June 2014 - Lafon Nursing Facility

June 2014
June Birthdays
Administrator’s Corner
Hurricane Season
Here we go again,
hurricane season is upon us.
Lafon has all systems in place
in the event that we must
shelter-in-place or evacuate. If
we must evacuate, Lafon has
two destinations to which our
residents will be transported
either by chartered bus or by
ambulance. Our evacuation
locations are:
Bayou Chateau Nursing
16232 Hwy 1
Simmesport, LA 71369
(318) 941-2294
or
Tri-Community Nursing Center
7014 Hwy 71
Palmetto, LA 71358
(337) 623-4227
Residents
Sr. Sheila Williams
Verna Johnson
Soan Trinh
Bennie Cooper
Anthony Mercadel, III
Mathew Bailey
6/01
6/14
6/17
6/19
6/20
6/30
Employees
Barry Aubert
Carol Ballard
Annie Populis
Dorine Navarre
Gary Hardy
Tia Chrensaw
Veronique Clines
Sharon King
Minnie Lewis
Michelle Quinn
Elyria Spencer
Michelle Johnson
Bobkeitha Collins
Sabrina Anderson
6/02
6/03
6/05
6/07
6/08
6/16
6/18
6/19
6/19
6/20
6/21
6/26
6/28
6/29
Nursing Assistant Week
Help us to celebrate Nursing Assistant
Week, June 13th - 20th. Our nursing assistants
make a difference between a GOOD DAY or a
BAD DAY.
Lafon Nursing Facility
of the Holy Family
6900 Chef Menteur Hwy.
New Orleans, LA 70126
Phone: (504) 241-6285
Fax: (504) 245-2721
www.lafonnursing.org
Mrs. Beverly Greenwood
Administrator
Patricia Clark
Director of Nursing
Ms. Cheryl McGinnis
Assistant
Director of Nursing
Abir Abdo
Medical Director
Henry Evans
Kristi Soileau
C. Trent Donahue
Charles Cefolu
Physicians
Patrice Jenkins
Activity Director
Ms. Karren A. Sterling
Activity Coordinator
Mr. Michael Boudreaux
Business Office Manager
Mrs. Phyllis Vindel
Dietary Manager
Mr. Barry Aubert, Engineer
Gary Hardy
Environmental Services
Mrs. Deborah Van Norman
Social Services
Mrs. Nicola Pope
Human Resources
Stephen Black, Admissions
Father’s Day Quiz
Can you name these movies and TV
shows that pay tribute to dads?
1. This comedy remake starred Steve Martin
as a father whose daughter was getting
married.
2. This 1955 Fred Astaire film involved a
millionaire and an orphan.
3. The title of this television show suggested
that Dad had the answer to everything.
4. This 1947 film starred Elizabeth Taylor
and Irene Dunne in a story of a loving
father, his wife, and their four red-headed
sons.
5. This television show starred Danny
Thomas.
6. In this 1979 film, Dustin Hoffman is a
workaholic advertising executive who
must learn to raise his child as a single
parent.
1-The Father of the Bride, 2-Daddy Long Legs,
3-Father Knows Best, 4-Life with Father,
5-Make Room for Daddy, 6-Kramer vs. Kramer
Lime Chicken Soft Tacos
1-1/2 pounds skinless, boneless chicken breast, cubed
1/8 cup red wine vinegar
1/2 lime, juiced
1 teaspoon white sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
2 green onions, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 teaspoon dried oregano
10 (6 inch) flour tortillas
1 tomato, diced
1/4 cup shredded lettuce
1/4 cup shredded Monterey Jack cheese
1/4 cup salsa
1. Sauté chicken in a medium saucepan over
medium high heat for about 20 minutes. Add
vinegar, lime juice, sugar, salt, pepper, green
onion, garlic and oregano. Simmer for an extra 10
minutes.
2. Heat an iron skillet over medium heat. Place a
tortilla in the pan, warm, and turn over to heat the
other side. Repeat with remaining tortillas. Serve
lime chicken mixture in warm tortillas topped
with tomato, lettuce, cheese and salsa.
Summer Sports
June is an exciting month, as two of
the biggest international sports
competitions take place this month.
The World Cup, the biggest international
soccer championship, will take place from
Thursday, June 12th to Sunday, July 13th. This
championship has taken place every four years since
1930. This year’s host is Brazil, with a total of 64
matches being played in twelve different cities.
