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Priteshkumar Patel Awarded Employee of Distinction Award from LeadingAge New York

Priteshkumar (Prit) Patel, physical therapist at Cabrini of Westchester, was recently presented with the 2023 Employee of Distinction Award from LeadingAge New York.

January 19, 2024

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Rose Lamphere, RN, Medicare Coordinator at Valley Health Services Receives Employee of Distinction Award by LeadingAge NY

Rose Lamphere, RN, Medicare Coordinator at Valley Health Services, was recently honored with LeadingAge New York’s Employee of Distinction Award.

January 18, 2024

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Lawmakers decry $1.2B Medicaid cuts in Hochul's budget

Andy Cruikshank, CEO of Fort Hudson Health System, joined state lawmakers at the Capitol on Jan. 17th to decry the $1.2 billion reduction in support for long term care, home care, and staff wages proposed in Governor Hochul's Executive Budget.

January 17, 2024

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Company news: Teall Karn hired by St. Luke Health Services

St. Luke Health Services recently announced the appointment of Teall Karn as assistant director of its rehabilitation therapy department.

January 16, 2024

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Friendly Home Director of Social Work & Admissions Recognized as a 2024 Health Care Hero by Rochester Business Journal

The Friendly Home is proud to announce that Shireen Bertino, LMSW, director of social work and admissions, has been selected by the Rochester Business Journal as a 2024 Health Care Heroes award recipient.

January 16, 2024

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Fox Run at Orchard Park Announces New Assistant Director of Dining Services

Tina Jernatowski has been hired in the role of assistant director of dining services at Fox Run at Orchard Park's Health Center.

January 12, 2024

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NYC Health + Hospitals/Sea View Again Celebrates Top Honors as New York State’s Best Nursing Home in 2024 by Newsweek

Sea View Hospital Rehabilitation Center & Home is kicking off the new year as the number one ranked nursing home in New York State by Newsweek for the second year in a row and as a high-performing nursing home in the nation for short-term rehabilitation and long term care according to U.S. News & World Report's 2024 Best Nursing Homes.

January 12, 2024

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Inside the Balancing Act of Personal Technology Use Among Nursing Home Staff

Stuart Almer, president and CEO of Gurwin Healthcare System, discusses how the organization shifted its approach to allow skilled nursing staff to use personal technology during the pandemic, and discovered some advantages, in a new interview with Skilled Nursing News.

January 11, 2024

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Newsweek Ranks Jefferson’s Ferry Top CCRC in the State, 25th Nationally, in America’s Best Continuing Care Retirement Communities 2024

Jefferson’s Ferry has been ranked the top Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC) in New York State in a national Newsweek survey conducted among health care professionals, CCRC residents, family members, and acquaintances of those living in CCRCs, and through accreditation data. The community's national ranking in the survey is 25th among 250 CCRCs ranked.

January 10, 2024

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Community Spotlight: The New York State Veterans Home

The New York State Veterans Home at Oxford, the first and oldest Veterans Home in the state, is spotlighted in a new piece in The Evening Sun.

January 9, 2024
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