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Get Your Votes in for the Reader’s Choice Awards

Let’s get out and vote for the 2023 The Daily Journal Reader’s Choice Awards! Voting ends Monday, January 29th, at 9 p.m.

Vote for Riverside for these categories:

  • Assisted Living – Riverside Senior Life Communities Westwood
  • Fitness Center/Gym – Riverside Health Fitness Center
  • Senior Living Facility – Riverside Senior Life Communities
  • Personal Trainer – Michele Janota – Riverside Health Fitness Center
  • Personal Trainer – Bobby DeLira – Riverside Health Fitness Center
  • Places to work: Riverside
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Birthday Decorating Winners!

Congrats to Pathways and to the Lab for being named the winners of the birthday decorating contest.

Off-site location winner: Pathways

Kankakee Campus winner: Lab

Thank you to our other participants and to everyone who celebrated Riverside turning 60!

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DAISY Award Winner: Mckenna

Congratulations to our newest DAISY Award Winner!

Mckenna has a very special way of connecting with each and every one of her patients. She loves to make everyone smile and is always willing to help with anything and everything you could throw at her. I have never met a nurse that was a bigger advocate for her patients. She has such a big heart and was truly made to be a nurse. Her compassion and skill are just a few of the qualities that make her such a great member of our Labor and Delivery Team. She recently had a very critically ill patient that was in need of an urgent cesarean section. This patient arrived without a support system and no prenatal care during her pregnancy. Mckenna stepped right in and made sure that she felt comforted and supported while also prioritizing her clinical needs. After her procedure, the patient had a life-threatening event and Mckenna most certainly had a hand at saving her life. Mckenna was quick to recognize that the patient was deteriorating rapidly. She did this while also managing another high acuity patient and helping her fellow coworkers. She was adamant that this patient needed a much higher level of care than we could provide in Labor and Delivery and acted quickly to get her the help that she needed and assist with her transfer to the ICU. In the following days while in the ICU, Mckenna frequently checked in on her. Mckenna made sure to be present prior to her discharge to ensure that the patient was equipped with the necessary resources and support she would need at home. Mckenna is committed to her patients and seeing that they are cared for even when they are no longer technically “”her patients””.

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Chime Time

Thanks to the Foundation Pathways found time to Chime for the holidays! A few of Pathways’ staff played the chimes for their outpatient groups during the holidays. They also taught their child/adolescent groups how to use the chimes. Kirt, Pathways’ educator, says the next stop will be Senior Living! Pictured from left to right: Kelsy Kerrigan, Amy Lowery, Rachel Niefeldt, Kirt Hendrick.

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