St. John’s and MVP Health Care’s Seasonal Flavors cooking demonstration and educational series kicked off on May 4 featuring Farm-Style Cooking. Recipes included Chicken Mushroom Potpie, Country Potato Salad, and Old-Fashioned Succotash.

Rochester, N.Y. ­—An innovative workforce development program pioneered by St. John’s has been awarded a grant to help expand even further in 2017. St. John’s will receive $100,000 from the New York State Regional Economic Development Council to put toward training existing employees in new methods aimed at improving care and quality of life for residents of St. John’s.

The April 7 edition of the Rochester Business Journal featured St. John’s Meadows residents John and Angie Sinacore in an article titled “Staying Active, Having a Purpose Serves Retirees Well. “The couple–who have lived at St. John’s Meadows since 2014–spent over two decades volunteering for the United States Coast Guard Auxillary.

Bestselling author and comedian Judy Batalion visited Brickstone by St. John’s on Monday to discuss the complexities of mother-daughter relationships and her 2016 book  “White Walls: A Memoir About Motherhood, Daughterhood, and the Mess in Between.” Batalion’s appearance was part of the Louis S. Wolk Jewish Community Center of Greater Rochester’s Lane Dworkin Jewish Book Festival.

Read the recently released February 2017 Families and Friends to find out about everything that has been happening in our skilled services!

Few relationships experience the ebbs and flows, highs and lows as mother-daughter relationships do. They are unique, yet tied by a common thread: the desire to love and be loved. Impossibly simple and simply impossible at the same time, mothers and daughters know you don’t have to understand it to appreciate it.

St. John’s Vice President of Skilled Services Rebecca Priest was featured on the front page of the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle’s “Living” section as part of their regular feature “Woman to Watch” on Tuesday, January 17. The article highlights Rebecca’s many professional accomplishments, including the opening of the nation’s first Green House home located in a residential area as well as her leadership while working to bring that same model to St. John’s Home.

Kelly Batz, R.N.—St. John’s Employee Health and Wellness Manager—was named the 2016 New York State Association of Occupational Health Nurses (NYSAOHN) Nurse of the Year.  NYSAOHN President Marie Warda and Mary Ann Rall—the President of the organization’s Greater Rochester Chapter—were on hand to present the award at today’s surprise ceremony.

At the TEDx Flour City event on November 5, 2016, St. John’s Vice President of Skilled Services Rebecca Priest shared the very personal story of her parents’ refusal to conform to the idea of turning to institutional care for her sister. Rebecca learned at a young age that there is nothing that cannot be accomplished when people come together to tackle an issue. That knowledge has driven her work at St. John’s to help change the way elder care is delivered here in Rochester.