An often underlooked part of healthcare in a nursing home setting is the admissions process. Athena’s Regional Directors of Admissions for Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts explain the process and how to navigate it. Continue Reading Continue reading
Connecticut’s Resident Ambassador Alexis DeAngelis says she uses her own experience from working in nursing facilities to train new ambassadors. Continue Reading Continue reading
May 14, 2021 Dear Families, This week, we celebrate National Skilled Nursing Care Week (formerly National Nursing Home Week). This year’s theme is “Together Through the Seasons.” NSNCW began on Sunday, May 9, Mother’s Day and runs through May 15. The theme will honor the collaborative commitment of our staff in providing compassionate care to… Continue Reading Continue reading
March 23, 2021 Dear Families, At long last – we have new guidance from the CDC on nursing home visitation! This new guidance reflects updates to address the vaccination of residents and individuals from the community, as well as the decrease in community spread and changes to visitation during an “outbreak.” While the CDC released… Continue Reading Continue reading
Click below for an update on our visitation plan, based on CT DPH and CDC guidance, effective 3/16/2021: Visitation Guidance (CT)… Continue reading
February 15, 2021 Dear Families, As always, we hope this letter finds you safe and healthy as we begin the New Year! Our current COVID status is negative. We are very excited that our residents and staff have had now had the opportunity to receive their doses of the COVID-19 vaccine from CVS here at… Continue Reading Continue reading
December 16, 2020 Dear Families, The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has found a COVID-19 vaccine to be safe and effective, and our facility will be able to give the vaccine to residents. This is very encouraging news. We will begin giving the vaccine to residents on December 22, 2020. However, we are… Continue Reading Continue reading
Please see the below for an Update on the COVID-19 Pandemic: Facility Sheet… Continue reading
Every week at Wadsworth Glen nursing home in Middletown, administrator Joseph Bray anxiously awaits for his residents’ COVID-19 point prevalence test results. “Sometimes it’s a little bit scary because if you don’t know what to expect,” Bray said. While his home has not seen a significant number of cases or deaths, he still recalls the… Continue Reading Continue reading
