Connecting with Celebration

Connecting with Fun 1

Connecting with

Celebration

1

Connecting with

Dementia &

Community

2

Connecting with

News and

Community

3

Other Ways to

Connect

4

Inside this issue:

Connecting with Fun!

West View Healthy Living 1715 Mechanicsburg Road Wooster, Ohio 44691

Bridges Connection

I hope you enjoy each

edition of the Bridges

Connection and find it

helpful, encouraging and

informative.

If you have any

questions or I can be of

assistance please call me

Jackie Wolff

Cognitive Enhancement

We would like to wish all of our Residents, Families, Friends and

Staff a Happy Thanksgiving!

We have so much to be thankful

for, may we all take time to count

our blessings!

November 2019

On October 24, 2019 we were blessed to have “Birds on a Wire” visit with us. This group is a group of moms and their toddlers from various churches in the area that get together for play dates, praying to-gether and just encourag-ing one another.

We had a ball watching 35 toddlers play silly Halloween games!

Visiting a Person with Alzheimer’s Disease

Visitors are important to people with Alzheimer’s Disease. They may not always remember who th visitors are, but jut the human connection has value. Here are some ideas to share with someone who is planning to visit a person with Alzheimer’s Disease.

• Plan the visit at the time of the day when the person is at his or her best. Consider bringing along some kind of activity, such as something familiar to read or photo albums to look at, but be prepared to skip it if

• necessary.

• Be calm and quiet. Avoid using a loud tone of voice or talking to the person as if he or she were a child.

• Respect the person’s personal space and don’t’ get too close.

• Try to establish eye contact and call the person by name to get his or her attention. Remind the person who you are if he or she doesn’t seem to recognize you.

• If the person is confused, don’t argue. Respond to the feelings you hear being communicated, and distract the person to different topic if necessary.

• If the person doesn’t recognize you, is unkind, or

• responds angrily, remember not to take it personally. He or she is reacting out of confusion.

Connecting with Dementia– Amanda McDuffie, LPN Al Unit Manager

Page 2 Bridges Connection

Connecting with News

Connecting with the Holidays

Connecting with Special Events

West View Healthy Living Page 3

November is here and we have so much to be thankful for every day. Take time to count your blessings and even write them down in a journal.

We have some special events going on this month please see calendar for the times and location. Feel free to join your loved one and be involved in the life of our neighborhood!

11/1 Birthday party with Mark Chapman

11/3 Wooster Bible

11/10 Chester Fellowship

11/11 Veterans’ Parade

11/12 Veterans Service

11/14 Jim Ball– singer

11/17 Grace Brethren

11/19 Emily Dorland Singer

11/20 Unity Singer

11/24 Pastor Kirk

Have you ever wondered what Christmas must look like from a

dogs perspective? Join us to find our and see

Christmas from a different angle.

Collective Goods

Enjoy this opportunity to shop for Christmas presents!

They have lots of books both children and adult along with

other items. Everything bought yields a percentage to benefit Life Enrichment here at

West View.

You can shop Friday, November 22, 2019 from

10am-4pm in the Chapel.

If you plan to eat with your loved one on the day of Thanksgiving or Christmas please

purchase a ticket at the receptionist desk.

Join us for

Bridges

Christmas

“Howliday

Pawty”

December 10. 2019 at 6:30 pm

Chapel at West View

Please have a gift for your loved one wrapped and delivered to Jackie by December 2, 2019.

Please plan to bring your favorite Christmas cook-ies or snacks to share the night of the party.

You may also bring a donation for the Humane Society. We will be collecting kitten food, dog food, cat toys, paper towels, toilet paper or see their website for other ideas.

Thanksgiving Lunch

Slice Turkey, Mashed Potatoes

Deviled Eggs, Green Bean Casserole

Corn and baked roll, Cherry or

Pumpkin Pie

$8.50 purchase by 11/18/19

Christmas Lunch

Glazed Baked Ham, Whipped Maple Roasted Sweet

Potatoes, Cranberry Sauce, Brown Sugar & Bacon

Green Beans, Buttered Corn

Cheese Cake or Christmas Spice Cake w/ Eggnog

Buttercream

$8.50 purchase by 12/11/19

If you have questions about your loved ones health, our Unit Manager and nurses are always happy to help with

answering your questions.

Please feel free to contact them at any time by calling the following numbers:

Amanda McDuffie

Unit Manager 330-264-8709

Bridges Nurses Station

330-264-8696

To Learn more about us:

Dementia Resource

Center has been

moved from the

library to outside of

Amanda’s office. Feel

free to look at the

information and

borrow it.

Other Ways to Connect

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1715 Mechanicsburg Road

Wooster, Ohio 44681

330-264-8640

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