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Brookside Bulletin November 2017, Volume X a Member of NATIONWIDE HEALTHCARE SERVICES CIEN FI C E Y D THE Brookside Bulletin November 2017, Volume X A Member of NATIONWIDE HEALTHCARE SERVICES CIEN FI C E Y D MEET OUR DEPARTMENT LEADERS F R E E Missy Hallman Aaron Mitchell Administrator Food Service Director Donna Schwendiman Kathleen Belaong Director of Nursing Program Director From Our Administrator November Jennifer Thompson Monique Brown Assistant Director of Nursing Human Resources Be present Let the day flow with grace. Karen Ball, Liaison Nicole Chandler & Angela Expect nothing. Give thanks. Jackson, RNACs Dawn Manila, MSW, LSW Surrender. Be open. Director of Social Service Cathy Kuemmerle Speak only in kindness. Medical Records Sylvia Jones Impart only love. Business Office Manager Kathy Palilonis Never forget you’re not alone. Infection Control Give so you may receive. Josh Loss, Admissions Director Julie Kimble, Dietitian See goodness in others. Marlon Colter Maintenance Director Camilla Burke, Central Supply Missy Hallman Edith Rodriguez Millie Seltzer & Jenna Cassel Administrator, Brookside Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center Housekeeping & Unit Managers Laundry Supervisor Lori Kennedy, RN/Restorative Robin Ziegler Activities Director Resident of the Month; Raymond Miller Raymond Miller was born on November 2, 1929 in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania. He bought a house one block away from the street he grew up on and has lived in the area ever since. Ray is married to Rosa Miller and they have one son together. During high school, Ray enlisted into the Naval Reserves in Willow Grove and, after graduating from high school, he was RESIDENT OF THE MONTH REHAB: THE BEST REHAB TEAM – MR. MILLER DOING WHAT THEY DO BEST! drafted into the military and was sent to Austria were he was a corporal. When he returned to the states, Ray became a businessman. He went to Temple University, the University of Pennsylvania, Penn State Abington and Beaver College, all to study business administration and learn to read blueprints. Ray was a CEO, a jack-of-all-trades – you name it and he has probably done it. His business was called Miller Incorporated. Within his many businesses, he first started a cleaning business, and then moved onto being a registered contractor in Philadelphia. There he would sub-contract union workers to install tile and carpet into his customers’ homes. He even had an oriental carpet cleaning business, where he knew how to get even the toughest stains out. His plan was to work until he was 100 years old, and he does not plan on slowing down anytime soon. Right now, Ray has plans to write an autobiography, describing each of his businesses and how they got started. NURSE KATHY, GIVES CATHY MARY HEDIGER AND FAMILY HER ANNUAL FLU SHOT. ENJOY A GAME OF BINGO! A Member of NATIONWIDE November 2017 Activity Calendar HEALTHCARE SERVICES Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday All Saints’ Day All Souls’ Day Full Moon 9:30 Morning Brew Crew 1 9:30 Morning Brew Crew 2 9:30 Morning Brew Crew 3 10:00 Morning Brew Crew 4 10:30 Morning Stretch 10:30 Morning Stretch 10:30 Morning Stretch 10:30 Jammin Church 10:45 Bible Study 11:00 Communion 11:00 All About the Day 2:00 7th Day Adventist 1:30 Rosary 11:15 Finish the Phrase 2:00 Bling Bling Bingo 3:30 Balloon Tennis 2:00 Bingo 2:00 Men Make the Dinner 3:30 Clichés We Know & 6:30 Willy Wonka & The 3:30 Manicures & A Movie 4:00 Wheel of Fortune Love Chocolate Factory 6:30 Sugar Skull Coloring 6:30 Pokeno 6:30 What Are Saints? HAPPY THANKSGIVING Day of the Dead in Mexico Resident Trip Cliché Day National Candy Day Men Make Dinner Day Sadie Hawkins Day 5 6 9:30 Morning Brew Crew 7 8 9:30 Morning Brew Crew 9 10 11 10:00 Morning Brew Crew 9:30 Morning Brew Crew 10:30 Morning Stretch 9:30 Morning Brew Crew 10:30 Morning Stretch 9:30 Morning Brew Crew 10:00 Morning Brew Crew 10:30 Morning Stretch 10:30 Morning Stretch 11:00 Life in the 1940s 10:30 Morning Stretch 11:00 Communion 10:30 Morning Stretch 10:30 Morning Stretch 11:00 Walk Through Time 11:00 Why We Love 2:00 Therapy Through 10:45 Bible Study 11:15 Kitchen Theme Trivia 11:00 Patriotic Puzzles and 11:00 Veterans Day 1:00 Eagles vs. Broncos Nachos Music with Jimmy Wells 1:30 Rosary 2:00 Bling Bling Bingo Trivia Discussion 2:00 Salem Baptist 2:00 Bingo 4:00 Hearth and Heart 2:00 Bingo 4:00 Three War Film 2:00 Philly Senior Stage 2:00 Bowling 3:30 Rock Around the Clock 2:15 Book Mobile Story 3:30 Manicures & A Movie Puzzles presents Guys and Dolls 4:00 Name the Tune 6:30 Name Game 3:30 Would You Rather? 