If it’s after lunch and it’s a school day, everyone at Suwannee Valley Nursing Home knows where to find residents Kenneth Neff and Eileen Thompson.
Carp and camaraderie: Fishing partnership reels in new friends
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 19, 2019
Three years into a program that pairs local sportsmen with a Pennsylvania nursing home, residents and staff have fallen hook, line and sinker for the carp and the camaraderie. When the fishermen first...
Nursing home hosts an in-house cruise for residents
By
Mallory Hackett
Jun 13, 2019
Residents at Accordius Health Mooresville got to visit Cozumel, New Orleans, and Key West – without ever leaving the building – in celebration of National Nursing Home Week, May 21-18.
Get the backpacks ready: New school bell will toll for Oklahoma seniors this fall
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 05, 2019
Nearly 20 years ago, Grace Living Centers launched a kindergarten and pre-K program inside the walls of its assisted living and skilled nursing home in Jenks, OK. Starting this fall, the organization will...
Out in front: Program puts residents back in the bike seat
By
Kimberly Marselas
May 21, 2019
Residents at a Wisconsin nursing home got a long-awaited taste of spring, perched in the front seat of a trishaw as a pilot pedaled them around the grounds.
Music video shoot brings joy to long-term care facility’s residents
By
Marty Stempniak
May 15, 2019
Residents at one Wisconsin long-term care facility are becoming regular rock stars, with the provider recently filming a music video starring some of them.
Nursing home turns to its community for help with courtyard makeover
By
Marty Stempniak
May 08, 2019
Peering out the window earlier this year during a staff meeting, officials at Luther Manor Retirement & Nursing Center in Hannibal, MO, noticed that their courtyard could use some TLC.
Nursing home uses nostalgic field trips to trigger memories
By
Marty Stempniak
May 01, 2019
A Louisiana nursing home operator is taking its residents on trips down memory lane, hoping they’ll spark them to remember their past.
LTC provider goes the extra mile to honor its volunteers
By
Marty Stempniak
Apr 24, 2019
A Connecticut continuing care retirement community has gone above and beyond to recognize the dozens of volunteers who are crucial to making the facility tick.
High schoolers help to preserve LTC residents’ precious memories
By
Marty Stempniak
Apr 17, 2019
A seniors advocacy group is hoping to preserve the memories of lonely older adults, and it’s deploying an army of high school teens to aid in the effort.