News & Events

  • Addressing the issue of social isolation in senior population

    By Donna Westphal, Activity Coordinator, 
    Chariton Specialty Care

         Imagine being dumped on a deserted island in the middle of someplace you have never been and everything seems completely foreign to you. There is no contact with the outside and you lose your connection with the everyday world around you.  
         Some days as busy adults we yearn for the solitude that this image generates in our mind.  Yet if forced into this situation, whether it...

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  • Care Initiatives Hospice earns national certification

    Care Initiatives Hospice – Waterloo is pleased to announce that we have been certified by Points of Light as a Service Enterprise. A Service Enterprise is an organization that fundamentally leverages volunteers and their skills to successfully deliver on its social mission.

    Research conducted by the TCC Group, a national program and evaluation firm, found that organizations operating as Service Enterprises outperf

    orm peer...

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  • Eldora Specialty Care is Deficiency Free for 2017

    Eldora Specialty Care is pleased to announce it has received a “Deficiency Free” result on its annual survey in February 2017 by the Iowa Department of Inspections and Appeals. There are 412 nursing facilities in Iowa. Generally, only 5 percent are found to be deficiency-free.

    The annual survey, which is conducted over several days, covers over 500 quality, safety and performance issues such as medication management, proper skin care, assessment of...

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