Kathleen Biggs, a certified recreation therapist and certified dementia practitioner in the memory care unit at Gurwin Jewish Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, discusses the creative, engaging, and fun activities Gurwin is using to improve residents' cognitive health and social connections in a new interview with U.S. News & World Report.

A new article in The New York Times spotlights RiverSpring Living’s Golden Dreams program, a program created to help residents fulfill lifelong wishes, rediscover passions, and experience moments they may have once thought were out of reach.

As part of National Skilled Nursing Care Week, Coler Rehabilitation and Nursing Care Center and Open Doors NYC co-hosted a Food Stories exhibition featuring storytelling from nursing home residents accompanied by large-scale visual works by artist and community organizer Kevin Nakagawa.

Nurses, therapists, aides, and family members lined the halls clapping and cheering on May 11^th as 74-year-old Roseann Iavarone made her way through Gurwin Jewish Nursing & Rehabilitation Center smiling through tears after a recovery doctors believed she might never make.

Jewish Home welcomes the first residents of Lilac Grove, as construction concludes on the 90-unit apartment complex for older adults ages 62 and older.

2026 was a banner year for Peconic Landing’s annual John May Mile and 5K fundraiser, which donated a record $30,250 to the Greenport Fire Department on May 9^th.

Mark Sanchez, president and CEO of United Hebrew of New Rochelle, calls on state lawmakers to direct a fair share of Governor Hochul’s proposed $1.5 billion for hospitals and nursing homes to long-term care providers in a new opinion piece in The Journal News.

Quality health care is often defined by the quality of care administered by staff in medical and nursing home settings. To ensure that Jewish Home employees are providing the best care—in addition to feeling empowered and supported—leadership has been elevating employee programs and resources over the last decade. The array of offerings are gathered collectively under the name Your Path Forward, and the resources have resulted in not only a supportive work culture, but also strong staff recruitment and retention programs.