January 2021 • Assisted Living
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PREMIER PREMIER Making beautiful decoupage ornaments! The Movin’ and Groovin’ Walking Club in action! This year’s Chanukah program was organized by members of the Yiddish Club The Bacons enjoyed the season at Premier Residences January 2021 • Assisted Living 8600 W. Sunrise Blvd. • Plantation, FL 33322 An excited group heads out to see the holiday lights! Enjoying a cozy Christmas by the fireplace (954) 476-9500 8 Five Star Premier Residences of Plantation www.FiveStarPremier-Plantation.com A Note from the Director News and Notes It’s That Wonderful Time of the Year! 2021 Resident Advisory Board Several family members and residents have kill the virus if the person becomes infected. The It is my honor to have been elected and to serve as President of the expressed concerns about taking the COVID-19 immunity may vary depending on the vaccine but Resident Advisory Board for 2021 here at Five Star Premier Residences vaccination. I can’t urge you enough not miss out it is likely that the COVID vaccine will be similar of Plantation. I am also excited to work with all of the newly elected on this opportunity. By now, to the flu vaccine and require board members: thousands of individuals have taken annual dosing. More research will Pat Gunther, Vice-President the vaccine and are going great. be required to fully answer this Shirley Brandt, Secretary With the increasing spread and question. Lynn Thaxton, Doris Axinn & Aileen Rubenstein – Welcome Committee liaisons Executive concern that the virus is now Everyone will be notified once Pat Dever – Lifestyle 360 Committee liaison Director mutating and becoming more we are given our vaccine clinic date. Dr. Barbara Fallon – Property liaison dangerous, why wouldn’t you take Until then, we have to be patient Jane Scott – Employee Appreciation Fund advantage of something that will but I don’t believe the wait will Peter Stern – Suggestion Box protect you? If you have any much longer. Florida has over 4,000 For 2021, the board will concentrate on many areas. However, three concerns, please discuss them with nursing homes and they, of course, areas of focus will be virus and vaccine updates, continuing to enhance your personal physician who knows your medical have been given first priority after hospital workers. and improve the dining experience and establishing a solid welcome history and can provide you with the best advice. The allocation of the vaccine is determined by program for new residents. Board meetings take place on the second As with any vaccine, the goal is to expose the federal and state government methodology. Tuesday of each month. Community meetings will continue on the body to an antigen that won’t cause the disease but Until we all are vaccinated, stay safe, wear your third Thursday of the month at 2:30 p.m., with alternating host will provoke an immune response that can block or mask and practice social distancing. responsibilities between management and the board, and can be viewed on Channel 92. We are all working together to make our community a better place Five Star to live! If there is anything that you would like to share with the board, you may contact any of the board members or you may use the Suggestion Premier Residences Box located in the Lobby by the Lifestyle 360 bulletin board. of Plantation And finally, Special thanks to Fred Bergman for his service as JANUARY LIMERICK President of the Resident Advisory Board in 2020. Look at Who’s —Harold Feldman, Resident Advisory Board President 2021 Employee Outdoor winter sports are nice, Starting the New Year Appreciation Fund Sled, ski or skate so precise. From Your Food Committee in a Grand New Place! Happy 2021! The Food Committee continues to meet twice a Even if you paid me Patricia Pohevitz month with Chef Jean Chery, Dining Room Manager Susan Greene “THANK YOU!” from all the hourly You’d never persuade me and Executive Director Lynn Thaxton. They continue to be open- team members for the annual distribution Linda Solomon-Duffey minded and receptive to our suggestions and feedback, now more than in December. Contributions helped show — — / — — / — — (fill in your line here) ever, as we move forward from many of the 2020 restrictions. The most team members your appreciation and made Thanks for choosing recent change is that four residents may now sit together at each table their holidays a little brighter during this Submit your final line to the Concierge Desk or Lifestyle 360 Premier Residences of Plantation for breakfast and dinner in the Dining Room! In addition, we have been challenging time. Office by Tuesday, January 12th. Limit two submissions per told that a breakfast cook is being hired sometime in January and freshly A special “THANK YOU” and person. The winner will be selected at the next Lifestyle 360 cooked eggs will be available again on Tuesday and Thursday mornings. recognition