Lawrence Community Matters - December 2022

Lawrence Presbyterian Manor

DECEMBER 2022

Find thanks in all things, even challenges

By Chaplain Richard Russell

This time of year, we think of thankfulness and gift-giving. So, I’d like to discuss that topic today as we consider giving our thankfulness to others.

Frank Weinhold enjoys his new home at Lawrence Presbyterian Manor.

Life filled with activity for new resident Since moving into Lawrence Presbyterian Manor on July 4, Frank Weinhold has found plenty of ways to keep busy.

“I have a friend and we get together on Saturday mornings to ride our bikes,” Frank said. “I used to belong to the Lawrence bicycle club. We ride up to the Arboretum, and out to Lone Star Lake and back.

Weinhold – continued on page 2

In 1993, Robert Greene was severely injured in a head-on traffic collision.

He spent weeks in a coma and over a year in rehabilitation before he was able to leave the hospital. During this grueling, painful time, Robert wrote a wonderful letter to his mother, Anita, listing 10 different reasons he had to be thankful for his situation.

Reason #3 to be thankful: “I have good strength in my arms. This helps me to move with the wheelchair and helps me to walk with the crutches.”

Chaplain – continued on page 3

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Weinhold – continued from page 1 “And I still play Pickleball on Tuesday and Thursday. I started this year when I got here. A volunteer told me I could go to the First Methodist Church and meet a group out there. They are very congenial and they let me play with them.”

Admittedly, his game could use a little improvement.

permitted and inspected by the State of Kansas.”

After spending a lifelong career as a licensed engineer, Frank still makes the effort to learn more about his trade. He’s currently taking a class at the University of Kansas on structural analysis.

analyzing a beam or truss,” Frank said. “We look at what the external and internal loads will be.”

Frank has one “loving” son who works at KU as the pharmacy practice chair.

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“It’s different methods of

“I’m not a ping-pong or tennis player,” Frank laughed. “People who have learned to swing the paddle and do the right moves.

I’m just out there getting some exercise.”

Before coming to Lawrence Presbyterian Manor, Frank lived in Topeka, working with the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, water bureau.

In that role, he inspected and permitted municipal wastewater treatment facilities around the state.

“We reviewed plans, gave out permits, renewed permits, for construction sites to see if they were doing what they said they were doing,” Frank said. “We’d permit new and existing facilities. All of the wastewater treatment plants have to be

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Chaplain – continued from page 1 Dr. C. Thomas Hilton. He tells about a British housekeeper who became quite ill and entered the hospital for a treatment. While there, she befriended Johnny, a little Reason # 10: “I am thankful for the boy with a terminal illness. One day, Johnny’s mother burst into the future which holds not a promise housekeeper’s room with the news but a challenge and an that Johnny would not survive the opportunity.”

Thankful that he can get around on day. Would the Housekeeper please come and talk to him? The a wheelchair and crutches. housekeeper went quickly to the Thankful for months of rehabilitation. This seems crazy. But room and she shared in a loving way that ‘God made you. God loves we can thankful in all things. you. God sent his son to save you.

Rather than cursing God he was thanking God for what he did have. Dad wants to come and bring you home to him.’ After a moment of Another illustration comes from Reason # 6: “… nearly everything I have experienced has been a value and support to me.”

silence, Johnny said quietly, “say it again”.

So, the housekeeper repeated her words. And with the strength that he could muster, Johnny leaned forward and said, ‘Tell God Thank You.” We too need to be ready to give the gift of our Thank You. We read in Philippians 4: 6-7 “Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with Thanksgiving, present your request to God.” And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and mind in Christ Jesus. u

Lawrence Presbyterian Manor shares customer service survey responses Lawrence Presbyterian Manor continues to seek customer feedback through monthly telephone surveys. Each month, residents and their representatives are randomly selected to participate in telephone satisfaction surveys conducted by Pinnacle Quality Insight.

The graphic highlights some of the survey results. All scores are given on a 5-point scale, with 5 being the highest score and 1 the lowest score. Between August 2021 and September 2022, Lawrence Presbyterian Manor residents and their families gave the community high scores for providing safety and security, showing dignity and respect as well as for the professional therapy.

Residents also said they’d recommend the community to others. “I would tell them they’d find the people are all pleasant,” said one resident. “The employees are dedicated to getting things done.”

We greatly value the opinions of

our residents and their representatives about the care and services we provide, and we encourage them to participate honestly when contacted by Pinnacle Quality Insight. All state and federal confidentiality laws are met in Pinnacle’s service. u

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we’re proud that no person has ever been asked to leave one of our communities based on their inability to pay.

To make a contribution, please visit the front desk or go online to giving.presbyterianmanors.org/ angel-tree-campaign. In recognition of your generosity, we will hang an ornament in your honor on our community’s Angel Tree. u