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October 2015
SUNBEAMS
Transitions Healthcare Sykesville, 7309 Second Avenue, Sykesville, MD 21784
Face Your Fears on October 13
Celebrating October
Ergonomics Month
Organize Your Medical
Information Month
Cookbook Month
World Day of Architecture
October 5
Pet Peeve Week
October 5–9
Balloons Around the
World Day
October 7
Columbus Day
October 12
Chemistry Week
October 18–24
Count Your Buttons Day
October 21
International Artists Day
October 25
Halloween
October 31
Things start to get spooky in October. After all,
October 31 is Halloween, a time when ghosts and
goblins (or at least children dressed like them) roam.
Luckily, we’ll have some time before Halloween to
conquer our fears of things that go bump in the night,
for October 13 is Face Your Fears Day.
There are phobias of many kinds: arachnophobia is
the fear of spiders, acrophobia is the fear of heights,
trypanophobia is the fear of needles. Those with
triskaidekaphobia, fear of the number 13, may have
their work cut out for them on Face Your Fears Day.
Most often, these phobias are irrational. After all,
spiders, ladders, needles, and the number 13
generally aren’t out to get you. Yet people are overly
afraid of them anyway. So how do we face our fears?
Psychologist Noam Shpancer—a specialist in the
treatment of anxiety disorders—believes that the only
way to triumph over fear is to repeatedly be exposed
to it. “Exposure is particularly useful on the emotional
level,” Shpancer wrote for PsychologyToday.com. “It
turns out that many (perhaps all) anxiety problems are
at their core a ‘fear of fear.’” His findings support that
exposure can inhibit natural fear responses—anxiety,
dizziness, heart palpitations, and hyperventilation—
until the fear itself seems to slip away.
For those scared of Halloween, perhaps you’ll take
comfort in knowing that this holiday began as a
religious tradition. The Feast of All Saints, known as
All Hallows Day, is November 1. The feast’s vigil on
October 31, “All Hallows Evening” or “Hallows E’en,”
is a day of prayer to remember all the saints in
heaven. Perhaps the real fear related to Halloween
(known as samhainophobia) is really a fear of the
ever-growing cost of sugary treats? Since the fear of
candy corn is candyphobia and the fear of going
broke is peniaphobia, could this October 31 affliction
be dubbed peniacandyphobia?
October 2015
The Lady with the Lamp
Words of Wisdom
On October 21, 1854,
Florence Nightingale and
her staff of trained female
volunteer nurses set out
for Crimea near Ukraine’s
Black Sea. Reports had
reached Britain of injured
soldiers still fighting in the
Crimean War. When
Nightingale arrived, she
discovered medicine was scant, infections were
rampant, and food was in short supply. And the
hospital itself was overcrowded, poorly ventilated,
and backed up with sewage. So Nightingale
pleaded for government help in an article written
to Britain’s leading newspaper, The Times.
Holy cow, October 13 is Silly Sayings Day.
While this saying’s origins are a little obscure,
many believe it was an expression used by
baseball players in the early 1900s to tamely
express disgust while avoiding the ire of
umpires. It most likely references the cows
held sacred by Hindus.
The response was overwhelming. The
government would build a new hospital in Britain
that could be transported to and reconstructed in
Crimea. And, six months after Nightingale’s
arrival, the British Sanitary Commission
ventured to Crimea to fix the hospital’s most
pressing problems. Surgeon and biographer
Stephen Paget believes Nightingale’s actions
were responsible for reducing the hospital death
rate from 42% to 2%.
Florence Nightingale’s persuasive tactics to
improve hospital hygiene—with the government’s
help—are only part of her legacy. During the
Crimean War she earned the nickname “The
Lady with the Lamp.” Nightly, after the medical
officers had left for the night, Nightingale would
visit all the wounded soldiers, one by one, with a
lamp in her hands. This type of round-the-clock
care, coupled with her insistence on sanitation,
helped revolutionize modern nursing. She
returned to Britain a heroine and promptly
organized the Nightingale Fund to pay for the
improvement of Britain’s hospitals and the
Nightingale Training School to become the first
professional school for nurses. That legacy has
endured through the ages. Indeed, the Florence
Nightingale Museum in Britain hails her as the
most influential woman to have lived in Victorian
Britain, Queen Victoria excepted.
