From the Desk of . . . . . We are delighted to bring you this holiday edition of the Mountainview Breeze! This fall we managed to get off schedule in our publications. The late summer and fall have become our busiest time of the year. Our plan is to return to our monthly publication and distribution as we begin the New Year. Since our last issue, we are happy to let you know that we reached our fund raising objective for the patio beautification project for the area between Eastside Village and Northern Estates. The old plant material has been removed and the raised beds have been prepared for planting. Additional work should begin soon. We want to again thank all those who have helped with this project especially Mrs. Fredericka Wilson who has directed the entire project. With the approaching Christmas season, we want to call to your attention the activity schedule that is included with this edition. We welcome all during this special time of the year. We have many exciting tasks and projects scheduled for next year. We are trusting our funding sources will come together so we can revise our goals of improving the quality of our living environment that we offer our residents as well as the working environment for our gifted and talented staff. Keep us in your thoughts as we move through this process. Wishing you the happiest of Holidays and we look forward to seeing you at Mountainview. Wilson K. Dillard, Administrator Top
HOLIDAY GREETINGS !! The residents and staff of Mountainview send our best wishes for a joyous holiday season. We have the trees decorated and the welcome mat out! Christmas is plural, now that I think about it. Everything about Christmas is plural and not singular. The Christmas season is about family and friends. There is no such thing as a private Christmas. Therefore, we look forward to our time together during the next few weeks. Now when you come and share Christmas with us, don’t feel like you "should". Should usually does not create a remembrance. Every person and home will look a little deeper in the mailbox this year. Soldiers will. Residents will. The arrival of the postman or a friendly face will quicken the heart and broaden the smile. We are not forgotten, especially at Christmas. Memories will be created during the next few weeks. A should does not maintain and sustain a relationship. A should is singular. Christmas is plural, a drawing. It draws us to a place, to people, and to hope. Merry Christmas! Keith E. Taylor Top
NEWS FROM ACTIVITIES The old adage, "time flies when you are having fun", still holds true. Here in the activity department we have been so busy doing so many things the time seems to have slipped up on us and Christmas is just around the corner. It seems that it was only a couple weeks ago that the staff and Elders were decorating their neighborhoods for Halloween, hoping to win the Designers’ Choice contest for best decorations. (Westside Gardens was our winner ~ Way to Go!) Our Halloween costume winners were: Anna Brown, Social Services, for best character; Jessie Lyles, CNA / Restorative, for most unique; and Bonnie Blackwell, Medical Records, for most original. As usual, the Tippers did an outstanding job planning and hosting our annual Halloween party for our Elders. Our Elders also enjoyed our Christmas shopping trip to Walmart on November 1. We really appreciate all of the folks who had a part in making our trip a pleasurable one. Special thanks to SRMC Transport, Morningside and Cedar Springs Baptist Churches, our Mountainview staff and the Walmart associates. We couldn’t have done it without you! Our thanks to all who participated in the Legends 2 talent show that was held on November 15th. Everyone was great and helped to make the show a great success. We love you all! We are now beginning to decorate our neighborhoods for Christmas and we gladly welcome any help in decorating. Our Christmas party, which is held in each neighborhood, will be held on Friday, December 23, 2005 beginning at 10:00 am. We look forward to seeing you there! Until Next Time. . . . . . . . . God Bless, Gloria Crocker, Activities Top
