The Optum Commitment to Excellence Award is given to members of the Skilled Nursing Facility’s care team who exemplify United Healthcare’s cultural values of Integrity, Compassion, Relationships, Innovation, and Performance. On January 4th Optum’s clinical team was excited to recognize Westside LPN Natashia Heinecker and her commitment to these values.

As previously teased here, Touchpoints Rehab and iCare now have a commercial running on NBC in the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang. A special thanks again to our star, Touchpoints at Bloomfield’s Director of Nursing, Shanta Griffiths, and to the residents and staff at Touchpoints at Farmington for hosting the film crew and making the ad possible. Thank you also to NBC who has been excellent to work with.

iCare Management is seeking candidates for two open leadership positions: Vice President of Clinical and Director of Substance Use Disorders and Behavioral Programming.

February is designated as American Heart Month to bring attention and awareness to the prevalence and severity of heart disease in the United States.   Touchpoints at Bloomfield staff and residents wore red on February 2, 2018 for National Wear Red Day. Did you know that nearly a quarter of deaths in the United States are caused by heart disease? While that statistic is staggering, the good news is that heart disease is often preventable.

Heart failure is essentially a weakness of the heart muscle and is most commonly known as congestive heart failure (CHF). There are many steps to managing CHF for you or a loved one. It is a chronic disease process that requires constant attention and management but a good quality of life is within reach. Many great programs exist and healthcare providers are paying more attention to this disease process than ever.