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February 2024
Tudor Oaks Main Line: 414-529-0100 Reception Hours Monday - Friday: 8:00am - 7:00pm Saturday: 9:30am - 5:00pm Sunday: 9:30am– 4:00pm
Meal Times Reservation Line: 414-525-6419 Breakfast~8:00am-8:30am Lunch~11:30am-12:30pm Dinner~4:30pm-6:00pm Butternut Bistro Hours Monday-Friday 9:00-1:30; 2:00-3:00 Saturday 10:00-2:00 Sunday Closed Gift cards available Bank Hours Thursday: 9:30am - 10:30am Office located—Wisdom Tree Library Curly Willow Beauty Shop Call for an appointment : 414-525-6403 Massage Therapist: Sherry Radish 414-525-9578 Patty Cures: Patty Schmidt 414-858-9209 (Manicurist/Pedicurist) Maintenance 24-hour call numbers: 414-875-7822 4:00pm to 10:30pm 414-875-7853 10:30pm – 7:00am
Calendar Key A1 Lounge (A1L) Butternut Bistro (BB) Fitness Room (FR) Frances Henry Health Center (FHC) Lamson Plaza (LP) Leaf and Petal Greenhouse (LPGH) Multi-Purpose Room (MPR) Oak Ridge Lounge (ORL) Oak Ridge Room (ORR) Olive Wood Theater (OWT) Poplar Lifestyle Room (PLR) Private Dining Room (PDR) Reflection Room (RR) Swimming Pool (SP) Wellness Clinic (D218) Windsor Gardens (WG) Windsor House (WH) Windsor Manor (WM) Wisdom Tree Library (WTL)
Katelyn Bassler- CNA Ariana Campuzano- CNA Vinne琀a Paul- RN Thomas Madole- RN Stephanie Coman- CNA Raven King- CNA Maya Anderson– Culinary Services Assistant Jade Niemyjski- CNA February F February Funnies unnies Why were the forks disappointed on Valen琀ne's Day? *All they wanted to do was spoon. Why was the canoe considered a hear琀hrob? *He was so row-man琀c. What did the stamp say to the envelope on Valen琀ne's Day? *I am stuck on you!
WOW! Elegant….Over the Top….were the comments from Tudor Oaks residents about our New Year’s celebra琀on! The planning for the Silver and Gold Gala began in July for a sit- down dinner for the New Year’s Eve Celebra琀on. In the past, we have had a bu昀et , entertainment and colorful decora琀ons. This year, we had a sit-down dinner prepared by our Culinary Services Department. Dining room employee Brenda helped the residents plan and make table decora琀ons, while Stephen arranged for nine of our student servers to help with dining room set-up and serving of the meal. The Maintenance Department helped with rearranging the dining room and the Olive Wood Theatre. Coopera琀on from the administra琀on, our service departments and the resident helpers is what made this celebra琀on possible! On New Year's Day the IL Ac琀vi琀es commi琀ee hosted a Donuts, Co昀ee and Juice Breakfast in the OWT. Ron Anderson and Bob Frey presented a DVD show of 2023 past events.
Photos Courtesy of Ron Anderson
Thank you to everyone who made this year’s New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day Celebra琀ons so wonderful! From Mary Liverman and Judy Fons, co-chairman
News and Notes Acorn submissions are due by the 15th of each month to insure they are included in the following month’s issue. PDF format emailed to lrunte@abhomes.org is preferred or you can put them in the tray on the file cabinet in the PLR.
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Independent Living: Food Committee every third Thursday of month ~sign up at the Hostess Station ~1:00 in Oak Ridge Dining Room ~Dining Experience Committee to meet immediately after Windsor Manor: Every second Thursday of month at 1:30pm Windsor House: Every second Thursday of month at 2:30pm
Therapy Department Announcement: Free balance assessments with our new … VSTBalance, an automated fall-risk assessment tool that u琀lizes Ar琀昀cial Intelligence with machine vision to objec琀vely iden琀fy de昀cits in balance, gait and func琀on. Come check it out on Thursday, February 15th, from 2:00-3:00pm in the Olive Wood Theater. Report from the Employee Gifts and Grants (EGG) Committee: We met on January 15th in the Birch 1 Lounge. We have several applications for grants that will be discussed at our next meeting. We are very excited to help our staff pursue job improvement. Thank you to all who have donated to this endeavor. The donation box is back in the dining room waiting room!
