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Monthly updates from your {FULL} Life community
Celebrating veterans
Touchmark’s Veteran’s Day celebration included
the Pledge of Allegiance, music, and recognition of
each veteran.
Veteran Richard Rostrom recieves a rose from
Executive Director Angie Rabon. KELO TV featured
two residents in an article. Read the story here:
http://www.keloland.com/newsdetail.cfm/twoveterans-share-unique-stories/?id=139847
Enjoying the art
Thelma McElhaney,
a retired art teacher,
views the artwork
of Edison Middle
School students.
Their art teacher Sheri
Sherrard had the
students create 2D
castles. The featured
artwork is displayed
in Touchmark’s bistro,
which showcases new
artwork every month.
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Hello holidays
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M. BATH
With focus, (from left) Delores Eggen, Thelma
McElhaney, and Helen Andersonpaint ceramic
trees, which will be fired in the community’s kiln.
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Home 350 offers 1,549 square feet, two bedrooms,
two bathrooms, a den, and is located in the historic
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You said it!
“All of these years later, I am still
convinced our move to Touchmark at All
Saints was one of the wisest decisions we
made when planning for our retirement.”
Touchmark Food Services Manager Randy Austin
— Charlotte Carver, resident and Sioux Falls helps top one of the 30 Christmas trees featured
Board of Historic Preservation participant, throughout the community. Every year, the communiwho helped place the All Saints School on the ty lights up with trees, all with different themes. The
public can see the trees Dec. 10 through Dec.14 from
National Register of Historic Places
1 to 4 pm or can call 605-335-1117 to set up a tour.
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Touring the Washington Pavilion
A volunteer gives a backstage tour of the Great
Hall at Washington Pavilion of Arts and Science
to (from left) Charlotte Carver, Bobbie Goodyear,
Doris Haber, Georgia Sears, and Ray Sagehorn.
Viewing the Husby Performing Arts Center’s wall of
donors, Charlotte Carver stands by her and her late
husband Bill’s name.
From left: Charlotte Carver, Bobbie Goodyear,
Pavilion volunteer, and Doris Haber discuss the
history of the Great Hall.
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Georgia Sears and Bobbie Goodyear read the Wall
of Fame, where artists have signed their names
after performing at the Washington Pavilion.
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CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Contact a Full Life team member
for additional details, including
registration and transportation
information.
Saturday, Dec. 8
Christmas with the Javatones
at 10 am in Chapel and
Christmas sing-along with
children at 3:30 pm in the
Fireside Room.
Sunday, Dec. 9, 2 - 5 pm
Christmas Social. Enjoy a
cocktail buffet, music, and a
visit from Santa Claus. RSVP
by Dec. 5. Imperial Dining
Room.
Wednesday, Dec. 12, 7 pm
Caroling by the Calvary
Cathedral Youth. Chapelview
Parlor.
Friday, Dec. 14, 2:30 pm
Performance by The Kazukes.
Chapel.
Sunday, Dec. 16, 1:30 pm
Holiday Concert by the Norse
Glee Club in the Chapel.
Refreshments to follow in the
Imperial Loft.
Monday, Dec. 17, 2:30 pm
Krumkake demo with
Elizabeth Balcer and her
daughter.
Monday, Dec. 17, 5:30 pm
Holiday Light Tour. Sign up.
Tuesday, Dec.18, 7 pm
El Raid Shrine Chanters
Christmas Concert in Memory
of Gloria Johnson. Chapel.
Thursday, Dec. 20, 1:30 pm
Reading of A Christmas Cup
of Tea by resident Harriet
Hybertson. North Imperial
Dining Room.
students of Child Bloom.
Chapel.
Monday, Dec. 24,
4:30 – 5:30 pm
Christmas Eve Cocktail Buffet.
RSVP by Dec. 17. Imperial
Dining Room.
Tuesday, Dec. 25, 11:30 am
and 1 pm
Christmas Buffet. Imperial
Dining Room. RSVP by Dec.
18.
Thursday, Dec. 27, noon
Men’s Luncheon. RSVP to the
front desk by Dec. 16. Imperial
Dining Room.
Monday, Dec. 31, 2:30 pm
New Year’s Eve Celebration:
Resolutions & Predictions.
