Now THIS is a nurturing nursing home — see how a special mother-son connection is helping bolster its...
By
Eliza Mattson
Jun 25, 2024
At 3½ years old, Tyler Yerkes attended daycare at Gurwin Jewish Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Commack, NY, while his mom, Julianne, worked as a registered nurse in Gurwin’s ventilator unit. ...
Decorating project draws on medication aide’s fine art background
By
Josh Henreckson
May 23, 2024
“When people walk into that common space, the first thing that they do is look up,” said Anna Halvorson, administrator at the Good Samaritan Society – Lakota.
Half a century and 4 million meals haven’t slowed down this long-term care culinary king
By
Josh Henreckson
Apr 10, 2024
For almost as long as there has been a Buena Vista Care Center in Santa Barbara, CA, Miguel Pulido has been there — making sure the residents of the nursing home are fed and happy.
Colorful quilt installation brightens the fabric of long-term care life
By
Josh Henreckson
Mar 13, 2024
What started as a simple idea to add a special touch of decoration for a group of long-term care residents quickly escalated into something much more recently.
Gurwin celebrates 54th anniversary of Woodstock festival across campuses
By
Foster Stubbs
Sep 26, 2023
Despite summer 2023 coming to a close, the summer of 1969 remained in the minds of Gurwin Healthcare System residents and staff when they recently celebrated the 54th anniversary of Woodstock.
Team spirit is for the birds
By
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...
The bird is the word at South Dakota nursing home
By
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...
SNF donates baby food amid national shortage
By
Nicole Blanchard
Jul 07, 2022
Castle Healthcare, a management consulting company that operates eight skilled nursing facilities in Indiana, recently organized a baby food donation initiative to help ease the anxiety of staff and residents...
After 55 years, the Guys have it: Kentucky SNF surprises couple with wedding ceremony, celebration
By
Danielle Brown
Apr 14, 2022
A Kentucky nursing home resident and her husband finally got the wedding of their dreams more than 55 years after they first recited their vows.
No typical Valley girl: Baby named for nursing home after workers make emergency delivery in its parking...
By
Danielle Brown
Mar 10, 2021
A newborn baby girl was named after a Louisiana nursing home after the facility’s parking lot was transformed into an impromptu delivery room for the mother, who unexpectedly went into labor while visiting...