Perhaps silly sayings and baseball have a
special link, for one of the silliest sayers of all
was former New York Yankee Yogi Berra. He
said of his sport, “Baseball is 90% mental and
the other half is physical.” When giving directions
to his home, he once explained, “When you
come to a fork in the road, take it.” When he
saw Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris repeat
their feat of hitting back-to-back home runs, he
exclaimed, “It’s déjà vu all over again.” While
not his silliest, Berra’s most famous saying of
all remains “It ain’t over ’til it’s over.”
When it comes to silly sayings, Mark Twain
may offer the best advice: “It is better to keep
your mouth closed and let people think you are
a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.”
Ship Shape
It was a pastime
practiced by sailors
bored of looking at the
endless seas day after day after day: building
a model ship and putting it inside a bottle. At
first, this seems a magical feat. How did that
tall ship fit inside the bottle? In reality, the
process is rather simple. The ship’s masts fold
flat across the deck of the miniature ship. Once
the ship is fit through the bottle’s neck, tiny
threads are used to raise the masts and sails.
Of course, this “simple” trick requires expert
craftsmanship. Miniature model ships can be
very elaborate and cost thousands of dollars,
with every last detail finished to perfection. On
October 4, Ship in a Bottle Day, you can
attempt this old seaman’s trick yourself. Better
yet, you could fashion three ships—the Niña,
Pinta, and Santa Maria—just in time for
Columbus Day on October 12.
October 2015
Join the Fold
Food Revolution
World Origami Days run
from October 24 to
November 11—Origami
Day in Japan. During
these two and a half weeks, paper folders the
world over will share their enduring pastime
with seminars, exhibits, folding classes, and
more.
While Oscar Mayer’s hot-dog-shaped
Weinermobile may be the best-recognized
food-themed truck around, now it’s the food
that’s actually made on trucks that is bringing
customers to the curb. Rather than make a
reservation at a fancy restaurant, hungry
foodies now visit parking lots to find open-sided
trucks serving sushi, tacos, Brazilian barbeque,
Jamaican chicken, brick-oven pizza, pancakes,
cupcakes, cookies, and even vegan and glutenfree menus. October 11, Food Truck Day, is
your chance to join the food truck craze.
What is the allure of origami? For many, it’s an
art form. Simple sheets of paper are
transformed into elaborate sculptures: animals,
plants, boxes, kabuto (samurai warrior
helmets), and orizuru (paper cranes). Monks
are credited with bringing origami to Japan,
though some say origami didn’t flourish in
Japan until after the invention of paper known
as washi. Washi is ultra-thin and made from the
fibers of gampi tree bark, the mitsumata shrub,
or the paper mulberry; it’s sometimes mixed
with bamboo, hemp, rice, or wheat. Once washi
became available to the masses, everyone was
able to participate in origami. Another theory for
origami’s popularity in Japan is its “folding
culture,” where the Japanese wisely make use
of limited space. After all, futons are folding
beds. Perhaps folded paper is just another
natural outlet of this wisdom.
Either way, the folding of exquisite shapes
delights the soul and challenges the fingers. Try
it for yourself. Start with a frog, fan, hat, or even
the crane, Japan’s symbol of peace. And if you
really want to be wowed, view the work of
origami grandmaster Akira Yoshizawa, and you
may never see a piece of paper the same again.
It’s no wonder chefs have turned to restaurants
on wheels. Even small restaurant spaces can
cost millions of dollars to build and maintain,
while a truck costs a mere fraction of the price.
Even better, these food trucks can go to where
the people are, sometimes making many stops
over the course of a day. Food truck owners
are also Internet savvy. They send messages
via online social media notifying the masses of
their truck route. Once you know a truck’s time
and location, all you have to do is plan your
lunch hour accordingly and step outside. Food
trucks truly are a food revolution.
Working for Peanuts
On October 2, 1950,
cartoonist Charles Schultz
debuted his Peanuts comic
strip. Schultz actually hated
the name Peanuts. He had
originally named it L’il Folks,
but his publishers feared that this title was too
close to an earlier strip called Little Folks.
