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- 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 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 . 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 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 7 Calvin Donjon 17 Mary Gaertner 2. INEMTTS 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 31 Sharon Smith 15 Joyce Duley ______15 Lillian Shea 31 Lucille Largent 7. OTAC 16 Elfrieda Fauss ______Oak Hill Staff 8. GAINSTK ______3 Charish Howard 21 Debra Carrico 9. ERFEZE 21 Christine Brinkmann 8 Audra Buckley ______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. are met.  Debbie Adams (Housekeeping) Other Nominations: – Very good worker. Always will- ing to help other employees or  Hollie Bruce (CNA) – She has worked really hard on the sched- residents. Very dependable. She’s ule which she had no training to a very caring housekeeper, does a do and she has done a terrific job. great job. She’s always there if She gave all she could to try to you need her. She helps anyone help with the schedule. Always has she can with anything. She’s a positive attitude. Never a cross amazing at what she does and word or disrespect to supervisors truly cares about her job, the resi- when given extra duties. dents, and the staff she works with. She is the best housekeeper. Takes her job seriously. Always  Debra Carrico (Housekeeping) – Very hard and caring coworker. lends a helping hand. She teaches Never complains and is happy to how to get things off the floors be here. Enjoys her work. She goes that help it look better. Great as- out of her way to do extras. When set. She goes above and beyond housekeeping items are needed for our residents, is always smil- and even though it’s not her hall, ing, and will always lend a helping

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hand. She works hard and is nice to There are new items in the everyone. shop daily. The gift shop now has Tylenol and  Spencer Breeding (CNA) – 2 CNA’s Tums which will not be left out so and a nurse were involved in a situa- you must ask for them. Also, tion with a resident choking. We Starbucks cold Mocha coffee is a could not lift the resident and called new item kept in the refrigerator. for Spencer. He immediately arrived If there is something you would and performed the Heimlich while we like to see sold in the gift shop, stood her up. He did a great job! please let Carol know. She is

more than willing to provide any-  thing upon request.

Thank you to Lonnie Esker and the December 4th and 5th maintenance department for helping Annual Fire Alarm Testing make the lamppost decorations. Also, The Fire Alarm will be going off on thank you to maintenance who works both days. When the fire alarms hard to bring all the decorations inside. goes off our Fire and Smoke doors will close.

  Oak Hill Anniversaries Operation Hope Marilynne Stolte 21 years Rachel May  10 years Vicki Butler  10 years Oak Hill is helping bring Christmas to James Anderson  7 years Diane Seidel  5 years children. There will be a tree in the lob- Cheryl Mallon  5 years by with tags on it for you to take. The Wayne Moallankamp  4 years tag lists an item(s) that is specific to a Janice Keim  4 years Janell Johanning  2 years requesting child in need. If you would Sara Decker  2 years like to sponsor a gift for Operation Julie Gordon  2 years Cheryl Allen  2 years Hope, you may take a tag, buy the sug- Mike Deptula  1 year gested item, and return it to Oak Hill’s   receptionist by December 5th. 7

To All Employees: Therapy Tip of the Month:

I sure want to say thanks so much There's no denying it -- winter takes for all the kind staff and to Rebecca for a toll on skin. Indoor heating, cold, all her help. Sherri is a peach-I should wind, and heavy clothing. not pick out a few because everyone is so kind. You certainly can be so proud. And Smooth on Moisturizer: Keep your also the wonderful staff in the cafeteria skin moist to reduce redness and are all so precious and kind. Oak Hill itching. The thicker the cream or does not come up short anywhere! ointment, the better it is at locking Again, thanks so much for everything. water into your skin. Use moisturiz- God Bless, ing soap and a creamy lotion after you shower, bathe, or wash your Pat Steppig hands. Choose fragrance-free prod- 712 Hickory Hall ucts to avoid allergic reactions.

Wear Soft Layers: Frosty tempera- To the Staff of Oak Hill, tures and wind can irritate your skin. Bundle up in a soft scarf, hat, Thank you for the kindness and helpful- ness you showed toward my father, Carl and gloves when you go outside to Huch, while he was a resident at Oak Hill. protect exposed areas of skin. My father never complained abut being a Dress in layers that you can peel off resident. He knew that he was well taken care of by the staff. His stay was short to avoid getting overheated. Avoid and his friends he made were many. wool, denim, and other fabrics Oak Hill and its staff make this an out- standing facility. more likely to irritate your skin than Thank you again for everything. cotton. Yours Truly, Drink Water: To pump up moisture, drink plenty of water. You’ll know if Janet Rippelmeyer you’re getting enough because your urine will be a pale yellow. If your urine is bright yellow or dark- colored, you may need more water.

