Farmington Community Matters September 2016

Commun ty Matters Farmington Presbyterian Manor

September 2016

Farmington artists among Art is Ageless® masterpiece winners Seven winning artists in Farmington Presbyterian Manor’s annual Art is Ageless® juried competition will be featured in the 2017 Art is Ageless Calendar produced by Presbyterian Manors of Mid-America.

PMMA hospice renamed

“Farmer and His Vintage Combine,” a painting by Juanita Rapp Wyman, “Odd Man In,” a painting by Vada Galvan, “Conversation,” a Christmas entry by Amanda Redman, “Experimental Garden,” a drawing

by Marty Riley, “Cardinals on Sled,” a needlework by Catherine M. Mallery, “The Teacher’s Apple,” a painting by Wanda Webb, “and “Sugar Loaf,” a quilt by Alpha Barnes will appear in the calendar when it is released this fall. “Farmer and His Vintage Combine” was named Best in Show – Professional.

Presbyterian Manors of Mid-America’s hospice services are now Heart & Soul Hospice. Senior Independence and Presbyterian Manors of MidAmerica have ended their management partnership for PMMA’s hospice services in Farmington, Mo., and Wichita, Kan., effective June 30.

Works by local winners are automatically entered into a masterpiece level competition with winning art from 16 other PMMA communities. The winners are featured in the Art is Ageless calendar and notecards.

Cheyenne Basingo, administrator for Heart & Soul Hospice in Wichita, agreed. “As we begin to build our new brand, you can count on the same personalized service we’re known for from the same staff you’ve come to trust.”

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PMMA will now offer hospice services as Heart & Soul Hospice of Farmington and Heart & Soul Hospice of Wichita. Heart & Soul Hospice serves patients in Iron, Madison, St. Francois, St. Genevieve and Washington counties in Missouri and Butler, Cowley, Harvey, Kingman, Reno, Sedgwick, and Sumner counties in Kansas.

“While the name has changed, our commitment to our mission of providing quality end-of-life services guided by Christian values remains the same,” said Rodney Quinton, administrator for Heart & Soul Hospice of Farmington. Rodney has been with PMMA’s hospice in Farmington for more than 8 years.

Cheyenne was recently promoted from clinical services director to administrator for Heart & Soul Hospice of Wichita.

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Art is Ageless, open exclusively to people age 65 and older, is a copyrighted program of Presbyterian Manors of Mid-America. For the competition, works must have been completed in the past five years.

Clockwise from top left: “Sugar Loaf,” a quilt by Alpha Barnes; “Cardinals on Sled,” a needlework by Catherine M. Mallery; “Conversation,” a Christmas entry by Amanda Redman; and “Experimental Garden,” a drawing by Marty Riley.

Community Matters is published monthly for residents and friends of Farmington Manor by Presbyterian Manors of Mid-America Inc., a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization. Learn more at PresbyterianManors.org Jane Hull, executive director Heidi Beyer, marketing director To submit or suggest articles for this publication, contact hbeyer@pmma.org Telephone: 573-756-6768 Fax: 573-756-6014 Address: 500 Cayce St., Farmington, MO 63640-2910 Our mission: We provide quality senior services guided by Christian values.

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Happy anniversary On June 10, Warren and Glenda Corless celebrated their 66th wedding anniversary! Happy anniversary from all of us at Farmington Presbyterian Manor!

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PMMA first offered hospice services in Farmington, Mo., to extend end of life services to residents of Farmington Presbyterian Manor and their families in 2005.

The decision to expand into the Wichita market was made in 2014, when the partnership with Senior Independence began.

The addition of hospice services extends PMMA’s promise, “the

way you want to live” through the entire senior living experience.

“The way you want to live” is more than a tagline; it is a culture built on a method of delivering services and care to residents based on the resident’s personal choices and preferences.

As a trusted resource for seniors and their families, PMMA’s Heart & Soul Hospice offers resources and support for the final stages of the journey.