Wimbledon, one of tennis’ best known
competitions, will be held Monday, June 23rd to
Sunday, July 6th in London, England. The
Wimbledon tournament began in
1877 and continues to observe many
of its original traditions.
Did You Know?
One of the all time favorite
Father’s Day gifts is the necktie. Its
history can be traced back to 1668
when Croatian mercenaries fighting
for Austria appeared in France wearing linen and
muslin scarves around their necks, thereby
starting a fashion craze.
The Bundle of Sticks
A father, whose sons were always
quarreling with one another, had tried
for years to end their fighting. At his
wit’s end, he called his sons together
and placed a bundle of sticks in front of them.
After tying the sticks tightly into a bundle, he
told his sons, one after another, to pick up the
bundle and break it. They all tried, but none
could do it.
The father then untied the bundle and gave
them the sticks to break one by one, which they
did with great ease.
“So it is with you,” said the father. “As long as
you are united, you can defeat any enemy. But
if you are divided among yourselves, you’ll be
broken as easily as these sticks.”
Moral: In unity there is strength.
Adapted from an Aesop fable
Don’t Throw Out the What???
Flag Facts
Life in the Early Days…
Flag Day is June 14th. Here are some facts
you may not know about our nation’s flag.
 The flag that inspired Francis Scott Key to
compose “The Star-Spangled Banner”
measured 42 feet by 30 feet, used more than
400 yards of material, weighed in excess of
200 pounds and cost $405.90 to make.
 In order to withstand being pelted with rocks
and dust particles, the flag that flew on the
moon was made of metal.
 Only the President and Governor of a state
can order flags on government buildings to be
flown at half staff.
Did you know that statues in parks have their
own secret code? If a statue of a person on a horse
has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle;
if the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died
as a result of wounds received in battle; if the horse has all
four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.
Most people got married in
June, way back when, because
they took their yearly bath in May and
were still smelling pretty good by June.
However, they were starting to smell a
little, so brides carried a bouquet of
flowers to hide the body odor. When
they did bathe, a big tub filled with hot
water was prepared. The man of the
house had the privilege of bathing in the
nice clean water, then all the other sons
and men, then the women, the children,
and finally the babies. By then the water
was so dirty you could actually lose
someone in it. Hence the saying, “Don’t
throw out the baby with the bath water.”
Parents can only give good advice or
put them on the right paths, but the
final forming of a person’s character
lies in their own hands. ~Anne Frank
Medical Memo: Prostate Problems
The prostate is a gland about the size of a
walnut that sits just outside the bladder in men.
The likelihood of having complications with the
prostate increases after the age of 50.
The prostate usually grows larger with age.
The enlargement can squeeze the urethra and
make it difficult to completely empty the
bladder. The most common sign of enlargement
is an urge to use the bathroom frequently. Other
warning signs include a weak or slow urinary
stream, or straining to urinate. Sometimes an
enlarged prostate can be treated with
medication.
Avoiding antihistamines and
decongestants, which can cause urine retention,
sometime helps. The inconvenience of getting
up to go to the bathroom at night can be reduced
by merely cutting down on beverages before
bedtime (especially ones that contain alcohol or
caffeine).
An infection of the prostate gland is
called prostatitis. Symptoms include pain and
burning upon urination, blood in the urine
and, in severe cases, back pain, fever and
chills. Most types of prostatitis can be cured
with antibiotics, and the symptoms can be
relieved by taking hot baths and drinking
large amounts of liquids.
Prostate cancer is the second most
common cancer in men (behind skin cancer).
It is slow-growing and easy to treat when it is
caught early, but it is not always discovered
because its symptoms resemble those of less
serious problems (such as those described
above). Certain risk factors may make you
more susceptible to developing prostate
cancer, including age, family history and a
high-fat/low-fruit diet. The best screening
tools are the PSA blood test and a doctor’s
physical exam.
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Lafon Nursing Facility
of the Holy Family
6900 Chef Menteur Hwy
New Orleans, LA 70126
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Do you want to soak up
some summer sun but are afraid
of getting sunburned? Tomatoes
may be the answer. A study
found that people who ate five
tablespoons of tomato paste a day for three
months were 25% less likely to develop a
sunburn than those who did not consume
tomato products regularly.
Thoughts on Dads
He didn’t tell me how to live; he
lived, and let me watch him do it.
-Clarence Budington Kelland
By the time a man realizes that maybe his
father was right, he usually has a son who
thinks he’s wrong. -Charles Wadworth
Small boys become big men through the
influence of big men who care about small
boys. -Anonymous