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Melissa Schmitt
Administrator
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Dear Residents and Families,
Thank you so much for choosing 60 West for your skilled nursing, specialty clinical programming and long term care needs. Our team recognizes that each patient and their family is truly unique with their own set of expectations, clinical and social need and goals for care. Our mission is to provide a safe, secure environment that is inclusive, compassionate and free of stigma.
At 60 West, we are committed to actually living and delivering on our Mission and Vision. Our team is diverse, passionate and engaged, but most importantly they are a Team and a Family. We work together day in and day out to make 60 West all that it can be and bring that same feeling to the residents with whose care and safety we are entrusted.
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We are pleased and proud that since inception, 60 West has consistently been rated a Four or Five Star facility overall and for quality measures, as granted by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). 60 West has also been the recipient of a US News and World Report Best Nursing Home recognition for 2018-2019 and 2019-2020 and an American Health Care Association (AHCA) Silver Quality Award. Beyond the numbers, we find ways to innovate and improve patient care and the experience. Continue Reading
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Commemorating and Celebrating Juneteenth, 2024
June 19, 2024
Today we celebrate Juneteenth; the oldest known holiday that commemorates the end of slavery in the US. A day to reflect on our history, the fight for freedom and the work that still needs to be done today. A day to celebrate African American culture and celebrate our diverse communities. On behalf of iCare Health Network, we wish you a joyous and peaceful Juneteenth.
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We'll Be There For You: iCare Health Network Celebrates National Nursing Assistants' Day and Week, 2024
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iCare Health Network celebrates National Career Nursing Assistants Day which takes place June 15, 2024. National Nursing Assistants’ Week is June 13th to June 19th. The day and week are an annual celebrations that recognizes the invaluable contributions of Nursing Assistants in skilled nursing, long term care and other healthcare settings. The theme for CNA Week 2024, set by the National Association of Health Care Assistants (NAHCA), is “We’ll Be There for You.” This theme emphasize…
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Beneath the banner of the brave and free, In shadows deep, where silent battles rage, There lies a soul who fought for you and me, Now trapped within a war’s unending cage. The fireworks that light the peaceful sky, To him, are echoes of a distant fight, Where comrades fell, and still, his heart asks why, He carries on, ensnared by endless night.
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On May 7, 2024 Trinity Hill Care Center’s Administrator Yong Crandall was honored with The Eli Pick Facility Leadership Award at the 57th Annual Convocation and Exposition of the American College of Health Care Administrators (ACHCA) in Myrtle Beach, SC. The Eli Pick Facility Leadership Award (EPFLA) was introduced in 2008 by one of ACHCA’s most revered leaders, the late Eli Pick. A former executive director of the Ballard Rehabilitation Center, DesPlaines, IL, for over 30 years, Eli …