The entire iCare team is excited to celebrate National Skilled Nursing Care Week (NSNCW), also known as Nursing Home Week. The week is an annual observance held in May, dedicated to honoring the contributions of nursing home employees and recognizing the strength of nursing home residents. NSNCW 2024 embraces the theme Radiant Memories - A Tribute to the Golden Age of Radio. The theme embraces a time when the airwaves resonated with captivating stories and melodies. More than nostalgia, …

National Nurses Week begins each year on May 6th and ends on May 12th, Florence Nightingale’s birthday. Nurses Day and Week promote nursing professionals for their dedication and commitment to advancing the health care field, while also raising awareness of the challenges they face. It is an opportunity to thank nurses for providing high-quality care to those in need every day of the year. This year’s theme, “Nurses Make the Difference,” honors the incredible nurses who embo…

On April 30, 2024, the team at Silver Springs Care Center held a retirement celebration for Carmen Mallet, a Cook in the Food Service department, who retired from Silver Springs after 42 years of service.  Carmen worked as a first shift Cook in the center since the days that Silver Springs was known as Royal Crest, with a start in March of 1982!

iCare Health Network is pleased to announce that Renee Cole has joined the iCare team as the Director of Specialty Programming and Strategy.   In her new role, Renee will be overseeing the implementation, design, educational frameworks and overall strategy for iCare’s range of specialty programs within its care centers. Renee brings significant knowledge and experience in special project management and as a licensed nursing home Administrator. Her role will be vital in enhancing and …

A graduate of Western Governors University, Emily has eight years of nursing experience as an RN, primarily in long term care facilities due to her love for the geriatric population. She started her nursing career in Massachusetts until moving to Connecticut in 2020 where she found her nursing niche for infection control and wound care at her previous organization.