News from Medical Day Care The staff and clients of MDC would like to welcome the following to MDC: Helen Craig, Betty Jean Hood, Margaret McNabb, Nannie Weathers and Emmie Wood. We hope that you will enjoy your stay here at Mountainview with us. We would also like to welcome our newest employee, Trish Putnam. "Welcome" We will have our annual Christmas party on December 22nd, for our clients, We want all of you to be here on this day. Our Medical Daycare will be closed on Friday, December 23rd. We will reopen on Monday, December 26th. Please continue to remember our military persons during the holiday season, especially the ones serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. Chris Lawing, son of James and Emma Lawing is on his second tour in Iraq. Aaron Jones, son of Robin and Cliff Jones is on his second tour in Afghanistan. God bless them all!! Merry Christmas to everyone from our Medical Daycare Dept. Birthdays: Kirsten Hansen, Dec. 28 Emma Lawing, MDCD Top
RESIDENT BIRTHDAYS FOR DECEMBER 03 Gladys Bridwell 03 Edith Berry 05 Nellie Bagwell 05 Mauri Arthur 07 Mary Rainey 08 Minnie Isler 12 Betty Butler 12 Eugene Nesbitt 17 Ray Bishop 21 Elizabeth McCoy 24 Pat Parris 28 Thelma Williams Top
Staff Birthdays for December, 2005 01 Donna Tracy 07 Phyllis Williams 08 Glenda Cannon 08 Teresa Teague 08 Joyce Jones 08 Beverly Hooker 09 Jennifer Atkins 11 Liza Carr 16 Joyce Gonzales 16 Percilla Harper 17 Anesha Rookard 19 Brenda Rhodes 26 Debbie Lawson 29 Brenda Jeter 29 Sophia Leonard Top
Distinguished Service for December, 2005 Gayle Blanton ~ 36 years Nancy Bell ~ 16 years Johnnie Quinn ~ 15 years Stephanie Jeter ~ 5 years Congratulations to all of you and thank you for your service. We couldn’t do it without you. Top
SOUTHERN COMFORT WEAR Mountainview will be hosting a shopping day for friends, families and staff of our residents onDecember 9, 2005 at 2:00 pm in the main dining room. This would be a great opportunity for families to purchase Christmas gifts for your loved one. Southern Comfort Wear has adaptable clothing and regular clothing for men and women. They also will put the persons name in the clothing. Please join us for an afternoon of shopping or if you wish our staff will be happy to help select something for your resident and have it wrapped and put under the Christmas tree for that resident. Just call the Social Service department, Sue or Anna, and they will be glad to help. Good friends are like stars……………..You don’t always see them, but you know they are always there Top
CHRISTMAS IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS PLEASE JOIN US ON DECEMBER 23, 2005 AS WE CONTINUE OUR TRADITION!!! The tradition of having Christmas in the neighborhoods continues this year. Our neighborhoods have brought a new and exciting uniqueness of their own to Mountainview. In keeping with the principles of Eden the neighborhoods will have their Sixth Christmas at HOME. Please deliver any gifts that you purchase for your loved one to the Activities Department by Monday, December 19th. All packages need to be wrapped and the residents name printed on a large gift tag. Please label all clothing with residents name before wrapping the gift. Please let us know if you will be unable to purchase gifts for your loved one as we would like for each of our residents to have gifts under the tree in their neighborhood. You may contact Social Services if there will be a problem. This year, each neighborhood will be planning their own celebration. The festivities will begin at 10:00 am in the respective neighborhoods and will be followed by refreshments and a visit from Santa in the Lionel Lawson Dining Room beginning at 10:45 am. We look forward to you joining us as we have an Eden Christmas in the Neighborhoods. Mark your calendars Top
A Note from Westside Gardens. . . Hope everyone had a Happy Thanksgivings and didn’t eat too much. We are entering the busiest time of the year and we hope everyone remembers why we celebrate Christmas. We are in the process of decorating our neighborhood and hope that everyone will enjoy the decorations. Don’t forget to mark your calendars for our annual Christmas in the Neighborhood to held on December 23rd. Welcome home Bruce Durrah! Bruce has been in the hospital for a period of time and we are glad he is home again. We hope everyone will enjoy the activities going on in our home during the Christmas season, please check the calendar in the neighborhoods for a list of events. Westside Gardens Top
