College students, long-term care residents kick off new relationship at prom
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Foster Stubbs
Mar 22, 2023
Students at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) had fun hanging out with seniors on Valentine’s Day. Only these seniors didn’t come from a fraternity house, they came from St. John’s Home, a...
Maryland nursing home and assisted living company gives new game show pilot program a spin
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Foster Stubbs
Mar 15, 2023
Game shows are an American institution. From Wheel of Fortune to Jeopardy! and far beyond, they have been providing us entertainment for decades as well as a brief escape from the chaos of the modern world. ...
Worcester memory care assistant makes sure nothing gets lost in translation
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Foster Stubbs
Mar 08, 2023
Sharing a language is a commonality often taken for granted. When we share our words with others, we make a human connection. In the United States, native Spanish speakers might have fewer opportunities...
Service dogs sniff out COVID-19 in nursing homes
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Foster Stubbs
Mar 01, 2023
Dog may be man’s best friend, but he is quickly becoming COVID-19’s worst enemy in some lucky nursing homes. Scarlett and Rizzo, two yellow labrador retrievers, are an effective virus-sensing...
Team spirit is for the birds
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Foster Stubbs
Feb 15, 2023
The Philadelphia Eagles may not have won the Super Bowl but it certainly wasn’t due to a lack of support from their fans at Phoebe Allentown Healthcare Center. Before the big game on Sunday, Allentown...
Buddy the rabbit jumps into another year at Colorado nursing home
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Foster Stubbs
Feb 08, 2023
To paraphrase Elmer Fudd, it’s “wabbit” season at Good Samaritan Society – Fort Collins Village. But the only hunt involved is the hunt for a good birthday gift. Buddy, the community’s “therapy”...
New Jersey high schoolers send love to nursing home residents with letters
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Foster Stubbs
Jan 31, 2023
Writing a letter has become a lost art in the digital age. It’s much easier to frantically tap away on a keyboard than it is to put pen to paper. At least that’s probably what many high schoolers would...
The bird is the word at South Dakota nursing home
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Foster Stubbs
Jan 24, 2023
They say that birds of a feather flock together. Today, the residents of Good Samaritan Society-Sioux Falls Center, in Sioux Falls, SD, may not have feathers but they’ve flocked to a new friend with...
Rein it in. Deputy Lanclos is on patrol at this Louisiana nursing home
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Foster Stubbs
Jan 18, 2023
Christopher Lanclos has faced his fair share of trials and tribulations from the day he was born. Now resident of Hammond Nursing Home, Lanclos wasn’t supposed to live past a few weeks after an accident...
It takes a (winter) village…
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Foster Stubbs
Jan 10, 2023
Ed Templin has lived all over the place in his life. Originally from Kentucky, he also called Illinois, Maryland and Arizona home before settling in Ohio, where he has lived since 1954. Being the son of...