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Mission and Heritage Week

Upcoming events

President’s column

My name is REMI

Bus Trips

Candy Donation

Christmas Card Painting Project

Word Search Puzzle

Coloring Page

And much more!

Celebrating 130 years

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1635 S. 21st Street • Manitowoc, WI • 54220 www.felicianvillage.orgThe resident newsletter of The Gardens

October 2017

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The Gardens Fall BBQ...A sizzling success!Although the weather was hot and humid, it didn't stop attendees from having a great time at The Gardens Fall BBQ on September 22.FV President and CEO, Frank Soltys, cooked up a wonderful pork tender-loin that was enjoyed by many.The FV staff did a great job of enter-taining guests in a friendly compe-tition of yard games. Team Blue and Team Red gave it their all, but in the end Team Blue came out with the victorious win!

Walk to End Alzheimer’s®What a great turnout at the Walk to End Alzheimer’s on Saturday, Sept. 16. Thank you to all who supported FV through walking, donating, volunteering and being with us in thoughts and prayer. • We had 174 walkers join us on Saturday. Perfect weather was in our favor.• Team Felician Village had over 30 members- not everyone is pictured. • Team Felician Village raised over $2,000!Walk donations can be accepted through the end of 2017.

Photo: The 2017 Felician Village Team

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Saturday, October 14Manitowoc Symphony OrhcestraManitowoc, WIBus leaves at6:30 p.m.Cost: Please purchase your own ticket. Call the Capitol Civic Centre, place your ticket on hold and pick it up that evening. (920) 683-2184

Saturday, October 21Lakeshore Wind EnsembleCapitol Civic CentreBus leaves at 6:30 p.m.Cost: Please purchase your own ticket. Call the Capitol Civic Centre, place your ticket on hold and pick it up that evening. (920) 683-2184

Wednesday, October 25"Art of Tablesettings"Rahr West MuseumBus leaves 1:30 p.m.Cost: No cost

Sign up for trips with Lauren Daun in The Gardens Office or call ext. 402.

Bus Trips

October Movies

Friday, Oct. 13 - Moon Over MiamiFriday, Oct. 20- The WomenFriday, Oct. 27 - Bambi

Every Friday at 1:30 pm in the Glab Lounge

September Service Excellence Star Award WinnerYer Hang, Resident Assistant

Nomination: “I have been thoroughly impressed with Yer's caring and friendly personality, compassion, initiative, problem solving skills, attentiveness and her interest in not only listening to the resident's and family's needs and interests, but also taking action to follow up to address those. She goes well beyond what is normally done and has really made a difference in my relative's life."Pictured:(left to right) Lisa Voda, Assisted Living Manager, Yer Hang, Service Excellence Award Winner, and Kay Kopenski,Vice President of Health Services.

Congrats to Yer! Thanks for all you do!

Christmas Card Painting ProjectOn Monday, October 2, twenty-four Felician Village residents attended a Watercolor Painting Class taught by eight members of Silver Lake College Student United Way. This was a campus wide activity with the intent of not only to have fun and express the resident’s inner artist, but to then have the works of art entered into the “Design the Felician Village Christmas Card” contest. Thanks to all artists that participated to make this a success.The students were excited and very organized. They accepted the difficult honor of judging the entries and chose six to go to the next and final round. Each of these are from different living areas. Which one of these masterpieces do you want to see on the Felician Village Christmas card?The final art pieces are displayed in the Café, near the Bistro entrance and will be posted on FV’s Facebook page. Vote by circling the number of your favorite (just one vote, please). Contest opens on Friday, October 6 through Friday, October 13. The winner will be announced on Wednesday, October 18!

Hello! My name is REMIThanks to all who participated in our “Name the Dog Contest” on Facebook. We had a great response with many cute names suggested. REMI, which stands for Residents, Enjoy, Me, Immensely, was chosen by three judges, Dorothy, FV donor & Gardens resident, Alice and Elaine, FV residents.Stay tuned for our “Name the Cats” contest!

