years in March.  During her volunteer hours, her style was to choose a topic and utilize her vast resources at the library to provide and facilitate a discussion for the residents.  She would bring with her materials such as f…