Commun ty Matters Fulton Presbyterian Manor
Sheena passes her CNA!
Fulton appreciates its volunteers!
Fulton Presbyterian Manor has a full set of volunteers who come to our community to present a variety of ideas and entertainment to our residents. All residents are welcome to attend any activity with a volunteer.
Sheena Sereni
Fulton Presbyterian Manor is proud to announce that Sheena Sereni has passed her CNA examination! Sheena began working with FPM as a nurse’s aide while attending the Certified Nursing Assistant program. She passed the Certified Nursing Assistant exam on February 18. Sheena works in the healthcare neighborhood and is liked by residents and staff alike. “We are both pleased and excited to have Sheena with us. She is an asset to the community and works very hard to do her job to the best of her ability. We welcome Sheena in her new role, and we hope that Sheena stays for a long time,” said Tresa Allen, LPN, MSW, marketing/social services.
April 2019
Volunteers like Courtney Harrison bring fun to Fulton Presbyterian Manor!
Kellie Starling, our life enrichment director, has been working hard to ensure we have plenty of quality volunteers. Kellie has even lined up Dancing Dogs to come to entertain us with their antics for free! VOLUNTEERS continued on page 2
Fulton Presbyterian Manor residents are treated to the sights and sounds of groups who entertain us on a volunteer basis, like these Callaway County Cloggers.
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Our volunteer chaplains include:
Our volunteers include:
Dave Coleman
Nellie Swartwood: Weekly bingo
Bruce Williamson
Courtney Harrison: Weekly games
Tom Mustain, Sr. Justin Vestal
Joann Sampson: Monthly singing
Mark Kummer
Norman Foreman: Monthly singing
Other groups include therapy/ dancing dogs and mule cloggers, who come in every so often to do a performance for us.
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Community Matters is published monthly for residents and friends of Fulton Presbyterian Manor by Presbyterian Manors of 501(c)(3) organization. Learn more at PresbyterianManors.org. Dawn Smith, executive director Tresa Allen, marketing director To submit or suggest articles for this publication, contact tallen2@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. FultonPresbyterianManor.org
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We appreciate each and every one of these volunteers who takes time out of their day to come in and brighten up our residents’ lives!
Dining services employee Justin Vestal volunteers his time preaching several times a month.
Cheers for our medical records team member Elinda Trower, LPN, is not only our medical records person, but she is also our unit coordinator for healthcare and the staffing coordinator! Elinda has worked at Fulton Presbyterian Manor just five years. She has been in medical records for one and a half of those years. Before transferring to medical records, Elinda was the day shift charge nurse in the healthcare neighborhood. Elinda also helps out on the floor at times and helps train new staff when needed.
Elinda says that the best part of her role in medical records is not doing the same thing repetitively. Elinda says the Elinda Trower worst part is the mounds and mounds of paperwork she has to do and go through, but she adds that it is okay.
Elinda will be going back to school at some point soon to obtain her registered nurse degree. We are grateful and blessed to have Elinda as she smiles all the time and helps out wherever she can!
Presbyterian Manor of Mid-America system to celebrate 70 years On April 19, Presbyterian Manors of Mid-America (PMMA) will celebrate its 70th anniversary. Our first very first community opened in Newton, Kansas, on April 19, 1949, nearly two years after ninety-year-old Alice Kalb of El Dorado, Kansas, asked the United Presbyterian Synod if it would consider opening a home for the aged. A small exploratory committee looked at the idea and determined it had merit.
Alice’s dream has turned into a network of 17 senior living communities across Kansas and Missouri with more than 2,400 residents, and the mission of the organization remains true to its core: to provide quality senior services guided by Christian values. PMMA has plans to extend its mission into Colorado with the proposed development of Aberdeen Ridge in Colorado Springs.
To raise funds for the Newton effort, a dedicated offering throughout the synod took place on Mother’s Day in 1948. The practice of raising funds for Presbyterian Manors on Mother’s Day continues today. The first resident, Mrs. Frances Belle Townsend of Smith Center, Kansas, moved into the first Presbyterian home for the aged on April 19. Alice Kalb moved in on April 21, and lived there until her death in 1951. When it came time to name this new establishment, the committee did not choose to name it the Presbyterian Home for the Aged. Instead, based on the separate suggestions of two women—Mrs. Mary Page of Topeka and Grace Derby of Manhattan, it was named Newton Presbyterian Manor. Grace later lived at Presbyterian Manor in Newton until her death in 1966.
Last handprint quilt
In 1947, Alice Kalb, at the age of 90, asked the United Presbyterian Synod to open a home for the aged.
This quilt is very, very special to our life enrichment director, Kellie Starling.
Her grandson, Trinton, was in the second grade when he got sick with acute myeloid leukemia (AML). He bravely went through three rounds of chemo, but just could not attain remission. Trinton passed away the day before his 9th birthday.
The quilt was sewn by Trinton’s second grade teacher’s mother. Her name is Emma Jaccariono. The quilt was originally planned and made for a class raffle at the school Trinton attended in order to buy all the second grade iPads to use. So, the day that Kellie went to pick up Trinton’s ashes, she received a call from Mrs. Jaccariono on her way home. She told Kellie that she had gotten Trinton’s handprint for the quilt before he got sick. Kellie was so happy that the handprint got on the quilt, but she was also sad. The school then allowed the raffle to play out in its entirety. They then called Kellie to say that they were giving the quilt to her. Kellie was overwhelmed with emotion at the priceless gift to her in her grandson’s memory. She now keeps the quilt tucked away in her cedar chest as a special memory of Trinton. LIKE US ON FACEBOOK
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A royally good time
Residents were treated like royalty at this year’s Valentine’s Day party after votes were cast for a King and Queen from both assisted living and healthcare.
Fulton Presbyterian Manor is proud to announce that Mr. Chester Love and Mrs. Leta Owen won for healthcare and Mr. and Mrs. Gene Wolfmeier won for assisted living. The party provided a fun time for all who attended!
Edith and Gene Wolfmeier were King and Queen in assisted living.
Chester Love and Leta Owen were King and Queen in health care. 4 COMMUNITY MATTERS APRIL 2019