Fulton Community Matters 2018

Commun ty Matters Fulton Presbyterian Manor

September 2018

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Charles Benson, Jack McBride, and Carl Rues all received hand-made patriotic quilts in recognition of their military service.

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Three of our residents were honored with Quilts of Valor from Barb Huddleston with the Daughters of American Revolution and Historical Society.

Charles Benson, Jack McBride, and Carl Rues all received hand-made patriotic quilts in recognition of their military service. Charles gave a word of thanks and Carl had the audience chuckling when he called his military experience, “interesting.”

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Fulton artists among art is ageless® masterpiece level winners

Two winning artists in Fulton Presbyterian Manor’s annual Art is Ageless® juried competition will be featured in the 2019 Art is Ageless Calendar produced by Presbyterian Manors of MidAmerica.

“Dear Deer,” a painting by Ruth Horton and “After a Hard Day’s Work in the Garden,” a painting

by Richard McKinney will appear in the calendar when it is released this fall.

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In addition, “Summer Harvest,” a painting by Rosemary Zbinden and “Orian Star Quilt,” a quilt by Alma Hoffmann will be featured in the honorable mention gallery in the calendar when it is released this fall.

“Dear Deer,” a painting by Ruth Horton

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.

“Art is Ageless is a great way to encourage area artists to either pick up a new hobby or continue honing their craft,” said Keri Alonzo, administrative services director. “We’re always so impressed with the work produced, and we’re thrilled that one of our artists will be featured in the calendar!”

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.

Dawn Smith, executive director Keri Alonzo, marketing director To submit or suggest articles for this publication, contact kealonzo@pmma.org.

Telephone: 573-642-6646 Fax: 573-642-2202 Address: 811 Center St., Fulton, MO 65251-1922

Our mission: We provide quality senior services guided by Christian values.

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Presbyterian Manors of Mid-America’s Art is Ageless program encourages Presbyterian Manor residents and other area seniors to express their creativity through its annual competition, as well as art classes, musical and dramatic events, educational opportunities and current events discussions throughout the year.

Fulton Presbyterian Manor achieves five-star rating Fulton Presbyterian Manor has achieved the coveted five-star rating from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).

CMS created the Five-Star Quality Rating System to help consumers, their families, and caregivers compare healthcare communities more easily and to help identify areas about which they may want to ask questions when visiting a community.The ratings are displayed on the Nursing Home Compare Website, where each healthcare community is given a rating of between one and five stars.

“I am very proud of our team,” said Dawn Smith, executive director. “Fulton Presbyterian Manor’s mission is to provide quality care guided by Christian values and achieving the five-star rating demonstrates our commitment to this philosophy.”

Communities with five stars are considered to have much above average quality.There is one over-all five-star rating for each community, and a separate rating for health

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inspections, staffing and specific quality measures.

The health inspection rating contains information from the last three years of onsite inspections, including both standard surveys and complaint surveys conducted by trained, objective inspectors who follow a process to determine the extent to which a healthcare center has met Medicaid and Medicare’s minimum quality requirements.

The staffing rating has information about the number of hours of care provided on average to each resident each day by nursing staff. Differences in care needs are considered in rating the community.

The quality measure rating has 11 different physical and clinical measures for healthcare residents.The community’s use of antipsychotic medications in both long-term and short-stay residents is now included.The quality measures offer information about how well communities are caring for residents’ physical and clinical needs.

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Jack gave a few more words and reminded attendees of a time not so long ago when serving in the military didn’t matter as an honor so much if you were a person of color. He recalled being injured on a Navy ship during WWII, and while he was grateful to have survived, his return 6 COMMUNITY MATTERS SEPTEMBER 2018

home presented him with more pain.

“With all of that, I came back home, and because of the color of my skin, in Callaway County, I couldn’t sit in the downstairs of the theatre. I couldn’t go to some places because of the color of my skin. So, I came back from the

Navy, and I was disgruntled. I was a second-class citizen.”

We’re grateful for all military veterans who have served to protect our country, and for continued improvements to policies and practices which attempt to right the wrongs of injustice.