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Mick and Nancy McAuliffe know a thing or two about making a house a home. Actually, they know about 22 things about it.

Originally from Kansas, Mick made his career in the U.S. Air Force, re-tiring in 1994 as a brigadier general.

During his 30 years in uniform, he and Nancy, his wife of 55 years (high school sweethearts who married in college), moved 22 times.

They likely racked up more moving boxes than they could count, but loved it all the same. They saw the world, raised their two chil-dren and made great friends and memories along the way.

But when it came time to pick their forever home, their retirement home, Nancy had her heart set on Williamsburg.

“Our second to last move was to Langley Air Force Base,” Nancy said. “I discovered Williamsburg and loved it.” And even though both remain active in their 70s, when it came time to think about how they wanted to live as they aged, Mick had his mind set on ChooseHome.

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CHOOSEHOME MEMBER PROFILE

MICK AND NANCY McAULIFFE

Planning now to Enjoy their Forever Home in Williamsburg

Riverside Regional Medical Center Completing the Final Phases of Pavilion ExpansionRiverside Regional Medical Center (RRMC) is pleased to announce it is expanding the third floor and adding two new floors to the Pavilion Tower featuring 144 private patient rooms, 72 on each floor.

The 150,000-square-foot expansion is part of the Master Plan for the hospital campus.

RRMC is the tertiary center in the region serving the communities of the Peninsula, Middle Peninsu-la and Williamsburg/James City County.

Tertiary services include, among others, sophisti-cated neuroscience services treating brain and spine injury and diseases, movement and memory disor-ders, open-heart surgery, cancer care, orthopedic specialties and the region’s Trauma Level II center.

The expansion follows a visionary and precise design approach to be agile in this very dynamic industry. Efficiency and flexibility are the key ele-ments – providing patients speed to services, access to the clinical team and privacy with loved ones.

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Rendering of completed Pavilion.

October/November 2016

SPECIAL COMBINED ISSUE

Jessica Coleman, D.O. Named Medical Director of the Riverside Center for Excellence in Aging and Lifelong HealthThe Riverside Center for Excellence in Aging and Lifelong Health is pleased to announce that Jessica Coleman, D.O. has been named its Medical Director.

Dr. Coleman earned her medical degree from the Ohio Uni-versity Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine. She then completed a family medicine residency and a geriatric med-icine fellowship, both with Summa Health System in Akron, Ohio. She is board certified by the American Osteopathic Board of Family Medicine as well as the American Board of Family Medicine in the subspecialty of geriatric medicine.

Believing the aging population has the most to teach us, Dr.

Coleman is constantly reminded of the privilege it is to be part of their care.

With specialties in osteopathic ma-nipulative treatment, joint injections, minor skin procedures, advanced care planning, end-of-life care, care coordi-nation and transitions of care, Dr. Cole-man enjoys learning about every aspect of a patient’s life to provide well-round-ed and holistic care. She recognizes that her responsibility as a geriatrician is not only for her patients, but also for their caregivers.

An Ohio native, Dr. Coleman and her husband now enjoy the history and beautiful parks of Virginia. Her favorite hob-bies include reading, yoga, travel and walking her dog.

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RIVERSIDE NEWS

An Aging-In-Place Home Design Checklist

*Tips provided by the National Association of Home Builders.

Here’s the good news. If you choose to remain in your home as you age, there are ways to modify your house.

Want some even better news? According to the National Association of Home Builders, there are even some aesthetically pleasing design solutions, too.

The association, at www.nahb.org, provides a wealth of information for older adults considering new construction or renovation projects so they can age in place.

Consider this sample Aging-In-Place Design Checklist here to get you started on your next project or thinking now about renovations you want to make. If you are already a ChooseHome member and identify projects you want to do at your home, contact your personal services coordinator to help you start the process.

