Corner Day Our Own Belmont Residents Have Tried Their Pen at Irish Song Our Community’S Writing
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Belmont Village of Thousand Oaks 3680 N Moorpark Rd. • Thousand Oaks, CA 91360 • Phone 805-496-9301 • Fax 805-496-9303 March 2016 with emigrants leaving their Staff homeland for America. Director’s During lunch on St. Patrick’s Directory Corner Day our own Belmont residents have tried their pen at Irish song Our Community’s writing. Here are a couple stanzas Matt Stevenson from last year: Team Belmont’s Irish Drinking Song Matt Stevenson Executive Director 1. (written by Rita Kahn) Executive Director We’ve lived in many places, [email protected] We’ve traveled on the sea, Christa Giraldo But here at Belmont Village, Director of Resident Care It’s the kindest place to be. [email protected] We eat together every day. Angel Carrillo And music fills our ears. Community Relations We’re taken care of royally- in our [email protected] golden years! Shari Ross 2. (written by Clara Saul) Community Relations Oy Vey I’m not Irish, Maddy will [email protected] wear the green. Natalia Worth Paddy’s got the color too, Community Relations Assistant A lovelier sight you’ve never seen. [email protected] Memorable My yarmulke is what I’ll wear to Amanda Senger Irish Melodies celebrate the day. Memory Program Coordinator While considered the unofficial And I’ll play my harmonica to [email protected] anthem of Ireland, the beloved pass the time away! Debbie Navaro ballad “Danny Boy” was written You don’t have to be Irish (or Human Resource Generalist by an Englishman. Songwriter sing) to enjoy St. Patrick’s Day at [email protected] Frederick Weatherly composed the Belmont Village Thousand Oaks. Ray Rosales words in 1910 and paired them to This year we are holding our Building Engineer the music of “Londonderry Air,” semi-annual Casino event. I hope [email protected] an old Irish melody. With lyrics you will join us. Aaron Kuntz about longing for home and loved Chef Manager ones, the song has often been [email protected] used as a final farewell since its Cindy Carbee early days; it resonated with those Activity Program Coordinator saying goodbye to family [email protected] members during times of war and It’s a Family Happy Birthday Favorite... Resident Birthdays! March 10 Rick S. March 11 Edie O. March 20 Shirley K. March 21 Marian D. Mardi Gras at Belmont March 25 Sadie K. March 26 Kieth B. Do You Want to Get Out March 28 Claire San. and See the Town? March 28 Edith Sch. Casino Night Check the calendar or ask the March 29 Gordon A. on St. Patrick’s Day concierge to find out what this month’s outings are. Each month March 17th there are different opportunities; 3:00- 7:00 p.m. you could go outlet shopping, see Invite your friends and family a movie, check out a museum, go to this free event! Hopefully you’ll to Chumash Casino, go to have the Luck of the Irish, but if sporting events, see a play and the not we will still have fun, green list goes on and on. We’ve even beer and delicious Irish cuisine! gone to Disneyland! If there is RSVP with the concierge. somewhere you’d like to go let Cindy know and she’ll try her best to put it on the schedule! Employee of the Month Libby Stolper, Concierge Staff Birthdays! Libby was born and raised in Thousand Oaks. She married her high school sweetheart, March 4 Romelyn B. Ryan, and has been married for 19 years. She March 5 Dejuan E. has 3 children, who are her treasures: Noah, 18, March 5 Guadalupe T. Sadie, 15 and Van, 9. Libby and Ryan love to March 12 Lerma S. refinish furniture and go antiquing. March 13 Bahia P. “I am a mother first, but love the break I get March 20 Aaron K. coming to Belmont- everyone here feels like my March 21 Arman Z. extended family and working here is a joy!” We March 23 Matt B. enjoy having Libby on the Belmont team! March 24 Erika M. Christa Giraldo that were in World War II, Korean Book Club Starting and Vietnam War. Most of them Director of Resident in March do not like to talk about the The first book for book club details of what they have Care Services is The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry experienced during the war. Some by Gabrillele Zevin. don’t like to talk about it at all. It’s A. J. Fikry’s life is not at all emotionally disturbing to them. what he expected it to be. He PTSD presents the characteristic lives alone, his bookstore is symptoms of high anxiety, hyper experiencing the worst sales in vigilance, irritability, difficulty to its history, and now his prized calm down, negativity, possession, a rare collection of exaggerated reaction to stimuli, Poe poems, has been stolen. But some become anti social or when a mysterious