As part of its third annual Post-Acute Care Nursing Awards, NYC Health + Hospitals honored 10 nursing professionals from across its five long-term care facilities – Coler Rehabilitation and Nursing Care Center, Dr. Susan Smith McKinney Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, Gouverneur Healthcare Services Skilled Nursing Facility, Henry J. Carter Specialty Hospital & Nursing Facility, and Sea View Hospital Rehabilitation Center & Home – including five registered nurses nominated for the DAISY Award and five certified nursing assistants nominated for the in-house BEE Award.

Jeffrey Farber, MD, CEO of The New Jewish Home, discusses the organization's experience with anti-Semitism in the wake of the Oct. 7, 2023 attacks in Israel in a new interview with McKnight's.

A United Hospital Fund collaboration with seven New York nursing homes – including ArchCare at Mary Manning Walsh Home; Gouverneur Healthcare Services Skilled Nursing Facility; Gurwin Jewish Nursing & Rehabilitation Center; Hebrew Home at Riverdale; Jamaica Hospital Nursing Home, The Center for Comprehensive Nursing and Rehab; and The New Jewish Home – spurred an 8 percent decrease in the number of potentially harmful medications prescribed to residents.

Wartburg staff, residents, and families recently gathered for a Day of Remembrance to memorialize those who died in the past year. This annual tradition also includes a blessing of memorial and legacy gifts like bricks, benches, and trees. This year was especially significant because it included the dedication of the Rev. Dr. John S. Damm Serenity Garden at the newly opened Berkemeier Living Center.

Michael S. King, president and CEO of Jewish Home, discusses the rationale behind opening the community's employee grocery store, how New York’s underfunding of nursing home Medicaid rates impacts staff wages, and more, in a new piece in The Buffalo News.

The Osborn held a special on-campus Alzheimer’s Walk on Oct. 1^st, raising $9,000 for the Alzheimer’s Association.

Gurwin Healthcare System and Besser Rooms won Best of Show at the 14^th annual McKnight’s Tech Awards ceremony for their entry, “Gurwin Immersion Room for Memory Care.” Earlier in the program, they won the Gold medal in the Resident Engagement & Recreation category.

ArchCare has been selected by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to participate in a new Medicare alternative payment model designed to support people living with dementia and their caregivers.