The Nantucket community is invited to attend a vital public forum discussing the facts surrounding the proposed plan to save Our Island Home, Nantucket’s only skilled nursing facility. The event will take place on April 10, 2025, at the Dreamland…
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The Friends of Our Island Home is pleased to announce new alliances. Starting with the Community Foundation of Nantucket, our president, Kathy Grieder, and vice president, Alison Foresgren, have worked hard for well over a year in advocating for the…
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Board members of the Friends of Our Island Home have been actively working on the Advisory Workgroup with the Town of Nantucket regarding building the new nursing home, which is proposed to be located at the Sherburne Commons site, which is Town-owned property under lease to…
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February 2022 During the Covid 19 Omicron outbreak on the island, the staff at Our Island Home worked tirelessly to care for the residents. Short staffed by the outbreak, with new protocols implemented to stay safe, it was a real…
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February 2, 2022 Well in to the COVID outbreak at Our Island Home, FoOIH wanted to in some way comfort everyone who was working so hard and such long hours. What better than comfort food? Fareground’s Restaurant has always stepped…
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Winter 2022 The right tray table, used in resident rooms and for the individual activities made necessary by COVID this year, is pretty important. We replaced 8 of the older variety with the new and improved style, better accommodating the…
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December 2022 FoOIH works to make the Christmas Party for the residents a very special day. With guidance from the staff and Activities Director, who see and understand what a special gift for each resident might be, we shop. Most…
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June 20, 2021 Each Father’s Day, we honor fathers ,and sons, who are residents at Our Island Home. This year, we thought a baseball hat to keep the sun out of the eyes for future sunny days on the Patio…
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Friends of Our Island Home would like to thank you for your 365 day gift to all who come and go from Our Island Home.