Healthy Aging Month It’s Healthy Aging Month in our physical therapy department! We asked Annette Schwander, physical therapist assistant at Farmington Presbyterian Manor, for her tips on staying well as we age.

“The biggest thing is just to keep moving. When people hurt, we tend not to move, and then we just get stiffer and hurt more,” Annette said.

Regular movement helps with circulation and joint mobility. It is easiest to start with gentle stretching and a walk, especially if you’ve been sitting a lot. “You really do get a benefit,” Annette said.

For upper body strength, all you need is your kitchen. Pick up a soup can and move your arms through their natural range of motion. This lubricates joints and helps maintain muscle strength for good posture.

“Our muscles tend to contract as we age,” Annette said. “When you sit, the muscles in back of your legs tighten, and then you wind up in a crouched position. Even before you try to get out there and move, stretch them out a little bit.”

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A little muscle soreness is common when you’re starting out, but if the pain is acute or strong, you should scale back intensity to avoid injury.

Walking isn’t your only option, especially as the weather cools.

Other low-impact activities to try are aquatic exercise, tai chi, yoga and meditation.

Annette had a knee replacement earlier this year, and her mood improved once she was able to get moving again after the surgery. She sees the same thing in residents who come for therapy. “It’s rewarding to me to see residents get some selfconfidence back, and think, ‘I can do this for myself and feel good.’”

If you have concerns about your blood pressure, heart, or other conditions check with your doctor before starting a new exercise routine.

Best in Show A bowl of fruit just won’t do for longtime painter Juanita Rapp Wyman. Her artwork represents her life experiences exclusively.

“Everything I do is personal, from my own photos. The subject matter seems to come to life more when you have a connection with it,” Juanita said.

Juanita created “Farmer and his Vintage Combine” from a picture of her husband’s cousin in southeast Missouri demonstrating a machine from his collection of old farm equipment. The painting won Best in Show, professional division, at the masterpiece level of this year’s Art is Ageless® competition after winning in the Farmington Presbyterian Manor competition and will be featured in the 2017 Art is Ageless calendar.

“I am totally excited. It’s always nice to be recognized,” Juanita said.

Works by local winners are automatically entered into a competition with winning art from 16 other Presbyterian Manors of Mid-America communities. The masterpiece level winners are featured in the Art is Ageless calendar and notecards.

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Juanita was an art teacher for 30 years at a high school in De Soto, Mo. Her husband taught there. After he died in 2002, she returned to her hometown of Ste. Genevieve. She has been active in the local art guild and the town’s historical sites.

Retirement has allowed Juanita to become a prolific painter – as a teacher she said she painted enough to maintain her credibility with her students, but her own work wasn’t the priority. She also has more time to travel to Europe, which is her favorite destination to paint along with scenes of the rural Midwest.

It was on a trip to Italy for a twoweek painting workshop that Juanita discovered the technique of blending watercolor and chalk pastels. That’s how she painted the farmer. The result is a thick application of paint, pastels, and heavy brush strokes.

“I think artists evolve either by

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accident or on purpose,” she said. “I was doing oil painting at the same time, and somehow I started laying in my chalk pastels more heavily, mixing it to where it looks like oil painting.”

Juanita spent a month in Germany this summer, visiting friends and

distant relatives she has met while researching her genealogy over the past 20 years – and, of course, taking hundreds of photos for future paintings.

Congratulations to Juanita for taking Best in Show honors in Art is Ageless!

One teacher plus one student equals two Art is Ageless® winners When Wanda Webb entered her painting, “Teacher’s Apple,” in the Art is Ageless® competition at Farmington Presbyterian Manor, she had a specific teacher in mind.

Wanda has been taking classes with local artist Vada Galvan for about 10 years.

Wanda dedicated her entry with the sentence, “The best apple goes to Vada.” Now, both Wanda and Vada are celebrating. Both women will have pieces in the 2017 Art is Ageless calendar. After winning at the local level, both artists went on to win at the masterpiece level, where they competed with works

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entered at 16 other Presbyterian Manors of Mid-America communities.

