VOLUME TWENTY SIX, NUMBER 7
OCTOBER 2012
Beaumont on the march By Mary Graff and Christine Johnson-Hall
Tentative plans for new and upgraded amenities at Beaumont, including a greatly expanded fitness center and a “bistro,” were officially confirmed last week. Rumors about these proposals had been circulating for months, and residents turned out in force, overflowing the 150 chairs set up for the occasion, to hear what might be in store and to have their comments considered. A principal concern had been what carrying out these ideas might cost. Adolf (Dolf) Paier, chairman of both the Finance Committee and the ad hoc Capital Projects Committee, put the total at about $3,305,000, but said that more reliable estimates Photo by Fytie Drayton would have to await refining of the plans and hiring The ice sculpture that greeted new residents at a dinner celebrating their of experts to do the estimating. continued on page 16
arrival also celebrated the arrival of the sculptor himself, Executive Chef John Bauer. See story, photos of Chef and his creations, Pages 6 and 7.
A word about double issue, Health Services series Behind the scenes and much more, stories begin on Page 8 By Mary Schnabel It was a daunting task . . . trying to adequately tell the story of the big, intricate and efficient machine that we call Health Services. Way back in March of 2011 I wrote about Beaumont’s Outpatient department. For the January issue this year it was Physical and Occupational Therapy; the next month it was Personal Care (which we used to call Assisted Living). Then came the Health Center, Beaumont’s justly famous skilled nursing facility, worth a series of stories all by itself. I started on the Health Center in the May issue by interviewing Linda Lemisch, Beaumont Vice President of Health Services, and Paul McCleary, Director of
Nursing. (All those previous stories are on file in the Library.) Linda and Paul have both contributed to the current issue, in which I tackle primarily the Health Center’s Dietary department, with brief tributes to some of the great individuals who keep this wonderfully complex machine working—because work it does, beautifully. Mary Graff, the Beaumont News editor, pitched in with a serendipitously timed hip operation in July, which enabled her to contribute a resident’s-eye view of the Health Center while simultaneously making room for the rest of my Health Center reporting. She and News Production Manager Christine JohnsonHall did this by deciding to skip the July issue entirely, and instead plan a double issue for October. (The News ordinarily does publish in July, though never in August or September.)