February Highlights February Highlights Entertainment (OWT or Ch. 957) Thursday February 8th-6:30pm in the OWT Jessica Michna Presents: “Women Who Dared” Lecture Sunday, February 11th– Soup...Er Bowl Sunday Party , OWT , 琀me TBD Tuesday, February 13th– at 6:30 pm in the OWT , “Fat Tuesday “ StanDard Jazz Concert Thursday, February 29th, 6:30 pm in the OWT, Essen琀ally Brass Concert
6:30 pm Channel 955 2nd– Coming to America
9th– Nights in Rodanthe 16th– Julie 23rd– Don’t Worry Darling
6:30pm in PDR
( February 3, 10, and 24th) Game Night is February 17th
1:30 pm
Channel 955 4th—The Notebook 11th – His Girl Friday 18th– American Symphony 25th- Kiss the Ground
Mixed Choir and Chimers Concert January 4th, 2024
Chimers
Mixed Choir
2024 Holiday Luncheons Our Holiday Luncheons were held on Tuesday January 16th, Wednesday January 17th and Thursday January 18th. Everyone raved about the delicious food and the wonderful atmosphere! Thank you to everyone who helped make them a huge success!
Tudor Tud Tudor or Oak Oakss S Storyteller Storyteller’ toryteller’s Gr Group oup Do you love to tell stories? Do you love to laugh? Please join us every Thursday morning at 10:30am in the Private Dining Room for the Storytellers’ Group! SU SUGGESTED SUGGESTED GGESTED TOPICS TOPICS February Febru February ary 2024 2024 Week 153– February 1st– Discuss a situation where you experienced déjà vu. Has it ever happened to you more than once? Week 154– February 8th– Discuss how you met/discovered your greatest love. Was it a person, or something else? Week 155-February 15th- Which person here at Tudor Oaks do you wish that you knew better? Week 156– February 22– Join us for Storytellers’ Group ! Come experience the fun and comraderie of the Storytellers group! Donuts and coffee will be served! Week 157– February 29th –Which three people (dead or alive) would you invite to your dinner party? Explain your choices. Contact Lisa Runte at X2853 with questions. 414-529-0100 x2853
Employee Emp Employee loyee Highligh Highlight: t: Cindy Berg Berg There’s a friendly new face in the has a second grandchild on the way, due Health Center! Cindy Berg joined the Tu- this month. Making memories with her dor Oaks Community in December and family and friends is Cindy’s favorite is embracing her role as Administrator way to spend 琀me. She has visited some of the Frances Henry Health Center. incredible places with her loved ones While this is a newly established posi(Alaska and the Grand Canyon, to name 琀on at Tudor Oaks, it’s one that’s famil- a few!), but is equally as happy to be at iar to Cindy. She brings a wealth of ex- home playing games or cards with famiperience, having served as administra- ly and friends. For Cindy, it’s not about tor at a similar facility for the past 21 where you are that makes an experiyears. Cindy’s role is to oversee the ser- ence special, it’s about who you’re with! vices provided to the residents of the We are excited to welcome Cindy health center and those in rehabilitainto the Tudor Oaks Community! If you 琀on. haven’t had the pleasure of mee琀ng Cindy grew up on the southwest Cindy yet, stop by and say hello the next 琀me you’re in the Health Center! side of Milwaukee. Upon gradua琀ng from Milwaukee Hamilton, she studied physical therapy at UW-LaCrosse. She then went on to earn her master’s degree in human kine琀cs at UWMilwaukee. Later a琀ending UWWhitewater as a non-tradi琀onal student, she added business administra琀on to her skill set. Cindy currently lives in the town of Eagle. She has four adult children – three daughters and one son. In August, she experienced the joy of becoming a grandmother for the 昀rst 琀me! Now she
Resident Highlight: Donna Mae Murphy Donna Mae Murphy grew up in the town of Greenfield, Wisconsin. Her mother worked as a buyer of fine china plates for the Boston Store and her father was a carpenter with his own construction business. Donna was educated at Johnson Grade School in New Berlin, followed by West Milwaukee High and, finally, Adella Blue School of Cosmetic Art. From there, she went on to her first job: Larry’s Beauty Shop in downtown Milwaukee, where she worked as a beautician. This not being her favorite endeavor, she left after four months and took on a similar position at Paul’s in Downtown Milwaukee. She would then go on to a different path at Price & Swanson’s as a florist, which she quite enjoyed! However, it was finally at Edna’s Styling in West Allis where she would settle down. After her husband retired early from his work, she soon did the same. When it comes to hobbies, Donna is also a lover of cross-country skiing, ice-skating, reading, oil painting, sewing, and trivia! Growing up, she had several pets, including a Pomeranian mix which she kept for fifteen years. After she married her husband Robert, they got a bird and a poodle mix named Louie, who lived with them for twenty-two fun-filled years! She also had two cats and a tortoise, the latter of which lived for close to twenty years!