Schultz then decided to call it Good Old Charlie
Brown, after its lead character, but once again
his publishers intervened. Without even seeing
the strip, they named it Peanuts, which was a
common term for children in the 1950s—thanks
to The Howdy Doody Show’s “Peanut Gallery.”
The name stuck, and Charlie Brown, Snoopy,
Lucy, Linus, Sally, and the whole Peanuts gang
have become international stars, appearing in
2,600 newspapers all around the world.
© Peanuts Worldwide LLC
The art of paper folding, known as origami, was
invented in China around 105 AD. The practice
soon spread to Japan and western Europe.
Paper folding, over its 2,000-year history,
seems not to have gone out of style. In the
1950s, a woman named Lillian Oppenheimer
made origami a household word in America.
Oppenheimer, an origami devotee, teacher,
and advocate, would go on to become an
origami celebrity on TV programs such as The
Jack Parr Tonight Show. And her birthday
became the first day of World Origami Days.
October 2015
All Hail the Kale
Kale is no
ordinary leafy
green. It’s one
of the healthiest
foods on the
planet. It’s so
dense with
nutrients that
one cup, at only
33 calories, has
vitamins A, K,
C, B1, B2, B3,
and B6, and the minerals calcium, manganese,
potassium, magnesium, copper, and more iron
per ounce than beef. With all this good news
about the vegetable kale it’s no wonder it has its
own holiday, Kale Day, each year on October 7.
Why else is kale hailed as “superfood”? It’s high
in antioxidants, which provide powerful antiinflammatory benefits and can lower blood
pressure. Kale also has been studied for its
effects on lowering cholesterol and is loaded
with substances known to fight cancer. Perhaps
this is why kale is taking kitchens by storm.
People have even taken to putting “Eat More
Kale” bumper stickers on their cars and wearing
kale T-shirts.
But kale is no passing fad. The healthiest way
to enjoy kale is raw—in a salad or as a wrap for
hot foods. But for those who may not like the
slight bitterness of the greens, there are other
ways to enjoy kale’s many benefits. Steaming it
softens the leaves. Baking its leaves in the oven
with olive oil and spices produces potato-chiplike “kale chips.” Or you can hide the kale.
Blend it with fruit for a nutritious smoothie.
Mince it finely and add it into hamburgers or
meat loaf. Do you like pesto with your pasta?
Substitute kale for half of the basil.
Kale is also easy to grow in the fall, since it
thrives in cool temperatures. It became a staple
in Britain during World War II as a supplement
to rationed diets. Today, kale enjoys its place as
the centerpiece of many a dinner table.
October Birthdays
In astrology, those born between October 1st
and 22nd balance the scales of Libra. Libras
seek harmony and value fairness and justice.
Although they’d rather avoid conflict, they are
excellent team players—tactful and polite at
soothing those embroiled in an argument. If
you’re born between October 23rd and 31st,
you are Scorpio. Scorpions are powerful
investigators who stay abreast of all the
comings and goings of their peers, take
control, and lead the way to success.
Celebrities born in October include:
Gary Stokes – Oct. 7
Nicholas Mottley – Oct. 7
Ruth Grayson – Oct. 10
Estella Buie – Oct. 11
Margaret Singer – Oct. 11
Nimrod Davis – Oct. 12
Jerome Armore – Oct. 13
John Payne – Oct. 16
Joanne Little – Oct. 20
Miriam Heyman – Oct. 28
Frances Brocato – Oct. 30
Gerald Jenkins – Oct. 31
It’s in the Bag
Purses, pocketbooks,
satchels, totes, clutches
—whatever the handbag,
it’s worth celebrating on
October 10, Handbag
Day. Technically, a
purse is only supposed to hold coins, whereas
a handbag is a complete carryall. These days
anything goes in a handbag: wallet, keys,
sunglasses, mobile phone, mints, gum, pen
and paper, umbrella, baby toys… Truly, some
handbags carry as much as a small suitcase.
The first “handbags” were made of leather,
metal, or fabric studded with ornaments. The
oldest surviving bag, dating back to c. 2,500
BC, features bead-like rows of canine teeth on
fabric. At just 700 years old, the bag pictured
above (reputed to be a horseman’s saddlebag)
is intricately inlaid with gold and silver,
depicting scenes of an enthroned couple,
musicians, and hunters. It’s kept for display at
London’s Courtauld Gallery.
