A note from the Administrator

3062 County Complex Drive, Canandaigua, NY 14424
UPCOMING EVENTS
A note from the Administrator
July 9th-
I can always tell when summer has arrived at Ontario
Blue Grass Band
Center:
July 11thIce Cream at the Lake
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July 2016
I look outside and see so many of our wonderful
Residents enjoying the warm weather. There are
times that some of our Residents are either enjoying
July 22 -
the sun or the shade near the entrance when a new
Side-By-Side Musical
Resident arrives. I have spoken to some of our new
July 23rd-
Residents and have been informed that our “welcoming committee”
Bocce Ball Outside
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seems so happy while enjoying the weather. Others have made use of our
shaded deck near the gazebo. Within a few weeks we should have our
July 27 -
beautiful new fence erected by the gazebo area which will only add to
Mennonite Children
the safety of our beloved Residents. Lindsay and her Rehab Team have
August 5th-
taken down the partitions in the Therapy Department which has added
Mini Picnic
August 8th-
more room for our Residents to partake in their therapy. Even Romeo
has intimated to me that he prefers the more spacious area! We
celebrated our volunteers recently with our “Volunteers Appreciation
Music w/ Larry
Luncheon”. We truly cannot thank these folks enough for all of their
August 12th
hard work and dedication. I am honored and humbled to be associated
Resident Family Picnic
with each and every one. Our annual Family and Staff picnic is right
August 22ndTrip to Ontario County
around the corner. More information will be available soon.
We wish everyone associated with Ontario Center a very happy, peaceful
and safe summer. Please feel free to stop me in the hallway or visit my
Park
office with any suggestions or concerns. If you prefer,
August 25th-
please reach me by phone by calling (585) 396-4320 or via email at
Music w/ Ray
ypolatoff@ontariocenter.net. Thank you for allowing our staff the honor
And we are in the
process of booking the
Seneca Park Zoo
Mobile visit-date to be
announced
to provide our dear Residents with love, care and safety!
Best wishes,
Yudi Polatoff
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July 2016
Resident Profile:
Barbara Trowbridge
Barbara Trowbridge was born on June 14th, 1932. She was born in a town called Scio, New York. Her Mother Alvira was
a school teacher and her father Foster worked in the farming industry. Barbara can remember growing up on a small
shanty on a hill on Yager Road in Scio, New York, near the Pennsylvania border. She was the fourth out of eight
children. When asked about a childhood memory, Barbara relayed that she used to go outside in the snow without
anything on her feet. One day she had told her mother she was going to go out into the snow without any shoes on and
she did. Not long after Barbara was sick and her mother had to bring her to the hospital. Barb says she never went
outside in the snow without shoes on again.
Barbara was the first of her family to finish high school. She conveys she never made it to college however, as she chose
to marry. Her hobbies included Art, especially painting and drawing. Her artwork, she mentions was always noted in
school and by her friends and family. Before marrying Barbara had dreamed of becoming an artist, but she says it never
took off. After she married she became a homemaker.
Barbara married Jack Eugene in January 1950. She met Jack in school. Jack was one of her friend’s brothers. Together
Barbara and Jack had five children: Janet, Jack, Deborah, Darlene and Cindy.
Here at Ontario Center, Barbara enjoys writing, playing bingo and conversing. She mentions she has finished writing a
book- an autobiography of sorts, chronicling her very own life. A piece of her artwork-a butterfly drawing has also
been entered into an art competition. We are rooting for Barbara as one of the winners!
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Employee Profile
Janice Derby
Janice Derby is an LPN working on Second Floor, she has been working here for 18 years. She lives in
Honeoye.
She has 3 children Don who is 44, Sandra who is 43, Robert who is 37. All 3 children are grown and out on
their own. The two older children work for a successful manufacturing company. The youngest son works
for a company that does cars for Amtrak.
Janice writes: “ I am also the mother to 3 boys, Sampson a chocolate lab, husky, Fred a poodle pom and the
baby, Buddy a Shiatzu/Chihuahua”.
Janice’s pet peeve is disorganization. If she won the lottery the first thing she would do is pay off her
mortgage.
Her parents are the people she most admires for bringing her up to be the responsible person she is today.
The best way she can think of to spend a sunny afternoon is lying in her pool.
Janice’s favorite movie is Dirty Dancing and her favorite book is the V.C. Andrew’s Series.
We thank Janice for this opportunity to get to know her better.
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July 2016
Did You Know?
That Rosanne Psaila loves animals and at one time
had 3 dogs and 7 cats?
That Richard Hanson had a cattle farm and at one
time had 80 dairy cows. He also had a bull named Bully that
weighed 2,200 pounds and used to follow him around?
That Ann Becker used to be a social worker at Strong
and helped disabled children and their families?
That Karolyn Miller is a fraternal twin?
That you can view the staff and residents entered into the
Running Man Challenge on our Ontario Center Face book
page?
Did you know that Ontario Center is a Tobacco Free
Facility?
