What is the first image that pops up in your mind when you hear the notion ‘Assisted Living’? For me, it is a group of joyful seniors, sipping tea on a back porch garden overlooking a calm lake. They ...
Aug
2019
05
It’s been seven years since I retired from an NYC Law Firm after twenty – nine years working there. I was looking for a niche that could best fit my needs as a new retiree. I never thought that ...
Jul
2019
25
A VISIT FROM THE BISHOP On July 18, 2019, The Most Reverend James F. Checchio, Bishop of the Dioceses of Metuchen, New Jersey honored us here at SAINT JOSEPH’S SENIOR HOME by con-celebrating the Holy ...
Jul
2019
19
Who is that lady who is always smiling? Well, her full name is Regina Stelma, she’s eighty years old and has been under the care of THE LITTLE SERVANT SISTERS OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION for about se...
Jul
2019
16
Remorse, doubt, anger, and confusion – these are the concomitants of the decision to place our loved ones in a nursing home. Whether it is a parent, sibling or a spouse, this decision never come...
Jul
2019
03
I’d like to relate how I selected Saint Joseph’s Senior Home for my wife Geneva. She contracted Alzheimer’s, ALZ, a disease in 2016 when she was 79 years old. Things were near “normal” for the remaind...
Jun
2019
27
The last time I wrote; it was about my impressions after my first two weeks in residence. That was four months ago. I am now fully on board for the long haul here. I have indeed found a new home in ev...
Jun
2019
18
I had two serious falls at home in 2014. My concern, as an unmarried, I lived alone in a large single family house. My entire family is deceased – the last, only recently, both mishaps required hospit...
Jun
2019
04
The Senior Home is operated by a THE LITTLE SERVANT SISTERS TO THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION, an organization of Religious Roman Catholic Sisters that has been in the United States for more than ninety ye...