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The Village Voice a Newsletter Sharing Our Continuum of Care Story The Villages of San Luis Obispo 55 Broad Street San Luis Obispo, CA 93405 Volume 15 | Issue 4 — April 2015 The Village Voice A Newsletter Sharing Our Continuum of Care Story NOW THAT’S A April - Sense-ational! PIANO MAN! Spring has sprung and what better time to get in touch with your creative side! Whether music is what tunes your mood or if garden- ing puts your fingers and green thumbs to work, we have the perfect Monday, 13th @ 3pm activity to delight your senses. The Palms Living Room Sensory Sundays at Sydney Creek! Hailed all over the world by every Sundays starting @ 11:30am authority we can think of, Scott Kir- Sydney Creek Community Room by is the King of Ragtime. And he’s The senses are among one of the first brain activities to appear and the coming to The Villages! On Sun- last to go in a person’s lifetime. From the piercing sound of an alarm day, April 12th, at 2 pm, The Palms clock to the appealing smell of a favorite meal, our senses help us journey Living Room will jump, jive, rock, back effortlessly through day-to-day activities. Every sight, sound, taste, smell, and touch stems from a stir of activity between brain cells which roll, swing, and sway to the musical have the power to channel past memories. Life Enrichment has imple- genius of Pan American piano man, mented a Sensory Program, focusing on the working areas of the brain. Scott Kirby. Every Sunday, a new exercise will be introduced to stimulate brain func- Born to play, Kirby began studying tion through the simplest of tasks. at the age of six, earned a college The Villages of San Luis Obispo degree first, and then honed his Creative Egg-spressions at Garden Creek! performance skills as a street musi- Thursday, 2nd @ 3:30pm cian (there is no tougher audience!). Garden Creek Activity Room By the time he’d reached his thirties, Every year, as Easter approaches, people from across the globe hard-boil Retirement Living Assisted Living Memory Care eggs and dye them brilliant colors. Where did this tradition come from? 55 Broad Street 73 Broad Street 1234 Laurel Lane Kirby had recorded the complete works of Scott Joplin and had ap- There are many accounts as to how dyeing eggs for Easter became a tra- San Luis Obispo, CA 93405 San Luis Obispo, CA 93405 San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 peared at every major ragtime festi- dition. One of them is that during the 13th century, Edward I ordered 450 eggs to be decorated with gold leaf and given as gifts to those in the royal The Palms: 805.543.2300 Administrator: Lea Bogoyevac Administrator: Kellie Gallegly val in the U.S.A. and across Europe. household. We won’t be decorating 450 eggs, but we are looking forward The Oaks: 805.543.2342 License #: 405800467 License #: 405800577 He has since appeared on television to taking part in this fun, creative tradition! Garden Creek: 805.543.2311 Sydney Creek: 805.543.2350 with Charles Osgood and at the For More Information: Smithsonian Institute in Washing- Garden Tour at The Palms Jane Lefebre —805.543.2300 For More Information: For More Information: ton, D.C. Thursday, 30th @ 1:00pm & 2:00pm [email protected] Jane Lefebre —805.543.2300 Jane Lefebre —805.543.2350 Enhanced by his own historical com- Starting at The Palms Living Room [email protected] [email protected] mentary, Kirby’s show blends the The flowers are at it again! Our campus is full of life and our very own best of American music with a run- expert, Ann, is here to educate us about the plants in our back and front ning patter that tells us where it all yards! Due to the high turnout of last year’s event, we will be holding two came from. Don’t miss this once-in- tours with a 15 person limit. The first tour will commence at 1pm and www.villagesofslo.com / www.sydneycreek.com a-lifetime chance to hear this amaz- second tour at 2pm. Please sign up in the activity book and learn about ing performer. the beauty that surrounds us daily! Retirement Living April -- Let Yourself Bloom! The Palms & The Oaks Mark Your Calendar! Sydney Creek Support Group Tuesday, 7th @ 5:30pm NOTABLES: ASSISTANT DIRECTOR’S NOTE: Resident Spotlight Resource Room New Resident - Betty Case: Up for the Challenge - Connect with other families and explore ways to cope with the wide array Dear Residents, of feelings and emotions that arise when a loved one lives with Alzheimer’s Emili “Sharon” Stout By Jeri O’Neill disease. You are not alone. Join us and our Support Group Leader, Jenny William “Bill” Quigley During April, when I look out my Molinar as she offers help and comfort for the families affected by Alzheim- Ruth Blum open office window, inhale the fresh Betty Case was living a life many would envy. Her husband, Sam, was