ARBOR ROSE GAZETTE

ARBOR ROSE GAZETTE
6033 East Arbor Avenue, Mesa, Arizona 85206 Phone: 480.654.8200
Mesa's Leader in
Memory Care, Assisted Living and Adult Day Care
SEPTEMBER 2012
'BEAUTIFUL' ARBOR ROSE VOLUNTEER RETIRES
Roseanne Thompson (85 years old) is hanging up her "volunteer
shingle." Roseanne felt destined to volunteer at Arbor Rose because
when her husband Roger was ill, Arbor Rose Hospice did a wonderful
job caring for him. And in her way, she wanted to “give back” what
they lovingly and selflessly gave to Roger and the family. Roseanne’s
favorite volunteer assignments were helping out in the BINGO room
as well as the monthly birthday celebrations. She truly enjoyed sitting
one-one-one with a participant while singing or talking about
yesteryear.
The following is from her son Ron Thompson
My Mom was born in Upstate New York September 19, 1926. Her
nickname in her younger East Coast life was "Torchy" because of her
fire red hair. But most of the time she was called Bess, her middle
name. I don't know much about her mother, but I do know that
Roseanne’s mother died at a very young age. My Mom was raised most of her childhood by her father Earl
Thomas, a commercial truck driver.
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The new system will fully operational.
So,
NEW PHONE SYSTEM
BRINGS A LOT OF allow everyone calling when you call into Arbor
into Arbor Rose and Rose you will have a
CHANGES
Hospice of the Valley to
Starting
this
Friday call into one central
September 7 Arbor Rose number. That number is
is upgrading our phone (480) 654-8200.
system to better serve
By
Monday
you, our wonderful and
September 10, 2012 the
loyal customers.
new phone system will be
number of choices to
select from. I would like
to give you a little help on
how you can better utilize
the system.
Printable list page 3
SEPTEMBER 2012
ARBOR ROSE GAZETTE
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ADALINE SMITH
Arbor Rose Resident of the Month
Adaline has been named the Arbor Rose Assisted
Living Resident of the month for September 2012.
She was born in Beloit, Wisconsin to Earl
and Edna Losey. Adaline attended Liberty Elementary and Lincoln High School.
In 1936 she married the love of her life while
living in Beloit. They were married for 53 years
and have 2 boys and 1 daughter. Adaline is the
proud grandmother to Carson, Kenneth, Carolyn,
Scott, Tara and Stephanie. She also has 14 great
grandchildren and 4 great, great grandchildren.
During her working years Adaline owned a
septic tank business that was very successful.
During WWII Adaline worked as a riveter
on military aircraft. Yes, she was one of the original "Rosie the Riveters". She says because of her
small size she was able to fit
into very tight spaces and was
paid at a higher rate than the
men because of it! Adaline, you
are truly one of America's
Greatest Hero's!!
She says her favorite
thing about Arbor Rose is "all the new friends I've
made."
Her one piece of advice to the youth of today
would be "Love what you do and enjoy life!" Her
favorite saying is "Let's go shopping!"
Adaline, congratulations on this well deserved recognition. Thank you for your service to
our country. From all of us at Arbor Rose we love
you!!
JOAN CHIARELLA
Arbor Rose Participant of the Month
Joan has been selected as the Arbor Rose Adult
Day Club Participant of the month for September 2012.
Joan is the only daughter of Nunzio and
Philomena DiRuzzio. She has three brothers,
Charles, Michael and Robert.
In August of 1956 in Rye, New York Joan
married Leonard Chiarella. Leonard like Joan
was traveling through life without hearing and
voice. The couple lived on the Cohen Estate
where Leonard was the estate caretaker and
machinist. Joan worked in the tomato canning
factory.
Now, Joan enjoys three days a week at
the Arbor Rose Adult Day Club. She loves to
knit, crochet, draw, swim
and watch comedy TV
shows. Going to play the
slots at the local casino was
one of her joys until they
replaced the coins dropping
into the tray with paper
voucher.
Joan loves being in family gatherings,
especially spending time with children. She is
always happy and her warm personality can
light up any room.
Joan, congratulations on this welldeserved recognition. We all love you and are
so glad you are apart of the Arbor Rose family.
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A QUICK NOTE FROM THE FLEET MANAGER
ARBOR ROSE - ROSE PETALS
TRANSPORTATION
There have been many family members that have
wanted specific staff members to be recognized for
their outstanding service to the Residents. Arbor
Rose has a recognition program called Rose Petals.
If you would like to have a specific staff member(s)
recognized for their efforts, Rose Petal forms are
located in every Arbor Rose building. Ask any staff
member and they would be glad to find a blank one
for you. You can turn in the completed form to any
Arbor Rose manager - Darcy, Josie, Maria, Caty,
Lucy, Jamie.
First, I would like to thank all the
families that have worked with us
in
the
transportation
department. As you may know,
transportation
is
a
very
challenging operation to run. We CRYSTAL SMITH
have changes by the minute. ARBOR ROSE
Thank you all who have been so FLEET MANAGER
patient and understanding.
