A newsletter for the employees of the Jewish Home and Care Center, Chai Point and Sarah Chudnow Community
REMINDER: Certified Nursing Assistants
If your CNA license is up for renewal, please bring the renewal notice in to Human Resources as soon as you receive it from Pearson Vue.
December 2014 WELCOME New Team Members Chai Point
Barbara Alexander, Nursing Ashley McKenzie, Dietary
SCC
Carissa Austin, Dietary Santanna Blake, Dietary Teninka Cross, Nursing Dorothy Hurt, Dietary Constance Lemon, Nursing Adeana Salamun, Laundry Sophia Short, Nursing Marqueatte Smith, Dietary Latunga Williams, Dietary
JHCC
Galberal Ardd, Nursing Ashley Clark, Nursing Travashia Cole, Nursing Tawania Dennis, Nursing Latisha Elliott, Hospitality Telisa Gates, Nursing Gabrielle Harris, Nursing Calandra Houston, Nursing Lisa Jenkins, Nursing Teneya Little, Nursing Francisca Nunez, Nursing Lori Peterson, Adult Day Center Alecia Rucker, Activities Brittany Spinks, Nursing Tammy Verhage, Dining Delia Williams, Nursing Courtney Winters, Nursing
Every two years licenses need to be renewed. Pearson Vue will only accept the original through postal mail and records can take up to a month to be updated. If your license is not renewed by the due date on the notice, you will be taken off the schedule until it is updated on the Pearson Vue website.
Chanukah 101
Chanukah, or the Festival of Rededication, celebrates the rededication of the Temple in Jerusalem after its defilement by the Syrian Greeks in 164 BCE.
Although it is a late addition to the Jewish liturgical calendar, the eight-day festival of Chanukah has become a beloved and joyous holiday. It is also known as the Festival of Lights and takes place in December, at the time of year when the days are shortest in the northern hemisphere. Much of the activity of Chanukah takes place at home. Central to the holiday is the lighting of the Chanukah, an eight-branched candelabrum to which one candle is added on each day of the holiday until it is ablaze with light on the eighth day. (The Chanukah is also referred to--erroneously--as a Chanukah menorah, but a true menorah has a total of only seven branches.) In commemoration of the legendary cruse of oil, it is traditional to eat foods fried in oil. The most familiar Chanukah foods are the European (Ashkenazi) potato pancakes, or latkes, and the Israeli favorite, jelly donuts, or sufganiyot. The tradition developed in Europe to give small amounts of money as well as nuts and raisins to children at this time. Under the influence of Christmas, which takes place around the same time of year, Chanukah has evolved into the central gift-giving holiday in the Jewish calendar in the Western world. http://www.myjewishlearning.org
New Employee General Orientation & Training/Continuing Education Opportunities General Orientation
JHCC Staff Education Room
Dec. 8
7:30 am - 4:00 pm (Rubenstein)
Dec. 9
8:30 am - 4:00 pm (Rubenstein)
CBRF First Aid & Choking
Dec. 22
7:30 am - 4:00 pm (Staff Ed. Rm.)
Dec. 10
10:45 am - 4:00 pm
Dec. 23
8:30 am - 4:00 pm (Staff Ed. Rm.)
Dec. 24
10:45 am - 4:00 pm
Silverchair
CBRF Standard Precautions
No assignments for December!
Dec. 10
8:30 am - 10:30 am
Dec. 24
8:30 am - 10:30 am
Contact the Staff Education Department at ext. 876 or 414.277.8876 for more information and to sign up for the continuing education opportunities.
For more information go to http://training.sliverchairlearning.com/jewishhomecare
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Social Media Module
Stay Warm
Cold temperatures can cause serious health problems, especially in infants, older adults, and the chronically ill. Take a few minutes to prepare yourself and others for cold weather. • Check the weather report to find out what to expect so you can prepare. • Stay dry and dress appropriately in layers of loose-fitting, tightly woven clothing. • Check on family and neighbors who are especially at risk from cold weather hazards. • Learn safety precautions to follow when outdoors. • Prepare your car for winter weather. • Be prepared for weather-related emergencies, including power outages.
Check out our social media pages!
Facebook JHCC: http://www.facebook.com/JewishHomeAndCareCenter Chai Point: http://www.facebook.com/ChaiPointSeniorLiving SCC: http://www.facebook.com/Sarah-Chudnow-Community JHCC Foundation: http://www.facebook.com/jhccfoundation Twitter ReCharge!: http://twitter.com/JSL_ReCharge JHCC Foundation: http://twitter.com/JSLiving YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/JHCCFoundation LinkedIn http://www.linkedin.com/company/the-jewish-home-and-carecenter-foundation
But remember…please do not access social media during working hours! Social Media Fun Fact:
If Twitter were a country, it’d be the 12th largest in the world.
Grapevine
p Amber McKinney, Dietary Aide, and Brianna McKinney, Server, show their school spirit with their involvement in MATC women’s basketball. Brianna (#14) plays for the MATC Stormers and Amber (far left) is the team manager. For game schedule visit: http://www.matcstormers.com
Do you have exciting news? Are you newly married? Are you a proud parent or grandparent? Submit your news to Grapevine by emailing Becca Loss at rloss@jewishseniorliving.org.
t Kari (Reynebeau) Knox, Wellness Coordinator, married Andrew Knox October 25, 2014, in Appleton, Wisconsin.
Congratulations to Everyone Celebrating December Anniversaries with Us! Rosemarie Alloway Ruth Bryskier Rafael Carrera Jeanine Edwards Malia Fischer Michael Gladney Daniela Iannello Hong Bo Li
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Marnilo Dela Pena Paulette Tennione Sasha Anderson-Harris LaShonda Bratchett Kimberly Rosenau Cathy Thornton Pang Vang Anthony Blake
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Elaine Obene Angelic Wolford Wendy Yang Amanda Briggs Lisa Briggs Suleqa Isakh Jordan Newson Katie Thelen
Dec. 12 Dec. 12 Dec. 12 Dec. 16 Dec. 16 Dec. 16 Dec. 17 Dec. 18
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Jill Hoth Paulette Tennione Diamond Yancey-Wieloch Beth Draper Anne Stoetzel Myrna Orengo Gail Boerema Marlene Heller
Happy Birthday!
Gloria Lyons Kathy Prodoehl Jolene Zoltowski Zorina Banks Artie L. Jenkins Jennifer Ruiz Rita Ikhumhen J.B. Clay
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Ty Green Kimberly Nash Kevin Beans Jessica Ostling Mukmya Grant Vu Nguyen Nicole Erdmann Chris Cleveland-Mitchell
Maria Sol Kathy Prodoehl Keyonia Walker Elaine Dyer Belaynesh Bekele J.B. Clay Gary Strothmann Leenail Lewis
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May Xiong Michelle Chapman Asia Hudson Barbara Alexander Marsha Bailey Alyssa Dziondziak Madlen S. Tejeda
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