Not one to shy away from a good adventure, Donna’s favorite vacations have included trips to Canada, Tennessee and Mexico. Mexico, she confirms, was her favorite. “I could live there,” she declared, attributing these feelings to the good weather, particularly by the ocean. She stands firmly that she would have to live by the water, given the chance. From her places in the cosmetic world, florist market, and adventuring, Donna has come to settle in Tudor Oaks, and we are all the more blessed to have her.
Spiritual Services & Programs Weekly Chapel Service Wednesdays at 3:00 pm (OWT or ch.957) *********************************************************** Tuesday @ 2:15 pm– Chaplain’s Corner in Windsor House Tuesday @ 3:00 pm– Chaplain’s Corner in Windsor Manor Thursday @ 10:30 am–Chaplain’s Corner in Frances Henry Health Center Thursday @ 11:00 am—Chaplain’s Corner in Windsor Gardens Catholic Mass – Weekly Services Every Wednesday at 1:00 pm (OWT or channel 957) Heritage Presbyterian Church Sundays at 10:00 am (OWT or channel 957)
Dementia Support Group : Tuesday, February 20th at 6:30PM, PDR Grief Support Group : Wednesday, February 29th at 6:30PM, PDR Questions about the support groups? Please contact Pastor Michelle Peterson at 529-0100 x 2105
Christmas Program, December 22nd, 2023
Update on Recycling Guidelines for Tudor Oaks IL Residents February 2024
If you don’t have this 18-page document, please request a copy from Jane Goessl, Marketing Director, 414-525-6411 or stop in her office near the front entrance. Copies were in the mail room for 6 months. Newer residents have it in their Orientation Binder. There is also a DVD presentation in our library that the Recycling Team put together for your viewing. Our biggest offender continues to be large PLASTIC BAGS that are used to collect recyclables in your apartment to take down to the Recycling Room and left in one of the recycling bins. If you don’t have time to empty the bag and sort its contents into the proper bins or chute, please THROW the whole bag down the chute. No one will re-sort it for you. PLASTIC BAGS are never ever recyclable!!! We have one small bin for PLASTIC BAGS ONLY in each Recycling Room that a resident empties several times a week. These bags are now being recycled through a local church that a different resident belongs to. In 2023, we were able to recycle 85 large, fully packed bags of your Recycled Bags through this worthwhile project. So emptied, clean and dry plastic bags go in that bin or down the chute. See p.13. Not all paper is recyclable…see p.6 & 8. Put shredded paper in a plastic bag and down the chute. Personal checks can go in the Shred-It big Box behind the Receptionist Desk. Deli take-out paper containers, no matter how clean, are NOT recyclable at GFL. Remove labels from cans, jars, coke bottles, etc. Most labels can be removed by sliding a knife under them. Remove all food/contents and wash/rinse. Greasy, oily food/vaseline containers go down the chute. Throw a jar of unused oil down the chute…do not empty in your sink. Remember: WHEN IN DOUBT, THROW IT OUT! When Muskego hired GFL (Green For Life) for their garbage and recycling, they follow GFL’s guidelines, not Waukesha County. https://gflenv.com/our-services/for-home/ residential-solid-waste/recycling-collection/acceptable-materials/ Questions to residents Sandy Snyder or Marge Schell 414-377-9113 or
Gfl-1-262-679-0860
Entertainment Caroling with students from Frank Lloyd Wright Middle School in West Allis. Resident Leland was a teacher there for over 30 years!
Little Lake Stompers
Singer and Guitarist Bob Welsch
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udor Oaks Senior Living Community is a faith-based,
not-for-profit senior living community. Our mission is to create healthy Christian communities that empower older adults. We provide choices for housing, services, and technology that enrich body, mind and spirit.
Tudor Oaks Senior Living Community S77 W12929 McShane Drive Muskego, WI 53150
414-529-0100 www.TudorOaks.net Tudor Oaks Senior Living Community is owned and operated by American Baptist Homes of the Midwest, a not-for-profit provider of senior housing and healthcare since 1930.