Members of iCare’s Transitional Care Nursing Team attended the 54th Annual Robert M. Jeresaty, MD Cardiovascular Symposium at the Hoffman Heart and Vascular Institute. Pictured here are Billy Boyce, Director of Care Transitions; Maggey Monterio, Care Transitions Nurse; and Francis Lijadu, Unit Manager at Touchpoints at Bloomfield.

Westside Care Center on Bidwell Street in Manchester recently celebrated receiving a Five Star CMS Rating. An iCare managed, 162 bed facility, Westside specializes in memory care, short term rehab and substance use disorder treatment through the iRecovery program. The coveted Five Star overall rating was accompanied by a Five Star quality measures rating. The community’s staffing ratios and health inspection make up the other core components of the rating.

Melissa Dziob joined the iCare team in the new position of Director of Quality of Life and Specialty Programming. This role will support many iCare initiatives and programs including consulting contracts, the iRecovery, behavioral health and Greater Hartford Memory Care programs. Melissa had this to share about her journey to iCare…

A Touchpoints at Farmington resident provided a glowing testimonial about the care he received from the nursing staff and the Care Transitions Team while recovering from open heart surgery.  ”Throughout my stay the CHF team were amazing in helping me recover, teaching me things I needed to know…I was really impressed that the CHF team (Anna and Billy) were able to review my hospital records and compare them with my current records and update SFH with that information.”

Members of the Touchpoints community team taught and coached a group of folks from the Windsor Senior Center in the use of a simple, standard hula hoop as an exercise, balance and agility tool.This light exercise and training program is exclusive to Touchpoints Rehab. The program is designed to immediately improve upright posture, upper and lower core strength, improve balance and reduce falls.