Fairview Estates

132 East Main Street • Hopkinton, MA 01748 • Phone (508) 435-8370 • www.seniorlivinginstyle.com

JUNE 2021 Watching for FAIRVIEW ESTATES STAFF Hummingbirds Managers ��SUE & DUNCAN PELTASON Keep your eye out for Assistant Managers �� MARCIE & DAVID MORETTI hummingbirds this year. We Executive Chef �� MOLLY SMITH now have two hummingbird Community Sales �� KATHRYN KOENIG feeders on our patios. One Sous Chef ��DINO FERRETTI is by the bump-out of the Activity Coordinator ��MIKE KING Activity Room in the back. Maintenance ��JEFFREY RUTTER The other one is in the raised Bus Driver �� REGGIE OLIVIERA garden in front of the front patio. Ann has planted some plants that should also attract TRANSPORTATION the hummingbirds. With the Monday - Friday, 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m.: warmer weather approaching Doctor Appointments and the flowers starting to Monday & Friday, If Available: bud the birds should be Shopping/Errands here soon. Wednesday, 9:30 a.m.-2:15 p.m.: Outing If Available Friday, 2:30 p.m.: Mystery Bus Ride Garden Party Some of the ladies enjoyed a pre-Mother’s Day Garden Tea Party. Chef Molly provided a delicious array of finger foods. White linens, floral displays and backdrops added to the atmosphere. The ladies who were in attendance had a total of 57 children among them. Pinochle, Anyone? Drew John Zdinak has started offering lessons on how to Is there a Ninja working at Fairview Estates? No, play Pinochle. the man in black that you may have seen coming Pinochle, also called pinocle or penuchle, is a trick- out of the kitchen is Drew, our new evening chef. taking, Ace-Ten card game typically for two to four Welcome him to the staff at Fairview. players and played with a 48-card deck. It is derived from the card game bezique; players score points by trick-taking and also by forming combinations of cards into melds. It is thus considered part of a “trick-and- meld” category, which also includes the game belote. Each hand is played in three phases: bidding, melds and tricks. The standard game today is called “partnership auction pinochle.” We hope that by the time that you are reading this John will have a number of people interested in this game.

The Start to the Mosquito Season On an April trip to Hopkinton State Park we encountered swarms of baby mosquitoes upon our walk to the beach. We were able to stay there for about five minutes before we decided that there were more of them than there were of us and we headed back to the bus. I think that I swallowed at least a half dozen of them on the way back. Bocce They decided to join us for the ride back to Fairview, The bocce court has been raked and rolled. Now both on the inside and the outside of the bus. Once we all we need are some bocce players. Get outside returned Jeff showed up with his “ghost buster” vacuum and enjoy it. pack and sucked most of them up. Luckily they were just babies and weren’t able to sting yet.

