
Women’s History Month Celebration at St. John’s
St. John’s Home residents gathered to celebrate women’s resilience and history in observance of Women’s History Month this week. St. John’s Therapeutic Recreation Specialist Jessica Hardeman organized and led the…
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Local News Spotlights St. John’s Meadows Caregiver
“You need to take care of yourself, so that you can take care of somebody else,” caregiver and St. John’s Meadows Resident Barbara Smith told local news outlets on National…
Read MoreStrong Black Poets Discussed at Brickstone by St. John’s Women’s Social
“Black women have a special relationship with poetry and using their voices to express their feelings about racial and economic oppression,” says Faith Prather, a Brickstone by St. John’s Resident…
Read MoreResidents Make Cat Toys to Help Local Shelter
For almost two decades Marilyn Swick has dedicated her spare time to helping local stray cats. The retired teacher’s love of animals and helping the community inspired her recent Humane…
Read MoreHow St. John’s Addresses the ‘Silent Struggle’ Among Older Adults
St. John’s Meadows Elder Advocate Hannah De George shared her expertise on the older adult mental health experience in a recent Rochester Business Journal article. In the piece, De George…
Read MoreLifeBio Graduates New Class at St. John’s
For 16 years St. John’s has had a strong partnership with LifeBio, a storytelling company founded on the philosophy that “everyone’s story matters.” At St. John’s Meadows, six residents participated…
Read MoreResidents Help Out Students with a Holiday Woodworking Project
St. John’s Meadows resident Bill Osborne received a call from his daughter asking him for a festive favor over the holidays. Osborne’s granddaughter Alison is a second grader at Seton…
Read MoreMental Wellness as We Age
“A lot of times I see folks that are unaware of how deeply affected they are by their mental health and do not realize the many options out there to…
Read MoreHappy 125th Birthday St. John’s!
St. John’s celebrated its 125th anniversary at a grand birthday party surrounded by residents, employees, family, and special guests. Since our doors opened on November 21, 1899, St. John’s has…
Read MoreHonoring Veterans at St. John’s
As St. John’s Home Assistant Director of Nursing and Lieutenant Commander U.S. Navy Retired Robert Wesley said, “On the eleventh hour on the eleventh day of the eleventh month we…
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