Pure determination: Young CNA drives more than 25 miles on 4-wheeler to make shift at Mississippi nursing...
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Danielle Brown
Feb 24, 2021
Where there’s a will there’s a way. A 22-year-old Mississippi certified nursing assistant proved just that after trekking more than 25 miles on a four-wheeler during a winter storm in order to make...
Irma couldn’t wipe out provider’s plans to package holiday cheer for homebound seniors
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Sep 20, 2017
For 400 volunteers at MorseLife Health System in West Palm Beach, FL, nothing — not even Hurricane Irma — could get in the way of sharing the joy of the High Holidays with homebound Jewish seniors.
Christian Living Communities celebrates 50 years of service
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Danielle Brown
May 12, 2022
What started as a Denver-based, 63-bed, single-site nursing home led by volunteers in May 1972 has now grown into a Colorado’s largest nonprofit senior housing and services organization.
Restoring hope in Puerto Rico
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Kimberly Marselas
Jan 10, 2018
Three months after Hurricane Maria, many of the workers who care for Puerto Rico’s seniors still don’t have power or running water at home. But day after day, they show up to care for long-term...
CEO answers hurricane-hit Puerto Rico nursing home’s call for help with plane full of supplies
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Oct 04, 2017
Last month an employee of a Puerto Rico nursing home appeared in an ABC News interview with a desperate request for anyone who was watching: Don’t let our residents die.
Georgia nursing home residents share sweet wedding day
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Danielle Brown
Jan 12, 2022
A love story forged over shared lunches and purloined desserts has a sweet ending.
Door decoration program brings residents’ stories, rooms to life
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Nov 14, 2017
Residents of a Canadian nursing home are getting the chance to spruce up their rooms with large custom door decals depicting everything from their favorite landscape to the door of their church.
This Music Man really delivers
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 18, 2018
Record delivery man Bob Knutson doesn’t have any training in music or music therapy. For many years, he didn’t even have an especially good ear for it, much less a passion.
High school students, facility reap benefits of vocational training program at SNF
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Oct 18, 2017
It’s not often that school buses drop off high school students at a nursing home, or that skilled nursing residents get to watch YouTube videos with young people while sharing stories from their...
Video gold: Despite pandemic obstacles, husband keeps love story alive for wife with Alzheimer’s
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Danielle Brown
Feb 17, 2021
In a love story that rivals “The Notebook,” a Michigan man has proven that no obstacle is too big to stop him from seeing his wife daily in a push to help her remember their love for one another.