Media Contact: Julie Sheedy [email protected] or 315.413.3480 Free pies for veterans at Loretto Syracuse, NY (November 11, 2019) – Military veterans who work or live at Loretto in Syracuse will receive free pies today for Veterans’ Day! The “pie social” will be hosted by the Central New York Food Truck Alliance, with pies donated by Mineo…

Media Contact: Julie Sheedy [email protected] or 315.413.3480 Will Loretto residents get a trick or a treat on Halloween? Looks like it’ll be a treat when 50+ students from Onondaga Central School District visit Loretto for a costume contest with the residents. *Media invited – great visuals and heart-warming stories* WHEN: Thursday October 31, costume contest at 11:15…

Media Contact: Julie Sheedy  [email protected] or 315.413.3480 Editorial note: Interviews available upon request Syracuse, NY (October 15, 2019) – Loretto is now offering Peritoneal Dialysis. Peritoneal dialysis is a daily treatment for kidney failure that filters a patient’s blood inside his/her own body. Unlike the more common “Hemodialysis” – which removes blood from the body in…

Media Contact: Julie Sheedy [email protected] or 315.413.3480 Loretto Promotes Boss to Director of Nursing, Hires Nelson and Schlie Syracuse, NY (October 1, 2019) – Meredith Boss, RN, BSN, has been promoted to the role of Director of Nursing at Loretto Health & Rehabilitation. Previously Assistant Director of Nursing for short-term rehabilitation, Meredith was an integral part…

Non-Fair event tomorrow: Good news, great visuals as seniors share drum circle with their families Media contact: Ryan Kanavy 315-413-3462 or [email protected] The assisted-living residents at The Nottingham have been participating in drum circle sessions with Syracuse’s “DrumQuest” (www.drumquest.com) over the past several months, and tomorrow the drum circle will be open to families of the residents.…

Media Contact: Julie Sheedy [email protected] or 315.413.3480 New Technology at Loretto to Reduce Cardiac Hospital Readmissions Syracuse, NY (July 18, 2019) – Loretto has implemented a new advanced technology for cardiac patients in its TeliStat™ Restorative Care Unit (RCU). The ReDS lung fluid management system enables registered nurses to monitor fluid levels noninvasively. Loretto is the…

Media contact: Ryan Kanavy 315-413-3462 or [email protected] Editorial note: PACE staff and participants available for interviews Loretto Launches Telehealth for PACE Program Participants Syracuse, NY (August 12, 2019) – Loretto’s Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly in Central New York (PACE-CNY) is now offering participants access to a doctor or nurse 24 hours a day, seven…

Media Contact: [email protected] or 315.413.3480 Loretto Hires Laura Roberts, Johaun Jackson, and Morgan Rowe Syracuse, NY (July 29, 2019) – Loretto has hired Laura Roberts as Assistant Director of Clinical Services for Housing. She will manage and support all of the housing facilities, as well as the residents. Roberts was previously an Occupational Health Nurse and…

On Friday, June 21, Loretto will host Lisa Sonneborn of Clarity Clinical Research at The Nottingham to educate staff, residents and their families on brain health through the Acti-v8 Your Brain initiative. June 21 is “The Longest Day” and June is National Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month. “Aging causes changes in all parts of the…

Syracuse, NY (May 13, 2019) Remember those adorable middle schoolers who took on the older adults in trivia last May? Everyone had so much fun that Loretto is hosting a trivia challenge again for Older Americans Month – but this time, the 7th graders and seniors will be on the same teams! *Media opportunity – great visuals…