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Meadows awarded Eli Pick Leadership honor again

The American College of Health Care Administrators recently recognized the continued top performance of Meadows at Brookmeade CEO and Administrator Karen Zobel, NHA, LCSW, by awarding her the Eli Pick Facility Leadership Award for the ninth year in a row.

February 25, 2022

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Three St. Ann’s team members receive inaugural Anna & Len Stein Award for going above and beyond in caring for our Elders

The inaugural Anna & Len Stein Award was recently presented to three members of the nursing team at St. Ann’s Community: Keith Dickeson, certified nursing assistant (CNA), St. Ann’s Home; Susan Hargrave, senior CNA, St. Ann’s Care Center; and Borith Sam, senior CNA, St. Ann’s Home.

February 23, 2022

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The toilet seat of the future

The Heart Seat, a cloud-connected, vital-monitoring toilet seat that will be installed in some Jewish Senior Life apartments this week as part of a clinical study, is featured in a new WHAM segment.

February 23, 2022

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SIT TO YOUR HEART’S CONTENT: New toilet seat to monitor heart health from home

February is American Heart Month, and Jewish Senior Life residents are partnering with home health monitoring company Casana for a trial of their first product, The Heart Seat™, a cloud-connected toilet seat that captures clinically relevant measurements, including heart rate, blood pressure, blood oxygenation, and cardiac output.

February 22, 2022

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Gurwin Residents Receive Valentine's Day Cards From Girl Scouts

Residents of Gurwin Jewish Nursing & Rehabilitation Center received 330 Valentine's Day cards filled with inspirational words, kind thoughts and heartfelt wishes from Islip's Suffolk County Girl Scout Service Unit #44 and art students from Maud S. Sherwood Elementary School.

February 16, 2022

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Ask St. Ann’s – What To Expect When Moving Into Independent Living

Will you be an empty nester or easing into retirement soon? As Brian Burger, marketing representative at St. Ann’s Community at Cherry Ridge, writes in a new blog post, now is an excellent time to right-size your home and responsibilities and treat yourself to a more comfortable life by moving to an independent living community.

February 16, 2022

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Monroe Community Hospital’s Kristen Schmidt Rund and Mary Weidert Recognized with Rochester Business Journal’s “Health Care Heroes” Awards

Kristen Schmidt Rund, director of rehabilitation, and Mary Weidert, director of admissions at Monroe Community Hospital, have been recognized as recipients of the Rochester Business Journal's 2022 “Health Care Heroes” Awards.

February 16, 2022

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Bishop Hubbard Senior Apartments Is Having an Open House

Bishop Hubbard Senior Apartments will hold its first open house of the season on Wed., March 23rd from 3 to 6 p.m.

February 16, 2022

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Two Jewish Senior Life Employees Honored as Rochester Business Journal Health Care Heroes

Christine Van Vessem, vice president of staff and organizational development, and Christine Visic, nurse practitioner at Jewish Senior Life, have been honored as 2022 Health Care Heroes Award recipients by the Rochester Business Journal.

February 15, 2022

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New York National Guard lends a helping hand at Catholic Health nursing homes

Catholic Health’s long term care facilities will welcome some “extra forces” from at least a dozen members of the New York National Guard this week. Currently, this includes Father Baker Manor, McAuley Residence, and Mercy Nursing Facility at OLV.

February 14, 2022
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