David “Kenny” Reynolds spring air, and listen to delightful bird an administrative and consular officer for the U. S. State Department. As er’s disease and dementia. songs, I can’t help but think back to my a result, she and her daughter, Sharon, lived in seven different countries university days when I was an English over a 17-year period, including such exotic locales as Pakistan, Yemen, Percussion Circle Resident Birthdays major enthralled with Canterbury Tales. and Turkey. But as exciting as that sounds, Betty’s world was shattered Tuesday, 7th @ 11:30am Paula Gurney - 2nd Although I really preferred the literary when she was diagnosed with Parkinson’s at age 35. Community Room Gene Eagle - 5th period of the 20s, when American During those years, her tremor was barely noticeable. Whenever she writers, Hemingway, Faulkner, and From Sydney Creek, the sounds of drums beating can be heard all around attended formal banquets, Betty refused edibles that might spill. Laurel Lane! Tom O. Mears energizes and encourages the residents to Wolfe reigned, my favorite professor, Dr. One day, when the Case family was stationed in Iran, a Ceylonese doc- Staff Birthdays express themselves musically with drums and other hand-held percussions. Robert Huot, taught British Literature. tor, told them about his professor in London who claimed to have a cure Helen-Marie Gastelo - 3rd He persuaded me to take his Chaucer The drum circle creates a bond between residents and the beat flows through for Parkinson’s. The State Department wouldn’t approve a trip to England, Nidia Andrade - 4th class and learn how to read and recite our neighborhoods. Come join our circle any Tuesday of the month! instead, it mandated that Betty go to a hospital in Wiesbaden, Germany Crisencia Rodriguez - 6th 14th century Middle English. for preliminary testing. What at first seemed a discouraging setback re- The part of Canterbury Tales that I sulted in some encouraging news: Betty had Essential Tremor (ET) rather Marilyn Caliboso - 11th loved most was the General Prologue. Caring Canines than Parkinson’s. While Parkinson’s is a fatal neurological disease, ET is Megan Denny - 13th Below is a small sampling of the opening Saturday, 11th @ 10:30am treatable. lines, translated into contemporary Community Room Luigi Cristallo - 15th As Betty aged her tremors worsened. There was little she could do on English: Once a month, these dear dogs visit our home here at Sydney Creek. The Marlys Tacker - 19th her own. Sam did most of the cooking, while Betty read the recipes out Joel Contreras - 22nd loud or handed him ingredients as he prepared the meal. They enjoyed a sight of the dogs, the touch of their soft coats, and the wag of their tails awak- When April with his showers sweet ens the resident’s fond memories of a pet from the past. Stories are often Andrei Corrales - 22nd with fruit/The drought of March has little levity whenever Betty’s involuntary movements caused her to fling shared of their old furry friend and the adventures they had together! Come Denise Barczak - 29th pierced unto the root/And bathed each veggies or fruits across the room. The only way she could eat at home was vein with liquor that has power/To to lay her head on the table and shovel food into her mouth with her fork. and join us as these special canines delight our neighborhoods. generate therein and sire the flower;/ If she attended an embassy dinner, she would bring a cheese sandwich, Staff Anniversaries the least conspicuous food she could eat. Betty recalled, “Most people When Zephyr also has with his sweet Trio Bella Amour Mary Daguio - 11 years breath,/The tender shoots and buds . wish for money and what I wanted most, was to be able to drink out of a Tuesday, 28th @ 2:00pm Damien Diaz - 5 years . ./And many little birds make melody mug with a handle [without spilling anything].” Fortunately, a state department colleague heard about a new device that Community Room Marlys Tacker - 2 years . With many years of musical experience to their names, the voices of Caitlin used deep brain stimulation to the thalamus to dampen tremor impulses. Aimee Perez - 2 years Freeman, Ptolemy Gibson and Sue Dokulil blend to create a unique sound As with many things that are Although the implantation surgery was used in Europe, the FDA had just Julie White Eyes - 1 year translated into today’s English, it loses approved it in the U.S. It was still considered a perilous venture. that is truly their own. Trio Bella Amour have enjoyed performing at many a bit of its original flavor, but it still After much soul-searching, and consultation with people who had un- venues in San Luis Obispo county, singing a variety of musical styles includ- Anne-Marie Browder - 1 year captures the essence of spring.
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