Jewish Senior Living Newsletter | Jun 2015

Jewish Senior Living Newsletter JUNE 2015 - VOLUME 3, ISSUE 3 Keeping you connected to our communities.

Maurice Surlow Award for Employee Excellence Established in 2000 for recognizing exemplary employees of our communities.

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ver the history of our organization, there have been many individual people and families who, through small or large donations, have had a lasting effect on how we carry out our mission.

Maurice Surlow was one of those people.

The second youngest of eight children, born in Hungary, Surlow immigrated with his family to Milwaukee in the early part of the 19th century.

After honing his business skills while working in his parent’s grocery store on 7th and Walnut Streets, he opened up his own retail business called Roxy’s Dress Store. This business, which later expanded into a chain of six stores, along with very savvy stock market investments, allowed Maurice Surlow to leave a lasting legacy to the Milwaukee Jewish Federation’s Jewish Community Foundation as well as the Jewish Home and Care Center.

Nita Corré, President Emeritus of the Jewish Home and Care Center Foundation, working closely with Maurice Surlow’s family members, conceived the Maurice Surlow Award for Employee Excellence in 1999. This award, which takes place three times a year at the Jewish Home and Care Center, Chai Point Senior Living and Sarah Chudnow Community, recognizes staff members who provide superior quality of care to our Residents and their families.

Staff members who receive the award are nominated by their peers, Residents, and families, and are honored at a special celebration where they receive a monetary gift as well as a plaque distinguishing their accomplishments.

Michael Sattell, president of the organization and Foundation, said “Funding for the Maurice Surlow Awards for Employee Excellence allows us to recognize employees for their outstanding resident see “Maurice Surlow Award” page 4 t

In This Issue

Maurice Surlow Award for Employee Excellence Bring on the Fiesta!

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photos of previous Surlow winners (October 2007 & February 2008)

Strength Training for Older Adults - It’s Never Too Late Upcoming Events

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Bring on the Fiesta!

JHCC celebrates National Nursing Home Week.

Liza Holle, Donor Stewardship Coordinator

Each year, the American Health Care Association designates the second week in May as National Nursing Home Week (NNHW). The theme for this year’s NNHW celebration (May 10 - May 16, 2015) was “Bring on the Fiesta.” The Jewish Home and Care Center definitely brought it on! As a community, fun filled our doors for a full week, creating comraderie and engagement with residents, families, volunteers and staff. Each day a variety of fiesta activities was planned to show appreciation including kind words, personal touches, and being connected to our residents.

On Monday, May 10, 2015, the Jewish Home and Care Center hosted an Ice Cream Social. Music filled the room with upbeat tunes and fiesta-inspired music performed by Michael Drake. The Human Resources Department served ice cream to the residents. It was a fun kickoff event to the week of activities. The residents enjoyed the ice cream and singing along to the festive music.

The following afternoon, the Jewish Home and Care Center was transformed into a fiesta-fun environment!

On the floors, residents created bright tissue-paper flowers while sipping on homemade margaritas. The flowers were displayed on residents’ walkers, in their rooms, even used for décor for events later in the week.

An annual event, the Kruglak Luncheon honors the efforts of the skilled nursing facility staff during NNHW. Lunch is provided to Jewish Home and Care Center staff. In celebration of the fiesta theme, tacos were served during the lunch on Wednesday, May 13.

Residents and staff wore bright colors in keeping with the fiesta spirit.

The fiesta continued with Thursday’s TexMex Madness Party. A call was made for singers, dancers, and eaters;

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The JHCC Activities Department did a fabulous job decorating for the week’s fiesta.

and residents and staff answered the call. Oh, was the fiesta going! The nursing department, activity department, and hospitality services danced the cupidshuffle and sang a variety of karaoke music with the residents. Residents and staff enjoyed a nacho bar, sipped on margaritas and swung at a piñata.

NNHW concluded with the Carnivale Cart Parade on Friday. The parade had seven unique carts decorated by a variety of departments. The carts went to each of the floors and the residents chose the winners. The notable carts included: the Rubenstein Family Kosher Oasis Cart set up with a beautiful place setting; the laundry department showcasing folded towel animals; and the MDS (documentation) department’s Brewerthemed cart with Cooper the dog! Each of the carts was special and unique in its own way.

“National Nursing Home Week creates occasions for staff and residents to take time out to be with each other, celebrating relationships—this year we did it “fiesta style.” One highlight was the opportunity for residents to thank the staff with a mini maraca— see “Fiesta,” page 4

Visit our website and donate online at www.jewishseniorliving.org.

Questions? Call the JHCC Foundation Office at 414.721.9255.

Strength Training for Older Adults - It’s Never Too Late!

Programs in strength training provide a variety of benefits.

Liza Holle, Donor Stewardship Coordinator

Feeling strong is important at all ages and becomes even more important as the body ages. According to the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), strength training is what older bodies, even frail ones, need to fight the loss of muscle mass and strength.

Muscle tends to weaken with age, and this decline can eventually lead to living less active lifestyles.

Fortunately, when introduced consistently, a strengthtraining program can benefit older adults in a variety of ways.

