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IGNITE MEDICAL RESORTS EXPANDS WITH NEW ACQUISITION IN EL PASO, TEXAS

December 02, 2024
El Paso, Texas: Ignite Medical Resorts® is excited to announce the acquisition of a building in El Paso previously known as VibraLife of El Paso.
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Fast forward to the Future of Healthcare with Ignite Medical Resorts

August 29, 2024 Caitlyn Kingery
Ignite Future
Ignite Medical Resorts embarked on a “Back to the Future” tour visiting the hospitals and first responders of Northwest Indiana. They showcased a replica of the "Back to the Future" iconic DeLorean to promote their forward-thinking approach to healthcare. The tour made stops at local hospitals, first responder stations, and the Dyer Police and Fire ...
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IGNITE MEDICAL RESORTS BREAKS GROUND ON NEW ST. LOUIS FACILITY

August 23, 2024
Slated to open in late summer 2025, this state-of-the-art healthcare resort will bring a new level of luxury and rapid rehabilitation to St. Peters, greater St. Charles County, and the St. Louis community
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A Different Way to Recover from Illness

August 01, 2024 Chris Linden
lobby with fireplace
Post-acute rehab is a critical step in recovery from an injury or illness, but the experiences can vary widely from big rehab hospitals to skilled nursing facilities. Ignite Medical Resorts takes a different approach in matching short-term, rapid rehabilitation with “uncompromising luxury.” In many ways, Ignite’s McHenry location feels more like a hotel ...
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Ignite Medical Resorts breaks ground on its first new construction since 2020

June 25, 2024 KATHLEEN STEELE GAIVIN
Ignite Ground Breaking
Chicago-based Ignite Medical Resorts broke ground Thursday on a new skilled nursing facility  in Batavia, IL. The company’s first new construction project since 2020 comes at a time when financing and construction costs, along with other issues, have many skilled nursing operators wary of new construction. The company also will be breaking ground “soon” ...
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Ignite Medical Resorts continues growth trajectory with Indiana acquisition

June 04, 2024 KATHLEEN STEELE GAIVIN
Symphony of Chesterton
Chicago-based Ignite Medical Resorts is expanding once again with the acquisition of the former Symphony of Chesterton in Chesterton, IN. The operator specializes in short-term rehabilitation and skilled nursing conducted in a concierge-like environment the company calls LuxeRehab. Services include clinical programming for orthopedics, stroke, cardiac and respiratory care. Its therapists are all employed ...
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Why ‘Super SNF’ May Replace Hospital-Based Recovery Care

May 21, 2024 AMY STULICK
Ignite Recovery
The “super SNF,” an insider term used for nursing homes that serve mostly high acuity patients, is evolving to enhance its specialized function, and leaders in the space believe it will be a replacement – or at least a supplement – for long-term acute care hospitals (LTACHs) and inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs). The latest ...
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Technology, advocacy required to empower workers in LTC healthcare hardest setting

May 20, 2024 KIMBERLY MARSELAS
Empower Nurses
Facing the reality that most new nurses don’t choose to enter geriatrics, skilled nursing and senior living leaders are both going back to the basics and seizing on innovation to grow their direct care staff and hang on to them. A panel of long-time female leaders from across the sector embraced those dual themes ...
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Ignite CEO Focuses on Solutions, Growth Amid ‘Punitive, Vindictive’ Surveys, Managed Care Pressures

November 22, 2023 Tim Mullaney
Hanover Park Lobby
Ignite has weathered five tumultuous years since the company’s founding, from the dawn of the Patient Driven Payment Model (PDPM) through Covid-19 and the pandemic’s economic and regulatory aftershocks.
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Best of the Best: McKnight’s announces inaugural Pinnacle Award winners

December 13, 2022 JAMES M. BERKLAN
Thirty top industry veterans who have set new standards, driven change and inspired others have been named to the inaugural class of McKnight’s Pinnacle Awards winners, organizers announced Monday. Among the honorees are veteran long-term care operators, caregivers and affiliated professionals who have had lengthy careers performing at the highest levels in senior living, skilled nursing or home care
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Ditch the cash-only mentality for these ‘ready, set to go’ hiring strategies, pros advise

May 17, 2022 KIMBERLY MARSELAS
Ignite Medical Reports has grown to 14 locations in the central U.S. during the pandemic, with another one expected to join this summer. White said that recruitment and retention were aided by the company’s “Superheroes in Scrubs” program, which rewards dependable employees with bonuses for attendance, extra paid time off and gift cards
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EY Announces Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2022 Midwest Finalists

April 27, 2022 Ernst & Young LLP
Ernst & Young LLP (EY US) today announced the finalists for the Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2022 Midwest Award. The Midwest program celebrates entrepreneurs from Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin. Entrepreneur Of The Year is one of the preeminent competitive business awards for entrepreneurs and leaders of high-growth companies who think big to succeed.
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Ignite Medical Resorts becomes DIH Technology’s First SNF Center of Excellence

November 15, 2021 Isabelle Viellard Pelve
DIH is proud to recognize Ignite Medical Resorts as a DIH Technology Vanguard and SNF Center of Excellence and the first SNF group in the nation to offer the Andago® robotic therapy to its guests.
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Building staff confidence in the COVID-19 vaccines

June 09, 2021 RACHEL SHEARER
It’s a challenge, as I’m sure many other nursing facility administrators agree. We know how important it is for our staff members, especially direct care workers, to get vaccinated. At the same time, we recognize that this is a decision they have to make themselves. The best we can do is support them in their decision-making by providing them with credible information, encouraging them to get vaccinated and reducing barriers to their getting vaccinated.
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NHI Announces New $25.35 Million Development Project in Wisconsin

December 10, 2018 Business Wire
National Health Investors, Inc. (NHI) has entered into an agreement to finance the development of a 144-bed skilled nursing facility in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, near Milwaukee, for a commitment of $25,350,000 with a 9.5% initial yield.
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Ignite Medical Resorts ® is a service mark owned by an Illinois Corporation (“Registrant”), but used by a group of limited liability companies and corporations. The Registrant provides consulting and marketing services and does not own, operate, manage or control the operations of any of the individual facilities. Each Ignite Medical Resorts facility ® is independently owned and operated. Not all services, programs and amenities mentioned herein are available at each Ignite Medical Resorts ® location.