INDEPENDENCE COURT OF HYATTSVILLE • An Assisted Living

Summer 2012
INDEPENDENCE COURT OF HYATTSVILLE
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An Assisted Living Residence
INDEPENDENCE COURT
OF HYATTSVILLE
5821 Queens Chapel Road
Hyattsville, MD 20782
Tel: (301) 699-7900
Fax: (301) 864-9514
E-mail: mvich@independencecourt.com
STAFF MEMBERS
The Help You Need
Administrator
Marla von Stein
Resident Care Director
Daniel Eromosele
Business/Marketing
Coordinator
Katherine Culotta
Medical Director
Dr. Kathy Brenneman M.D.
Food Service Coordinators
Richard Sheriff
Linda Walker
Lead Housekeeper
Maria Peugero
Activity Coordinator
Jacqueline Carter
Dietician Consultant
Julia Mutter
Maintenance Technician
Jim Eichelberger
RN Consultant
Sally Kweti
Podiatrist
Dr. Melinda Zellars
Physical Therapy Provided by
Providence Hospital
PT Department
Announcements from NHM
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National Health Management Inc. (NHM)
based in Pittsburgh, PA, is a prominent
provider of Assisted Living, Senior Care, and
Personal Care communities. NHM was founded in 1986
and has been serving seniors for over 25 years. National
Health Management owns and operates four Independence
Court communities in two states, and also provides
consulting and third party management services.
NHM provides a lifestyle option for seniors who may
need daily assistance to support their social, emotional,
spiritual, intellectual and individual needs. NHM
currently operates the following locations:
• Independence Court of Erie, PA
• Independence Court of Monroeville, PA
• Independence Court of Quakertown, PA
• Independence Court of Hyattsville, MD
National Health Management is a founding member of
ALFA, the Assisted Living Federation of America, which
is the largest Assisted Living Association in the nation.
For more information about NHM and its services visit
our website at www.Independencecourt.com or contact
us at (412) 578-7800.
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Assisted living at ICH enables a senior to preserve his or her
independence while receiving the personal care services they
need all under the guidance of our resident care staff. A little
help can make a BIG difference.
Gracious Atmosphere
ICH provides an elegant living space which includes a
beautiful dining room, library, comfortable lounges, and
flowered outdoor patio. Our beautifully decorated and
furnished resident rooms have the amenities of a city hotel
or apartment building.
Activities Department
Directed by an Activities Coordinator, our staff provides
exciting and varied activities in and out of our building 7 days
a week. Our van enables us to provide transportation for
appointments and recreational events. Residents can be as
active as they wish, choosing from a variety of recreational,
religious, and fitness activities. Located in the center of our
city’s cultural community, we have everything at our fingertips.
Dignified Independence
Our goal is to instill confidence in the minds of our
residents and their families through specially offered services
such as:
— Bathing and grooming assistance (including available
whirlpool baths)
— Medical and nutritional management
— Emergency call system in bedroom and bath
— Professional staff including full-time administrator,
registered nurses, and licensed practical nurses
— 24-hour support staff
— 3 meals served daily
— Linen and housekeeping services
— Professionally-staffed beauty/barber shop
— Personal laundry services available
Tours
We welcome the opportunity to share our lovely building. If
you are interested in touring, call the Admissions Department
to schedule an appointment. Our regular business hours are
8:30 AM to 5:00 PM Monday – Friday. Tours are also available
evenings and weekends by appointment.
THE COURT REPORTER
WELCOME NEW RESIDENTS
Charles Brogden
Gloria Larkin
Karen Davis
Johnnie Newsome
Esther Greer
Gladys Powell
ADMINISTRATOR’S CORNER
A Warm ICH Welcome To All Our New Residents
RESIDENT BIRTHDAYS
JUNE
Percy Moore
Nannye Price
Sara McAlpin
Jennie Brown
James Rowe
Jose Martinez
Betty Pailen
6/5
6/6
6/7
6/9
6/23
6/24
6/26
Don’t forget to join us for the
Resident Birthday Celebration.
ATTENTION COMMUNITY FRIENDS
Get your pay day at ICH for
Spring/Summer Referrals.
Refer a friend or family
member to ICH Residence
and receive $100.00
Referral Fee payable
after 90 days residence.
MUST SUBMIT COUPON
REMINDER:
Activity Outings Every Tuesday
Transportation Every Thursday
For Appointments,
Please check with the
D.R.S or the Van Driver
for Availabilities.