6:30 Pokeno 6:30 LCR 6:30 Pokeno 3:30 Honoring Our Vets 6:30 History of WWI Daylight Savings Time 6:30 What's Cookin'? Game Everything but the 6:30 Fall JINGO Ends - Don’t forget to turn Election Day Kitchen Sink Day World War I ended (1918) Veterans Day (US) your clocks back National Nachos Day "Dear Santa" Letter Week Stately Knowledge Day Remembrance Day (Canada) Begins 9:30 Morning Brew Crew 10:00 Morning Brew Crew12 9:30 Morning Brew Crew 13 9:30 Morning Brew Crew14 10:30 Morning Stretch 15 9:30 Morning Brew Crew16 9:30 Morning Brew Crew17 10:00 Morning Brew Crew18 10:30 Morning Stretch 10:30 Morning Stretch 10:30 Morning Stretch 10:45 Bible Study 10:30 Morning Stretch 10:30 Morning Stretch 10:30 Morning Stretch 11:00 Trivia 11:00 Acts of Kindness 11:00 Food Committee 1:30 Rosary 11:00 Communion 11:00 Make Your Mark 11:00 Mixed-Up 2:00 Bible Fellowship 2:00 Tunes with Tom 2:00 Bingo 2:00 Bingo 11:15 Comedy Hour 2:00 Bling Bling Bingo Thanksgiving 3:30 Tongue Twisters Tolnay 4:00 Hangman 3:30 Manicures & A Movie 2:00 “I’m Thankful” 3:30 Fishing Game 12pm Friends & Family 6:30 Sports Night 3:30 All Kinds of Trivia 6:30 Pokeno 6:30 Gobble, Gobble! Scavenger Hunt 6:30 Group Chat - When Thanksgiving Dinner 6:30 Oddly Obvious Thanksgiving Charades 4:00 Person, Place or Thing You Wish Upon a Bone 2:00 Shabbat Services Loosen Up, 6:30 Pokeno 3:30 Chestnut Hill 7th Day Where in the World? Day World Kindness Day Lighten Up Day Resident Mall Trip Great American World Peace Day 6:30 Karaoke Tongue Twister Day Times We Treasure America Recycles Day Smokeout Sing-a-Song Saturday 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 10:00 Morning Brew Crew 9:30 Morning Brew Crew 9:30 Morning Brew Crew 9:30 Morning Brew Crew 9:30 Morning Brew Crew 9:30 Morning Brew Crew 10:00 Morning Brew Crew 10:30 Morning Stretch 10:30 Catholic Mass 10:30 Morning Stretch 10:30 Morning Stretch 10:30 Morning Stretch 10:30 Morning Stretch 10:30 Morning Stretch 11:00 Giving Thanks 11:00 Guess Who 11:00 Thanksgiving Nibble 10:45 Bible Study 11:00 Communion 11:00 Shopping Category 11:00 Spelling Bee 2:00 Hope Community 2:00 Bingo & Natter 1:30 Rosary 11:15 All About Turkey Day Game 2:00 What’s In The Bag? 3:30 Learning about 2:15 Book Mobile 2:00 Music with Jimmy 2:00 Bingo 2:00 Thanksgiving Bingo 2:00 Black Friday 3:00 Oddly Obvious Gettysburg 3:30 Trivia Edwards 3:30 Manicures & A Movie 6:30 Holiday Movie Celebration with Kristin 6:30 Black Jack 6:30 Puzzles, Puzzles 6:30 Sports Night 4:00 Giving Thanks 6:30 Pokeno 6:30 Movie Night 8:30 Eagles vs. Cowboys 6:30 Pokeno Game & Puzzle Week Let's Talk Turkey Tuesday Pumpkin Pie Day National Day of Listening th International Men’s Day 45 Annual World Hello Thanksgiving Day (US) Shop Til You Drop Day Gettysburg Address Day 10:00 MorningAnniversary Brew Crew26 9:30 Morning Brew Crew27 9:30 Morning Brew Crew28 9:30 Morning Brew Crew29 9:30 Morning Brew Crew30 10:30 Morning Stretch 10:30 Morning Stretch 10:30 Morning Stretch 10:30 Morning Stretch 10:30 Morning Stretch 11:00 Name the Actor 11:00 What’s Cyber Space? 11:00 Resident Council 10:45 Bible Study 11:00 Communion 1:00 Eagles vs. Bears 2:00 Bingo 2:00 Birthday Party with 1:30 Rosary 11:15 November in History November comes and November goes, 2:00 Bible Fellowship 3:30 Wish List Young At Heart 2:00 Bingo 2:00 Michael Jackson With the last red berries and the first white snows. 3:30 Thanksgiving Price Is 6:30 “Finish the Line" with 4:00 Birthday Quiz 3:30 Manicures & A Movie Happy Hour With night coming early, and dawn coming late, Right Game Television Shows 6:30 Pokeno 6:30 Painting with Brandy 4:00 Name the Movie And ice in the bucket and frost by the gate. 6:30 Game Night 6:30 Pokeno The fires burn and the kettles sing, Cyber Monday Square Dance Day And earth sinks to rest until next Spring. ~ Elizabeth Coatsworth 2630 Woodland Road, Abington, PA 19001 • Ph. (215) 884-6776 • Fax (215) 884-4099 • BrooksideHealthcare.com CLASSIC SWEET POTATO PIE RESIDENTS Bertha Fota • 11/2 Raymond Miller • 11/2 Pearl Levinson • 11/6 Thomas Woodruff • 11/6 Catherine George • 11/8 Priscilla Ward • 11/11 Ingredients Maxwell Maser • 11/13 • 3 large yams, baked • 1 teaspoon cinnamon • 2 eggs Helen Keel • 11/13 and peeled • 2 tsp vanilla • 1 pre-made pie shell, • 1 stick butter, melted • 2 tsp fresh lemon juice thawed (unbaked) Harry Hossler • 11/15 • 1 cup sugar • 1/2 cup sweetened • 1 egg, beaten Alfreda Hidalgo • 11/15 • 1 cup brown sugar condensed milk • Cinnamon sugar Thomas Dunleavy • 11/18 Instructions Thanh Ho • 11/22 1.
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