Seeds from all over U.S. spring up at Kentucky nursing home
By
Kimberly Marselas
Mar 21, 2018
About 15 residents of Liberty Care and Rehabilitation in rural Casey County, Kentucky, have been busy prepping their two-year-old garden since early February, lettuce leaves and broccoli stalks already...
New Jersey student’s dance class gets nursing home residents moving
By
Nicole Blanchard
Jun 17, 2022
A high school student from northern New Jersey is using the power of dance to boost nursing home patients’ spirits.
‘Together we survive’: Consultant creates original song to encourage nursing staff
By
Emma Baumgartel
Jun 23, 2021
Marquis provides program and operational services to nursing homes in New England, the Mid-Atlantic and Florida, and its employees this year turned to an original song to encourage the staff and residents...
Residents at Wisconsin facility offer relationship advice in viral Facebook post
By
Danielle Brown
Feb 27, 2020
Valentine’s Day may be over but social media users are still taking relationship advice offered by residents at a Wisconsin facility in a now viral social media post.
Bilingual staff at Michigan SNF help father, son reunite after 25 years
By
Emma Baumgartel
Jul 07, 2021
When Faustino Mendez arrived at SKLD Zeeland, a skilled nursing rehab facility in Zeeland, MI, in December, he had been out of contact with his family for about five years.
All aboard! Ohio facility hosts Titanic-themed dinner for residents
By
Danielle Brown
Feb 12, 2020
The year is 1912, and thousands of passengers are boarding the RMS Titanic for its maiden voyage to New York City — at least that’s what staff members want residents to think. The culinary and programming...
Rough journey and smooth brushstroke inspire nursing home portrait sessions
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jul 02, 2019
During her junior year of high school, America Ordonez stepped into Oak Hill Nursing and Rehabilitation Center for the first time, armed with a camera, a sketch pad and a box full of paints. Almost a year...
Here comes the bride’s mother, all dressed in silver
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jul 10, 2019
Months ago, Jane Hartstein, a resident of Gurwin Jewish Nursing & Rehabilitation Center on Long Island, started trying to wean herself off a ventilator in the hopes of making it to her daughter’s...
Seniors capture memories for seniors
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 19, 2018
School’s out for summer, but Sarina Helmer and Arlene Schmid will always be able to look back on the time they spent together.
Oh, baby! Dolls bring new life to nursing home
By
Kimberly Marselas
Feb 28, 2018
Volunteer Sandy Cambron did her best to rekindle parental love among dozens of memory-impaired residents at Kentucky’s Park Terrace Health Campus — one lifelike baby doll at a time.