Here at St. Joseph’s Nursing Center we are really Blessed in so many ways, ways in which not many people see, however, we know these blessings are present daily. We are especially blessed to hav...
Jun 2021 04
Mother’s Day in a Nursing Home What is Mother’s Day? By definition it is a celebration of the mother of a family however I will say it’s a celebration of any mother figure in one’s life. What should I...
May 2021 06
Easter is certainly the most significant and joyful celebration in the Catholic calendar, as It celebrates the resurrection of Jesus Christ who conquered death and saved us all from eternal death and ...
Apr 2021 19
Spring is a BEAUTIFUL time of the year to me. It reminds me that what we see outside is often different than what is inside. The barren fields turn out beautiful grass, crops, and flowers. The trees s...
Apr 2021 15
“The beauty of a woman, with passing years only grows!” ― Audrey Hepburn Beauty is important to all of us, more than we would ever care to admit. We chase it relentlessly while we’re still youn...
Apr 2021 12
“Aging is an extraordinary process where you become the person you always should have been.” – David Bowie Whenever we look at the elderly, we usually see them as sickly persons, completely re...
Mar 2021 18
Irene as a child Irene was born in Eerie, PA on October 4, 1930, to Anthony and Mary Jaskulski who were both from Poland. Irene moved to South Plainfield when she was very young and spent the next 70+...
Feb 2021 24
My Mom, “Little Ania,” as she is affectionately called by the Sisters and Staff of St. Joseph’s, became a treasured resident of St. Joseph’s on January 17, 2020. I w...
Feb 2021 24
“Serve the sick with such love, as you would serve Jesus Christ Himself” -Bl. Edmund image from: https://aleteia.org/ Each year on February 11th, St. Joseph’s community celebrates the World Da...
Jan 2021 18
“God gave us music… that we might pray without words It goes without saying that music is and always has been an inherent element of social and cultural lives for people of all ages. It accompan...