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Socks for Seniors collects 578 pairs of socks

Friday, December 3 by wcednews

DuBois, PA - Together with your help, we were able to collect 578 pairs of warm cozy socks for local senior citizens through our Socks for Seniors program with Christ the King Manor!That's an incredible number! Last year, we collected 500 socks. We were... Read More.

Christ the King Manor holding drive-through Christmas lights

Friday, December 3 by wcednews

DuBois, PA - Christ the King Manor nursing home is offering a drive-through Christmas light-up night tonight!It's the manor's 3rd annual Light Up Night from 6 until 7:30 p.m. on the grounds of Christ the King Manor.Cars will drive throughout the parking lots, going... Read More.

Final day to donate to Socks for Seniors

Tuesday, November 30 by wcednews

DuBois, PA – This is the last day left to donate! Help us warm the hearts and feet of our elderly with Socks for Seniors with Connect FM and Christ the King Manor!Connect FM has partnered up once again to collect socks with Christ... Read More.

WRC Senior Services integrates into Penn Highlands Healthcare

Wednesday, September 1 by wcednews

DUBOIS, PA – The Boards of Directors of both WRC Senior Services and Penn Highlands Healthcare have signed a Definitive Agreement between the two organizations that would integrate WRC Senior Services into the Penn Highlands Healthcare system.The WRC Senior Services Board of Directors determined... Read More.

All PA nursing homes expected to have 80 percent staff vaccinated

Friday, August 13 by wcednews

Mechanicsburg, PA - To help protect vulnerable residents, Department of Health Executive Deputy Secretary Keara Klinepeter set the expectation for all of Pennsylvania’s skilled nursing facilities (SNF), also referred to as nursing homes, to have at least 80 percent of staff vaccinated for COVID-19... Read More.

Proposed nursing home regulations could add 1.5 more hours direct care

Thursday, July 22 by wcednews

Harrisburg, PA - Wolf Administration officials shared proposed nursing home regulations focused on increasing the quality of care received by residents by increasing the minimum direct care hours by 1.4 more hours each day. The current skilled nursing facility regulations have not been updated... Read More.

Nursing homes begin allowing visitors, hugs for vaccinated residents

Wednesday, March 17 by wcednews

Clearfield County, PA – Some nursing home and long term care facilities starting to accept visitors, allowing families who haven't been able to hug their loved ones in a year to finally embrace each other again.This varies by each nursing home, so you'll need... Read More.

House Repubs start investigation into Wolf’s handling of COVID-19 in nursing homes

Tuesday, March 2 by wcednews

Harrisburg, PA – House Republicans will be starting an investigation into the Wolf administration’s handling of nursing homes during the COVID-19 pandemic.Read below for the full press release sent by House Majority Leader Kerry Benninghoff. *** Harrisburg, PA – House Majority Leader Kerry Benninghoff... Read More.

More than 500 pairs of socks collected for Christ the King Manor with Socks for Seniors

Wednesday, December 16 by wcednews

DuBois, PA - With YOUR help, Connect FM and Christ The King Manor’s Socks for Seniors collected 500 pairs of socks for nursing home residents!That’s incredible... We tripled our previous record!Thank you to The Gourmet Kitchen in the DuBois Mall, Family Dollar in DuBois,... Read More.

Christ the King Manor gets new CEO, Paula Felton-Werner

Saturday, November 21 by wcednews

DuBois, PA. November 20, 2020 – At a recent meeting of the Board of Directors of Christ the King Manor, the promotion of Paula Felton-Werner to the position of CEO/Chief Administrator was announced.Ms. Felton-Werner previously held the Administrator position where she has been instrumental... Read More.