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Arbor Court Skilled Nursing
Evergreen Pointe Transitional Care
Magnolia Terrace Supportive Living
Whispering Pines Memory Care
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UPCOMING EVENTS
01/01 HAPPY NEW YEAR!
01/15 National Hat Day
01/20-26 National Activity Professionals Week
01/28 Kloepper Tournament at Magnolia Terrace* 6:30 P.M. (Costs $5.00)
02/01 Oak Hill 68 Year Anniversary
Check out next month’s newsletter for a list of 2019 dates!
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Wear a hat on January 15th!
Happy New Year!
Should auld acquaintance be forgot, and never brought to mind? Should auld acquaintance be forgot, and old lang syne?
For auld lang syne, my dear, for auld lang syne, We'll take a cup of kindness yet, for auld lang syne.
And surely you'll buy your pint cup! And surely I'll buy mine! And we'll take a cup o' kindness yet, for auld lang syne.
We two have run about the slopes, and picked the daisies fine; But we've wandered many a weary foot, since auld lang syne.
We two have paddled in the stream, from morning sun till dine†; But seas between us broad have roared since auld lang syne.
And there's a hand my trusty friend! And give me a hand o' thine! And we'll take a right good-will draught, for auld lang syne.
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Another year has come to a close and
this is a time we often reminisce about
the previous year. Each year seems
to pass a little faster as we grow older.
It has been a good year at Oak Hill. A
year of saying goodbye to some and
hello to others. This is the first full year
of services provided by Evergreen
Pointe, our short term rehabilitation
unit. We have served 189 guests in
this first year at Evergreen Pointe.
It has been a year of parties and enter-
tainment. The activity departments
have exceeded expectations with all of
the programs and events throughout
the year. Things such as Block Party,
Octoberfest, Fair Week , Nursing Home
Week activities, SLF week activities
and many others. We recognized our
veterans with a Flight of Honor pro-
gram in June and again in November
with a special Veteran’s Day program.
In July we were named as the Best
Senior Living in Southwest Illinois by
the St Louis Post Dispatch. We also
were rated as a five star facility by the
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
Services.
We started work on the Maple Hall
sunroom addition that will include a
new living room space. This work was
A Letter From the Administrator
put on hold, but now that we are finish-
ing up the work on our sprinkler sys-
tem, we will once again work to finish
up this new living space in 2019.
We also started remodeling Magnolia
Terrace apartments. We were able to
finish eight apartments in 2018 and
plan to finish another twelve in 2019.
Most recently, we celebrated Christmas
in style with our many Christmas
events including our annual Christmas
dinner parties. This is always a favor-
ite event as residents can invite family
into their home for a Christmas dinner
party. We can’t forget the Twelve Days
of Christmas and a different flavor of
ice cream each day.
As we start a new year in 2019, I pray
for blessings on all that work and live
at Oak Hill. May we have a blessed
year.
Kim Keckritz Administrator
Rachel Giffhorn
Corporate Compliance Officer
618-939-3488 x1147
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Congratulations to Megan Weber, winner of
the 2019 Wessel-Pistor Excellence Award!
A ceremony was held on November 30th in
the activity center. We had 19 nominations!
Criteria for this award is that the employee
must demonstrate a caring, respectful atti-
tude toward residents, family members, and
fellow staff. Here are all the nominees:
Glenda Schreder
Rita Biffar
Barb Brooks
Joann Phillips
Kaitlin Shackelford
Angie Staub
Kathy Goodman
Faith Bertram
Marilyn Brinkmann
Tammy Moll
Frances Studt
Dawn Shields
Wendy Slater-Wall
Savanna Zeiger
Melissa Todd
Dominique Mackin
Belinda Carter
Mary Watkins
Thank you all for your hard work and dedica-
tion to Oak Hill!
Pictured: Winner of the Wessel-Pistor Excel-
lence Award, Megan Weber (right) with Oak
Hill administrator, Kim Keckritz.
