A veterans care program officially opened Friday at a local skilled nursing facility. A ceremony, combined with an American flag retirement, marked the opening of the program at Touchpoints at Manchester. by Jesse Leavenworth, HARTFORD COURANT

Touchpoints at Manchester’s own Alisha Luginbuhl received the 2018 Nightingale Scholarship Award. Alisha is Touchpoints’ Central Supply Coordinator and is currently a nursing student at Capital Community College. According to award materials, “The Nightingale Awards recognize excellence among Greater Hartford’s nursing students who represent the future of the profession…Each winner is carefully selected by their institution as exemplifying excellence in all that they…

Touchpoints at Manchester, Westside Care Center and the iCare team celebrates National Skilled Nursing Care Week aka National Nursing Home Week with a 10 hole mini-golf course on the iCare lawn. 

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.

The Touchpoints at Manchester team bid farewell to Peter, a resident from its Veteran program, as he discharged into the community. He was Touchpoints at Manchester’s first veteran admission under the VA contract and spoke about how the staff changed him to a more positive person and gave him the strength and motivation to rehab, discharge and move to a new home. He credits them with changing his life and giving him a positive attitude and hope. “Touchpoints touched my heart.R…