Arkansas City Presbyterian Manor
Mary’s Musings By Mary Bridges, chaplain JANUARY 2022
Arkansas City Presbyterian Manor earns zero deficiencies on assisted living survey Arkansas City Presbyterian Manor had zero deficiencies on its annual assisted living licensing survey conducted by the Kansas Department of Aging and Disability Services (KDADS). “Achieving zero deficiencies on an annual survey is a tremendous accomplishment,” said Sarah Griggs, executive director. “I am so proud of this team’s hard work and dedication to our mission to provide quality senior services guided by Christian values. It is our staff’s commitment to our mission and residents that led to a deficiency-free community.” Senior living communities are surveyed regularly by their licensing agency for compliance of regulations established to ensure a standard of care is met. These regulations, which number in the hundreds, are designed to ensure resident health and safety. By meeting this standard, senior living communities are able to renew their licenses and continue to provide care. Surveys are conducted on average every 18 months. The surveyors look at every aspect of a resident’s life, from dietary choices to dental care; from frequency of physician visits to ease of access to their mail. “Being recognized as a deficiency-free community demonstrates our staff’s compassion and desire to make Arkansas City Presbyterian Manor a place our residents are honored to call home,” Griggs said. The achievement by Arkansas City Presbyterian Manor places the senior living community in the top tier of survey performances in Kansas. For more information about Arkansas City Presbyterian Manor, visit the website at ArkansasCityPresbyterianManor.org or contact Whitley Stokes, marketing director, at 620-442-8700 or wstokes@pmma.org. u
Editor’s Note: In a nod to our Presbyterian heritage, we are featuring a column from a PMMA® chaplain regularly in our newsletter. This month’s featured column comes from Mary Bridges, chaplain at Salina Presbyterian Manor.
There is nothing permanent except change. — Heraclitus When I ponder the meaning of life, I always conclude that life is another word for change. As my mother grew older, we often debated about change. She would tell me it was hard. I would respond with my belief that when we initiate a change it is much easier to accept than when we have to change due to circumstances beyond our control. What’s real is that change is constant. With every ending, there is a beginning. God is with us not only in our beginnings and in our endings but in every moment in-between. The church recognizes this by calling God and Jesus the Alpha and the Omega. If we were to draw a straight line with the Alpha at one end and the
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