Christy King - C.N.A. Our job is to keep residents as independent as possible and aging in place! Melodie Mize - C.N.A. Samantha Hopper - Dietary Oak Hill Therapy Kasey Howard - Dietary Alexander Buss - Dietary

8 THE GRAPEVINE News and Activities from Arbor Court “HAPPY BIRTHDAY” “”

The monthly birthday Party will be Our plan is to take both busses with held in the Arbor Court Dining residents to the Belleville Our Lady Room on Friday December 13 at of the Snow Shrine on the same 2:00 p.m. Please plan to attend and evening, so anyone interested can help all those who have a December contact someone from activity. birthday celebrate. The birthday party will be sponsored by the activi- “SOUP & PIE SUPPER” ty department and Pearl Hirsch and Dorothy Wilkening will entertain. The soup and pie supper was a huge success. We ran out of the potato “NOVEMBER GAME WINNERS” soup by 5:15 so we had to make more. We had roughly 72 carry-out Bowling-Stella Dressler orders which kept the kitchen staff Zonk-Joan Schultz hopping to keep the pans filled for Penny Ante-Virginia Garrett the carry-outs. We took in a total of Kentucky Derby-Vera Krupp, Gene- $1,761.00. I don’t have all the ex- va Nicholson, Cassie Armstrong penses in yet, but I will let everyone know what our final count is. The “CAROL SINGING” proceeds went to the Resident Coun- cil. Thank you to everyone that We have several Boy Scout, Girl helped make this a success. Special Scout, 4-H clubs and churches that thanks go to Rhonda & Litney and will be in the facility carol singing. the dietary and housekeeping staff Most of them will come in the facility for all the help before, during and at 6:30p.m. I hope everyone listens after the supper. Thank you also to and enjoys the Christmas Carols. Be the department heads that helped sure and thank them for taking time throughout the day and that evening. from their busy holiday schedule to It could not be possible if we did not come into the facility to share with all pull together and help each other all of us their beautiful carols. out. Thank you to the volunteers that came in early in the morning to get the soup on and those that helped with the pies, serving, doing dishes and anything else they did behind the scenes. Thank you everyone!!!! 9

“RESIDENT COUNCIL CHRISTMAS “COMING EVENTS” PARTY” 01-Magic Duo-2:00 The resident council will sponsor the 02-Steve Turnbow-2:00 Christmas Party which will be held 02-Girl Scout Troop caroling-6:30 on Friday December 20. Lynn Well- 03-Robb-6:30 mann will provide the entertain- 05-Annual Trim-A-Tree-6:30 ment. Sausage, cheese and crackers, 05-Doug & Jim-2:00 and sugar cookies will be served. We 06-Curt Kneisel-2:00 will also serve punch. 08-Doug-2:00 09-Bowling-2:00 “All your dreams can come true if you have 09-St. Joe Church Caroling-6:30 the courage to pursue them” 10-Arbor Court Christmas Party-5:00 Walt Disney 11-Harp Music-2:00 13-Birthday Party-2:00 “NEW YEAR’S EVE” 13- Caroling-noon 15-Rich Cullen-2:00 The New Year’s Eve Party will be 17-Rythmn Rockers-7:00 18-DJ the held on December 31 at 2:00 in the Magician-2:00 activity room. Entertainment will be 18-SHOW Bingo-3:15 by the Waterloo German Band. Her- 19-Lucy-2:00 ring, sausage, and cheese & crackers 20-Resident Council Christmas Party- will be served. Non-alcoholic bubbly 2:00 will also be served. 24-Christmas Breakfast-8:00 24-Herb Eberly-2:00 “VETERAN’S” 29-Button -2:00

December 15 the VFW will have a HO! HO! HO! Veteran’s day party with music in -Why does Santa have three gardens? the dining room at 2:00. Families of So he can ‘ho ho ho’ the veteran’s are also invited to at- -What did Adam say on the day before tend. Christmas? it’s Christmas, Eve “CHRISTMAS PLAY” -Why is a foot a good Christmas pre- sent? It makes a great stocking filler Saturday December 28 at 10:00 a group of kids from Bethany United -What do you get when you cross a snowman with a vampire? Methodist Church will present the Frostbite play “The First Leon”. -What kind of music do elves like best? Wrap music 10 December Activities Did You Know?

The times listed on the calendar for car- -Sugar free items on the salad bar are oling are when each group will arrive at marked with a red spoon? Oak Hill. They are going to carol throughout the facility and the time -Arbor Court activities and church ser- listed isn’t necessarily when they will be vices are listed on the Magnolia Terrace at Magnolia Terrace. Activity Calendar. They are denoted by two asterisks (**). Congratulations to Ed Nobbe who won a free lunch by attending our monthly Res- White Elephant Bingo ident Council meeting. He chose to go to Bobecks. We will leave at 11:00am on In January we will be having a White El- December 3rd. All seniors receive $2.00 ephant Bingo. Residents are encouraged off of their bill. to bring a nice item from their home that they don’t want anymore. Keep this in Sign up quick for December’s scenic mind when you receive a gift at Christ- rides on the 10th and 17th. We will view mas that you may not want. :) Christmas lights around Waterloo and in Belleville at Our Lady of the Snows Shrine (12/10). If we have enough inter- est, we can add a trip for another night.

