Commun ty Matters Lawrence Presbyterian Manor
January 2017
Art is Ageless® call for entries Residents and friends of Presbyterian Manors of Mid-America’s Art is Ageless program are proving that art, in any form, is an ageless ambition, whether you picked up a brush for the first time as a child or completed your first drawing after age 80. Lawrence Presbyterian Manor is accepting entries for the 2017 Art is Ageless competition until Feb. 12. Artwork may be dropped off beginning Feb. 1 at the business office between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. weekdays, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturdays and 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Sundays. Art will be on display Feb. 1421 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Meadowlark Dining Room and Alcove.There will be a reception with the artists at 2:30 p.m. Feb. 22. ART IS AGELESS, continued on page 2
Bill Taylor, chief operating officer, left, and Bruce Shogren, president and chief executive officer, right, present Christie Patrick, executive director, with an Emerald Award certificate for being a 5-star rated community by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and meeting safety, employee growth and financial performance goals.
Manor honored for achievements Lawrence Presbyterian Manor received a certificate of recognition from Presbyterian Manors of Mid-America for reaching goals in fiscal year 2016, July 1, 2015, through June 30, 2016. The recognition came through PMMA’s Emerald Awards Program, designed to encourage its 17 locations to achieve high levels of resident and employee satisfaction, meet financial goals, build philanthropic support for the organization’s mission and meet marketing goals. There are 11 areas measured for the Emerald Awards. To receive an emerald, a community has to meet its goals in all 11 areas. Certificates of recognition were given out to communities that reached their goals in one or more category. ACHIEVEMENTS, continued on page 4
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Artists may enter as amateurs or professionals.The categories are: · Christmas · Drawing · Fiber Arts · Painting · Sculpture/3-D · Photography · Mixed Media/Crafts · Quilting: Machine-stitched or Hand-stitched · Needlework For more information, contact Angela Fonseca, 785-841-4262, ext. 3422.
Community Matters is published monthly for residents and friends of Lawrence Presbyterian Manor by Presbyterian Manors of Mid-America Inc., a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization. Learn more at PresbyterianManors.org. Christie Patrick, executive director Angela Fonseca, marketing director To submit or suggest articles, contact afonseca@pmma.org. Telephone: 785-841-4262 Fax: 785-841-0923 Address: 1429 Kasold Dr., Lawrence, KS 66049-3425 Our mission: We provide quality senior services guided by Christian values. LawrencePresbyterianManor.org
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5 New Year’s resolutions for older adults In 2007, British psychologist Richard Wiseman followed more than 3,000 people attempting to achieve NewYear’s resolutions including the top three: lose weight, quit smoking and exercise regularly. At the start of the study, most were confident of success. A year later, only 12 percent had achieved their goals. To make meaningful NewYear’s resolutions that you’ll really keep, set long-range resolutions for your second act. This way, you can help reach the goals that matter to you in the context of your entire future, not just a single year. To make holistic NewYear’s resolutions, look to the wisdom of Peter Drucker, the father of modern management who died in 2005 at 95. Drucker’s iconic 39 books and countless articles were always forward-focused. Try these five long-range resolutions for older adults.
To embrace uncertainty and support your second act, form a book club or discussion group dedicated to learning about the future. Explore advances and trends in business, technology, education, culture and work.You could also look at role models — people you know or ones in the public eye who seem adept at navigating uncertainty. 2. I resolve to seek opportunities in changing conditions. We may not like change, but it’s natural, necessary, and something to celebrate. Drucker distinguished between being a change agent (good) and a change leader (better). “The most effective way to manage change successfully is to create it,” he said. To do that, you need to see change as an opportunity, not a threat.
So, rather than just reacting to change, 1. I resolve to embrace go out and look for it. Think about uncertainty rather than avoid it. Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon.com. He played a mammoth, Don’t assume that tomorrow will be pioneering role in the growth of like today. It could be, but the future e-commerce.You don’t need to aspire is unknown. And while uncertainty to be another Bezos, but you should can be unsettling, remember this: we’re all in the same boat. RESOLUTIONS, continued on page 3 Like us on Facebook
U.S. News and World Report Best Nursing Home list Lawrence Presbyterian Manor is on the U.S. News and World Report Best Nursing Homes 2016 list. The senior living community received the highest score of a five-star rating system to make the list, available at www. usnews.com/nursinghomes. The U.S. News and World Report list uses information from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the government agency that sets and enforces standards for nursing homes. CMS assigns one to five stars to each community for how well it performs in health inspections, nurse staffing and level of quality care. “Presbyterian Manors of MidAmerica employees continue to focus their efforts on delivering quality
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actively search for new possibilities inside and outside your field. One suggestion: Interact with people in diverse groups and start reading unfamiliar newspapers, magazines, blogs and websites. 3. I resolve to stop and reflect on my second act.
caring every day,” said PMMA President and CEO Bruce Shogren. “The five-star ratings confirm their good work.” This is the sixth consecutive year Lawrence Presbyterian Manor has appeared on the US News and World Report Best Nursing Homes list. Survey teams from the state conduct inspections in each community every 12 to 15 months. The surveys cover a checklist of about 180 items such as medication management, food preparation and delivery, proper paperwork, and resident enrichment activities. classic book Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind, Shunryu Suzuki (founder of the San Francisco Zen Center) wrote: “In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert’s there are few.”
then gradually shed them from your life. Then, use your newfound time to help create a winning second act.
4. I resolve to remove and improve.
Drucker believed that it was risky to sit back and let the future happen to you. Accept the idea that almost everything carries some element of risk, and you can create a space for risk in your life.
Your second act will unfold in part due to what you stop doing. Drucker recommended something Every year, Drucker carved out called systematic abandonment — time to engage in deep, focused introspection. He’d reflect on how the intentionally dropping activities past year had gone compared with his and relationships that are no longer productive or useful. He suggested expectations and the adjustments he combining this with kaizen: steady needed to make going forward. and incremental improvement of As you reflect on your second act, what remains. maximize your efforts by employing A good starting point for this practices such as journaling and mindfulness.You can also adopt what’s resolution is to make a list of what known as a “beginner’s mind.” In his and who you can live without and Like us on Facebook
In addition to Lawrence Presbyterian Manor, six PMMA locations are on the honoree list with five-star ratings: Clay Center, Emporia, Newton, Sterling and Wichita in Kansas, and Kirkwood (Aberdeen Heights) in Missouri.
5. I resolve to make friends with risk.
Your second act may involve weighing the risks in going back to (and paying for) school, learning new technologies or creating an entrepreneurial venture. At some point, though, you’ll simply need to take that first step. As the Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu said: “The journey of a thousand miles begins beneath one’s feet.” Lawrence Presbyterian Manor
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performance goals.
Lawrence was recognized for achieving a five-star rating from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and meeting safety, employee growth and financial
“This recognition is a visible sign of Lawrence Presbyterian Manor’s commitment to the mission of PMMA of providing quality senior services guided by Christian values,”
said Bruce Shogren, chief executive officer for PMMA. Presbyterian Manors of Mid-America has provided quality senior services guided by Christian values in Kansas and Missouri for more than 65 years.
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Social workers help residents We will focus on how our campus social workers help residents live life to the fullest in an upcoming issue of Community Matters. How has your campus social worker been an advocate for you? How have you benefited from your campus social worker’s efforts to assist you and your family? If you’ve got a story to share, contact Marketing Director Angela Fonseca and your story could be featured in an upcoming edition of Community Matters.
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