This is what others had to say about Megan:
•Brings in special items for residents and
uses her own money for these items
•Helps serve food at supper when help is
needed
•Works extra shifts with no complaints
•Dedicated & compassionate employee
•Makes extra special health shakes for res-
idents-adding ice cream, syrup, &
whipped topping
•Treats each resident lovingly and is al-
ways ready with a hug for the residents
•Last year at Christmas bought all of the
residents warm socks
•Limitless level of positive energy
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Employees
Residents
Faith Bertram
Annette DeBourge
Debra Carrico
Cherie Horschman
Donna Kujawa
Jennifer Forshee
Nicole Reinhold
Tracy Scheibe
14 years
12 years
6 years
5 years
4 years 2 years 1 year
1 year
2 Jennifer Morgan
2 Joy Thomas
8 Jamie Whaley
13 Rachel Adams
15 Alexandra Kueker
19 Olivia Johnson
19 Mikayla VanVeghel
21 Barbara Brooks
21 Christina Swistak
27 Deborah Smith
29 Cassandra Mackin
30 Judy Lancaster
30 Jessica Lutker
2 Novella Arms
3 Norman Rehmer
4 Eugene Williams
9 Virginia Malott
11 Edna Poenitske
13 Lucille Kistner
15 Rita Walsh
17 Helen Werling
19 Helen Graham
21 Betty Congleton
26 Edna Probst
28 Gerda Gleich
30 Gladys Bequette
30 Audrey Stiffler
31 Mary Clark
Birthday Parties
Employee Anniversaries
Welcome to Oak Hill (New Employees)
Ivy Anderson, Dietary Aide
Diana File, R.N.
Angel Jenkins, Care Assistant
Olivia Johnson, C.N.A. Pending
Laura Luehmann, SCU Activity
Daniel Pauline, Dietary Aide
Nicole Strong, Dietary Aide
Kyle Wachtel, Maintenance Assistant
Michelle Wisely, Care Assistant
Anneco Gladney, C.N.A.
Shereen Hicks, L.P.N.
Joiwanda Rowe-Brown, C.N.A.
Mackenzie Brown, Dietary Aide
Miranda Brown, C.N.A. Pending
Julie Carrigan, C.N.A.
Courtney Courtois, Dietary Aide
Danielle LePes, Care Assistant
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Employee of the Month
C.N.A.
Angel is a hard worker, a very thorough nurse, and great with documentation. She offers great support and is very dedicated to our residents. A team player. Shows great leadership, especially the night we had flooding. Also, on night shift on Sycamore. Angel goes above and beyond with resident care.
Other Nominations:
Rita Biffar, Dietary, Dedicated, relia-
ble, always willing to help when need-
ed, comes in early, picks up on her
days off, takes pride in her work, con-
cerned about residents
Crystal Weber, Office, Always willing
to help pick up in different areas of
the facility when needed. Always up-
beat. Thorough with her work. Very
positive attitude. Great team player
no matter what is going on. We are
lucky to have her.
Carol Marquart, C.N.A., Goes above
and beyond to care for the residents.
Glenda Schreder, C.N.A., She is an in-
credible trainer and leader of the
mentor group. She supports, coach-
es, follows up, and encourages. She
has developed additional tools to help
the mentors be successful.
Wayne Moallankamp, Maintenance,
Comes in when problems arise, like
the sprinkler system and other issues
Joann Phillips, C.N.A., She is caring,
sweet, and positive—always smiling.
Has worked over many times.
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Staff News
Angel Hill
Employee of the Year
2018
National Activity Professionals Week is
January 20-26.
Thank you to all our activity
professionals who truly make a
difference to those at Oak Hill.
Stephanie Bastien
Becky Heusohn
Judy Kohler
Donna Kujawa
Laura Luehmann
Brook Matthews
Wendy Meister-Juenger
Janis Reitz
Wendy Slater-Wall
Congratulations to Anna Marie
Jenkins on her recent marriage!
Spirit Committee 2019
What a fun year 2018 was! Thank you to all
of the 2018 Spirit Committee members who
planned and implemented all the great em-
ployee events. A new committee is forming
for 2019 and the first meeting will be held on
the 22nd of January at 2:30pm in the confer-
ence room. If you are interested or would
like to find out more information about volun-
teering on the Spirit Committee, stop by and
talk to Rachel Giffhorn, the new leader over
the group.
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1/28, 2/25, 3/25, 4/29,
5/20*, 6/24, 7/29, 8/26,
9/30, 10/28, 11/25, 12/30
Kloepper Tournaments
Held at Magnolia Terrace
623 Hamacher Street, Waterloo
$5.00 per person/6 games
1st, 2nd, & 3rd place cash winners Last place gets their admission fee back!
Complimentary Refreshments
Tournaments are held on the last Monday of
the month except the months with an asterisk.
R.S.V.P. to 939-0500 x1459
We entered the month of December with
“Where in the Living Room is the Ever-
green Pointe Christmas Tree”. (Similar to
the Elf on the Shelf). The guests, visitors,
and even Dr Rohlfing joined in with the
fun!
The look on everyone’s face when the tree
“magically” moved around the living
room. It made for a great topic of conver-
sation.
We have had a lot of guests come and go.
We were even blessed to have some famil-
iar faces return to stay with us for a while.
