West Ridge Care Center West Ridge Breeze

September 2016

From Richard’s Desk Several of the Depart- well as consumer needs employees. ment Heads and I will and expectations. The If you have any be attending the annual convention provides an questions please do not Iowa Health Care excellent opportunity to hesitate to stop and see Association’s Fall meet, network and me and as always, Convention in Des learn . I would also like thank you for giving us Moines this month. to invite everyone to the opportunity to serve This three day event will visit the IHCA/ICAL you or care for the one focus on preparing website at you love. providers to meet the www.iowahealthcare.org challenges of state and It offers general infor- Richard Inside this issue: federal regulations, mation and resources quality improvement for its members and managed care, as including West Ridge Mom’s Meals 1

Growing the Garden 2 Social Work News Mom’s Meals There are 9 menu struggling to lend a choices including hand to aging parents It is time to highlight Flu Shots 2 general wellness, heart- and relatives far away. another wonderful friendly, lower sodium, If you are interested in service in our community! diabetic-friendly, renal- learning more about One of our current friendly, pureed, Mom’s Meals please West Ridge Angels 3 resident’s family are the vegetarian or cancer visit their website at owners and founders of support. Meals cost www.momsmeals.com Mom’s Meals. Mom’s $6.99 per meal or call 1-877-508-6667. Memory Walk 3 Meals is a healthy home including snacks. Food Thank you! Fundraiser delivered meal is delivered fresh to you alternative to Meals on in a climate-controlled Abby Wheels. You are able to Pictures 5 cooler and stays fresh choose your menu from for 14 days in the nearly 60 different meal refrigerator. This is choices prepared by a another great solution Activity News 7 trained professional chef. for family members Page 2 West Ridge Breeze

Nursing Notes The Eden leadership pumped!!! If you have excited to begin the team has branched out input/ideas or sugges- transformation to a in efforts to work on a tions, we welcome the stimulating, entertain- revitalization of our input. Please feel free ing, active living beloved Garden neigh- to take a walk to the environment. This is borhood. With the back living room in the the true essence of direction from Carol Garden and take a look being committed to the Ruggles our Eden at some of the new dignity of life! mentor, we are bright furnishings. Katie planning great changes Carol has been adding for the garden with both color for visual physical changes and stimulation that speaks changes in how we directly to the senses of educate the staff on the demented elder. “Autumn working with people These colors often living with dementia. have an added benefit carries more This is an exciting time of stimulating and the team is memories. We are so gold in its

pocket than Flu Shots all the other Please make sure to selves and those during flu season. If sign the consent form around them from you have any seasons.” for your loved one to getting the flu. All West questions, please receive a flu shot. Ridge staff are required contact Katie Candia, ~Jim Bishop West Ridge provides flu to receive a flu shot to RN, DON. shots to all elders and be able to work at West care partners (staff) Ridge. If there is a yearly. West Ridge medical reason they strongly encourages cannot, they are everyone to get a flu required to wear a shot to protect them- mask while at work

“An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.” (Author unknown but commonly attributed to Benjamin Franklin) Page 3

West Ridge Angels The Elders of West and the Cedar Rapids their appreciation to Ridge have decided to community at large. their community. If you start a group called the The group will meet know of any group that West Ridge Angels. monthly to work on the we might be able to Each month they will projects and have help, please let us pick a group, organiza- already planned out know. tion or other worthy ideas through January. cause to recognize. This is a wonderful This month they have opportunity for the chosen to thank local Elders of West Ridge to Be sure to join us firefighters for all they give back and show do for us at West Ridge Sunday, 11th at 3pm for an Ice Cream Social to Memory Walk News honor all The time is fast Please join us Friday, Saturday, September Grandparents! approaching for the September 23rd from 24th at the McGrath Alzheimer’s Association 10:30am-1:30pm for a Amphitheater. annual Memory Walk. Grill Out Lunch Registration opens at We have one last fund- fundraiser. Look for 8:30am and the open- raiser planned to help signs around West ing ceremony starts at our team, the West Ridge for more details. 9:30am. The walk itself Ridge Memory starts at 10am. We If you would like to walk Walkers, raise funds for would love to have you with the team at the our team total for the on our team! walk, please see team walk. captain Becky Pickart. The Memory Walk is

Jokes Grandparents Tell

A Grandmother was swing made from a tire, was wide-eyed, taking telling her little grand- it hung from a tree in this all in. At last she daughter what her own our front yard. We rode said, “I sure wish I’d childhood was like. our pony. We picked gotten to know you “We used to skate out- wild raspberries in the sooner!” side on a pond. I had a woods.” The little girl Page 4 West Ridge Breeze