Pictured (left to right): Elaine Schmitz, Dorothy Bauer, REMI & Alice Rieckmann.

Marvin Lishka, The VillaGertrude Palesch, The Gardens, Th Villa & St. Mary’sCatherine Fritsch, St. Mary’sHenry Ospedale, The Court & St. Mary’s

I n L o v i n g R e m e m b e ra n ce September 2017

Nedalka O’Leary, The Gardens, The Court & St. Mary’sRosemary Schneider, TheGardens and St. Mary’s

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Do you believe in MAGIC?

We are looking for donations of candy for the residents of St. Mary’s to hand out to trick or treaters on Oct. 31 from 5-7 p.m.

If you would like to donate candy please contact Tim Reinemann, at 684-7171, ext.256.

Candy Donations

Congratuations to our newest group of CNA's on the Felician Village campus who graduated from our CNA program. The next class begins the end of October.

Front row - Kristina Lettenberger, Samantha Kochorosky, and Amber Preston. Back row - Instructor Joan Smaglik, RN; Arlanda Ross, Massendra Musial, McKenzie Grapentine and Alexie Kobel.

Graduates of the FV CNA Class

A donor’s legacy lived on as Kurt Kane’s magic performance was sponsored by the late Marian Sargent. Marian saw how much joy entertainment brought to her loved one at FV and many other residents.

Family at FV

Pictured is the Marlborough Family at the FV CNA gradua-tion. In the front is Jim and Anna Mae Marlborough, residents of Felician Village. Behind them, left to right, is their daughter, great granddaughter & recent FV CNA graduate, Massendra Musial and then granddaughter.What a wonderful photo celebrat-ing a great accomplishment!

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Next Step at Felician Village Rehabilitation Services help patients bridge the gap between hospital and home. Patients are able to focus on returning to their own surroundings as they recover from conditions such as hip or knee replacement, back surgery, stroke, wound care, IV therapy, or complications to medical illness such as congestive heart failure and pneumonia.

At Next Step each patient has a professional care team of nurses, therapists and other caregivers respects the individual needs of each patient. These professionals, in coordination with the patient’s physician, work together as a team to individually manage each patient’s care.

Meet the Next Step Rehabilitation at Felician Village Team

Kristin Korff, RN Clinical Manager at Next StepLeading the team in St. Mary’s Next Step Rehab Unit is Kristin Korff RN, Manager. Kristin has worked in the nursing field for 19 years. She lives in Kiel with her 23 year old son, Austin, her cat Bandit and her dogs Millie

and Libby Lou. In her spare time she enjoys cooking, baking and spending time with her family.

Stephanie MadsonSocial worker, BSW, CSWStephanie monitors resident’s improvement in physical, mental and psychosocial functioning, while evaluating resident’s goals for discharge and assisting in discharge planning to help residents obtain their discharge goals.

Stephanie graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point with a BS, majoring in Social Work and Sociology. Steph-anie has worked in the social work field for four years, focusing on the geriatric population. Stephanie lives in Valders with her husband Caleb, and dog Bentley.

Andrea MankeHealth Unit CoordinatorAndrea is relatively new at Felician Village in the Next Step Rehab department. She began her role as Health Unit Coordinator in June of 2017. Andrea helps nursing staff to keep every-thing running smoothly. She lives in Valders with her fiancée Max.

Jennifer FritschReferral ManagerJennifer coordinates the pre-admission process and acts as the liaison between the customer and the facility. This includes, but is not limited to, completing admission screens, developing a growing base of referral sources leading to inquiries resulting

in admission, maintaining a thorough knowledge of the facility’s services, quality outcomes, etc., to enhance marketing strength, conducting tours, community involvement and other activities that promote Felician Village. Jennifer received her Bachelor’s Degree in Business Management from Silver Lake College.