We are always happy to have guests stop
by just to say “hi”!
Officer Spencer visited us and spoke about
Fraud in the Community.
We had a wonderful visit with Staci
Bechtel. She spoke about Home Safety.
We have enjoyed decorating the unit for
Christmas.
We most of all enjoyed the Christmas Car-
olers who have come through our unit.
We had our Christmas Party on Dec. 20.
We enjoyed appetizers and listened to
Christmas/Gospel music by Jessica.
All Oak Hill staff and residents are encour-
aged to wear a hat of any kind on Tuesday,
January 15 in honor of National Hat
Day. Who doesn’t feel more stylish when wear-
ing a hat?
We encourage a variety of hats: baseball caps,
cowboy hats, bonnets, fancy Sunday “goin’ to
church” hats, fedoras, bowlers, golf hats, straw
hats and stocking hats. All staff wearing a
hat may wear jeans on January 15.
National Hat Day
January 15, 2019
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Arbor Court News & Activities
December Holiday Recap December brought many days and nights filled with Christmas spirit! Each week in-volved a party of some kind filled with Christmas cheer, yummy food, and beautiful decor. We held a family Christmas party for all of Oak Hill’s residents, family, guests, and team! Everyone within the community en-joyed 12 days of Holiday Ice cream served by the friendliest elves! Thank you to those vol-unteers who dished out that special ice cream flavor each day! During the weekends, our residents were entertained all day long as jolly carolers sang throughout the building. This is always an act of kindness from the community we en-joy receiving! We appreciate our service men and women for all they have done! This year, we held two additional holiday socials for our Veter-ans to take part in thanks to our local V.F.W. posts, Gift to Yanks Program, and American Legion. The residents continue to build and create fun decorations through our arts & crafts program. For the month of December, a beautiful Christmas tree display, located in the activity room, was decorated by resi-dents & volunteers.
Christmas Eve breakfast included a waffle bar! Residents were able to enjoy a big waffle with their favorite toppings! Later that afternoon residents were able to par-ticipate in a fun holiday gift exchange game thanks to the generous donations to the ac-tivity department! Volunteer spotlight Students from the Waterloo High School Boys basketball team and S.H.O.W organiza-tion (Students helping out Waterloo) teamed up to host a special holiday bingo for our residents in December. At the end of the month we were able to meet a few new students as they complet-ed community service hours while on school break. It is always nice to have young adults full of energy to engage with resi-dents through fun leisure activities! Please continue to recommend Oak Hill to those who are looking to give back to their community! Our volunteer program is growing thanks to your continue support! Starting January 2nd, we will have a student volunteer from Althoff Catholic High School fulfilling her community service hours. Wel-come, Kyra! We will enjoy having you for a full two weeks! New Year means… New Fresh Calendar!
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January Activities:
A Bible study group meets every Tuesday
from 10:15-11:15 a.m. The current location
for this group program is the large confer-
ence room. However, it may soon change to
be in the Chapel. This group is generously
facilitated by our volunteer Pastor Ron. It is
open to all residents and guests of our Oak
Hill Community.
Interested in facilitating your own activity
program? Contact Brook to find out how!
939-3488 ext. 1130 or email
January brings sensory activities focused
around winter, reindeer, igloos, and Martin
Lutheran King Jr. Day.
Pencil in these reoccurring monthly dates you won’t want to miss! Church Services Location: Activity Room of Arbor Court (Oak Hill) Catholic Communion: Every 1st Friday of the month at 11:00 a.m.
Catholic Mass: Every 2nd & 3rd Wednesday of the month at 10:30 a.m.
Catholic Rosary: Every Friday at 11:15 a.m. hosted by activity staff.
SPPS Catholic Church- Every Sunday at 11:15 a.m. unless noted otherwise.
U.C.C. – 1st Thursday, 3rd Thursday, and 5Th Thursday at 10:30 a.m.
Lutheran- 2nd Thursday at 10:30 a.m.
New Life Church – alternates 4th Thursday of the month. Held on the 4th Wednesday at 9:30 a.m. in November due to the Thanks-giving holiday.
Baptist – Every Sunday at 10:15 a.m. and al-ternates 4th Thursday of the month with New Life Church at 10:30 a.m.
Presbyterian Church – 4th Sunday at 1:30 p.m.
