Tidbits Around Here
NOVEMBER 2017
Tidbits Around Here Gold Country Health Center*Skilled Nursing Activity Department*(530) 621-1100 EXT: 4036
Veterans Day is being Celebrated on November 10th at 2:15-3:15 PM. Birthday Party with Alvin November 30th @ 3:15PM!
Happy Birthday to: Thelma B. 11-8 Judith S. 11-10 Bettie S. 11-28 Margaret H. 11-29 Lillian S. 11-30
Scheduled Outings November 24th @ 1:30PM
Snowline Hospice will help us celebrate the 50 Veterans in our community. Families are welcomed and encouraged to join us in paying tribute. We will be in our Skilled Nursing dining room. 2:15 PM 2:20 PM 2:25 PM
Introductions Snowline and VFW VFW Reflections Salute and pledge National Anthem. Thank Veterans and Present Certificates Closing remarks and Benediction 3:00 PM Reception
K-MART
Resident Council November 15th @ 11:00AM Fellowship Hour: 2:30 PM 1st & 3rd Sunday Baptist Church 10:30 AM Bible Study on 2nd 3rd & 4th Tuesday 10:30 AM Catholic Service Every Wednesday
November 24th at 10AM: Pictures with Santa for all ages. Come to the Skilled Nursing TV Lounge by the nursing station and get you and your loved ones picture with Santa. November 23rd at 4:00PM: The activity department will be closed at 4PM. Happy Thanksgiving!
November 2017
On the Thanksgiving Menu Thanksgiving in America means gracing the table with a classic roast turkey with stuffing and gravy, sides of cranberry sauce and sweet potatoes, and, of course, a pumpkin pie for dessert. By the start of November, Canada has already celebrated its own national Thanksgiving with the traditional turkey, stuffing, and gravy, and a spicier pumpkin pie made with nutmeg, cinnamon, cloves, and ginger. While we call these foods the “traditional” dishes of Thanksgiving, were these foods really eaten by the Pilgrims and Wampanoags at the first Thanksgiving in 1621? For many, turkey is synonymous with Thanksgiving. While there is no exact record of the first Thanksgiving menu, one Pilgrim named Edward Winslow did keep a chronicle of the colony’s daily events. He noted that prior to the feast, governor William Bradford sent men on a fowl-hunting mission. This “fowling” group may have hunted for wild turkeys, but it is more likely that they brought back ducks, geese, and swans. These birds were not stuffed with breadbased stuffing, but with onions, herbs, and nuts. While no definite record of turkey exists, it is known that the Wampanoags arrived at the feast with five deer, which may have been roasted on a spit or cooked into a savory stew. Vegetables were plentiful, especially corn, but it was made into cornmeal, which was then pounded and boiled into a porridge sweetened with molasses. Cranberries were also plentiful, but they were not made into sweet sauces, jellies, or tarts. The Pilgrims had long run out of sugar from their ocean voyage. There were also no potatoes, either sweet or white, at the first Thanksgiving, for potatoes did not yet exist in North America. While pumpkins were native, they were not made into pies, for the Pilgrims had no butter or wheat flour to make piecrust. What is more certain is that shellfish was abundant: mussels, clams, oysters, bass, and lobster were stars of the first Thanksgiving.
Dear Santa With just seven weeks to go before Christmas, November 7–13 is Dear Santa Letter Week, a week when kids all over the world send letters to the North Pole. Kids have been sending Santa letters since the 18th century, but how does the post office handle the seasonal onslaught of mail? The U.S. Post Office has a solution. Send the letters (including a parent-written response from Santa) to Anchorage, Alaska, where Santa’s Helpers will send back that prewritten reply with an authentic North Pole postmark. England’s Royal Mail also ensures a response from Father Christmas. The Canada Post has even given St. Nick his own postal code: H0H 0H0. In France, any child who writes to Le Père Noël is guaranteed a response by a law passed in 1962. Just be sure to have that letter postmarked by December 15!
Creamy Pumpkin Yogurt Smoothie Ingredients:
• 1 cup plain Greek yogurt • 1 cup pumpkin puree • 1 cup vanilla almond milk or milk • 1 banana, frozen • 6 ice cubes • 1 teaspoon honey • Sprinkle ground nutmeg Directions 1. Place yogurt, pumpkin puree, milk, banana, ice cubes, and honey in a blender. 2. Blend on high until smooth. 3. Transfer into two drinking glasses. Sprinkle with nutmeg. Makes 2 servings
November 2017 FROM THE DESK OF SANDY........ On October 19, at 10:19 am we again participated in the statewide "Great California Shake Out” drill. This was a earthquake drill for all staff on campus; and of course our resident's heard us practicing. We joined the whole state, and much of the country, focusing on what we would do during a major earthquake. During this few minutes of participation we took a look around us as we assess what might happen if California experiences a major earthquake. What in our immediate environment threatened our safety? Where would we shelter if major shaking hit our campus. Who can help us take/shelter residents if we need help? Those of us up on this hillside, feel we will probably more likely be an evacuation site for other communities, rather than be actually "harmed" during an earthquake. But it never hurts to be prepared…………….and then there are other disasters that will threaten us! We also use this time to remind all our residents, our families, and our staff, that we must be personally prepared in case of disaster. We cannot depend on the government to be ready to help us in the event of a mass event. We can all see from the fires this past month, the devastation and destruction that can happen in a blink of an eye. Because of our super storms (on the East Coast) and our fires (on the West Coast) the regulators of health care facilities will be further monitoring our plans in the health care units to validate preparedness. We have lots of work to do to bring our plans along. At Gold Country we partner with the El Dorado County Disaster Preparedness group to dovetail our plans with the County plans. We will continue this partnership while further preparing our residents and staff for the inevitable. We will also be asking our families for their support and encouraging our staff to be ready to help out when disaster strikes. Some of you may have noticed our temporary kitchen set up out back and wondered either what was happening or how long construction was going to take. Long and short in order to install a new stove in our kitchen, replacing a 34+ year old stove, we had to bring all the areas around the stove up to code.