Vada and Wanda missed each other at the exhibit in “Teacher’s Apple” by Wanda Webb Farmington, but Vada saw what her student had written on her entry.

“It almost made me cry when I got over there that day and saw it. She’s the most giving person,” Vada said.

Vada began painting in her 30s when she attended a decorative arts class for painting on objects. She grew to enjoy making her own “Odd Man In,” by Vada Galvan creations on canvas more.

Her winning piece, “Odd Man In,” was inspired by a contest for small paintings that she saw in an art magazine.

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Senior bank accounts: Should you get one?

It isn’t hard to figure out why some banks and credit unions offer special checking accounts for customers they call “seniors.” Once they establish banking relationships this way, they can try to entice the new accountholders with savings accounts, loans and retirement accounts.

But is a “senior” checking account (generally restricted to people over 60 or 65, though sometimes available to people 50 and up) a good deal for you? That depends.

If you’re currently paying steep fees for your checking account, it may be worth your while to shop around and see whether you can forge a better, less expensive banking relationship elsewhere, says Kari Middleton, a financial adviser in Palm Desert, Calif.

“Senior accounts are aimed at older customers as an easy way to avoid find useful, such as waived fees bank fees,” she says. for out of network ATMs and free Here are three things to do to size up transactions at non-U.S. bank ATMs. So be sure to ask about all a senior a senior checking account offer and account’s perks. determine whether it’s worth your while:

1. Evaluate the perks There are usually a number of benefits to senior checking, including free basic checks, cashier’s checks and money orders; a 50 percent discount on a safe deposit box rental and interest on the checking account.

By contrast, some standard checking accounts earn interest, but they generally require higher account balances or you must pay monthly fees.

2. Compare standard accounts and senior accounts That’s the advice of Susan Tiffany, director of personal finance information for adults at the Credit Union National Association. “Senior checking account needs aren’t significantly different from other consumers’,” she says.

A 2012 Pew research study analyzed senior checking accounts from the nation’s largest banks and credit unions and concluded that if you In addition to discounted maintenance could maintain a balance of $1,500 or more, an age-focused account often fees, some senior accounts also offer travel-related deals that you might had minimal benefit compared with Like us on Facebook

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standard offerings. However, Pew found, customers who use low-fee senior checking accounts with lower required minimum balances ($250 or less) could save around $50 to $100 a year in bank charges.

A more important consideration is likely to be how much money you can deposit and keep with the bank or credit union. If you maintain a sizable balance — say $25,000 or more— you may get discounts and extra services regardless of your age, Middleton says.

3. Read the fine print Before opening any new account, make sure you read the fee disclosures, says Jill Enabnit, vice president in consumer products at U.S. Bank. Find out what charges you could face with the account, she says.

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The 5x7 painting depicts a rotund fellow collecting his 13th gambling chip while holding a rabbit’s foot and four-leaf clover. “I love painting little fat men; don’t ask me why,” Vada said.

Wanda started taking classes with Vada because one of her favorite things about Vada’s work is how lifelike it is. “No matter what your age, or what ability you have, she is able to turn you into an artist,” Wanda said.

Vada says art is her gift from God – and it might be yours, too. She opens every class with prayer.

“I tell my students, if you have the desire in your heart, it didn’t crawl in there on its own,” Vada said. “God put it there and will help you.”

Thanks to Carol Bloom, Julie Powers, Carol Willman, Byron Taylor, Paul Bembower, Nancy Sullivan, Pat Larkin, Jetty Reese, Jon Cozean and Jane Barton for donating hanging baskets for our gazebo.

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Memory Care

We will focus on memory care and national memory screening day in an upcoming issue of Community Matters. What do you do to stay sharp? What tricks or tips do you have for remembering things? How has being in memory care helped a loved one?

Because this will be our November issue, we also will be sharing stories about our many veterans. If you served in the military, we want to hear your story. If you’ve got a story to share, contact Marketing Director Heidi Beyer, and your story could be featured in an upcoming edition of Community Matters.

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