Annual Fund-raiser for JCH&L Auxiliary The Spring Salad Festival of the Jefferson Community Health & Life Auxiliary will be held on Thursday, May 7, at the Fairbury Elks Lodge. The Salad Festival is a fund-raiser for the JCH&L Auxiliary which has been a community event since 1965. Last year’s event raised nearly $1,000 for the […]
Rick Blatny Jr., MD, has accepted a position to rejoin Jefferson Community Health & Life as a family medicine physician. Dr. Blatny Jr. will care for patients in the Fairbury Clinic, JCH&L emergency room, and hospital. Details of his start date have not been finalized. Dr. Blatny Jr. is a Fairbury native and practiced at […]
The Caregivers Support Group offered by the Alzheimer’s Association will meet on Thursday, March 12, at 4:30 p.m. in the Jefferson Community Health & Life Clinic Conference Room. The program will be a video on Dementia and Sensory Challenges by Hammond Innovations. Easiest access will be by parking in the H Street parking and entering […]
Jefferson Community Health & Life and Heartland Bank are partnering to support an important investment in advanced orthopedic care, bringing leading-edge technology closer to home for rural patients. The community is invited to attend an open house and check presentation recognizing fundraising efforts for a THINK Surgical TMINI® robotic system, which will support advanced knee […]
FAIRBURY, NE – For the 11th time in 13 years, Jefferson Community Health & Life has been named a Top 100 Critical Access Hospital in the United States by The Chartis Center for Rural Health. Chartis’ annual Top 100 award program honors outstanding performance among the nation’s rural hospitals based on the results of the […]
2025 brought many changes The Jefferson Community Health & Life board of directors held the organization’s annual membership meeting for fiscal 2025 on Thursday, Jan. 15. Anyone who has donated $100 or more to Jefferson Community Health & Life is a member of the private not-for-profit corporation and eligible to attend the meeting. Two board […]
JCH&L Fairbury Clinic has added designated handicap parking at the Negative Pressure Entrance. Patients may be directed to the Negative Pressure Entrance when they have symptoms which might indicate a transmissible disease. The Negative Pressure Entrance is handicapped accessible, and the new designated parking makes it even more accessible. There are also spaces which are […]
FAIRBURY – JCH&L Gardenside has again received a 5-Star Rating from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid. Gardenside has been a 5-Star facility nearly continuously since the rating system was started by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid in 2008. Nursing Home Compare’s star rating system allow consumers to compare information about nursing homes. It […]
The Parkinson’s Support Group will meet on Wednesday, Feb. 18, at 2 p.m. in the Jefferson Community Health & Life Clinic Conference Room. The program will be on “Understanding Parkinson’s,” featuring videos from the Michael J. Fox Foundation and Khan Academy, and materials from the Parkinson’s Foundation. For easiest access, park in the H Street […]
The Caregivers Support Group offered by the Alzheimer’s Association will meet on Thursday, Feb. 12, at 4:30 p.m. in the Jefferson Community Health & Life Clinic Conference Room. The program will be a video on “Wandering and Dementia.” Easiest access will be by parking in the H Street parking and entering through the JCH&L Main […]
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