Three veterans of the Vietnam War were given the Connecticut Veterans Wartime Service Medal on Tuesday at a ceremony at Touchpoints at Manchester. Cornelius Evans, Renaldo Victoria Jr. and Edward Delane Jr. were originally meant to get the medals at a June 8 event honoring veterans, but the medals had not arrived in time. Instead, they were able to celebrate Tuesday with other veterans as well as family and friends.

iCare Health Network was named Best Place for Adult Care in the North Central News Reader’s Poll for 2018. The certificate reads that the winners of this annual contest are determined by the North Central News Community. The paper counts among its circulation Ellington, Enfield, Somers, Stafford and Vernon. 

Shari Yard, RN, joined iCare Health Network as Vice President of Clinical Operations. In this role she will be responsible for ensuring that iCare managed skilled nursing communities are providing clinically excellent care to their respective residents. Ensuring high quality clinical care involves all facets of the nursing operation, preparation for surveys by the Department of Public Health, analysis of patient outcomes, mentorship and guidance of the nursing leadership and much more.

Employees from multiple iCare Health Network managed communities won awards and scholarships at the Connecticut Association of Health Care Facilities 89th Annual Meeting, held on the north lawn of Mystic Seaport. Photo gallery in the post!

Touchpoints at Farmington celebrated a milestone in promoting and delivering on workplace safety, celebrating 400 hundred consecutive days without a lost day to workplace injury. In addition, Farmington has accrued another 30 days since the milestone was official and are working hard towards a goal of 500 days. More photos in the post.