Homeless on the streets of Muskegon, Michigan this bitter winter meant that Mr. Wesley Rowell suffered from exposure and lost portions of both feet. It was a series of unfortunate events that led to Rowell’s medical emergency. He had been primary caregiver for his elderly mother prior to her admission to a care facility and...
This year’s Valentine’s Day promises to be better than last year for 38-year-old John Webster and his young family of Grand Rapids, Mich. After recovering from a massive stroke and nearly a year in rehab, John is returning home in mid-January to once again help care for his family – including two young children. At...
Don Rockafellow can whip up a mean meatloaf for dinner, and there’s nothing he enjoys more at work than seeing SKLD Ionia residents devour it. He spent a lifetime working in the kitchen, learning first at the side of his mother—whose recipes are at the core of what Don describes as comfort food. These recipes...
At 17, while other teens were worrying about prom dresses and SAT testing, Melissa Frechette was a new immigrant in America caring for her grandmother with Alzheimer’s disease. She learned through trial and error how to manage care for a loved one with this debilitating disease and gleaned what she could from extended family members...
Darleen Simms received a visit from her brother every day that she spent at SKLD Livonia since moving there in December 2017. He came so frequently that most members of the staff got to know him as well. His visits stopped when he unexpectedly fell ill and passed away in early November, leaving Darleen distraught....
Anna Schultz of Grand Rapids, Michigan, remembers getting in her car after attending church on Sunday, September 30 and then her memory goes blank. What happened next, she’s had to piece together from witnesses. Anna suffered a cardiac arrest while driving and cruised through the intersection of 28thSt. and Eastern Ave., where her car collided...
Illuminate HC adds two more facilities to Michigan portfolio - the former Heartland/Crestview in Wyoming and Providence Zeeland.
"The economics of post-hospital care have shifted, but the delivery model is stuck in the 20th century," Zuckerman said. "Change is needed to compete in an environment where patients in skilled-care facilities have more complex needs, margins are shrinking, and performance improvements are increasingly important to boost facility reimbursement levels."
Illuminate is using the brand SKLD, pronounced “skilled,” to brand the nursing home assets that it manages. Any services that face the families and patients will be known as SKLD. Technology is a particular focus for the young firm. Illuminate is developing a proprietary logistics system that incorporates the use of wearable devices. Staff will be the primary users of the wearable devices and there are some ideas in the works for using them with patients.
There's a new player on the long-term care scene and it makes no small plans for its nursing homes. Illuminate HC is its name, and the moniker itself is a show of the creativity behind its leaders.