Every holiday is a chance to celebrate and have fun with residents and staff. St. Patrick’s Day 2021 is no exception. Check out these photos from around the iCare Health Network. 

This week marks the one-year anniversary of the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was year in which we all were thrown into a once-in-a-lifetime crisis that targeted our elderly and medically vulnerable and brought a level of disruption and suffering not seen in a century. To so many who spend their days and nights caring for Connecticut’s seniors, it seems like only yesterday that COVID-19 entered our lives and tightened its relentless grip. Yet here we are, and one year later the work conti…

On February 7th, Concetta Lopes, a resident of Touchpoints at Bloomfield, was able to celebrate her 98th birthday with a long awaited gift – an indoor, in-person visit with her son; the first indoor visit at Touchpoints in almost a year of COVID precautions and visitor restrictions.  Happy birthday, Concetta! We are so very pleased that she was able to celebrate it with family and in person.  Visitor restrictions were imposed on March 10, 2020. Extensive testing and sweeping vaccinatio…

The act of receiving the vaccine is both self protective and selfless. The immediate need is to protect the health and well being of residents and staff in every skilled nursing center within iCare, the State and country. But beyond that, if collectively we want to open up the economy, get everyone back to school and work, get back to travel and leisure and return to normalcy, everyone who can get the vaccine should get the vaccine.  For you. For me. For all. Get vaccinated!   #GotVaccinated…