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The Wesley Community delivers holiday cheer to residents at Wesley Health Care Center

The Wesley Community recently delivered holiday cheer and gifts to the residents at the Wesley Health Care Center in Saratoga Springs.

December 22, 2021

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Dedicated Nursing Home Workers Win Paid Vacations

Three employees of The Village Rehab & Skilled Nursing recently won vacations courtesy of Heritage Ministries management as a way to say “thank you” for their perseverance and hard work throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.

December 20, 2021

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GUEST ESSAY: Please ask Gov. Hochul for emergency nursing home funding

Andy Cruikshank, CEO of Fort Hudson Health System, calls on Governor Hochul to order an immediate emergency Medicaid rate increase for New York's nursing homes in a new guest essay in The Post-Star.

December 20, 2021

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Jewish Senior Life Recognizes Employees for Providing Exemplary Care

Jewish Senior Life recently celebrated 15 employees at Wolk Manor for their dedication and service to Wolk residents with its annual Brodsky-Grossman Employee Recognition Awards. Last year’s event was unable to be held due to COVID-19. This year’s awards recognized staff nominated in 2020 and 2021. Juanita Cooper, resident assistant, was the 2020 winner, and Hamid Kharmaz, resident assistant, was the 2021 winner.

December 17, 2021

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Fox Run at Orchard Park CEO Earns C-Level Award

The senior leadership team at Fox Run at Orchard Park is pleased to announce that CEO William L. Wlodarczyk, CPA, is a 2021 Business First C-Level Award winner.

December 16, 2021

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Assemblyman calls for more funding to NY nursing homes through Medicaid reimbursement payments

Assemblyman Josh Jensen and Monroe Community Hospital Executive Health Director Alyssa Tallo call on the State to provide more funding to nursing homes through Medicaid reimbursement payments in a new interview with Spectrum News.

December 16, 2021

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Nursing homes want ‘more long-term solutions’ when it comes to staffing crisis

Glen Cooper, president and CEO of The Friendly Home, calls on the State to provide more long-term solutions when it comes to nursing home staffing and recruitment challenges in a new interview with WROC.

December 14, 2021

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New York City Needs to Sing (While It Can)

A new piece in The New York Times spotlights how, from Sondheim tributes to rowdy bars to sacred chapels, New Yorkers like the members of the Selfhelp Community Services Latimer Gardens Senior Center's Star and Moon Instrumental Choir are bringing back the singalong.

December 14, 2021

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The Parker Jewish Institute offers COVID-19 vaccines to children ages 5 and older

Parker Jewish Institute for Health Care and Rehabilitation is now offering the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to children ages 5 and older at its Pediatric Vaccination Clinic.

December 13, 2021

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Bright Spot: Holiday donations

A new WHAM segment spotlights Episcopal SeniorLife Communities' recent donation of more than 1,300 pounds of food and personal care items to The People’s Pantry of Rochester.

December 10, 2021
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