SUMMER 2012
Dear Residents, Families, and Friends
Summer is here and our Activities Department is blooming with
a wide variety of upcoming events such as concerts in the courtyard, ice cream socials, picnic in the park and even a surprise
visit from Elvis to top off our Summer Concert Series! Please be
sure to check out our monthly calendar so you don’t miss out! I
also wanted to say Happy Mothers Day, Fathers Day and
Grandparents Day to all and I hope you have the most enjoyable summer.
Fondly,
Marla von Stein
Administrator
RECIPE CORNER
Summer Strawberry
Angel Food Dessert
Ingredients:
• 1 (10 inch) angel food cake
• 2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1 (8 ounce) container frozen whipped
topping, thawed
• 1 quart fresh strawberries, sliced
• 1 (18 ounce) jar strawberry glaze
Directions
Crumble the cake into a
9x13 inch dish.
Beat the cream cheese
and sugar in a medium
bowl until light and
fluffy. Fold in whipped
topping. Mash the cake down with your hands and
spread the cream cheese mixture over the cake.
In a bowl, combine strawberries and glaze until strawberries are evenly coated. Spread over cream cheese layer
and chill until serving.
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SUNDAY
MONDAY
TUESDAY
FLOWER:
Rose
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All Activities
Are Subject
To Change
BIRTHSTONE:
Pearl, Moonstone, Opal
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COLORS:
Light Blue, White & Cream
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10:00 Chair Dancing
Exercise
10:45 DC Trip/
News Update
CVS Trip
Walking With Nature
1:30 Nails
Reminiscing
2:00 Bingo with Jackee
Music
3:00 Quote of the Day
Smile With Friends
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10:00
10:45
11:00
1:30
2:00
3:00
Exercise
Ball Toss
Creative Things
Brain Power
Fun-N-Game
Stories of the Bible
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9:30 Who’s In
The Bible
10:00 Toning Arms
10:30 Front Row
In The Garden
11:00 Father’s Trivia
1:30 Meet and Greet
2:00 Summertime Poems
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10:00 Workout
10:30 Dad’s Might
Say…
11:00 Famous Fathers
1:30 Flowers In Bloom
2:00 Flower Quotes
3:00 Spelling Bee Quiz
Catholic Service
Sunday Stretch
United Baptist
Reid Temple
Lift Your Voice
And Sing
Father’s Day
June 20
10:00
10:45
11:00
1:30
2:00
3:00
10:00 Catholic Service
11:00 Sunday Stretch
2:00 United Baptist
3:00 Reid Temple
4:00 Praying is Fun
10:00
11:00
2:00
3:00
4:00
WEDN
8:00 Father’s Day
Brunch
10:30 Catholic Church
1:30 Workout Central
2:00 United Baptist
3:00 Youth Choir of
Reid Temple
10:00 Catholic
Church
10:45 Exercise
2:00 United Baptist
3:00 Reid Temple Church
5:00 Eric Dutch and
Sought Out
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5
10:00
10:45
11:00
1:30
2:00
12
10:00
10:45
11:00
1:30
2:00
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First Day of S
10:00 Shape U
10:30 Two-Tru
11:00 Baseball
1:30 Rootbee
Floats So
2:00 Music w
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10:00 Workou
Central
10:45 Bible Sto
11:00 Poetry H
1:30 Drink C
2:00 Music w
3:00 Shake, R
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9:30
10:00
10:45
11:00
1:30
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10:00
10:45
1:30
2:00
3:00
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10:00 Exercise
10:45 Wal-Mart
Trip
11:30 Courtyard Sitting
1:30 Free Time
2:00 Bingo
3:00 Relax
Bible Stories
Exercise
CVS Trip/DC
Courtyard Seating
Bingo in the
Courtyard
2:00 Garden Delight
3:00 Smell the Flowers
Tone and Stretch
CVS Trip
Nails
Bingo
Nature Walk
Exercise
Get Out
Summer
Social
Music W
Mr. Telfa
3:00 Relax W
Exercise
Kickball
Finish T
Happy H
Music W
Mr. Telfa
3:00 Tunes O
NESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
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With
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With Music
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Balloon
That Line
Hour
With
air
Of The Soul
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Summer
Up
uths One-Lie
Outside
er
ocial
with Mr. Telfair
10:00 Exercise
10:45 Summer
Word Search
11:00 Year was 1947
1:30 Bingo
2:30 Nails For Everyone
3:00 Freshen Up
Flag Day
10:00
10:45
11:00
1:00
2:00
3:00
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Flag Stretch
Balloon Flag Ball
Free Time
Flag Bingo
Nick the Music Man