Resident Council
Meeting
Teresa
Thornton,
Beautician
Welcomes everyone to come to the
Beauty Salon for all your hair care needs
– male and female. Teresa has over 35
years experience!
The salon is located on the 1st floor
Appointments and Walk-Ins are
Welcome!
You may set up appointments with
Donna Barnett, ADC
Teresa will be in the Transitions Beauty
Shop on Saturdays. However, she can
available as services are needed.
Prices are reasonable and within the
same rate at in the community. Checks
are accepted and should be written to
Teresa Thornton. A Resident Account
may be set up with the Business Off ice
Staff; where family receives a quarterly
statement.
October 24th - 2:30pm
Game Room
Please plan to attend!
2015
Resident Council Officers:
Matt Tiffany, President
Room 201 B
Ron Mattern, Vice President
Room 109 D
Jackie Maize, Social Secretary
Room 110 B
Robert Richardson, Chaplain
Room 107 A
TO TRANSITIONS
HEALTHCARE COMMUNITY
Aron Beber
Joyce Buell
Lynn Carter
Krysta Czajkowski
Ann Davis
Nimrod Davis
Jerry Essix
Miriam Heyman
Gerald Jenkins
Ethel Karcher
George Lindenberg
Patricia MacCubbin
George Martin
Stanley Miles
Raymond Schulze
Transitions Healthcare
Sykesville Notaries
Please see:
Jenifer Shower
Business Office
Monday – Friday
9:00am – 4:00pm
Jennifer Thomas
Receptionist
Monday – Friday
4:00 – 8:00pm
Saturday – Sunday
8:00 – 4:00pm
Sugar-nSpice
Resident Council Fundraiser
Monday, October 5th
10:00am-4:00pm
Game Room
Resident Council
Sponsored Trip
Harest Inn
Thursday,
October 22nd
Leaving – 11:00am
Returning – 3:30pm
Sign up with the Enrichment Staff
Come see the fall decorations,
crafts, jewelry, purses candles,
plus much more!
SAVE THE DATE!
Resident Council
Fundraiser Yard Sale!
Mark Your Calendars!
Saturday, October 17th
8:00 am – 1:00 pm
Upper Parking lot (weather permitting)
Table spaces are available for $10.00 each
for anyone who would like to
sell their own items.
The Life Enrichment Staff will be accepting
donations beginning, September 28th in the
Life Enrichment Office.
Soda, Hot dogs, and Snacks will
also be available!
Sympathy is
Expressed from all
of the Transitions
Healthcare Community
to the families of…
K-PETS will visit Transitions
Healthcare Sykesville residents
every 3rd Thursday monthly.
Mary Nevros
Margart Hidey
Pauline Morrison
Margaret Miller
Velma Diver
Next visit –
Thursday, October 15th
FAITH IS THE KEY TO HEAVEN
BY HELEN S TEINER RICE
OH, FATHER, GRANT ONCE MORE TO US
A SINGLE, CHILDLIKE FAITH AND TRUST,
FORGETTING COLOR, RACE, AND GREED
AND SEEING ONLY THE HEART’S DEEP
NEED,
FOR FAITH ALONE CAN SAVE OUR SOLS
AND LEAD US ON TO HIGHER GOALS,
FOR THERE’S BUT ONE UNFAILING COURSE
WE WIN BY FAITH AND BY FORCE.
RESIDENT BANKING
NEEDS
October
Birthday
Club!
Business Office is located on the
3rd Floor
Monday – Friday Hours
9:00 am – 4:00 pm
~
Saturday – Sunday
See Front Desk Receptionist
10:00 am – 4:00 pm
A limited amount of cash is kept with the receptionist to
accommodate resident’s monetary needs in evening & on
the weekends. Residents must have an active Resident
Account to request money in the evening & on the
weekends.
Resident fund accounts: Check deposits for resident
fund accounts should be made in the name of the resident.
We cannot accept checks made payable to “Transitions” for
resident account deposits. Please make checks payable to
the resident.
The business office is updating resident files. Please
stop by the business office (during normal business hours)
with current insurance cards (including Medicare and
prescription cards). We need to copy cards for our files so
proper insurance billing can be done.
