Chelsea Place Care Center celebrates National Nursing Home Week, sometimes called National Skilled Nursing Care Week with a wedding event. Two couples, where each husband is a Chelsea Place resident, renewed their vows. Click for more pictures.

Touchpoints at Bloomfield celebrates National Skilled Nursing Care Week aka National Nursing Home Week with a live Chopped competition with ‘celebrity’ chefs and judges. Click for more pictures and to find out who won…

60 West celebrates National Skilled Nursing Care Week aka National Nursing Home Week with Dancing with the Stars (to also celebrate their Five Star CMS Rating) and a resident Art Show. Click for more photos.

The entire iCare team is excited to celebrate National Nursing Home Week, this week May 13-19th. According to the American Health Care Association (AHCA) website, AHCA established the weeklong celebration in 1967, always beginning on Mother’s Day. NNHW provides an opportunity for residents and their loved ones, staff, volunteers, and surrounding communities to recognize the role of skilled nursing care centers in caring for America’s seniors and individuals with disabilities.

With the assistance of the right circumstance, such as equipment and training, the brain has an amazing ability to re-learn lost motor skills. Recognizing this and the importance of maintaining physical abilities as we age, Fresh River Healthcare in East Windsor has invested in an active restorative program and equipment known as NeuroGym, available to inpatients as well as in the outpatient setting.