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September 2015
Residents enjoy massage clinic
Residents were recently treated to a massage thanks to the wonderful staff in the rehabilitation department. Physical Therapy did foot and back massages, Occupational Therapy performed neck/shoulder and hand massages and Speech Therapy offered facial and head massages. The onehour session was come-and-go.
“I greeted all the residents as they came in, told them what we were offering and asked what they would like to sign up for. Needless to say, the shoulder and neck massages were the most popular, but they were all very well received,” said Erica Lehman with Rehab Care. Erica stressed the importance of residents reporting any new pains they’re experiencing.
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“During the massages, the residents and therapists chatted and got to know each other, and several residents expressed new pain or an exacerbation of a chronic condition. In my experience, residents, especially in independent and assisted living, often just think they have to deal with pain/change in status and aren’t as forthcoming with changes they are experiencing until it is a chronic and severe change,” said Erica. Thanks to the success of the program, more similar offerings will be scheduled soon.
“It went over very well and the residents have already asked when the next one will be!” said Erica. “We’re planning on offering an activity geared towards assisted/independent living every other month or once a quarter.”
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Music and Memory project coming to Presbyterian Manor
Few things are more personal than our musical tastes. Favorite songs trigger rich memories and influence our moods. That’s why social worker Dan Cohen launched an effort in 2008 to bring individualized music to residents in long-term care. Cohen founded the nonprofit Music & Memory, which provides residents in long-term care with iPod personal music players that are loaded with each recipient’s favorite songs. This year, employees at all of the Presbyterian Manors in Kansas and Missouri were able to receive the training at a reduced rate. Kim Fanning, senior vice president education and training for Presbyterian Manors, said all of the
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PMMA communities are taking advantage of the opportunity. Training sessions for Clay Center employees took place in July. In September, Presbyterian Manor will receive a starter kit with new and used iPods, headphones and iTunes gift cards. Clay Center and other participating PMMA communities will build up their collections with fundraisers and donation drives, Fanning said. Then they will rely on volunteers to load each person’s chosen songs onto their music players. “I see this as an intergenerational opportunity and a good volunteer piece, because we have to sustain this program and customize playlists,� Fanning said. She said some PMMA communities already are reaching out to residents in independent living to help other residents set up their players. And she thinks it would be a good opportunity for teens to earn community service credit for school.
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In spite of its name, Fanning said the Music & Memory program isn’t limited to residents in memory care. Once enough players are available, any resident will be welcome to plug in and play the music they love best— whether that’s Beethoven, Count Basie or the Beatles. To assist Clay Center Presbyterian Manor with building up its supply of iPods, headphones and iTunes cards, contact Dawn Langvardt for more information at 785-363-3544 or email dlangvardt@pmma.org.
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How to help Mom and Dad move to a new home For most people, moving from one home to another is exhausting. Even when we get help with packing and transporting our possessions, moving means changing countless aspects of our everyday lives — from making a new place for the silverware to potentially finding new friends. And it can mean saying goodbye to memories we've made over the course of years. Older adults often have a much harder time with the transition. For your parents, moving can go from merely taxing to highly traumatic. That's when it becomes transfer trauma, also known more broadly as relocation stress syndrome.
Symptoms of Transfer Trauma Moving can result in a host of physical and psychological changes, including loss of sleep, agitation, depression, withdrawal, short-term memory loss, irritable bowel syndrome, loss of appetite and nausea. Tracy Greene Mintz, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Redondo Beach, Calif., who has worked and lectured extensively in the area of relocation stress syndrome, says loss of control is at the core of transfer trauma. “This week you’re going to be at home living independently; next week you’re going to be in assisted living. The abruptness with which we move older people … is very damaging
psychosocially and emotionally because it strips the older adult of control,” she says. “Adults want to be in charge of their own lives.” Greene Mintz says the syndrome often manifests itself as pain or fatigue, vague symptoms that can be hard to diagnose; the older adult may say she is too tired to come to the dining hall for meals or in too much pain to take a shower. “To fix the problem, you need to do everything in your power to restore a sense of control to the older person,” she says. 5 Tips for Adult Children 1. Prepare for the move. Offer choices.You might have a parent who is used to looking out at a garden all day, but they get a view of a fountain instead. Rather than saying, “Well, you got a fountain window — isn’t the fountain beautiful?,” ask questions ahead of time about the older person’s preferences, Greene Mintz says. 2. Don’t assume your parent can’t participate. “Even a person with dementia can tell you what their favorite sweater is, or what sheets they want to bring,” Greene Mintz says. “The details are where you have the possibility of control.” 3. Check in. “I always tell people to ask, on the first day, ‘Is it what you were expecting?’ If it isn’t what they thought, then we have early intervention opportunities,” Greene
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Mintz says. Instead of finding out what their parents' impressions are, however, too many adult children are busy saying (convincingly, they hope), “Isn’t it great!? ”You are not the marketing department, Greene Mintz says. 4.Validate their feelings. Ask how your parent is feeling about the moving process and don’t try to talk your mom or dad out of any negative feelings. You won’t help by putting a happy face on something they consider sad. Greene Mintz says: “Let them be sad. It’s OK. Just say, I know that this is hard.” 5. Keep the doctor informed. If your parent is showing signs of not adjusting well to the move, report those symptoms — but give the medical provider some context. Explain that the move was recent and may have something to do with the symptoms or behavior, Greene Mintz says. The doctor may still prescribe medications for depression or anxiety but may also recommend yoga or other exercise, for instance.
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Presbyterian Manors of Mid-America names regional nursing director Presbyterian Manors of Mid-America promoted Debra Forshee to a regional director of nursing position. Forshee currently is health services director for Clay Center Presbyterian Manor. She will be conferring with operations teams and training nursing staff at six PMMA campuses including Fort Scott Presbyterian Village and the Lawrence, Topeka, Emporia, Newton and Sterling Presbyterian Manor locations. Forshee’s new role begins Aug. 3. Before joining PMMA in 2003,
Forshee was an assistant nurse manager and staff nurse at a home health and care center in Salina, Kan. She was the Rooks County Hospice Coordinator in the 1990s and began her career as a medical/surgical nurse at St. Joseph Hospital in Concordia, Kan.
Forshee has a bachelor of science in nursing from Marymount College in Salina, Kan. She also attended Kansas State University. She is a certified instructor for the Kansas State Board of Nursing.
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The Wheel Deal
Russell James enjoyed a visit from this son, Leo James, and his son's friend. The two stopped by to show Russell their wheels on their way to the motorcycle rally held in Sturgis, South Dakota.
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