Please visit the business office to make sure we have
correct and current billing information. Resident bills are
sent out around the 5th of each month. If you have not
received a bill, please contact the business office
Thanks for your cooperation!
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Tashawn Wheeler
Business Office Manager
410-795-1100 ext. 4203
October 20, 2015
4:30 pm
1ST FLOOR DINING ROOM
ENTERTAINMENT
BY:
Larry Scott
On Keyboard
Manicures
Every Tuesday at
10:30 am
Family Council Leader
In the Game Room
No Appointment Necessary!
Sundae Sundays!
Meeting
Family Council Meetings have been
postponed for the month of October.
Watch for postings of the next meeting.
If you have any questions, please call
Sunday Oct. 25th
2:30pm
1st Floor Dining Room
Stop by for a real treat!!
Eleanor Armstrong
Family Council Leader
410-596-8868
[email protected]
SAVE THE DATE!
FALL HARVEST FUN PARTY
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2015
7:00 PM
1ST FLOOR DINING ROOM
Entertainment by : Cowboy Joe (Clown)
This event is being held on Friday evening to give the children the
opportunity to go to parties and trick-or-treating on Saturday, October 31st
All residents, staff, children of staff and community are welcome to attend
wearing their 2015 Halloween costume.
Games, Prizes and Trick or Treating will be available!
st
Saturday, October 31
10:30 am – Game Room
Come to the Game Room for a cup of coffee and make some “Trick-or-Treat” bags
for any visitors who may come trick-or-treating at your door this year. If you don’t
have children (any age), just bring yourself and make a bag of goodies for You!!
Be prepared for the little monsters, animals, super heroes, ballerinas, and all the
scary costumes. Behind them are…who knows? But they will not trick you!
MIND MATTERS
A Support Group for Survivors and
Caregivers of Brain Injury
Hosted by: Transitions Healthcare Sykesville
Meeting: Wednesday, October 28, 2015
7:00pm – 8:00pm
In the Rehab Gym
Mind Matters Support Group’s mission is to provide education, emotional support,
and community resources to survivors of brain injury as well as their families and
caregivers. Suggestions are welcomed for future topics and speakers.
Contact: Rachel Guilfoyle, MS, OTR/L
Certified Brain Certification
443-609-3788 – [email protected] – Find us on Facebook
SYKESVILLE MANAGEMENT TEAM
KIM DRAKE, NHA, RD, CSG, LDN – Administrator
MARJORIE SIMPSON, PhD, CRNP – Vice President, Nurse Practitioner Services
LISA LIPMAN, RN – Director of Nursing
LINDA KARMALA, RN – Assistant Director of Nursing
IAN ROHE, LPN – Marketing/Clinical Liaison
KRISTEN ALLEN – Admissions Coordinator
TOM HOUSER, LPN – 1st Floor Unit Manager
DURAMANY SESAY, RN - 2nd floor Unit Manager
DEBBIE GRIGSBY, LPN – 3rd Floor Unit Manager
CHARLES COLE, RN – Evening Supervisor
ROSE KELLEY, RN – Weekend Supervisor
RACHEL GUILFOYLE, MS, OTR / L – Rehabilitation Director
Certified Brain Injury Specialist
LISA TIMMONS – Director of Human Resources
MICHELLE MOORE, LCSW – Director of Social Work
MARISA COOKE, MSW, LGSW – Social Work (1st & 3rd Floors)
MEREDITH FARGNOLI, RD, LDN – Dietitian
IGAL QUINTANILLA – Maintenance Director
Food Service – Housekeeping - Laundry
RICHARD COLEMAN, Director / CARLOS SHARP, Assistant Director
TASHAWN WHEELER– Business Office Manager
JENIFER SHOWER - Medicaid Specialist
Life Enrichment Director
DONNA BARNETT, AC-BC, ADC/MC, CDP, Editor “Sunbeam
TEAM TRANSITIONS!
10TH ANNUAL SCARECROW CLASSIC 5K
AND 1 MILE WALK/FUN RUN
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2015
9:00 AM – 12:30 PM
UMBC – UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY
1000 HILTOP CIRCLE
BALTIMORE, MD 21250
CONTACT: RACHEL GUILFOYLE
443-609-3788
Watch for pictures in the November “Sunbeams” Newsletter