On October 22nd the team at Touchpoints at Bloomfield hosted their 1st Annual National Breast Cancer Awareness Walk in the care center’s parking lot.  The venue enabled Touchpoints to keep the residents close and safe while enabling their participation and getting fresh Fall air in the process. According to Cindy Payne, the Director of Therapeutic Recereation for Touchpoints at Bloomfield, the walk organizer and a breast cancer survivor herself, “It was a huge success. October as…

On July 20, 2021 State Representative Bobby Gibson who represents District 15, Bloomfield and Windsor, toured Touchpoints at Bloomfield with leadership from the care center and iCare Health Network. Representative Gibson was shown the entire center including the Touchpoints short term rehabilitation unit, the long term care unit, the rehabilitation gym and spa and more. Touchpoints leadership shared the challenges and ongoing efforts in managing and recovering from COVID. They also discussed pro…

On February 7th, Concetta Lopes, a resident of Touchpoints at Bloomfield, was able to celebrate her 98th birthday with a long awaited gift – an indoor, in-person visit with her son; the first indoor visit at Touchpoints in almost a year of COVID precautions and visitor restrictions.  Happy birthday, Concetta! We are so very pleased that she was able to celebrate it with family and in person.  Visitor restrictions were imposed on March 10, 2020. Extensive testing and sweeping vaccinatio…

The healthcare heroes at Touchpoints at Bloomfield were treated to snacks and meals as a sign of appreciation and recognition from two generous partner organizations this week. Saisystems, in conjunction with Subway, sponsored meals for all three shifts, which was over 120 boxed meals. Saisystems is a Hartford Healthcare Partner, as is Touchpoints at Bloomfield. This generous event was meant to highlight the hard work and dedication of frontline healthcare workers and all staff who cared for res…

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…