Every year the Girl Scout Troop #387 comes to visit us. This year, they will be hosting BINGO on 12/14 at 1:15pm. 

On December 20th at 6:30pm we will be visited by some young piano students who will be having a recital for us. This is a chance for them to perform for an  audience, maybe for the first time. With much love, the staff at Forrest will be performing for Magnolia- Magnolia Terrace wishes you a Terrace residents on Dec. 21st at 6:30pm. Very Merry Christmas & an even Happier New Year! 11 Fall Bazaar Held on November 9 at Oak Chances are still being sold for the 3 bas- Hill kets in the front lobby. The drawing for those items will be held on Friday, Decem- Thank you to all the residents, families ber 20th, at 3 pm. Good luck! and staff who supported our Fall Ba- zaar on November 9! It was another No Alzheimer “In the Moment” Support successful fundraiser for the residents Group in December of Whispering Pines. A special thank- you to Frances Studt for making her There will not be an Alzheimer “In the delicious cream puffs for us again this Moment,” support group meeting in De- year! As always, the cream puffs sold cember. The next meeting will be held on out quite early in the day. Also, this Thursday, January 30th, in the classroom event could not have occurred without at Oak Hill. For more info, please call 618 the help of Whispering Pines staff and -939-3488 ext. 1248. resident families. WP Residents make new friends with The Fall Bazaar consisted of a Flea FurReal Baby Monkey Animated Toys! Market, Raffle, Bake Sale and over 20 craft vendors. It is always a lot of fun! A great-granddaughter of one of the ladies We have a wish list of items that we on Spruce brought in her FurReal Cuddles would like to purchase that includes baby monkey to show the residents one new DVD players, movies, FurReal ani- day. The residents fell in love with the ani- mal friends and various décor for the mated monkey, so 2 were purchased for unit. Two oil paintings of scenes with the residents of WP. pine trees were purchased from a ven- The monkeys are very realistic as they coo dor at the Fall Bazaar and may be and make movements. viewed at the end of Spruce and Cedar hallways. Merry Christmas Maligayan Pasko

Congratulations to the Raffle Winners at Feliz Navidad the Fall Bazaar! God Jul Joyeux Noel Vrolijk Kerstfeest Mata-Ki-Te-Rangi Rita Biffar in dietary won the beverage Buone Natale Nollaig Shona Dhuit dispenser filled with candy, Catherine Nollick Ghennal Kutterer of MT won the 31 “Cinch It Gledileg Jol Up” 31 tote donated by Kim Collin and Froehliche Feliz Natal Barb Vogt won the Santa and reindeer Joyeux Noel Buone Feste Natalizie figurine.

$1 each chance or 6 for $5 Benefits the residents of Whispering Pines. Names will be drawn on Friday, December 20th at 3 pm. See receptionist for chances.

Christmas Basket Over $500 value! Kitchen Basket Fleece snowman blanket 8.00 $200 value! Large Wooden Santa 6.00 Birdhouse Wall hanging Handmade ornaments $10 Flower Garden Candle Medium Wooden Santa Tastefully Simple Wild Rice Soup Mix Ghirardelli Holiday Candy Tastefully Simple Bountiful Beer Bread Mix Christmas Coffee Mug Table Runner Snowman Votive Holder Y’All Come Over Cookbook Santa Tin 1 pound Bean Tree Coffee Red and Silver Mosaic Candle 2 coffee mugs Merry Christmas Kitchen Aid 8” skillet Chocolate Covered Cherries Biscotti Candle Handmade apron Sno-Caps Schneider’s Gift Card $50 Café Vienna Gallagher’s Sunday Chicken Dinner for 2 $25 2 clay Santa ornaments Winter is for the Birds Wooden Bowl Longaberger “Santa Belly” Basket $179.00 Gallagher’s Sunday Chicken Dinner for 2 $25 ‘Tis the Season Hallmark Christmas Scrapbook Ahne’s Bakery Gift Certificate $10 5 Old World Porcelain Santas 2 faux-stone Santa Ornaments Pampered Purse Longaberger Christmas Purse Over $250 value! Udderly Soft Sleighbell Lotion Gallagher’s Romantic Dinner for 2 $75 Udderly Soft Sleighbell Soap Headquarters Salon Cut and Style $30 Curtis Jewelers Floral and Design $50 Floral Bouquet Vibrant Health & Mind One Hour Massage $75 Assorted Avon products donated by Stephanie Bastien Udderly Soft Raspberry Patchouli Lotion Udderly Soft Raspberry Patchouli Soap Sephora Clutch