St. John’s Home Celebrates its Centenarians
St. John’s Home continued its tradition of celebrating resident centenarians at this year’s Centenarian Celebration and Luncheon. The 2025 honorees included Mildred Austin, 100 years old; Kalope Jamesson, 100; Nina…
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 More30th Annual Illumination of Love Raises $12,000 for Residents
St. John’s Foundation hosted its 30th annual Illumination of Love, an event that rings in the holiday season and raises funds for residents with limited financial means. St. John’s Foundation…
Read MoreBrickstone Writing Group to Release Anthology
What Denise Thompson-Slaughter says started as a “small group for sharing our writings” has become a trusted circle of writers who inspire one another. And now for the first time,…
Read MoreBright Spot: Rochester Heroes Honored
Veteran’s Day observances at St. John’s Home and St. John’s Meadows were featured on 13WHAM’s Bright Spot. Veterans at St. John’s skilled care and independent living communities were joined by…
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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