I do need your help. If for any reason your
loved one will not require transportation on a day
they normally attend please call me ASAP (480) 582
-8198 or if you have any other transportation
related questions or concerns.
Thank You! Crystal
PHONE LIST SHORTCUTS
(Remember when you hear the message
you do not have to wait for it to complete
to push in your choice)
LONG TERM CARE INSURANCE
If you have private long term insurance please keep
in mind that all long term care insurances pay you
the policy holder directly and not Arbor Rose.
Payments are due each month from the family
regardless of when the LTC pays you. LTC will
'reimburse' you for your cost according to the rate
in your LTC policy. Since LTC insurances pay in the
'rears' it is important to know that payment is due
at the time of the invoice and not when the LTC
pays you. Any questions please call Darcy directly
at (480) 628-8550.
BILLING QUESTIONS ANSWERED…
Assisted Living Building 1 - Select 1
Hospice of the Valley Building 2 - Select 2
Hospice of the Valley Building 3 - Select 3
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When sending in payment you don't need to
send a copy of the invoice with the payment.
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Please put the Residents / Participants first and
last name in the Memo area of the payment
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Payment is due no later than 5th of the month
for Assisted Living Residents
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Payment is due no later than the 10th of the
month for Day Care Participants
Arbor Rose Adult Day Club - Select 4
Assisted Living Building 5 - Select 5
Assisted Living Building 6 - Select 6
Memory Care Building - Select 7
Transportation - Select 8
SEPTEMBER 2012
ARBOR ROSE GAZETTE
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SEPTEMBER 2012
ARBOR ROSE GAZETTE
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CARNIVAL GETS TWO
HUGE THUMBS UP
Ron does his best to dunk Alex.
Darcy was made to wear a one piece as
voted on by the Residents and Participants.
Archie Hennings and Lame-O the clown
Carl Baze fishing for prizes
Rich Vick tries to dunk Caregiver Alex
The first ever Arbor Rose Carnival was a
huge success. Caty, Director of Activities,
spent over a month preparing for this event.
Some of the games that the Participants and
Residents participated in included dunking
the Arbor Rose staff in the dunk tank,
playing ring toss, knocking over cans with
bean bags, fishing for prizes, throwing darts
at a balloon board, making a sand art project
and finished up the day with a pie eating
contest.
Those staff members who
participated in the dunk tank were Alex
(certified caregiver), James (fleet driver),
Cameron (food services), Karl (chaplain with
East Valley Hospice) and Darcy (Arbor Rose
Executive Director). "I could not believe
how many Participants and Residents
wanted to see myself and the other staff
members all washed up!" stated Darcy. "It
was one of the most fun days I have ever
had at Arbor Rose in the past 12 years. It
was a simply amazing day. In fact one
Participant has told all of us about every 5
minutes the day after the carnival of how
much fun he had. That's what is all about,
fun and making memories!"
From all of us at Arbor Rose we
would like to give a huge special THANK YOU
to Caty and the entire Arbor Rose staff and
to the family members who volunteered and
helped make the carnival the success it was.
Those family volunteers included Alice Baze,
Bev Pizzano, Joyce Durham, Jane and Denise
Apgar, Cindy Roose and family. And a HUGE
SPECIAL THANK YOU to Mike 'Lame-O' the
Clown! Lame-O watched You Tube video's
to teach himself how to make balloon
animals just for the carnival. Mike, um Lame
-O, you are AWESOME!!!!!!
Horace Beverly rears back and gets ready to
sink Darcy.
Douglas Tucker goes fishing
Beth Allen enjoys the pie eating contest. She
placed second.
Joan Chiarella wears a funny hat
Ray Rich and Don Drane enjoy cotton candy
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Maine participates in the pie eating contest
Thelma eating at Bucca de Bepo restaurant.
Chace helps Mel with his workout.
Bev has a wicked pitch. Down goes Karl.
Marian enjoying her time with others.
Terry just dunked Darcy in the dunk tank!!
Betty 'balloon' sword fights with Terry. On
guard...
Chace gives Daniel a good workout.
Adeline enjoys the outing to the antique
store.
Sharon and Joan love them balloons.
Tina cheerfully makes the cotton candy.
Payton poses with Darcy after dunking him!
Betty has her balloon helmet of protection.
Carl, his wife Alice and son Michael enjoy
lunch at Bucca de Bepo.
Bill checks out the antiques during the
antique store outing.
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FREE FLU SHOT CLINIC
On Thursday October 11, 2012 CareMore Touch
will be providing a Free Flu Shot to anyone
interested in receiving one.
Here is what you must do:
1. Pick up the Influenza (Flu) Patient information form at
the front desk of the Adult Day Care (Building 4) anytime
Monday - Friday between 8am - 5pm.
2. Return the completed the form and return it to the front
desk of the Adult Day Care no later than October 4th.
There are NO restrictions. Whether you have a loved one
living at Arbor Rose or attending the Adult Day Club or NOT
your are eligible. Tell your neighbors, tell your friends.
So mark your calendar!!
