When it comes time to choose an assisted living or nursing home community, families often notice a big difference in how each one is run. Some are for-profit, while others are nonprofit (or not-for-profit). Both types of communities can offer good care but their goals, funding sources, and priorities may differ. Understanding these differences can help you make the best...
Here’s a group shot of Legacy Lifecare team members from last month’s GBMP & The Northeast Lean Conference in Worcester. From left to right: Melissa Kershaw, MPT, Amy Sanders, Claire Massero, Rose DiMonda, Adam Berman, Christina C. Tuohey, Susan LeClaire, Adam Ernst, Tammy Starion, Renato de León, LNHA, Tameka Bennett, and Katherine S. Santos. The annual two-day event attracts more than 600 Lean practitioners to share with and learn from their peers about...
At the recent LeadingAge Massachusetts‘ 2023 Annual Achievement Awards, the Leonard Florence Center for Living proudly accepted the Program Innovation Award! The award was given for LFCL’s revolutionary Outward Bound program, which enables ventilator-dependent residents to attend events outside of our Chelsea-based residence. Betsy Mullen, COO of Legacy Lifecare and Chelsea Jewish Lifecare , and Yari Velez, Special Projects Director at LFCL (both pictured below), accepted this...
Nonprofit Operates Nursing Home and Assisted Living Residences throughout Massachusetts BOSTON, MA (June 2021) – Legacy Lifecare, a network of not-for-profit organizations that provide healthcare and housing to seniors and the disabled, announced today that it will require all employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19. The organization is comprised of Chelsea Jewish Lifecare of Chelsea and Peabody, JGS Lifecare of...
PEABODY, Mass. — As companies, universities and even the U.S. military wrestle with what to do about requiring COVID-19 vaccines, one Massachusetts nursing home and assisted living provider is requiring all their employees at their six facilities to be vaccinated as part of their employment. “As a private employer we have different mandates we’re allowed to issue, including the flu...
By: Shelby Grebbin | May 1, 2024 Click here to read the entirety of Adam’s interview in Skilled Nursing News. As many nursing homes have been forced to close due to economic hardship, a greater degree of specialization in back-office function and front-office work is proving to be necessary to maintain longevity, especially for small operators. This is according to...
