Hundreds of strangers attend, provide services at funeral of veteran abandoned at nursing home
By
Eliza Mattson
Jul 03, 2024
When nursing homes find themselves with a deceased resident whom family and friends do not lay claim to, there can still be a heartwarming outcome.
Something tells us they’re into something good: Immanuel unites region’s seniors with Hermits, music,...
By
Josh Henreckson
Jun 12, 2024
It’s common for senior care providers to look for ways to celebrate their residents, but few take it to as large a scale as Omaha, NE-based Immanuel Communities.
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.
Residents make tasty drinks, deep connections at nursing home’s ‘coffee shop’
By
Josh Henreckson
Dec 12, 2023
The residents of Good Samaritan Society – Le Mars weren’t always obsessed with coffee, but now they have every reason to be.
No taste like home: Iowa group provides weekly meals for nursing facility’s workers
By
Danielle Brown
May 05, 2022
An Iowa group is making sure nearby nursing facility workers always have a taste of home while on the job each weekend.
Kindness still blooming as NY florist spreads flower-giving campaign
By
Danielle Brown
Jan 27, 2022
Even though spring isn’t here yet, a New York florist wants nursing home residents to know that compassion is always in season.
Robin the robot keeps good company: nursing home residents
By
Joe Bush
Nov 22, 2022
One of our core values is ‘Love’,” said Andrew Stephenson, administrator at Riverwalk Post-Acute in Riverside, CA, “but that doesn’t mean it always has to come from a human.”
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.
Nursing home residents prepare care packages for less fortunate
By
Foster Stubbs
Apr 18, 2023
Whenever he would see something on the news that scared him, Fred Rogers’ mother would tell him, “Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.” Mary Immaculate Health/Care Services...
104-year-old SNF resident gets the sweetest of birthday treats
By
Foster Stubbs
May 02, 2023
Founded in 1914, the Tastykake is a Philadelphia institution that has remained popular for over a century. The same could be said for Twila Reber, a resident at Phoebe Berks in Wernersville, PA who will...