Commun ty Matters Topeka Presbyterian Manor
July 2018
More than a truck, this is a family legacy When resident Alex Grieves purchased a new GMC truck in 1971, there’s no way he could have predicted its longevity and future. In 1988, his son, Brad, sold his own vehicle to purchase his dad’s truck and put some work into it. “It’s been everywhere with me. I even moved to Houston for a year, and I was shocked it didn’t get stolen. It’s a very popular body style,” said Brad. “I hung onto it, kept it for a backup vehicle when I needed a truck. I didn’t put that much into it for awhile—until the radiator went out.” Ironically, Brad noticed the liquid leaking under his truck while on a visit to his parents at Presbyterian Manor. It was then he decided to go “all in” on the truck restoration. “My radiator was shot when I went to visit my folks at Presbyterian Manor. I thought if I had to replace the radiator, I might as well replace the engine. So, I had some buddies come up and we pulled the engine, cleaned it and rebuilt it. Last fall, I took it to a place and had them replace a lot of bodywork that wasn’t done well in 1988,” said Brad. What a surprise Alex got when his son, Brad, showed up with a TRUCK, continued on page 3
Department managers of Topeka Presbyterian Manor, from left, Linda De La Rosa, human resource director; Danica Loftin, administrative services director; Erica Brown, health services administrator; Chelsea Watgen, sales and marketing director; Ashley Zeckser, social worker; Sterling Emerson, environmental services; Michelle Iott, business office manager; Atul Karki, dining services director; Laura Ortiz, activity director; and Heather Pilkinton, executive director.
Topeka Presbyterian Manor achieves five-star rating status Topeka Presbyterian Manor recently achieved the coveted five-star rating from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). CMS created the Five-Star Quality Rating System to help consumers, their families and caregivers compare healthcare communities more easily and to help identify areas about which they may want to ask questions when visiting a community. The ratings are displayed on the Nursing Home Compare Website, where each healthcare community is given a rating of between 1 and 5 stars. “This is a true team achievement,” said Heather Pilkinton, executive director. “The rating demonstrates our commitment as a team to our mission to provide quality care guided by Christian values.” STAR, continued on page 2
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Communities with 5 stars are considered to have much above average quality. There is one over-all 5-star rating for each community, and a separate rating for health inspections, staffing and specific quality measures.
both standard surveys and complaint surveys conducted by trained, objective inspectors who follow a process to determine the extent to which a healthcare center has met Medicaid and Medicare’s minimum quality requirements.
The staffing rating has information The health inspection rating contains about the number of hours of care provided on average to each information from the last three years of onsite inspections, including resident each day by nursing staff. Differences in care needs are
considered in rating the community. The quality measure rating has 11 different physical and clinical measures for healthcare residents. The community’s use of antipsychotic medications in both long-term and short-stay residents is now included. The quality measures offer information about how well communities are caring for residents’ physical and clinical needs.
Ways to pay for long-term care without buying insurance By Kerri Fivecoat-Campbell, Next Avenue
When H. Frances Reaves had to
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is published monthly for residents and friends of Wichita Presbyterian Manor by Presbyterian Manors of Mid-America Inc., a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization. Learn more at PresbyterianManors.org. Heather Pilkinton, executive director Chelsea Watgen, marketing director To submit or suggest articles for this publication, contact Chelsea Watgen, marketing director, cwatgen@pmma.org. Telephone: 785-272-6510 Fax: 785-272-0496 Address: 4712 S.W. Sixth Ave., Topeka, KS 66606-2284 Our mission: We provide quality senior services guided by Christian values. TopekaPresbyterianManor.org
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place her parents in long-term care facilities in 2014 and 2015, she thought it would be a relative easy, at least financially. After all, her parents had bought long-term care insurance decades earlier. But there were two unpleasant surprises: The policy had a 90-day elimination period, so it wouldn’t start paying until three months after Reaves’ parents were admitted to a facility. And it only paid for two years of care. The challenge then became how the family would manage to pay for any long-term care the policy didn’t cover. Reaves and other experts offer these nine tips to pay for long-term care beyond simply buying a traditional long-term care insurance policy: 1. Choose the appropriate long-term care: Other options include hiring a home health agency, adult day services and moving to a residential group home or an assisted living facility. 2. Withdraw money from an Individual Retirement Account: The income received
may qualify for a medical expense deduction. “Taking money from an IRA will raise a person’s taxable income, but the tax deduction from using this money only for longterm care costs basically turns one’s IRA into a tax-free health savings account.” 3. Sell a home or get a reverse mortgage: Reaves had to sell her parents’ home to help pay for their long-term care, but, a reverse mortgage might be an option to help pay expenses for the other’s longterm care. 4. Don’t discount your faith community: Reaves encourages consumers to inquire within their faith communities. Some religious affiliations and congregations have foundations for members needing help paying for long-term care. Like us on Facebook
Fond memories of Nursing Home Week It may have been back in May, but the memories from Nursing Home Week linger on! “We had such a great week!” said Chelsea Watgen, director of sales and marketing. “From root beer floats to Ice Cream Truck Day to our big cookout, it was a delicious, fun time!”
Laura Ortiz and Lauri Selby make root beer floats.
The familiar sounds and flavors of the ice cream truck that visited on Tuesday of National Nursing Home Week.
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completely restored truck and took him for a ride in it. Father and son were both thrilled with the experience. Right: Resident Alex Grieves with a restored 1971 GMC truck. He purchased the truck new, and later, his son purchased and eventually restored it.
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