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JUNE 2021 10:00 Ageless Grace 1 9:30 Balance Class, AC 2 9:30 Chair Exercise, AC 3 10:00 Yoga & 4 5 Exercise Class, AC 10:00 Residents’ Closet 10:30 Music, Comedy, Meditation, AC 10:30 Music, Comedy, Open: 3rd Floor Virtual Trips, MT 10:00 Residents’ Closet Virtual Trips, MT 10:30 Music, Comedy, 10:30 Koffee Kart, AT Hour: 3rd Floor Birthdays 10:30 Music, Comedy, 2:00 Featured Movie, MT 10:30 Koffee Kart, AT Virtual Trips, MT 2:00 Featured Movie, MT Dee Connolly, 8th Virtual Trips, MT 7:00 Bingo with 2:00 Featured Movie, MT 10:30 Koffee Kart, AT 2:30 Trivia and Ice 10:30 Jean Strickland, 9th Koffee Kart, AT Franco, AC 2:30 Trivia and Ice 11:00 Wheel of Fortune, AC Cream, AC 11:00 Wheel of Fortune, AC Kathleen Welte, 11th Cream, AC 2:00 Featured Movie, MT 6:30 Singalong with 2:00 Featured Movie, MT 7:00 Bingo with 2:30 Name That Tune, AC Claire, DR 2:30 Name That Tune, AC Nancy Boyns, 11th Franco, AC 7:00 Bingo with Franco, AC 7:00 Bingo with Franco, AC 7:00 Bingo with Franco, AC Jim Lord, 12th 6 7 10:00 8 9 10 10:00 Yoga & 11 12 9:30 Chair Exercise, AC Ageless Grace 9:30 Balance Class, AC 9:30 Chair Exercise, AC Meditation, AC Arlene Mills, 23rd 10:00 Residents’ Closet Exercise Class, AC 10:00 Residents’ Closet 10:30 Music, Comedy, 10:00 Residents’ Closet 10:30 Music, Comedy, Open: 3rd Floor Hour: 3rd Floor Virtual Trips, MT Hour: 3rd Floor 10:30 Music, Comedy, 10:30 Music, Comedy, Virtual Trips, MT 10:30 Koffee Kart, AT 10:30 Music, Comedy, 2:00 Featured Movie, MT Virtual Trips, MT 2:00 Featured Movie, MT Virtual Trips, MT 10:30 Koffee Kart, AT 2:00 Featured Movie, MT Virtual Trips, MT 7:00 10:30 Koffee Kart, AT 7:00 Bingo with 10:30 10:30 Koffee Kart, AT Bingo with Koffee Kart, AT 2:00 Featured Movie, MT 11:00 Wheel of Fortune, AC 2:30 Trivia and Ice Franco, AC 11:00 Wheel of Fortune, AC Franco, AC 11:00 Wheel of Fortune, AC 2:30 Trivia and Ice 2:00 Featured Movie, MT Cream, AC 2:00 Featured Movie, MT 2:00 Featured Movie, MT 2:30 Name That Tune, AC 6:30 Cream, AC Singalong with 2:30 Name That Tune, AC 7:00 Bingo with 2:30 Name That Tune, AC 7:00 Bingo with Claire, DR 7:00 Bingo with Franco, AC 7:00 Bingo with Franco, AC Franco, AC 7:00 Bingo with Franco, AC Franco, AC 13 FLAG DAY 14 10:00 Ageless Grace 15 9:30 Balance Class, AC 16 9:30 Chair Exercise, AC 17 10:00 Yoga & 18 19 9:30 Chair Exercise, AC Exercise Class, AC 10:00 Residents’ Closet 10:30 Music, Comedy, Meditation, AC 10:00 Residents’ Closet 10:30 Locations Music, Comedy, Open: 3rd Floor Virtual Trips, MT 10:00 Residents’ Closet Hour: 3rd Floor Virtual Trips, MT Hour: 3rd Floor Activity Room, AC 10:30 Music, Comedy, 10:30 Koffee Kart, AT 2:00 Featured Movie, MT 10:30 Music, Comedy, 10:30 Koffee Kart, AT 10:30 Music, Comedy, 2:00 Featured Movie, MT Virtual Trips, MT 2:00 Featured Movie, MT Atrium, AT 7:00 Virtual Trips, MT 11:00 Mass with Father Virtual Trips, MT 7:00 Bingo with 10:30 Koffee Kart, AT 2:30 Bingo with 10:30 Koffee Kart, AT Cannon Trivia and Ice 10:30 Koffee Kart, AT Back Patio, BP Franco, AC 11:00 Wheel of Fortune, AC Franco, AC 11:00 Wheel of Fortune, AC 2:00 Featured Movie, MT Cream, AC 11:00 Wheel of Fortune, AC 2:00 Featured Movie, MT Dining Room, DR 2:00 Featured Movie, MT 2:30 Trivia and Ice 6:30 Singalong with 2:00 Featured Movie, MT 2:30 2:30 Name That Tune, AC Claire, DR 2:30 Name That Tune, AC Library, LI Name That Tune, AC Cream, AC 7:00 Bingo with Franco, AC 7:00 Bingo with Franco, AC 7:00 Bingo with Franco, AC 7:00 Bingo with Franco, AC 7:00 Bingo with Franco, AC Lobby, LB FATHER’S DAY 20 9:30 Chair Exercise, AC 21 10:00 Ageless Grace 22 23 9:30 Chair Exercise, AC 24 10:00 Yoga & 25 26 SUMMER BEGINS 9:30 Balance Class, AC Movie Theater, MT 10:00 Residents’ Closet Exercise Class, AC 10:00 Residents’ Closet 10:30 Music, Comedy, Meditation, AC Hour: 3rd Floor 10:30 Music, Comedy, Open: 3rd Floor Virtual Trips, MT 10:00 Residents’ Closet 10:30 Music, Comedy, Virtual Trips, MT 10:30 Music, Comedy, 10:30 Koffee Kart, AT Hour: 3rd Floor 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Its throughout the tropics are examples wings beat about 70 times per second in of very tight, co-evolved hummingbird- direct flight and more than 200 times per flower relationships in which the bill of second while diving. the hummingbird fits the highly modified Their high-energy lifestyle compels flowers almost like a key that opens hummingbirds to locate reliable food a lock. resources. Feeding on flowers puts hummingbirds at the mercy of the flowering seasons of the plants upon which they depend. Hummingbirds solve this by being very mobile, and their movements are often shaped by Mother’s Day Some of the residents were able to spend time with their families on Mother’s Day. Residents who were at Fairview for the Mother’s Day Dinner enjoyed Coffee-Crusted Eye of Round, Salmon Macadamia Nut Salad and Crème Brûlée. All of the residents received a flower and coconut verbena hand cream.

Mike’s Goodbye This is the last newsletter that I was able to contribute to. By the time you are reading this I will have left for my new position at Rosewood Manor in Harwich. Most of you knew my love for the Cape and plans on becoming a permanent resident in Brewster, but this move came sooner than expected. Rosewood is less than four miles from my house in Brewster so while it was a tough decision I feel that it is the right decision. I will miss my family from Fairview. While my stay at Fairview wasn’t long I was able to create a bond with most of the residents. While the Covid pandemic put a lot of strain on Fairview I hope that I was able to keep your spirits up. The position was well suited for my personality and I loved being able to entertain you. When we were doing the “trip” to Morocco in 2019 my daughter had come to Fairview to share her experiences there. I overheard her telling one of the residents “This is the first position that I have ever seen my dad in which he was truly happy.” I will be the Activities Director for a small facility. They are approved for 33 residents but currently have only 19. The residents are mostly in some stage of dementia. It will be a little bit of a challenge, but I think that I will be able to adapt to their needs and serve them well. I want to thank all of the Fairview family, both residents and staff, for making my time here so enjoyable. I wish you all good health and happiness. Sincerely, Mike 132 East Main Street Hopkinton, MA 01748

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