NFL players’ visit brings Titan joy to nursing home residents
By
Danielle Brown
Oct 23, 2019
The closest many people ever get to meeting and interacting with their favorite NFL players is by watching them on their televisions during game days. A group of nursing home residents, however, got a...
Nursing home tries its own version of Make a Wish to bring joy to residents’ lives
By
Marty Stempniak
Sep 05, 2018
Sometimes it can be difficult for nursing homes to tease out individual resident’s wants and wishes. Even group activities may not hit the sweet spot.
Nursing home transforms into Buckingham Palace for Queen’s jubilee
By
Danielle Brown
Jun 23, 2022
A nursing home in the United Kingdom transformed its facility into Buckingham Palace in celebration of Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee.
Garden-variety therapy: Operator uses partnership to build green-thumb program for residents
By
Danielle Brown
Mar 17, 2021
A New Jersey-based provider is partnering with a national organization that offers indoor gardening programs for seniors in long-term care, just in time for spring. Springpoint on Wednesday announced...
Nursing home leader hands out ‘blessing bags’ to fellow vets
By
Marty Stempniak
Nov 08, 2018
When Jennifer Anthony relocated to Baltimore for work, she just couldn’t bring herself to walk past the homeless army veterans she’d see on a daily basis.
Nursing home gains internet fame after residents captured grabbing daiquiris
By
Marty Stempniak
Mar 20, 2019
A Louisiana nursing home has become internet famous after one passerby captured its residents making a midday pitstop for some frosty adult beverages.
Seniors rocking kindness
By
Kimberly Marselas
Mar 28, 2018
About 20 seniors at Chestnut Knoll Residential Care and Memory Care are planning to rock some strangers’ lives, one lilac or Kelly green stone at a time.
Resident gets her high school diploma at 92
By
Marty Stempniak
Jul 25, 2018
It took 75 years, but Dorothy Leiss is now a high school graduate.
Officer Oliver Davis — age 6 — gets tough on nursing home residents for being ‘too cute’
By
Kimberly Marselas
May 02, 2018
When Oliver Davis goes to visit his great-grandmother at Westchester Village of Lenexa, he comes bearing flowers — dozens and dozens of flowers.
Worth the wait: Operator gifts workers with thousands of dollars worth of prizes
By
Danielle Brown
Oct 28, 2020
After pushing back this year’s celebration of National Nursing Home Week, a New Jersey-based operator finally got a chance to repay its workers by gifting them thousands of dollars worth of prizes.