Thursday October 11 from 9am to 1pm
If you have any questions please feel free to
contact (480) 654-8200
CareMore Touch is a special plan designed for people on Medicare who reside in nursing homes, or those living in the
community and require the same level of care as someone in a nursing home. We understand the special kind of
challenges of providing health care to people living in long-term care facilities (like Arbor Rose).
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Rosanne retires continued
Roseanne has been a homemaker all of her married life to Roger.
Before that she lived most of her adult single life in San Francisco as a stenographer for the Fibreboard
Corporation which produced shipping/product containers. She was motivated to GO WEST as a young
adult by her relatives from Southern California and decided to make SF her home where she quickly made
lots of friends mostly from work.
She married Roger in Reno, NV in the early 60's and adopted his 3 children (Elaine, Glenn, Peggy). I am
her only child and arrived shortly thereafter which she claims as the immaculate conception!
In a nutshell, my Mom is all about hard work, personal responsibility, and discipline. She still holds to
those standards today. My Dad was type "B" and got along well with it, I'm hard wired with it, but it
drove the other kids nuts some times!!! When we were kids she would portion our food in an "assembly
line of plates" and state that we had "sufficient” [amount]. She has a kitchen apron given to her as a gift
years ago which says...."I KNOW I'M EFFICIENT.....please tell me I'm BEAUTIFUL" We always got a kick out
of that!
From all of us at Arbor Rose, thank you Roseanne for all the love you have shown towards all of the
Resident's, Participants, Family members and Staff of Arbor Rose. You are always welcome to drop in for
a cup of coffee and a few warm hugs! We all love you Roseanne, you will be missed.
ARBOR ROSE WENT TO THE 'OL
BALLPARK
On August 12 a group of Arbor
Rose Residents, Participants,
Staff and family friends
enjoyed attending the game.
The Diamondbacks played the
Washington Nationals and
beat them 7 - 4.
ARBOR ROSE GAZETTE
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SEPTEMBER 2012
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
SYLVIA
EDWARD
LARRY
DENIS
BENHAM
LINDA
Sept. 2
Sept. 5
Sept. 6
Sept. 7
Sept. 12
Sept. 12
MARY
WAYNE
JACK
DELAINE
ROSE MARIE
PAT
Sept. 13
Sept. 14
Sept. 15
Sept. 15
Sept. 16
Sept. 17
STEPHEN
JOANN
ROSEANNE
DARCY
SUSIE
LEE
Sept. 17
Sept. 18
Sept. 19
Sept. 22
Sept. 23
Sept. 23
FRAN
Sept. 24
EILEEN
Sept. 26
CALLIE
Sept. 27
JOHN
Sept. 28
ERNIE
Sept. 30
DID YOU KNOW…
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The percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28%
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The percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38%
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The average number of people airborne over the U.S. in any given hour: 61,000
SEPTEMBER 2012
ARBOR ROSE GAZETTE
Arbor Rose RESOURCE PAGE
FREE FLU SHOT
SEE PAGE 8 FOR DETAILS
1-800-365-4189
www.VisitingAngels.com
ARBOR ROSE SENIOR CARE
Assisted Living, Memory Care and Adult Day Care
DARCY SWAIM, RN
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
(480) 628-8550 Direct
6033 E. Arbor Ave
Mesa, AZ 85206
[email protected]
www.ArborRose.net
FREE FLU SHOT
SEE PAGE 8 FOR DETAILS
Edward Perrin, M.D.
Medical Director
CareMore Touch
5225 N. Scottsdale Road
Scottsdale, Arizona 85250
P: 1.888.371.5376
C: 602.317.0535
E: [email protected]
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ARBOR ROSE GAZETTE
AUGUST Trivia Question
In what movie did Marilyn
Monroe strike her classic pose,
with air from a vent billowing up
her dress?
SEPTEMBER Trivia Question
What do the thirteen stripes on
the US flag represent?
SEPTEMBER 2012
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C. The Seven Year Itch
CONGRATULATIONS to SAM FRONTIERRO
for knowing it was The Seven Year Itch. He has
won a $10 gift card. Thank you to all who submitted an answer!
A. The thirteen founding fathers
B. The thirteen ships that may the voyage
from England to the US
C. The first thirteen Presidents
D. The original thirteen colonies
SUPPORT GROUPS:
CAREGIVER SUPPORT GROUP
LEWY BODY SUPPORT GROUP
September 14 and 28th at 2PM
September 26 at 2PM
ALL SUPPORT GROUPS MEET IN THE MOVIE THEATRE INSIDE THE DAY CLUB. Care is provided for your loved one at no cost, inside
the Day Club, while you attend the Support Group.
APRIL FOARDE
CERTIFIED CAREGIVER
EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH
Started at Arbor Rose
JANUARY 2012
A DEAL YOU WILL WANT TO KNOW ABOUT
If you wear your blue Arbor Rose Day Club Participant shirts on an outing
we will give you $2 off that outing. It's that easy. Wear your Day Club
shirt and save $. Shirts are available at the Day Club for $5.