Commun ty Matters Farmington Presbyterian Manor
Hospice name change reflects new partnership Presbyterian Hospice of MidAmerica (PHMA) has changed its name to Senior Independence Hospice of Mid-America (SIHMA). This new name, effective August 2015, recognizes a partnership between PHMA and Senior Independence of Columbus, Ohio, combining their decades of experience in providing home and community-based services to seniors. SIHMA is a not-for-profit, Medicare-certified hospice agency in Missouri serving Iron, Madison, St. Francois, Ste. Genevieve and Washington counties. It has provided services for endof-life care and support for our patients and their families since 2005. Rodney Quinton, administrator for SIHMA’s Farmington location, said he is pleased with the merger. “While still being owned by Presbyterian Manors, this gives us the ability to merge with a management company that can provide additional tools and resources specific to hospice care that are needed to further our mission to provide compassionate, end-of-life care, guided by Christian values,” he said. HOSPICE, continued on page 2
October 2015
Art is Ageless®
Local artist’s needlework nets Best in Show honor Cross-stitch is painstaking work. Even a simple pattern can call for dozens of colors of threads, carefully sewn into a coherent and often beautiful image. It took Helen Kripplaben of Bismarck, Mo., 11 months to complete a pattern that caught her eye in a cross-stitch catalog; however, many have asked if it’s a picture of her daughter or a loved one. Helen named it “Angel’s Lost Wing” and entered the piece in the Art is Ageless® competition this spring at Farmington Presbyterian Manor. “Angels Lost Wing” by Helen Krippleben. All those hours of work have paid off. Helen’s piece won Best in Show, amateur division, in the Art is Ageless masterpiece level competition. Her work rose to the top among more than 100 entries from 18 Presbyterian Manors of Mid-America communities in Kansas and Missouri. Artwork by more than 50 artists age 65 and older will be featured in the 2016 Art is Ageless calendar and note cards.
Helen became eligible for the masterpiece level of the contest when “Angel’s Lost Wing” won the needlework category at the local level. She also took the People’s Choice award, and she’s only been doing crossstitch for about eight years. “I retired in 2007, and I wanted to do something. I came across the cross stitch,” Helen said. “I had gotten little things to see if I could do them. Then, from the little things, it just kind of grew.” She started on patterns for fabric with a low thread count per inch, then worked her way up to more complex designs. Helen said she used to ART, continued on page 3