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CHECKLIST

EXTERIOR

r Ensure exterior is low maintenance, choosing vinyl and brick versus painted wood for siding, and shrubs and plants that don’t require frequent upkeep.

r Ensure deck, patio and balcony surfaces are no more than a half an inch below the interior floor level if made of wood.

OVERALL FLOOR PLAN

r If building a new home, consider keeping the main living areas on a single story, with a full bath.

r Ensure there is a 5-foot by 5-foot turning space in the living area, kitchen, bedroom and a bathroom.

r Where possible build or enlarge hallways to a minimum width of 36 inches.

r Add handrails on both sides of the stairway.

KITCHEN AND BATHROOM

r Install lever handles or pedal controlled faucets with thermostatic or anti-scald controls.

r Install upper wall cabinetry 3 inches lower than conventional height.

r Add accented stripes on edge of countertops to provide visual orientation to the workspace.

r Consider glass front cabinet doors or open shelving for easy access to frequently used items.

r Add roll out trays to base cabinets.

r Consider a side-by-side refrigerator.

r Consider front controls and downdraft to pull heat away from user.

r Install a light in the shower stall.

r Select toilet paper holders that are designed to change roll with one hand.

r Utilize adjustable handheld showerheads with a 6 foot hose.

ENTRYWAY

r Where possible, ensure there is at least one no-step entryway to the home.

r Install a sensor light at the exterior door most often used – and the one with the no-step entry – that shines on the front door lock and keyhole.

r Ensure entry doors have 32 inches of clear width, which requires a 36-inch door. Consider doors with sidelights or a low peep hole viewer.

THRESHOLDS

r Build flush thresholds where possible. For exterior thresholds, aim for a maximum of a half-inch beveled and a maximum of a quarter-inch beveled for interior.

INTERIOR DOORS AND WINDOWS

r Install levered door hardware, instead of knobs.

r Ensure there is 32 inches of clear width to pass through, which requires a 36-inch door.

CLOSETS

r Add additional lighting where needed.

r Install easy-to-open doors that do not obstruct access to contents inside.

r Consider adjustable closet rods and shelves.

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CHOOSEHOME TEAM

Spotlight on the Center for Excellence in Aging and Lifelong Health’s Geriatric Assessment ClinicsMaya Angelou once said that most people don’t grow up. They age. “They find parking spaces, honor their credit cards, get married, have chil-dren and call that maturity. What that is, is aging.”

But how do you know how you are aging each year and with every new stage of older adulthood? Assessments and clinics.

What makes the wide array of services available through ChooseHome work for members are the personal services coordinators who, first and foremost, become trusted advocates for members, serving as personal guides on the journey to active, independent aging.

With their coordinators, members of ChooseHome receive annual wellness and home safety assessments and plans to help identify what resources may be needed as they age.

Among those additional services coordinators know are available to the community include the Geriatric

Assessment Clinics offered through Riverside Center for Excellence in Aging and Lifelong Health.

These clinics feature a comprehensive health screening and medical tests and include an assessment typically covered by Medicare and other major health insurance companies. A referral from a primary care physician (aka your family doctor) is required.

The geriatric assessment itself may take several hours to complete and take place over the course of two to three visits to CEALH, which is located in Williamsburg.

The length of the assessments is related to their depth. Each assessment includes an evaluation conducted by a team that includes a geriatrician, nurse, counselor and physical therapist. Together they focus on memory loss, incontinence, fall risks, depression and medication issues.

Some patients can be referred for additional lab work, MRI or CT scans, or to a neuropsychologist who helps to determine strengths and weaknesses in thinking and memory.

Once the assessment is completed, the team not only provides the results of the assessment to the patient’s pri-mary care physician, but also gives a list of recommend-ed strategies individualized to the assessment results and relevant referrals to community resources for continued support.

To learn more about the Geriatric Assessment Clinics call 757-220-4751 or email info@excellenceinaging.org.

It also supports the needs of Riverside team members, tak-ing fewer steps between work stations and the patients, and accessing support areas more efficiently.