North Imperial Dining Room.
Sunday, Dec. 23, 3 pm
Guitar Performance by the
What’s happening!
Residents give a
champagne toast
to Memory Care
Coordinator Wendy
Schrag, RN, (standing,
far right), who will be
taking on a new position
for Touchmark as the
Memory Care Support
manager.
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BRAIN BUILDERS
Try this brain activity with friends and
family during the holidays. Sit in a circle.
Ask each participant to think of one
accomplishment (e.g., helping a grandchild
learn to read, raising their kids, serving in
the military, etc.).
Pick a person to start. This individual will
state his/her name and accomplishment.
Working clockwise, the next person
will repeat the first person’s name and
accomplishment and then state his/her
own name and achievement. The third
person must then repeat the information
from the first two before adding his/her
own. Continue in this fashion around the
circle.
During a recent birthday night, everyone enjoyed
the fun classic—pizza! Executive Director Angie
Rabon serves pizza to Dots Klinger.
You can try the game again with a new
topic, like naming your favorite food or
movie. Start with a different person and
change direction.
Growing. Learning.
According to the Alzheimer’s Association, more than 5 million people in the United States have
Alzheimer’s disease.
As part of National Alzheimer’s Month, team members took advantage of educational opportunities
to expand their knowledge about Alzheimer’s disease and other related dementia. Five different
professionals in specific fields related to dementia taught the classes.
The following people completed Dementia Care Specialists Level 2: Angela DeVries, Dawn Mulloy,
Carla Johnson, Miranda Bakley, Wayne Harwood, and Theresa Baldwin. These team members
completed Dementia Care Specialists Level 3: Patricia Alsgaard; Tisha Ganske, Karla Capell, Jesse
VanderWeide, Dawn Mulloy, Angela DeVries, and Robin Stevens.
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How many birds?
During the recent Thanksgiving celebration, the Touchmark Food Services team baked 18 turkeys (25
pounds each) for the Thanksgiving Buffet … totaling 450 pound of turkey!
Marge
Coalman, EdD
Vice President
of Wellness &
Programs
Celebrations
redefined
“Pay attention to what has
heart and meaning.”
– Angeles Arrien, PhD, cultural
anthropologist and author
Celebrations tend to be
memorable—and personal—
events. A baby’s christening,
a 60th wedding anniversary,
a high school graduation for a
young person with significant
disabilities … these are all
landmark celebrations—onetime markers in the lives of the
celebrants and those invited to
share the moment. There’s also
an enhanced opportunity to
celebrate the spirit of our lives
through community outreach
events and interactions with
a wider audience of recipients
and their families and friends.
This has been a year of several
devastating events. Most
recently, Hurricane Sandy
claimed dozens of lives in
Canada and the U.S., and
thousands are still feeling
the storm’s effects. What can
anyone do to mitigate the pain,
suffering, and losses of so
many?
There are many ways to reach
out to neighbors, friends, and
even strangers, and these
efforts do make a difference.
Globally, prayers, donations,
and gifts of time and skills
to charities of choice benefit
everyone, including the giver.
The essence of all these efforts
is to move beyond one’s self
and care for and support
others.
In the model of whole-person
wellness, it has been widely
demonstrated that individuals
who give back and expand
their network of support to
others benefit in ways that are
hard to tie back to one specific
marker, e.g., lower blood
pressure, better heart health,
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reduced risk of depression, etc.
However, the overall impact of
selflessness and giving back—
the power of generosity—leads
to enhanced quality of life,
connectedness, mutual respect,
and gratitude. In studies done
by Harvard (Mother Theresa
effect) and Duke University
(Helper’s High), and the study
on 2,700 Tecumseh, Michigan,
volunteers, death rates were
two-and-a-half times lower
than for those who didn’t
volunteer, and this was after
all other variables screened
What better way to celebrate
the holiday season than
by giving time, talents,
skills, and resources to the
Touchmark Full Life volunteer
programs. For information,
contact a member of the Life
Enrichment/Wellness team.
Thank you in advance for
sharing and caring. And during
this season—and throughout
2013, be grateful for all that we
have, and cherish each day.