Benefits: Walking ability can improve with a strength-training program, as it strengthens the leg and core muscles, as well as helps to build endurance. Having a strong and sturdy gait is extremely helpful for older adults and also provides for consistent balance.

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In observance of Shabbat, the annual July 3rd Fireworks Fest will not be held at the Jewish Home and Care Center and Chai Point this year.

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Jean, a Chai Point resident, works out with weights during a fitness activity.

Introducing a regular strength-training program gives seniors the abilities to complete daily tasks and maintain independence. The University of Alabama found that healthy women ages 60 to 77 who lifted weights three hours a week for 16 weeks could carry groceries and get up from a chair with much less effort than previously.

Preventing broken bones and devastating fractures are other benefits to weight training. Building bone mass is crucial to supporting general strength, balance and agility; all with the goal of helping to prevent falls.

Strength training also helps to relieve arthritis pain, an ailment that many older adults battle on a daily basis.

By strengthening the muscles, ligaments, and tendons around the joints, weight lifting can improve range of motion.

The risk of heart disease lowers as the body becomes leaner, and a strength-training program can assist with cardiac improvement. One study found that cardiac patients gained not only strength and flexibility, but also aerobic capacity when they did strength training three times a week as part of their rehabilitation program. This and other studies have prompted the American Heart Association to recommend strength see “Strength Training,� page 4

Read about our new Art Committee, as well as programming and events at our communities, in the Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle.

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service. Three times each year we acknowledge those employees’ efforts, in front of families, residents and peers. This positive public celebration, and the accompanying award, underlines our mission to provide exemplary service in the delivery of care.

Being able to loudly applaud our employees’ efforts in this way drives other employees to similarly succeed in meeting our high standards of service.

“Maurice Surlow built his business by treating his customers the right way. He also treated anyone who had the pleasure of meeting him with grace and dignity, as if each was his customer, too. We are very proud to be the recipients of funding to perpetuate his memory and his definition of excellent service.”

To find out more about how you can help continue this legacy and recognize staff for their outstanding care, visit our website at www.jewishseniorliving.org/ donation-form or call the Jewish Home and Care Center Foundation at 414-721-9255. n

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everybody appreciated the experience,” says Kimberly Rosenau, activities coordinator. A big thank you goes out to the Activities Department, Food Service Department, and Human Resources Department for making the week such an awesome fiesta! It takes a creative and collaborative team to make weeks like this so much fun for our staff and especially our residents!

Help us in continuing our celebration of National Nursing Home Week by donating to the Kruglak National Nursing Home Week Fund set up to honor the efforts of the Skilled Nursing Stafff once a year by providing a lunch-in on a selected day during that week.

Donations can be made online through our website.

Go to www.jewishseniorliving.org and click on “Get Involved.” n

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training as a way to reduce risk of heart disease and as a therapy for patients in cardiac rehabilitation programs.

How to get started: There is a variety of strength exercise equipment available such as weights, resistance bands, or even common objects within the home. A fitness center or a gym would have equipment and weights available for use. It is important to find the right balance between exercising conservatively to prevent injury and exercising consistently to increase strength. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provides guidelines and a questionnaire to help older adults get started and continue to build strength.

Below is the link to the CDC’s strength training program: Growing Stronger-Strengthen Training for Older Adults: http://www.cdc.gov/physicalactivity/growingstronger/ Throughout our communities, strength-training programming and rehabilitation services are provided to our residents and our greater community all with the goal of keeping residents and community members safe, strong, and as independent as possible. n Sources: http://nihseniorhealth.gov/exerciseandphysicalactivityexercisestotry/ strengthexercises/01.html http://www.cdc.gov/physicalactivity/growingstronger/ http://consumer.healthday.com/encyclopedia/aging-1/misc-agingnews-10/seniors-and-weightlifting-never-too-late-647213.html

The Jewish Home and Care Center Foundation is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization that provides financial support to the programs and services of the Jewish Home and Care Center, Chai Point Senior Living and Sarah Chudnow Community.

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Upcoming Events Musical Duo: Groovy Sunday, June 14, 2:00 pm Sarah Chudnow Community, Posner Town Square

SCC Summer Concert Series: Caravan Gypsy Swing Wednesday, June 24, 7:00 pm Sarah Chudnow Community, Posner Town Square

The Kitchen Boys Monday, June 15, 7:00 pm Chai Point Senior Living, Soref Promenade

Klezmer Libre (Latin Klezmer fusion) Friday, June 26, 1:30 pm Chai Point Senior Living, Rubenstein Pavilion

Howard Tolkan presents “The Classical Music of Leonard Bernstein” Tuesday, June 16, 3:00 pm Chai Point Senior Living, Rubenstein Pavilion

Singer Julie Thompson Sunday, June 28, 2:00 pm Sarah Chudnow Community, Posner Town Square

Attorney Walt Kelly presents “Getting Fired – Discrimination or Not?” Wednesday, June 24, 3:00 pm Chai Point Senior Living, Rubenstein Pavilion

Visit www.jewishseniorliving.org for updated activities.