The $67 million project started in August 2016 with an antic-ipated completion date of late 2018.

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Because of our members, who continue to spread the word about the benefits of joining, Choose-Home has become one of the fastest growing programs of its kind in the nation. To say thank you, Choose-Home is pleased to introduce the member referral program.

Members will receive a $400 credit for each person they introduce to the program when that new mem-ber signs on. Plus, the person who joins ChooseHome because of you

will also receive $400 credit just for being referred by a current member.

Many potential ChooseHome mem-bers have connections with more than one ChooseHome member.

To ensure everyone gets proper credit, please register referrals to the following ChooseHome team mem-bers: Heather Schouten, 757-585-2696, heather.schouten@rivhs.com or Mike Loveland 757-532-8912, mike.loveland@rivhs.com.

$400 Membership Credit Available

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Choosing ChooseHome

Mick and Nancy were among the first members to join ChooseHome when it became an available program to enroll in last year.

As a board member at Patriots Colony at Williamsburg who also chairs the Admissions Commit-tee, Mick said he watched time and time again as families agonized over what to do after a devastating event in their lives that required utilizing nursing home or similar levels of long-term care.

Mick wanted to have a plan. “We love our home and want to age in place,” Mick said. That was number one. But if something were to change their ability to do that, Mick wanted to make “darn sure” he and Nancy knew what they would do and had access to long-term care facilities if and when they needed them.

“It’s the old adage that you can’t buy fire insurance once your house is on fire,” Mick said.

Nancy agrees. Six years ago, Nancy was diagnosed with colon cancer. Her medical team caught it early and today she’s in remission and very happy. “Cancer is something that can happen to anyone and overnight,” Nancy said. “You just don’t know. That’s another reason we enrolled in ChooseHome. We both realized how fragile life is and that we have to prepare ourselves.”

Benefits of Choosing Your Home

Lifestyle also had a lot to do with the McAuliffe’s choos-ing ChooseHome, Mick said. “Nancy has a very, very robust quilting hobby,” Mick said. “She has a girl cave that is beautifully set up to do that. She’s prolific and does wonderful work — everything from bedspreads to

wall art.”

Mick wanted her to be able to continue to have that creative space. Plus, “I have a very robust stained glass hobby,” he added. Big pieces are built in and adorn literally every wall of their home.

“We built this home,” Mick said, explaining that his pro-fession in the Air Force was as an engineer. He designed their house, hired a builder to construct it and together they decorated it with their stained glass, quilts and trea-sures from a life of travels.

In the meantime, there’s a lot of life left to live, according to Mick. “We are a young 75,” he said. “We travel a lot – just got back from two weeks on the Maine coast where we tried to empty the state of Maine of lobster and failed miserably!”

They spend three weeks nearly every year visiting friends in Europe and remain extremely involved in the commu-nity. All of that combined, Mick said, led them to “think that ChooseHome is the way to go.”

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ChooseHome members Mick and Nancy McAuliffe in their home in Williamsburg.

“We love our home and want to

age in place”

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120 Kings Way, Suite 3600, Williamsburg, VA 23185

LUNCH AND LEARN EVENTS

Thursday, Nov. 3 at noon.Fords Colony Country Club 240 Fords Colony Drive Williamsburg

To RSVP for an event or to get more information, please visit our website at choosehome.com, call 757-585-2654, or email choosehome@rivhs.com.

Our free information sessions are a great way to learn more about the ChooseHome program. For a complete list, please visit our website at choosehome.com and select “Events.”

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3Thursday, Nov. 10 at noon.Center Street Grill 5101 Center St. Williamsburg

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Becoming a ChooseHome MemberA prospective client must be at least age 60 and pass a medical assessment. Members re-ceive help covering costs of care through the program as well as personalized care coordi-nation through a designated personal services coordinator. For more information about ChooseHome or to schedule a personalized consultation, please call 757-585-2654 or visit ChooseHome.com.