Flag History
10:00 Exercise With
Ms. Paige
10:30 Checkers
11:00 Rally Ball
1:00 Pastor Hall Live
2:00 Bingo With Pam
3:00 Freshen Up
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10:00 Move With
Ease
10:30 Nature Riddles
ories
11:00 Resident Council
Hour
11:30 Summer Concert
Carts
with Mr. Telfair 1:30 Nails of Glamour
2:00 Bingo with Pam
Rattle and Roll
3:00 Shake Rattle and Roll
ut
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SATURDAY
1
2
8
9
10:00
10:45
11:00
1:30
2:00
3:00
Exercise
10:00 Exercise
10:30 Pastor Jennie
Summer Walk
1:30 Leisure Time
Trivia
2:30 Recruits for Christ
Happy Hour
Music with Mr. Telfair 4:00 T.V. Highlights
5:00 Family Ties
Inez Grooving
10:00
10:30
1:00
1:30
2:00
3:00
Exercise
10:00 Stretch High
10:30 Interfaith
Embry Church
Church
Hand Soccer
1:30 Your Time
Snacks/Social
Music With Mr. Telfair 2:30 SDA Ghana Church
4:00 Enjoy Highlights
Dancing Is Fun
5:30 Glenridge Choir
10:00 Flex Those
Muscles
10:45 Brian Power
11:00 Walk with Nature
1:30 Punch And Cookies
2:00 Music with Mr. Telfair
3:00 Music Appreciation
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10:00
10:30
11:00
1:30
2:00
3:00
10:00
10:30
11:00
1:30
10:00
10:30
1:30
2:30
4:30
6:00
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Exercise
Pastor Jennie
News Update
Let’s Gossip
Refreshing Springs
Share Secrets
10:00 Sunday Stretch
Exercise
10:30 Interfaith Service
Touch Box
1:30 Brightlight Baptist
Word Game
Happy Hour
2:30 SDA Ghana
Music With Mr. Telfair 5:30 Glenridge Choir
Dance With Inez
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Exercise
Anything Goes
Nature is Calling
Resident
Birthday Party
2:00 Music with Mr. Telfair
3:00 Pop It Drop It Inez
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10:00
10:30
1:30
2:00
3:00
5:00
Exercise
Pastor Jennie
Gossip Is Fun
Saturday Flick
Social Time
Family Times
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THIS
AND
Summertime
Senior Concert Series
Complete the puzzle using
the clues shown below.
All Concerts will be held from
11:30 - 1:30
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2
Thursday June 28th, 2012
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Thursday July 19th, 2012
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Thursday August 16th, 2012
11:30 – 1:30
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5
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8
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Father’s Day Brunch
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Across
2. A disc that flies through the air
5. A game that you play by throwing rocks into squares
and hopping to pick it up
8. You may find this on a playground or near a pool
9. An animal that lives in the water
13. Go on a walk through the woods
14. To go in the water up to your knees
Down
1. Jump in the water head first with your hands
pointed over your head
3. To glide on wheels or blades
4. A sport that involves a net and a ball
6. To glide on waves in the ocean on a board
7. Have lunch on the grass in a park or your back yard
8. To paddle in the water
10. You find this on a playground and you sit on it
and pump your legs
11. A piece of playground equipment that moves
up and down
12. The place where you plant vegetable sand flowers
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THAT
UPCOMING EVENTS
Ice Cream Outing
June 17th at 8am
I scream, You scream,
We ALL scream
for Ice Cream!
Dates to be Determined
DC Trip
Visit Dr. Martin
Luther King “Hope
of Stone” Museum
in DC
Picnic in the Park
Join us for a relaxing trip through
the park and a picnic to
cap the afternoon off!
THE COURT REPORTER
RESIDENT SPOTLIGHT OF THE MONTH
Lorraine Paige
Lorraine Paige, 86 years old, became a
member of ICH’s large family on June 4,
2011. Ms. Paige was born on December 28,
1925 in Lynchburg, VA. She was the middle child and lived with her three sisters and
one brother! Ms. Paige graduated from
Dunbar High School in 1943. She started
working for the Department of the Army
right out of high school and continued to
work there for twenty years until she transferred to the Department of Commerce in
1963!
Ms. Paige later met the love of her life at
a party in Washington, DC and later wed
in 1952. Together they had four lovely
daughters whom she adores dearly. As a
family they loved sports, especially baseball
games! Here at Independence Court, Ms.
