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Memories of Moose and St. Joseph’s Senior Home

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I am writing this review on behalf of my father, Robert, who was a resident at Saint Joseph’s Senior Nursing Home for 1 year and 10 months.  After a long search for a place for him to call H...

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The story of our Resident – Robert Latkovich

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Robert R. Latkovich Sr. a.k.a. MOOSE, was born September 29, 1932 in Perth Amboy, NJ. He resided in Fords, NJ all his life. He grew up on Liberty Street in Fords with his mother, father, brother, and ...

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The Story of our Resident – Veronica Wojtowicz – “Cioci Verna”

Veronica Wojtowicz (lovingly known as “Verna” or “Cioci Verna” to many) was born at Margaret Hague Hospital in Jersey City in November 1933 to Florence (Godleski) and Joseph Grabowski. She is a gradua...

Mother’s Day in a Nursing Home – Poem

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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...

The life stories that deserve to be heard

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“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...

Life Story of Irene Butrico

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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+...

My mom – Little Ania the little pretty blue-eyed lady

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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...

The interview with Ann. The resident of our Assisted Living.

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Ann Stallone became a resident at St. Joseph’s Senior Assisted Living since 2017. She is our oldest resident. Ann is always smiling 🙂        Russell Stallone (Ann’s So...

THE SALVATORE BONGIORNO STORY

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This is a story about ‘MY PAL SAL’, a newer resident here at Assisted Living. (Side note: the translation of his name from the Italian is “GOOD MORNING SAVIOR”). SAL came to the Saint Joseph’s Senior ...

THE SMILING FACE OF GINA

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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...