Happy Birthday to You The following people have Care Partners birthdays in the month of Cathy Powers on 9/6 September. Be sure to Frankline Nabuyoli on 9/8 wish them a “Happy Birthday” when you see Margie Anthony on 9/16 them. Melanie Simmons on 9/27 Elders Frank Creque on 9/29 Austin Wernimont on 9/2 Star Partee on 9/29 Michelle West on 9/3 Martha Divishek on 9/15 Alice Satterly on 9/22 Susan Rocarek on 9/24

“The purpose Let’s Welcome Them of life is a life We would like to Jan Means Preslie Johnston welcome the following Delores Meiers Nicole Mitchell of purpose.” people to the West Ridge family. We hope Dwaine Persels Mariah Pearson ~Robert Byrne you find West Ridge to Oma Roberts Alize Watson be a special place to Joy Sparenborg Austin Wernimont live and work. Linda Ward Elders George Boyd Seth Weaver Roger Goodson Care Partners Danielle Coghlan Liz Hawes

Happy Anniversary Thank you to the Nine Years following staff who have Ruthann Gharib anniversary dates in the One Year month of September for Angela Carr all your hard work and dedication to West Melanie Simmons Ridge.

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September is... Back-to-School Month America, 2001 of Peace Healthy Aging Month 11– Grandparent’s Day 21- World Alzheimer’s National Honey Month 11– Day National Piano Month 11-17– National Truck 22– Anniversary of the National Senior Center Driver Appreciation Patent of the Ice Month Week Cream Cone (1903) National Sewing Month 16– Constitution Day/ 22– Autumn Begins Pain Awareness Month Pledge Across 22– National Square Dance Month America Centenarians Day 16– Full Moon 24– National Hunting 5– International Day of 17-October 3– Oktober- and Fishing Day Charity fest 25– Gold Star Mother’s 5– 18-24– National Dog Day 6– Read a Book Day Week 25-October 1– Active 7– Anniversary of the 18-24– National Aging Week Founding of Google Rehabilitation 26– Birth Anniversary Internet Search Awareness of John Chapman Engine, 1998 Celebration aka Johnny 8– National Football 19– International Talk Appleseed League’s (NFL) Like a Pirate Day 29– Birth Anniversary Season Starts 21– 35th Anniversary of of Gene Autry (1907 11– 15th Anniversary of the International Day -1998) the Attack on

Apple Trivia and Facts

Pomology is the science of established nurseries in incompatible”. Two trees apple growing. Apples, the Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois, need to grow near each hardiest and most widely Michigan and Indiana. other to have successful cultivated of all fruit trees, pollination. Apple trees take The game of apple-bobbing are members of the rose four to six to produce their began as a Celtic New Year family. first fruit, and they can live tradition for trying to deter- for hundreds of years. Folk hero Johnny Appleseed mine one’s future spouse. (John Chapman) did indeed If you ate one apple variety In ancient Greece tossing an spread the cultivation of each day, it would take 27.3 apple to a girl was a apples in the U.S. He knew years to eat one of every traditional proposal of enough about apples so that type of apple in the world. marriage; catching it was he didn't distribute seeds, acceptance. because apples do not grow truly from seeds. Instead he Apples are “self- Page 7

Activities and Recreation Last month was action We will have an ice cream this grows into an ongoing packed with pontoon boat social after the church opportunity for people to rides, a “cruise” to Mexico, a services on the 11th to express themselves through surprise bridal shower, our honor all grandparents. You art. own version of Cork n are welcome to come in and I’ve already mentioned the Canvas, a trip to the Wild enjoy a sundae on Sunday West Ridge Angels. I am West, and much more. with your loved one. truly excited to see what We continue this month by I would like to invite all these amazing people do! welcoming a new group of Elders, family members and See the article on page 3. friends from Truman care partners to join us on See the article, also on page Elementary. We always the 15th for our Community 3, about our last fundraiser look forward to meeting the Meeting at 2pm. This is an before the Memory Walk. If new group of students and opportunity to learn more you would like to join us on getting to know them over about West Ridge, share the walk on September the course of the school any concerns you may 24th, see Becky Pickart. year. have, and build relationships with others in the West We end the month Of course, with September Ridge family. celebrating Oktoberfest. comes football season and it Feel free to wear your wouldn't be complete Below you can see how lederhosen on the 29th without celebrating the inter- much fun some of us had when we showcase German state rivalry between Iowa last month at our own heritage. and Iowa State. We will version of Cork n Canvas. have a pep rally on This month we will be Coming up in October will September 9th for the elders making decorative plates for be our leaf trip, Trick-or- and care partners to show Fall/. Next month Treating and much more. their colors and root for their we will again be doing a Happy Fall y’all! team. canvas project. We hope

Artists in Residence In August we did our picture of the class with own version of Cork their finished product. and Canvas. Katie Check out more Tihpen led us step by pictures on the West step to paint a beautiful Ridge Facebook page. tropical scene. The resulting paintings were amazing!! Here is a