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Sponsored Bingo Programs 3rd Monday of the month at 2:00 p.m.: Maeystown Church 4th Tuesday of the month at 2:00 p.m.: U.C.C. Church (unless noted otherwise) S.H.O.W. (Students Helping Out Waterloo) sponsors a bingo 1x a month throughout the school year. If you would like to sponsor a bingo program please reach out to Brook, activity director for all schedule coordination. Card Lotto Sponsors Every 3rd Tuesday at 10:00 a.m. Volunteers from St. Mary’s church in Valmeyer play a fun card game called Card Lotto (similar to bingo) with our residents! Come join in the fun if card playing interests you! Bowling Game Sponsors Members from St. Peter and Paul Catholic church join us in a fun game of adaptive bowling 1x a month. During the school year, students from Gibault and SPPS middle school join in the fun! Resident Council
Residents gather together to discuss the cur-
rent news happening within their communi-
ty. An open discussion room allows for any
concerns, suggestions, and recommenda-
tions to be discussed with staff members.
Resident Council is held on the 4th Wednes-
day of the month at 2:00p.m. in the activity
room (unless noted otherwise). Open to all
residents!
Monthly Birthday Party
ATTENTION VOLUNTER ORGANIZATIONS: Please take a look at the coming 2019 birth-day months’ host/hostess. Please confirm with the activity director, Brook Matthews, that your organization will be hosting desig-nated birthday party held 2nd Friday of every month at 2:00 p.m. in activity room.
January – Monroe County Home Extension
February- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
March- Monroe County Home Extension
April- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
May- New Hanover Home Ext.
June- Columbia Women’s Club
July- Columbia Midday
August- Columbia Women’s Club
September- Columbia Midday
October- V.F.W Auxiliary
November- HCE Waterloo Homemakers
December - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
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January LIVE Music Entertainment
Thursday, January 3rd- Forrest
Tuesday, January 8th – Dave Sheppard
Thursday, January 10th- Lynn on the piano
Sunday, January 13th – Alan & R.J.
Monday, January 14th – Tommy Tunes
Friday, January 17th- Lucy on the piano
Tuesday, January 22nd- Deutchmeisters *
6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.*
Wednesday, January 23rd- Joe Powell *
10:00 a.m.*
Thursday, January 24th- Elizabeth LaKamp
January Birthdays
January 3rd- Norman Rehmen
January 4th- Eugene Williams
January 11th- Edna Poenitske
January 13th- Lucille Kistner
January 19th- Helen Graham
January 26th- Edna Probst
January 30th- Audrey Stiffler
January 31st- Mary Clark
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Magnolia Moments
January 2019
Welcome Betty Congleton
Last Month’s Recap in a Snap…
We started off the Christmas season with our annual Trim-A-Tree where we decorated the tree, warmed
up with hot cocoa, sang carols together and took pictures with Santa and Mrs. Claus. Our family night
brought friends together for a great meal and music by Monty and Patti Jackson. We experienced some
great Christmas concerts and even tried our hands on the Christmas bells.
GAME WINNERS
Washers
Maude 16
Arline 14
Rhenelda 12
Marie M. 12
Wii High Scores
Maude 223
Butch 194
Don 189
Rhenelda 189
Ruby 182
Joseph 180
Arline 168
MarieW 161
Where’s Maggie? Winners
Mary Mueller
Jean Brown
Mary Lou
Arline, Lucille,
and
Maudie
play the bells
Santa puts
Gladys
on the NICE list
Friends and
family gather for
Magnolia Terrace
Family Night
Residents check
out artifacts from
the Hencke-Buck
Homestead
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UPCOMING EVENTS
Wed. 1/2 10:am Music with Alan Brandt
Thu. 1/3 1:30pm Bowling. Come out and bowl in the dining room with real pins and a five pound
rubber ball.
Mon. 1/7 2:00pm Music with Forrest
Thu. 1/10 1:30pm 5-Hole Washers A twist on the washer game
Sat 1/12 9:15am Paraffin Wax Come dip your hands and elbows in hot wax. You’ll feel smooth all
day!
Mon. 1/14 10:15am Brain Games Come stretch your mind with fun group games.
Mon. 1/14 2:00pm Music with Ron Schewe and Tom Jones
Thu. 1/17 1:30pm Snowman Races Come bet on which snowman glides across the finish line first.
Sun. 1/20 1:30pm The Landolfi String Quartet concert at St Paul UCC in Waterloo. . 2pm-4pm
Mon. 1/21 2:00pm Music with Tom Myrda
Wed. 1/23 10:15am Bean Bags Come join friends in the dining room for a friendly competition
Thu. 1/24 9:15am Resident Council Meeting Let your ideas be heard. We will get a look at
February’s activities. Bring your ideas. The meeting will be attended by
representatives from Maintenance, Dietary and Housekeeping.
Thu. 1/24 1:30pm. Birthday Party Come out and celebrate with residents who have January Birthdays. Happy birthday
to Novella, Virginia, Helen W, Betty C and Gladys B.
