Fresh River Healthcare’s Therapeutic Recreation Director Jason Prevost and Food Service Director Janine Lancaster have been working hard to put together programs and events that are engaging, therapeutic and meet personalized sensory needs for all residents. This month they initiated “Bake My Day,” a program that enables residents in performing tasks that they might do at home. Baking allows them to control the taste, texture, and design of their product. In addition, Fresh River …

As part of celebrating iCare Health Network’s 25th Anniversary, we are highlighting some of our many talented and committed long-tenured employees. Here, Fresh River’s Justine Attenello reflects on her years of service, how she came to work at Fresh River Healthcare in 1988 and some of her favorite moments working in the care center.

On June 26, 2024, 31 direct caregivers from across iCare’s Greater Hartford Memory Care Centers earned their Certified Dementia Practitioner credential.  Participants developed a better understanding of dementia and the associated disease process, learned to identify common causes of aggressive, repetitive, and sundowning behaviors in adults; describe behavioral/care interventions that may be used to prevent or reduce difficult care situations; and, learn alternative activity interventio…

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 …