to committee members Jane The Chef dazzled us with special dinner menus for Thanksgiving, Committee meeting. Winners receive a $10 Publix gift card. Scott, Pat Gunther and Shirley Brandt Hanukkah, Christmas and New Years. By request from the residents, We Need Your the Chef included some popular dinner items last month including for all their hard work and dedication to DECEMBER WINNER corned beef and cabbage, chicken pot pie, tongue and the trio salad. promote and support the annual campaign By Sidney Brown Susan Greene dazzled us in December with her holiday decorations, this year. Feedback You may continue showing your Santa’s little helper felt poorly and sick holiday drink recipes and her roaring fires in the lobby fireplace. The Please add your helpful suggestions to special themed dinners are also back and are limited to ten residents at a appreciation by contributing in a manner She couldn’t deliver presents for Saint Nick. the Suggestion Box for monthly review by time. Currently, there are two seatings a month. Please contact Susan that works for you. Please make your your Resident Advisory Board. Help make Greene to make your reservation. checks payable to “Employee Appreciation Her red nose was gleaming, And, as always, if there is anything that you would like to share with Fund” and deposit your check in the box Premier Residences the best it can be! The And blue eyes were streaming the Chef or Susan, you can contact them directly or speak with a Food at the Concierge Desk. If you have any box is located on the wall in the Lobby. Committee member. You may also use the Dining/Food Suggestion questions please contact a committee or Will someone volunteer to help this chick? Inquire at the Concierge Desk if you need Box located in the Lobby by the Lifestyle 360 bulletin board. board member. assistance. —Harold Feldman, Food Committee Chairman 2 Five Star Premier Residences of Plantation January 2021 7 Lecture Series Nova Lifelong Learning Sterling University Disaster and Emergency The voters have spoken and an acrimonious campaign, and post-election challenge of the results, Preparedness has come to an end. Joseph R. Biden will be the 46th President Monday, January 4th • 11:00 a.m. — Ch. 93 of the United States. While the “First 100 Days” of an incoming Take a few minutes to learn what you need to do Administration are usually a time of festivity and pomp (more to be prepared for an emergency situation with Leonard muted in 2021), they are also a period during which important Levy, D.P.M., M.P.H. decisions regarding cabinet personnel and presidential appointments are made, the first interactions with Congress and the courts Censored Cinema: occur, and clear signals regarding the direction of government For Adults Only policy are sent. Pressing, unfinished and often controversial matters Monday, January 11th • 11:00 a.m. — Ch. 93 from the previous administration will, at times, require special The “morality police” had their hands full in the attention. This will be especially true in 2021 as President Biden 1920s and 1930s. Women tested convention with must immediately direct the battle against Covid-19, and the “WE ARE THE WORLD!” shorter hemlines and bobbed hair, ultimately fighting medical, economic and societal challenges created by it. for and winning the vote. Prohibition sent alcohol consumption underground in speakeasies and the Hail to the Chief at Premier Residences of Plantation nascent film industry in Hollywood was awash in Thursday, January 14th • 11:00 a.m. — Ch. 92 Join us as we explore the rich multicultural and lessons did he or she learn from the journey, which murder and drug scandals. With the threat of a federal Sunday, January 17th • 1:00 p.m. — Ch. 92 multinational lifestyles found here at Premier Residences! served as a compass as they created a new lifestyle in censorship program looming, and under pressure On January 3rd, a new Congress, the 117th, takes office. Its As we begin the new year, Five Star’s the United States? Did they pass from conservative and religious crusaders, Hollywood first official duty, usually a formality, is to meet in a joint session Signature Program will celebrate old country traditions to children agreed to deliver wholesome family entertainment to on January 6th to certify and formalize the 2020 presidential vote. the diversity, ancestry, proud traditions or grandchildren? What was their moviegoers. Their answer: the Motion Picture On January 20, the incoming president and vice-president are and uniqueness of our residents. occupation before coming to Production Code, ensuring that every American film inaugurated and the president delivers his inaugural address. Then, This month, we will listen to America? Their parent’s occupations? would have a “clean moral tone.” Washington comes alive with (masked, socially distanced and the life stories, find out where they SIGNATURE PROGRAM Do they still speak the language of Join Dr.