Hartford HealthCare Senior Services honors Jerome Home and Arbor Rose employees

NEW BRITAIN – Hartford HealthCare Senior Services recently honored milestone employees from its seven communities including Jerome Home and Arbor Rose, located at 975 Corbin Ave. The staffers were congratulated at the Longevity Celebration held Oct. 13 at Southington Care Center Courtyard. Executive directors from each community presented the awards.

Arbor Rose honorees included: five years – Mobolaji Ojekunle and Angela Sheehan. Jerome Home honorees were: 30 years - Elizabeth Richter; 25 years – Maura Ciccotti; 20 years - Dorine Baldwin, Audrey Schulde, Delores Thompson; 15 years - Lourdes Lopez and Katarzyna Ufniarz; 10 years - Rita Nadeau-Breive, Kathryn Pellegrini, Robert Schmelzer; and five years - Blanca Carrasco, Amy Damato, Andrea Desalvo, Aisha Ellison, Pamela Pinto, Ricardo Raspaldo, Amanda Roberge, Rosalie Tanguay.

“Today we honor our milestone anniversary recipients who have worked between five and 35 years,” said Lisa Connolly, NHA, MS, vice president, Hartford HealthCare Community Network, in remarks during the ceremony. “This is a testament to the culture of our communities, the extraordinary commitment of the staff, and their passion for seniors we are so privileged to serve each and every day.”

Hartford HealthCare Senior Services is a not for profit Hartford HealthCare Partner. For more information about Hartford HealthCare Senior Services, visit hhcseniorservices.org.

Photos by Rusty Kimball

William Menoche, executive director of Arbor Rose, congratulates Angela Sheehan during the awards ceremony.

Among those representing Jerome Home at the celebration are, from left, Sue Kuchman, Katarzyna Ufniarz, Blanca Carrasco, Executive Director Lori Toombs, Aisha Ellison and Kathryn Pellegrini.