“I have had a wonderful life”, and thus begins the story of Tony Dimastrantonio. We, at Touchpoints at Chestnut, are enjoying the privilege of his presence, and as we provide care for him, he is bringing joy to all of us. While he has been with us, Tony has been continually visited by the members of the Warehouse Point Fire District and members of the Junior Fire Fighters as well as his caregiver Casey Starvish, herself an ex-firefighter and member of a firefighting family—-his story a…

Fresh River Healthcare and Dr. Joy deMarcaida of the Chase Family Movement Disorders Center Present Managing Off Times for Persons with Parkinson Disease. Dr. deMarcaida will bring her expertise, history and passion to share with all the opportunities to increase “on time” and decrease “off time”. Open to patient and families, clinicians and medical providers, assisted living community staff and leadership, support groups, and other interested parties.

On September 19, 2018 Fresh River Healthcare held a Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon. As always, a delicious meal was prepared by Fresh River’s Director of Food and Nutrition with an assortment of pies for dessert. Janine Lancaster. Guests were treated to a musical performance by Ed Chiucarello. 

iCare Health Network and all its communities made the commitment to provide a Stigma Free environment and Stigma-Free care to residents with mental illness as well as those with substance use disorder, dementia and cognitive disorders. In keeping with the themes of National Recovery Month, on September 21st iCare held a kick-off event in the form of a pep rally at the company headquarters in Manchester. And so began two weeks of Stigma Free programming and training within the iCare communities…

iCare Health Network’s annual iFair was held today at 60 West in Rocky Hill. As part of National Recovery Month and the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Stigma Free Campaign, each iCare community wore a different slogan/motto/mission statement around stigma-free care. T-shirts pictured in the post!