Mon. 1/28 10:15am Flower Arranging with Debbie Largent. Come see what beautiful craft Debbie
has this month.
Mon. 1/28 2:00pm Music with Tommy Tunes
Thu. 1/31 1:30pm Oral History. This is a new monthly feature. Come out and share your
memories. We are hoping to record and preserve them for future generations
with help from Annie from The Hencke-Buck Homestead. This month’s discussion will start with
the local floods but who knows where we’ll end up.
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HELD IN CEDAR DINING ROOM
Monday, January 4th 2:30 pm
Forrest Bevineau, “The Singing
Retired Sheriff”
Thursday, January 10th 2:00 pm
Alan and RJ/Singing
Saturday, January 19th 2:30 pm
Lynn “The Piano Man” and Nancy
Wellman-Keyboard
Monday, January 21st 2:30 pm
Pearl Hirsch-Accordion/Keyboard
Monday, January 28th 2:30 pm
Terry Roberson, The Singing Cowboy
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Alzheimer’s Association
“In the Moment” Support Group
Meeting on January 31st
The next meeting will be held on
Thursday, January 31st, 2019, in
the classroom at Oak Hill. The
first part of the meeting will be ed-
ucational and the second part will
be for sharing.
Alzheimer’s literature is available
on the rack outside of the class-
room and is free for everyone.
Anyone who cares for or has a
loved one or friend with dementia
or Alzheimer’s is welcome to at-
tend. Refreshments will be served.
For more information, please call
Julia at 618-939-3488 ext. 1248.
Dear Staff of Whispering Pines:
I’m so very thankful, along with my siblings,
Barb Schrieber, Paul Kronst, Natalie Smith
and Cathy Burgard, for all of you for taking
care of our beloved mom, Nancy.
God’s blessings and care to you, too!
Sincerely,
Ann Roos
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Ten Absolutes of Alzheimer’s Caregiving
By Ava M. Stinnett
Whether it happens gradually or overnight,
there’s a distinct possibility that one day you
will become a caregiver for a loved one. It may
be for a parent, a spouse, or even one of your
children. According to the National Alliance
for Caregiving, there are more than 65 million
unpaid caregivers of adults aged 65 or older in
the United States. Often, there’s very little
preparation for the daily challenges that care-
givers face, particularly if your loved one has
Alzheimer’s disease or another form of demen-
tia.
There are numerous city and state education
programs and services to address the needs of
those who provide long-term care for loved
ones at home. You’ll also find many excellent
books that address the topic of caregiving.
The Alzheimer’s Association, the Family
Caregiver Alliance, A Place for Mom, and
Eldercare Locator are just a few of many
online organizations that provide information
and links to support groups. Talking with
medical professionals about changes in diet,
exercise, medication, and ways to stay men-
tally active can also be of benefit. There are
practical questions, such as how to manage
doctor’s appointments, insurance paperwork,
and how to take time off of work. But there
are also poignant, soul-searching questions.
In this age of information overload, of having
too much information leading to what psycholo-
gist David Lewis refers to as “information fa-
tigue syndrome,” here’s a list of 10 absolutes
in dementia care. These helpful suggestions
written by Jo Huey, an Alzheimer’s care-
giver for over 30 years, are culled from
both clinical and practical research and
provide a straightforward way of managing
care.
-Never argue, instead agree.
-Never reason, instead divert.
-Never shame, instead distract.
-Never say “you can’t,” instead say, “do
what you can.”
-Never command or demand, instead ask
or model.
-Never condescend, instead encourage and
praise.
-Never say “remember,” instead reminisce.
-Never say “I told you,” instead repeat.
-Never lecture, instead reassure.
-Never force, instead reinforce.
If you provide care to someone who has
dementia, you may already know of the
emotional, mental, and physical challenges
that lie ahead. Remembering these abso-
lutes can be more difficult in practice than
in theory. However, remaining under-
standing, patient, and attuned to your
loved one’s condition are key to providing
the best care possible. As Maya Angelou
said, “They may forget your name, but
they will never forget how you made them
feel.”
Sources
Huey, J. (2008). Alzheimer’s disease: Help
and hope (2nd ed.). Alzheimer’s Institute.
Mace, N.L. & Rabins, P.V. (2012). The 36-
hour day: A family guide to caring for peo-
ple who have Alzheimer’s disease, related
dementias, and memory loss. New York:
Grand Central Publishing.
Scot, P.S. (2014). Surviving Alzheimer’s:
Practical tips and soul-saving wisdom for
caregivers. San Francisco: Eva-Birch Me-
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