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December 2016
Former P.E. professor finds path to healing, new home While everyone who calls Presbyterian Village home may have similar things they enjoy about living here, everyone has a unique story about how they came to live here — like Donna Needham, a former physical education professor who utilized the respite program after an injury. She lived on campus while receiving therapy from the local hospital. “Before I fell, I hadn’t considered living here. I was doing fine in a duplex on my own and enjoying an active lifestyle. On Labor Day, I fell and broke my hip. The only good thing was that the surgeon said if I had to break it, I broke it in the right place,” said Donna Needham enjoys her new Donna home. For someone who’d spent her whole life being active and teaching others how to be active, this was a frustrating development for Donna. She’d spent 35 years teaching and coaching the swim team at Cottey College and had spent another eight years before that at Hutchinson Community College. She lives to move, and as it turned out, making the move to Presbyterian Village is helping her live in a whole new way. “I came here to recover after my surgery. I was in the rehabilitation program. But I liked it so much I decided to stay. Everyone is really nice, very kind. It takes a bit to get acquainted with how things work here, but I quickly felt like family.” Donna goes to Health for Life for physical therapy at Mercy Health Center several times a week, and she is regaining her mobility and strength. “I don’t want to be homebound. I enjoy the ability to go there and use the equipment to exercise. My whole life I’ve been active. I used to own a ski boat, even. I haven’t participated in any activities here at Presbyterian Village
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