package difficulty with interpersonal appears at the bookstore, its relationship. The trauma is so unexpected arrival gives Fikry complex that resulted from the chance to make his life over repeated, prolonged exposure to and see everything anew. March Is “Brain Injury multiple forms of interpersonal “This novel has humor, trauma, often under certain romance, a touch of suspense, Awareness” Month circumstances where escape is not When we think or hear of a but most of all love--love of possible. In order to understand books and bookish people and, brain injury, we refer to it as either the complexity of PTSD, we need organic, brain tissue or toxic really, all of humanity in its to know the different perspective imperfect glory.” -- Eowyn Ivey, chemical destruction, or physical of the disorder. We need more trauma. There is another type of author of The Snow Child health care professionals or “Marvelously optimistic about brain injury that is now providers that will focus on commonly known to us, Post the future of books and treating and assisting those bookstores and the people who Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). individuals especially those We are faced by many more love both.” --The Washington Post victims of war. Challenges with “You won’t want it to end.” -- challenges with the prevalence PTSD has just begun for the new and high incidences of PTSD. Family Circle generation to come. “A fun, page-turning delight.” PTSD has been in existence for Please support our troops! many years. It has been suggested -- Minneapolis Star Tribune to be the results from an This is a great book club book! emotional response to You can get a copy of the book environmental events with from Cindy to read for yourself underlying psychological trauma. or before each discussion we We see more and more cases of will listen to the corresponding diagnosed PTSD especially among part of the book on audio-book. combat soldiers, “Our Vets” that Join us! came home from the war. We have seniors in our Community TH Town Hall Mind Body Awareness B Bistro Outing CE Center for Life Enhancement March 2016 JK Josephine's Kitchen GR Great Room Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 9:45 TH Morning Exercise 8:30 Breakfast at IHOP & Chumash 9:45 TH Morning Exercise 9:45 TH Morning Exercise 9:30 Camarillo Outlets Outing 10:00 B Coffee & Conversation Casino 10:30 TH Activity Chat 10:30 B Play Apples to Apples 9:45 TH Morning Exercise 12:00 GR Rick on Piano 9:45 TH Morning Exercise 1:00 TH Bible Study 12:00 GR Rick on Piano 10:30 GR Cranium Crunches 1:30 TH Fun with Photography 11:00 JK Two Truths and a Lie 2:30 JK Happy Hour with Tatjana 1:00 CE Advanced Balance Class 11:00 JK Two Truths and a Lie 2:30 JK Humdinger Singers 1:30 TH Craft: Monthly Door Decor 1:30 TH Hot Topic with Neil 1:30 TH Brain Games with Angel 3:30 B Social Hour 3:00 B Blackjack with Neil 2:00 B Poker 3:00 B Men’s Social 3:30 GR Scrabble with Rita 4:00 Walking Club 4:00 TH Hot Topic Discussion 3:30 JK Shabbat 3:30 TH Bingo with Stefani 7:00 B Games with Sue! GR 7:00 GR Game Night with Donnie 7:00 Casual Bingo 7:00 GR Group Crossword 7:00 GR Game Night 7:30 TH Movie 7:30 TH Terrific TV Tuesday 7:30 TH Movie 7:30 TH Movie 7:30 TH Movie 6 7 8 9 Wear Your Name Tag Today! 10 11 12 9:45 TH Morning Exercise 9:45 TH Morning Exercise 9:45 TH Morning Exercise 9:45 TH Morning Exercise 9:45 TH Morning Exercise 9:45 TH Morning Exercise 9:30 Target Center Outing 10:30 GR Finish That Line with Clara 10:30 TH New Resident Orientation 10:00 B Coffee & Conversation 11:00 JK Two Truths and a Lie 10:30 TH Resident Council Meeting 10:30 TH Spell-a-Thon 9:45 TH Morning Exercise 1:00 TH Book Club 1:00 TH Bible Study 12:00 GR Rick on Piano 10:30 GR Cranium Crunches 1:45 TH Funtastic Fitness with 12:00 GR Rick on Piano 11:00 Lunch at Bandits 2:30 B Play Canasta or learn how to 2:30 JK Happy Hour with Bob Ryeman 1:00 CE Advanced Balance Class 11:00 JK Two Truths and a Lie Annette 1:30 TH Matinee Movie Club 1:30 TH Brain Games with Angel play with Cindy 3:30 B Social Hour: Welcome Wagon 1:30 B Play Last Word 1:30 TH Hot Topic with Neil 3:00 B Blackjack with Neil 3:00 TH Chair Dancing 3:00 TH Belmont Choir 3:30 GR Knitting with Araksi 4:00 Walking Club 2:00 B Poker 3:00 B Men’s Social 4:00 TH Hot Topic Discussion 3:30 GR Scrabble with Rita 7:00 GR Casual Bingo 4:00 CE Advanced Balance Class 7:00 GR Casual Bingo 3:30 JK Shabbat 3:30 TH Bingo with Stefani GR 7:00 B Games with Sue! 7:30 TH Documentary 7:00 GR Horse Racing with Donnie 7:00 Game Night with Donnie 7:30 TH Movie 7:00 GR Group Crossword 7:00 GR Game Night 7:30 TH Movie 7:30 TH Monday’s Musical 7:00 TH Dementia Support Group 7:30 TH Movie 7:30 TH Movie 13 14 15 16 St.