Members of the iCare team was on hand at the Connecticut Chapter of the American College of Health Care Administrators (ACHCA) Annual Meeting on March 15th. Jessica was elected the organization’s Vice President of the Board of Directors and Patrick was elected a Director for the 2018-2020 term. Of note, 60 West Certified Nursing Assistant Otis Harris was inducted into the CNA Hall of Fame; a distinction unique to ACHCA.    

Fresh River announced the creation of a Parkinson’s Disease Support Group to be held at the center in East Windsor. Members of the public are encouraged to attend. The meeting is held on the third Wednesday of the month at 1:30 pm. The meeting is supported by the American Parkinson’s Disease Association (APDA) with structure provided by a local Program Director for the organization. The meeting and other services are a part of a growing neuro-rehabilitation program at Fresh River Health…

Touchpoints at Farmington is pleased to announce that it received the Pinnacle Customer Experience Award in the category of Dining Service by Pinnacle Quality Insight. According to their materials, this award is given to care providers who have achieved best-in-class customer satisfaction standards within their peer group. 

Due to pulmonary disease, I have had other recent hospitalizations and associated rehab stays. Both rehabs said they had pulmonary services but I ended but back in the hospital shortly after returning home. This time I spoke with my pulmonologist, Dr. John Rodgers, and he recommended Touchpoints Rehab. How wonderful to have “MY pulmonary team” at my side at the hospital and then again at Touchpoints at Farmington. Touchpoints will be my only choice from this day forward

If you are out and about, take a look at the Touchpoints at Bloomfield grounds and see what we are up to.  For the past three years we have been tapping our trees for sap to make maple syrup from scratch. We are lucky to have our very own Andy Cassasa, Director of Maintenance, collect the sap and cook it down to make pure maple syrup. Every year it’s a tradition for the recreation department to make homemade Belgian waffles for our residents with our very own maple syrup.