A Note from Eastside Village: We want to welcome Darlene Smith, CNA to our village. Our thanks to those who helped with the food drive for the soup kitchen We hope to be able to do it again for Christmas. Welcome to our new residents: Michael Cadier, Roselle Bishop, Mary Lou Williams and Gloria Cooper. Condolences go out to the family of Joseph Creel who passed away on November 21,2005. It is the holiday time of the year. Everyone on Eastside Village is looking forward to all the events that will be taking place in our home. Everyone is welcome to come by and visit with us. Plans for decorating our neighborhood have begun and everyone is welcomed to help. To all our families and friends we hope for you a very blessed holiday season. Happy Holidays, Eastside Village Top
GREETINGS FROM NORTHERN ESTATES We are very excited on Northern Estates as we get ready for the busy holiday season. We will be decorating our neighborhood in the theme of Winter Wonderland this year and we welcome your thoughts and ideas. So please put your thinking caps on and HELP!!!! We would also like to welcome our new residents, Ms. Grace Lanford, Ray Bishop, and Gary (Buster) Austin. Please help us make them feel at home here in our neighborhood. Happy Birthday to some very special people, Mrs. Pamela Rogers, Mrs Martha Rollins, Ms. Sara Middleton and Ms. Melanie Pack. Also welcome to our new team members, Ms. Amanda McKissick, Ms. Meka Jeter and Ms. Rosemary Phillips. To Ms. Stephanie Geter, Charge Nurse our thoughts and prayers are with you. We miss you and wish you a speedy recovery. God Bless you. Happy Holidays, Northern Estates Top
NEW EMPLOYEES Amanda McKissick, CNA Karen Horne, CNA Brenda Jeter, CNA Mika Jeter, CNA Dawn Richard, LPN-PRN Darleen Smith, CNA We welcome you to Mountainview and hope you will soon feel at home here. Top
NEWS ABOUT NEW PRESCRIPTION DRUG PLANS As we all know, the new drug prescription plans are being sent out for seniors to sign up. Our pharmacy and Social Service department are working together to ensure that our residents are signed up for the appropriate plan. We have begun receiving letters now from the different drug companies stating that our residents have been signed up for a specific plan through Medicare. If Mountainview receives your loved one’s Social Security check each month, then we will receive the letters and / or information related to the upcoming changes. However, some of you will receive these letters instead of them coming to the nursing home. If you do receive a letter for one of the residents about the Medicare drug plans, we ask that you bring in any information that you receive. You can either bring the information to Social Services or to the nurse on your loved one’s neighborhood. It is important for us to receive those letters so our pharmacy will be able to continue to provide quick service for medications for your loved one. Any questions please contact Sue Kemp or Anna Brown. And the angel said unto them, "Be not afraid; for behold; I bring you good news of a great joy which shall be to all people; for to you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. Luke 2: 10-12 Top
Care Plans - December, 2005 Plan of Care meetings are held on Tuesday of each week. We encourage family members to attend if possible. You may set up a meeting time by calling Evelyn Pitts, RN at 582-4175. December 6 Kathleen Bush Betty Butler Marie Williams Marva McMullen Chester Pack Karetha Brown Edith Pearson Elise Hollifield Elizabeth McCoy December 13 Odessa Freeman Mae Amos Altha Hughes John Lee Geneva Pack Nam Pal Bobby Noblitt Eugene Blanton William Hoke Mertie Cope December 20 Hazel Waddell Ida Jackson Mary Horton Alfred Ray James Sawyer Lula Crenshaw Zelma Jolley Marjorie Williams December 27 Minnie Isler Ansel Blackwell Martha Mathis Albert Mays Lillie Rookard Barry Jennings Gloria Grant Annie Moore Octavia Cannon Mauri Arthur Nellie Bagwell Helen Fuller Frankie Smith Mary Greene Eugene Nesbitt Mary Lou Williams Top
Mountainview Nursing Home
340 Cedar Springs Road • Spartanburg, SC 29302 • (864) 582-4175