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July Birthdays
July 3rd- M. Lindner
July 6th-D. Queor
July 7th- S. Nageldinger
July 11th- M. Marks
July 11th - L. Muscato
July 14th- E. King
July 14th - E. Hoh
July 25th- L. Bachmann
July 29th- M. Rothfuss
July’s Birthstone is the Ruby which are considered the king of gems and represents love,
health and wisdom
The flowers are the Water Lily, Delphinium
Larkspur which mean joyful, fickleness and
August and
Birthdays
sweet
August 2nd- H. Abbink
August 7th – R. Crowley
August 11th- K. Fisher
August 14th- M. Cooley
August 17th-H. Hayes
August 20th- C. Calder
August 31st-W. Weigert
August’s Birthstone is Peridot and it is believed to instill power and influence and protect
against nightmares
The flower is Poppy or Gladiolus meaning moral integrity
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July 2016
A note from Kenny
Summer is finally here, and as I was thinking about this note, I realized that summer is a
season of patriotism. We welcome it in with Memorial Day, a day of barbecues and
parades and one that it is the unofficial kick-off of the season. Then there’s Flag Day in
June, Independence Day in July and finally, Labor Day in September signals a return to
school for the kids and the unofficial end of summer. But do we stop often enough to think about those
holidays and what they mean to all of us? Memorial Day is much more than a three day weekend; it’s the
day we remember our fallen countrymen who made the ultimate sacrifice on battlefields around the world
so that the rest of us could live in freedom. On Flag Day we honor the symbol of our country which shows
the collective history of the American people – 13 stripes for the original 13 colonies, and fifty stars, ancient
symbol of the heavens, to represent every state. In July we celebrate Independence Day, maybe one of the
biggest holidays of the year, where we all recall that despite our differences, our backgrounds, and our
status, we are all Americans. And on Labor Day, we salute the men and women who helped make America
the greatest economic power in the world, and keep us there to this day.
But there’s one more thing that makes this season of patriotism especially meaningful to us at Centers. In
every one of our facilities we have the honor of caring for some of our country’s military heroes, the men
and women who answered the call, unselfishly and without hesitation. Either as long term residents or for
brief visits as rehab residents, we have had the pleasure of serving veterans from WW II, Korea, Vietnam
and the Middle East. Today I’d like to take the opportunity to thank them again, and to remind everyone at
all of our facilities, that our respective communities are made up of some pretty wonderful people, and our
world is a better place for it.
Kenny Rozenberg, CEO
Sun worshippers beware
Everyone looks forward to the bright sunny days of summer, but
the sun can be dangerous for people any age. Gaining some
level of protection from the sun is a practice that goes back as
far as the ancient Greeks and Egyptians, but it wasn’t until the
last 30 years that the products we use now were fully
developed. Today the American Cancer Society advises
everyone to wear sunscreen as it helps to prevent certain types
of skin cancer, and the one they recommend is a broad
spectrum UVA/UVB type. There are two types of sunscreen,
UVA and UVB. UVA absorbs the sun’s ultra-violet rays and
radiation and UVB blocks them. Check the label for one that
does both, and reapply it throughout the day, especially if you’re
at the beach or in the pool where your sun protection could be
washing away.
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Was that a horse in the hall?
Yes it was. Hamlet, a five-year old miniature horse visited the
Hammonton Center this spring spreading his special brand of
good cheer. It caused quite a stir when Hamlet walked through
the front door and into the main lobby, causing a few
double-takes.
But everyone was thrilled.
Hamlet and his stable mate Honor are specially trained therapy
horses owned by Laurie Tietjen, who began working with
therapy horses after her brother, a first responder, lost his life
on 9/11. Laurie was seeking some way to honor his memory
while helping others work through a tragedy in their lives when
she founded Mini Horse Heroes. These gentle, sensitive
therapy horses are so well trained that they have even worked
in the intensive care unit of area hospitals. But ne look at this
photo will tell you that that both horse and resident found this
visit particularly rewarding. Hamlet usually works with children, while Honor is soon to become the country’s
smallest police horse. Honor, who was named for Rescue 1 in New York City, works with first responders,
veterans, and children who have lost a parent in the line of duty.
The visit by Hamlet was another interactive experience arranged for by the Centers Health Care and
Hammonton Center recreation teams. No wonder people enjoy living at a Centers Health Care facility.
You never know who you’ll meet.
To see more pictures of Hamlet at Hammonton Center, visit Hammonton Center on Facebook.
Bon Voyage
That’s what friends of Mary D. are saying to her. She’ll be taking
a much anticipated trip to attend her grandson’s wedding in
Atlanta Georgia thanks to a gift from our Buffalo and Waterfront
Centers. These two facilities have been supporting Senior
Wishes in Buffalo since its inception. Senior Wishes, sponsored
by United Church Home Society in Orchard Park NY, partners
with community businesses like Centers Health Care to help
people in Buffalo achieve a dream they may otherwise find
impossible. According to Dave Denny, administrator at Buffalo
Center, “We’re a community resource. We see our role here in
Buffalo as providing for the care and well-being of all our neighbors, not just those who are in need of full time
care.” We wish Mary a safe and happy visit, and a long and happy life to the bride and groom!
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July 2016
Angels Among us
Rosanne Psaila loved the animals
at Lollipop Farm
Barb Trowbridge submitted a pencil
drawing of a butterfly that she named
Tim Cornell has volunteered for years to help his
mother Pat and the other residents on the trips.
Here they are posing at Schooners Restaurant- our
most recent dining trip
“Flying Onward” to the Art From the
Heart Contest sponsored by the
Foundation of Quality Care. We wish
Barb the best of luck. It is a beautiful
drawing to us regardless of whether she
Virginia Watters presenting the money the residents
and staff raised through a bake sale for the United
Way
wins or not
To be successful you have to have your heart in
your business and your business in your heart
Thomas Watson Jr-Founder of IBM
3062 County Complex Drive, Canandaigua, NY 14424
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