In mid-June 2018, Touchpoints at Manchester received a very kind testimonial from a resident who received care at Touchpoints as a contracted VA facility. Touchpoints has been a VA contracted facility since September of 2017 and recently had a full Open House and Flag Retirement Ceremony to thank our Veterans in residence for their service and formally launch the program. 

Touchpoints at Bloomfield staff and residents celebrated “the backbone” of the staff, the nursing assistants, as part of National Nursing Assistants Week. According to the National Network of Career Nursing Assistants website, The 41st annual National Nursing Assistants’ Week provides a timely opportunity to foster and showcase the wonderful things that can happen for residents and workers when we join together in planning your special Week, “Nursing Assistants: Creating a Commu…

On June 21, 2018 the Mister Softee ice cream truck visited Touchpoints at Bloomfield to bring the residents and staff a cool treat to start the Summer off right. According to Touchpoints’ Cindy Payne, “TAB knows how to celebrate the first day of Summer; with a visit from Mister Softee! The residents loved it and so did the staff. Staff helped transport the residents to their special treat and it was a great success!”

At this year’s Goodwin College’s graduation, Fresh River Healthcare’s Therapeutic Recreation Director Lauren Attenello was named the 2018 valedictorian. Lauren, whose mother Justine has been with Fresh River for over 30 years, has been with Fresh River for over two years but she has volunteering in some capacity at Fresh River since she was six years old. According to mom Justine, she has been around the elderly population all of her life and treated it as a calling.

Touchpoints at Bloomfield named Monia Whyne the Employee of the Month, recognizing her for outstanding customer service, professionalism and quality care.