Vanilla Times March 2009

March 2009 MONTHLY PUBLICATION

From Cheryl’s Desk Once again this year, our assisted living facilities', has received a monetary gift from the Winona Health Auxiliary to make a purchase that is outside of our typical day to day purchases. At Watkins Manor, we recently added a fireplace to the main entrance area and we will be purchasing a large screen television to help us develop our movie theatre room. At AMM/RMM, we will be purchasing some new seating arrangements.

Visit us at the Better Living, Home & Builders Show on

We are thankful to our friends and neighbors who think of Winona Health, and more specifically, our assisted living facilities. Often times these gifts come with a vision and wish from the donor. This spring at Watkins Manor, we will be enhancing our courtyard area, upgrading the resident’s computer, and looking at our resident common areas to make improvements with donations left to us through the WH Foundation. At AMM/RMM we will purchase a few new benches for our garden area and take opportunities to re-do our interior living areas to enhance our resident living space. We hope you will enjoy these gifts that are intended to enhance our care and service to our residents.

11 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Saturday, March 7th 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. and Sunday, March 8th Winona Senior High School FREE blood pressure checks will be available and prizes!

Inside this issue:

Feature Resident: Gladys

Birthdays

2

Gladys has been a resident of Adith Miller Manor since November of 2008.

Do you remember?

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Extra! Extra!

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Welcome

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Activity Profile

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Edible Tidbits

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Directory

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Photos

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She was born and raised in Chisholm, MN. Her father worked in maintenance at a school and her mother was a homemaker. She had one sister and one brother. After graduating high school Gladys went to Duluth State College for teaching. While in college she met her husband, Joe. Gladys was a cheerleader and Joe was a basketball player. They dated for two years prior to getting married during WWII. Joe went over seas during the war while she stayed back home and taught elementary school. continued on p. 2

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Happy Birthday in March!

Do You Remember?

1st -

The Mickey Mouse Club premiered on October 3, 1955. Do you remember the ending of their song? Here it is:

Ruth

2nd - Ron 5th - Harold

Now’s the time to say goodbye

15th - Kathleen

To all our company

24th - Earl

Through the years we’ll all be friends Wherever we may be

25th - Myrna 27th - Dorothy

M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E

Watkins Manor celebrates all birthdays this month!

Mickey Mouse, Mickey Mouse Forever let us hold our banner high M-I-C - See ya real soon! K-E-Y - Why? Because you like you! M-O-U-S-E!!

Extra! Extra! Read All About It!

Welcome New Staff & Residents

Watkins WATs Moving winner for the month of February was Esta! Good job!

Marjorie -

Watkins resident

Charles L. -

Watkins resident

JoAnn -

AMM resident

Check out the new fireplace in the lobby of Watkins Manor. The Winona Health Foundation made this beautiful gift possible! Thanks to everyone who shared your ideas for our newsletter. We hope you enjoy the new look and features.

Brittney AMM/RMM resident assistant (transferring from her hostess position at Watkins Manor)

Correction: Watkins Manor Referral Program awards $250.00 to residents who refer their family, friends and neighbors to live at Watkins Manor.

Feature Resident continued from page 1 Upon his return they moved to Winona and started a family. They had four boys: Donald, Doug, Dick, and Dean. The family loved to travel and vacationed in Washington D.C., Chicago, and other places throughout the Unites States. Gladys was active in the PTA, PEO, and church groups at Central Methodist. She was an excellent pastry chef and enjoyed reading about geography. Joe passed away in March of 2008, and shortly after Gladys came to live at AMM. Gladys enjoys music and loves listening to the harp played by music therapist, Mary Jo Baldus. She looks forward to visits from her beloved family, riding in the car, and reading the newspaper. One of her favorite outings is to Starbucks at the local Target - she loves their coffee! To view past publications of our newsletter, please visit our website at winonahealth.org and click on “News & Publications” .

Activity Profile Page 3

The Show and Tell group at Watkins Manor is a new

Cartoon Fun from todaysseniors.com

group that began about four months ago at the suggestion of a current resident. The group is held on the 3rd Tuesday afternoon of each month. Residents are encouraged during the group to share their talents or treasures,

Humor of the Month:

tell stories of their

A little boy was overheard praying: "Lord, if you can't make me a better boy, don't worry about it. I'm having a real good time like I am."

interesting pasts and, of course, that leads to various interesting discussions. The kitchen

Edible Tid Bits

provides treats as we

News from Watkins Dining Services

enjoy each others

March is National Nutrition Month. I will be having a display with handouts on special diets either in the lobby or the gift shop. I will also incorporate healthy food options throughout the month. For example, we will try whole wheat pasta for spaghetti. I will bring in some brown rice to have instead of white rice, and we plan to make some desserts with Splenda. I also saw a sugar free apple pie in one of our vendor catalogs I might bring in and try.

company and learn more about our friends and neighbors at Watkins Manor.

Mark your calendars for special events this month: Made to Order Breakfast

Tuesday 3/3

Celebrate Dr. Seuss’ b-day with breakfast for supper

Wednesday 3/11

St. Pat’s Day special meal for lunch

Tuesday 3/17

next Show and Tell group

Made to Order Omelets

Tuesday 3/31

- what do you have to

~

Julie

Watch the calendar for the

show us?

Staff Directory Mary Miller-Hyland, Administrator 507.457.4335 [email protected]

picture IS WORTH A THOUSAND words A

Cheryl serves the main course at the Watkins Anniversary dinner.

Cheryl Krage, Manager 507.494.7496 [email protected] Paula Walter, RN 507.494.7478 [email protected]

Rueben enjoys spending his free time putting together challenging puzzles.

Bunny Bennick, RN 507.494.7478 [email protected] Jennifer Ready, Supervisor 507.457.4560 [email protected]

Adith Miller Manor staff and residents are blessed with the organ sounds of Viola’s beautiful music!

Nancy Slaby, Admin. Assistant 507.494.7400 [email protected]

The ladies of Roger Metz Manor went out for lunch at the Ground Round. Everyone shared a sliver of their delicious chocolate brownie.

Nola Skappel, Life Enrichment 507.494.7483 [email protected] Adith Miller Manor & Roger Metz Manor Assisted living for memory care

Next Alzheimer’s Disease Support Group Wednesday, March 11th at 6:00 p.m.

Watkins Manor Assisted living

CMH-Parkview Conference Room Topic: Open discussion and support For more info. contact Cheryl Krage at 494.7496

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