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THERAPY & REHABILITATION Whispering Pines SKILLED NURSING SENIOR LIVING APARTMENTS MEMORY CARE Administrator Kim Keckritz December 2013 Volume 65 Oak Hill’s Celebrating 7 years at Oak Hill & Annual Trim-a-tree 62 years serving our community December 1, 2013 Thursday, December 5, 2013 6:30 - 8:00 pm 12 Days of Ice Cream for Oak Hill Residents - OPEN TO THE PUBLIC - Enjoy a new flavor Afternoons every weekday 2:00 - 3:00 Sing along to your favorite Christmas afternoon starting songs with music by on St. Nick’s Day, Ice cream Dec. 6th - 23rd. flavors to be Bud Light Brass Band announced. Accordion player, Larry Hallar For Oak Hill Residents Pianist, Lucy Engbring Oak Hill decorated a lamppost at the Refreshments provided including Waterloo Courthouse for Christmas German cookies & snacks located on the corner of Market & 3rd Street. Most of the lampposts Each area will be celebrating the joy of will be decorated for a contest where Christmas while decorating their tree. judges will pick 1st & 2nd place win- ners and YOU can vote for People’s Choice Winner. If you would like to You won’t want to miss this magical even- vote, you may do so by visiting the ing. Even Santa wants to be a part. Chamber of Commerce Office at 118 E. Third Street on December 1st from For more information call Stephanie at Noon-3pm. Winners will be an- 618-939-3488 ext. 1459. nounced at 4pm by the Bandstand. In This Issue: Wessel-Pistor A Letter from the Administrator Winner 3 Dear Residents, Families and Staff, Birthdays 4 Well the weather change reminds us that Christmas is on its way. Oak Hill strives to provide a wonder- Employee of the ful Christmas experience for the residents, families and staff at Oak Hill. We know that Christmas is a Month 5 very unique time of the year and we want everyone associated with Oak Hill to feel a part of this special Therapy Tip 8 celebration. The Grapevine 9 To begin with, you will see Oak Hill transformed as the staff decorate beginning December 2. The deco- rating comes to a climax on December 5 when all Magnolia decorating is done except for putting the special Moments 11 touches that our residents add to the trees the even- ing of December 5. This evening, not only will we Whispering decorate the trees in the three different sections of Oak Hill but we will also have outstanding entertain- Pines News 12 ment and a visit and pictures with Santa. Entertain- ers include the Brass Band, Larry Hallar and Lucy Enbring who will rotate through the building stop- If you ordered ping at Arbor Court Activity Area, Magnolia Terrace a winter shirt, and Whispering Pines. Please feel free to join us for it is available to this event. pick up at the front desk. On December 6, St. Nicholas Day, we kick off the Twelve Days of Christmas. Each weekday, the resi- dents will be treated to a different flavor of ice cream. A drawing will be held on each of these days for the staff who tirelessly provide outstanding ser- vices to the residents at Oak Hill throughout the year. We then move on to our Resident/ Family Christmas parties. The residents of Oak Hill have always en- joyed having family times during the holidays. We 2 want to help residents continue this tradition while we do all the work. Each resident is asked to invite Wessel-Pistor two special guests to enjoy a Christmas dinner or ap- Excellence Award Winner petizers followed by entertainment. This is always a special night when Oak Hill residents look forward -ANGIE STAUB, C.N.A.~ to having their family with them. You don’t want to miss this evening. On December 8, Whispering Pines residents will celebrate in the Oak Hill Activity Center. An array of appetizers will be served that evening along with great entertainment. On Decem- ber 10, Arbor Court will have their dinner and en- tertainment. This year we will actually have two en- tertainers, Forest Bevineau and Bob Tyler. One will Congratulations! be in the Arbor Court Dining Room and one in the Other Nominations: Activity Center. This will allow us more room due to Shirley Stafford the huge turnout that we have for this event. The fi- nal party will be held on Sunday, December 15 on James Anderson Joanne Hoffman Magnolia Terrace. Christmas dinner will be served Pam Woodward followed by entertainment by a quartet, Rivertown Julia Olszewski Carol Marquardt Sound. Rhonda Hooten In addition to these events, there are many other special activities planned and several groups that Winter Word will sing Christmas carols or provide Christmas en- Unscramble (pg 4) Answers: tertainment. Also watch for the lamppost decorated SKIING 18. HOCKEY 17. by Oak Hill at the Monroe County Courthouse. STORM 16. SWEATER 15. SLEIGH 14. FROST 13. 