Staff and residents celebrated Mission and Heritage Week, October 2 to 8. The weeklong celebration included a canned food drive for Peter's Pantry, staff Bingo, blessing of the hands by the FV Sisters, blessing of the FV kitchens, a clothing drive, special morning reflections by staff members, "Soup and Solidarity", blessing of the animals, a special movie presentation about Blessed Angela and much more! The week commemorated with an all-you-can-eat pancake breakfast on Sunday, October 8. Thank you to the planning committee for organized a wonderful week of activities to honor and recognize our mission and heritage.

See more photos on page 5.

MISSION & HERITAGE WEEK 2017Photo: During Mission and Heritage Week residents played a special edition "Blessed Angela Bingo" that also included a guest appearance from Blessed Angela. Thank you Sister Michaeleen!

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Celebrating Mission & Heritage Week from Oct. 1 – 8 is very special this year as we observe the 130th anniversary of the founding of St. Mary’s Home. This week is a time to recall just how distinctive Felician Village is for employees, residents, family and the community. Our Resident First philosophy and service excellence culture are examples of how we maintain our Felician Franciscan tradition. It is important to remember that tradition and our role in honoring Blessed Angela and all the Felician Sisters who have followed her by fulfilling our mission to serve others. We also follow the Felician value of transformation when we ask for feedback from residents and families in our annual resident survey. Since receiving the results of the surveys in June, we have been sharing results with various groups including our employees and have been working on action plans to address concerns you mentioned. You also provided us with good feedback on the many things we were doing right. We share those comments – positive and negative – with our employees so they have an opportunity to accept the praise and to share in developing plans to improve.I feel blessed to be part of this great organization as we continue to honor our heritage and values to provide the best senior living experience for you in Manitowoc County. Thank you for your support.

Frank Soltys, President/CEO

President’s Column

Resident Council Meeting Tuesday, October 17Glab Lounge • 10:15 a.m.

Mission & Heritage Week , cont.

(Left to Right): The blessing of the FV kitchen and the blessing of the hands.

Photos above: Staff and residents took part in the blessing of the animals ceremony with Father Foley.

FV Upcoming Events

Seniors and Winter SADnessWed., Oct. 242-3 p.m.Village Hall - FVThe cold, dark months of winter can be tough. In partner-ship with Dr. Cam-eron Goetz, HFM Behavioral Health, learn how Seasonal Affective Disorder can affect anyone including caregivers and tips to beat the winter blues.To register, call (920) 684-7171, ext. 329 or email, fvmarketing@felicianvillage.org.

Know the 10 signs: Early DetectionWed., Nov. 156-7 p.m.Village Hall - FVLearn the warning

signs of Alzheimer's that are often dis-missed as side effects of normal aging, separate myth from reality and address commonly held fears.To register, call (920) 684-7171, ext. 329 or email, fvmarketing@felicianvillage.org.

Caregiver Stress: Taking Care of YouWed., Nov. 2910-11:30 a.m.Village Hall - FVGain understanding of the disease, the changes that may occur and learn how to identify stress and thrive as a caregiver.To register, call (920) 684-7171, ext. 329 or email, fvmarketing@felicianvillage.org.

For a full list of activities, please visit felicianvillage.org/activities.php.

Photo to the left: Tim Reinemann in his cos-tume for the "Interviews with St. Felix" skit.

Photos above: Residents made birdfeeders with pinecones, peanut butter and bird seed.

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1635 S. 21st StreetManitowoc, WI 54220

T • 920-684-7171F • 920-684-0240

www.felicianvillage.org

Our MissionTo continue the

healing ministry of Jesus by providing compassionate care that respects the dignity

of each person we serve.

Our Vision

Our vision is to lead the community in offering seniors

personalized services that are life-enriching and

wellness focused.

Our ValuesRespect for Human Dignity

CompassionTransformation

Solidarity with the PoorJustice and Peace

President & CEOFrank Soltys

Director of MarketingBarb Fricke

Marketing SpecialistKim Christoffel, Editor

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