Paige can be found playing cards and games
with fellow residents and socializing
throughout the halls with her many friends.
We are very lucky to have Ms. Paige’s lively
spirit grace the halls of Independence
Court and have her a part of our family!
Summer Olympics 2012
The summer Olympic Games is a time for celebration
as athletes from hundreds of countries compete in
numerous athletic competitions. The competitions are
broadcast around the word on TV and other media.
The Summer Olympic Games take place every four
years, with the next taking place in London in 2012.
Ancient Olympics
Olympia, Greece was home to the first recorded
ancient Olympic Games in 776 B.C. The ancient
Olympic Games were held as a religious ceremony
from 776 B.C. until A.D. 393, when they were
banned due to religious reasons. Baron Pierre de
Coubertin, a French educator, proposed a revival of
the ancient traditions in 1894.
Modern Olympics
The first modern-day Olympic Games were held in
Athens, Greece in 1896. However, women were not
allowed to compete until 1900. Due to World War I
and World War II, there were no Olympic Games in
1916, 1940 and 1944. The Olympics were first covered on American TV in 1960, when the Games were
hosted in Rome. The symbol for the Olympics is a
series of five rings. The colors of the rings -- blue, yellow, black, green and red -- represent the major
regions of the world: Africa, the Americas, Europe
and Asia.
SUMMER 2012
Participating Countries
The 2004 Games in Athens, Greece featured 202
competing countries. Many of these countries have
also hosted the Games, though there have never been
any Games hosted in Africa or South America.
However, the 2016 summer Games will be held in Rio
de Janeiro in Brazil, so at that point Africa will be the
only continent that has not been a host site.
Sports
The summer Olympic Games revolve around many
different sporting events, including archery, badminton, basketball, beach volleyball, boxing, kayak,
cycling, diving, equestrian, fencing, field hockey, gymnastics, handball, judo, modern pentathlon, mountain
biking, rowing, sailing, shooting, soccer, swimming,
synchronized swimming, table tennis, taekwondo, tennis, track and field, triathlon, volleyball, water polo,
weightlifting and wrestling. A pentathlon is a competition of five sporting events: shooting, fencing, swimming, show jumping and running. A triathlon is a
competition that includes a swimming, running and
biking portion.
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HEALTHLINE
NEW EMPLOYEES
Keep Good Company
The people around you have a great deal of influence on your
attitude and state of well-being. Therefore, it is extremely
important to make wise, well-thought out choices about who
you spend your spare time with, says Richard Carlson in Don’t
Sweat the Small Stuff With Your Family. Do you spend your
time with friends who are truly nourishing to you, or do you
choose your company more randomly? Perhaps you are friends
with people without really knowing why – or out of laziness,
perceived convenience or simply habit. It’s important to reevaluate and take an honest look at how you feel when you are
with someone.
Is the person helping you grow? Is he/she a person you admire
and respect? Do you share similar values? Do you feel good
about the way you’ve spent your time together? If not, it doesn’t
mean you can’t still be friends, only that you might make the
decision to spend less time with the person – which will create
more time to meet new people or to spend more time alone or
with your family.
Quotes
“There shall be eternal summer in the grateful heart”
Dorrica James
Receptionist
EMPLOYEE BIRTHDAYS
JUNE
Katherine Culotta
Joycelyn Cole
Jacqueline Carter
Florence Djuetcha
6/4
6/15
6/22
6/30
Independence Court Employees receive a
complimentary lunch on their birthday.
Happy Birthday on your special day!
~Celia Thaxter
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“In the depth of winter, I finally learned that
within me there lay in invincible summer”
~Albert Camus
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“The only way of finding the limits of the possible
is by going beyond them into the impossible.”
~Arthur C. Clarke
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“We are still masters of our fate. We are still
captains of our soul.” ~Winston Churchill
Independence Court of Hyattsville
5821 Queens Chapel Road
Hyattsville, MD 20782
An Assisted Living Residence
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Reminder: Service From The Heart
Because we care and we know we have employees
each and every day who give unforgettable customer service.
We at Independence Court have started a new program
called “Service From The Heart.”
Resident, Families, Friends, and Volunteers please help
us in selecting an employee whom you feel should be nominated for the
monthly award “Service From The Heart”.
Please fill out a ballot, sign it and return it to the front desk.
We will announce the winner at the end of each month and post our
information on the bulletin board. The employee will receive a gift
certificate and a “Service From The Heart” pin to wear for the month.
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