11. SHOVEL 12. BLIZZARD BLIZZARD 12. SHOVEL 11. I want to personally wish you a wonderful Christ- EARMUFFS 10. FREEZE 9. mas. I hope you have special times with family and SKATING 8. COAT 7. friends and that you are blessed during this season SCARF 6. SLEDDING 5. and throughout the year. GLOVES 4. BOOTS 3. MITTENS 2. SNOWMAN 1. Kim 3 Winter Word Answers U n s c r a m b l e on page 3 Oak Hill Residents 1. NMSNWAO ____________ 1 Gertrude Vogt 16 Judy Billiter 2. INEMTTS 7 Calvin Donjon 17 Mary Gaertner 7 Casimira Armstrong 19 Archie Smith ____________ 8 Helen Ahrens 19 Chester Schmidt 3. OTBSO 9 Hazel McCarthy 22 Marie Lich ____________ 9 Helen Sherman 23 Mildred Kempf 4. GOSLEV 10 Vivian Daab 23 Shirley Hesterberg ____________ 11 Gloria Aycock 25 Ardell Mueller 5. GSLDN IDE 13 Violet Birke 30 Laverne Suedkamp ____________ 14 Printice Aycock 31 Shirley DeVore 6. ARFCS 15 Joyce Duley 31 Sharon Smith ____________ 15 Lillian Shea 31 Lucille Largent 7. OTAC 16 Elfrieda Fauss ____________ Oak Hill Staff 8. GAINSTK ____________ 3 Charish Howard 21 Debra Carrico 9. ERFEZE 8 Audra Buckley 21 Christine Brinkmann ____________ 8 Emily Walter 25 Bonnie Grohmann 10. REAUSFMF 11 Janel Holmes 25 Carol Nash 13 Dannielle Cline 26 Kristin Hawk ____________ 13 Marilyn Brinkmann 26 Rita Biffar 11. OHLVES 15 Jessica Voracek 27 Pat Felix ____________ 16 Laura Jackson 28 Cheryl Mallon 12. LZRBIDZA 17 Debra Siedle 30 Faith Bertram ____________ 17 Zach Byrd 30 Cassie Reichert 13. FSTRO 19 Ashleigh Roberts ____________ 14. E I LGHS The Oak Hill Birthday Party will be held on ____________ December 13th at 2:00 pm in the Activity Center. 15. EERATSW ____________ Happy Anniversary to Oak Hill Residents 16. OSMRT ____________ Sherwood & Tommie Sorrell 17. HKYEOC ~December 2, 2013~ ____________ 18. INKSIG 4 ____________ November 2013 Employee of the Month Faith has been with Oak have time back with family in Heav- Hill’s nursing department for 9 en - to me history is just that years. She is currently an L.P.N. Favorite Sport to Watch - any that nieces and nephews participate in She lives in Harrisonville Favorite TV Show - The Originals be- with her 12 year old daughter, Elizabeth. cause of the cute vampires Movies to Watch - The Goonies, The Some hobbies Faith and her Princess Bride, and anything with daughter enjoy together are: Johnny Depp, especially Sweeney roller coasters, ghost hunting, Todd camping, big fat bonfires and Best childhood memory - All of the cooking. time I spent with my mom and fami- ly. Life is too short, enjoy and ap- Faith has many memorable moments at Oak Hill thanks to preciate those you love. great co-workers. Would like to travel to - Any beach for the water and weather A most embarrassing mo- Would use 50 millions dollars to - ment at Oak Hill...well she has I’m sure it would involve many good too many to mention. She finds things for people who need it and of it embarrassing trying to pro- course the beach. nounce the different bacteria to Doctors. Here is what our community at Oak One of Faith’s achievements Hill has to say about Faith (taken is being a nurse. She is also from the nomination forms for Em- proud she was able to raise her ployee of the Month): daughter on her own, survive it, and be happy. She is great with the residents and families. She follows-up with Fun facts about Faith: things and takes great care of her Favorite Foods - Steak - hands residents. down She always thinks of her resi- Meet a Person in History - just to dents first and is attentive to resi 5 dent and family needs. she still gets them for us. What- She is a great nurse who cares ever hall she’s working, she’s al- about the residents. She also ways happy with a smile on her makes sure her staff is getting all face. I always see her helping tak- their work done. ing residents up the hall for break- She is good with all the resi- fast. Does a very good job clean- dents and families no matter who ing, very dependable. Very good they are. She is an example to all to residents and coworkers. Goes employees with not calling in sick out of her way to help others. Al- even though there are days I am ways has a smile on her face. Very sure she could. caring and sweet person. She always makes sure the resi- dent needs are being met. Juno Dingwell (Dietary) – Im- She goes above and beyond to mediately notified nursing staff make sure all the resident’s needs that resident was choking.