This turned into an almost 6 month ordeal thanks to the State of California. Our poor cooks had to bake in the temporary cooking kitchen during our 100+ days back in September……………But it is finally over, and we can return the rental kitchen after 5 months of renting; and our kitchen has a wonderful, working new stove. So now you know! Just a reminder that FLU (SHOT) SEASON is upon us. If you haven't done so already, please return your consent as soon as possible so we can complete our vaccine process. Part of being a 5-Star building is conducting a successful Vaccine Campaign! Thank you in advance for participating in our campaign. Remember it’s never too early to think about staying home should you have flulike symptoms or just feel under the weather. In our health centers germs can spread rapidly. Thank you for staying home if you’re household is experiencing illness. Please use the hand sanitizers as you arrive and depart our buildings – wash your hands with soap and water frequently – and drink! As the holiday’s approach we hope you will consider reviewing our “WISH LIST” posting in the hall by the rehab dept. ….Our Activity team and residents have offered suggestions for needed items to benefit all if you are so inclined. You will notice a recent addition of Memory/Display boxes by each door of the ALU (more coming). These beautiful additions are thanks to the generous donation of a former resident in the ALU. We felt the memory boxes would allow the resident who live there to enjoy her generosity for years to come and allow staff to peek into the former lives of their residents (this resident asked us to use the funds for the enjoyment of both residents and staff – we felt this was a good way to honor her donation!! Have a thought or idea, email me [email protected]! Or call me at 621-1100
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Tidbits Around Here Gold Country Health Center*Skilled Nursing Activity Department*(530) 621-1100 EXT: 4036
Veterans Day is being Celebrated on November 10th at 2:15-3:15 PM. Birthday Party with Alvin November 30th @ 3:15PM!
Happy Birthday to: Thelma B. 11-8 Judith S. 11-10 Bettie S. 11-28 Margaret H. 11-29 Lillian S. 11-30
Scheduled Outings November 24th @ 1:30PM
Snowline Hospice will help us celebrate the 50 Veterans in our community. Families are welcomed and encouraged to join us in paying tribute. We will be in our Skilled Nursing dining room. 2:15 PM 2:20 PM 2:25 PM
Introductions Snowline and VFW VFW Reflections Salute and pledge National Anthem. Thank Veterans and Present Certificates Closing remarks and Benediction 3:00 PM Reception
K-MART
Resident Council November 15th @ 11:00AM Fellowship Hour: 2:30 PM 1st & 3rd Sunday Baptist Church 10:30 AM Bible Study on 2nd 3rd & 4th Tuesday 10:30 AM Catholic Service Every Wednesday
November 24th at 10AM: Pictures with Santa for all ages. Come to the Skilled Nursing TV Lounge by the nursing station and get you and your loved ones picture with Santa. November 23rd at 4:00PM: The activity department will be closed at 4PM. Happy Thanksgiving!
November 2017
On the Thanksgiving Menu Thanksgiving in America means gracing the table with a classic roast turkey with stuffing and gravy, sides of cranberry sauce and sweet potatoes, and, of course, a pumpkin pie for dessert. By the start of November, Canada has already celebrated its own national Thanksgiving with the traditional turkey, stuffing, and gravy, and a spicier pumpkin pie made with nutmeg, cinnamon, cloves, and ginger. While we call these foods the “traditional” dishes of Thanksgiving, were these foods really eaten by the Pilgrims and Wampanoags at the first Thanksgiving in 1621? For many, turkey is synonymous with Thanksgiving. While there is no exact record of the first Thanksgiving menu, one Pilgrim named Edward Winslow did keep a chronicle of the colony’s daily events. He noted that prior to the feast, governor William Bradford sent men on a fowl-hunting mission. This “fowling” group may have hunted for wild turkeys, but it is more likely that they brought back ducks, geese, and swans. These birds were not stuffed with breadbased stuffing, but with onions, herbs, and nuts. While no definite record of turkey exists, it is known that the Wampanoags arrived at the feast with five deer, which may have been roasted on a spit or cooked into a savory stew. Vegetables were plentiful, especially corn, but it was made into cornmeal, which was then pounded and boiled into a porridge sweetened with molasses. Cranberries were also plentiful, but they were not made into sweet sauces, jellies, or tarts. The Pilgrims had long run out of sugar from their ocean voyage. There were also no potatoes, either sweet or white, at the first Thanksgiving, for potatoes did not yet exist in North America. While pumpkins were native, they were not made into pies, for the Pilgrims had no butter or wheat flour to make piecrust. What is more certain is that shellfish was abundant: mussels, clams, oysters, bass, and lobster were stars of the first Thanksgiving.
Dear Santa With just seven weeks to go before Christmas, November 7–13 is Dear Santa Letter Week, a week when kids all over the world send letters to the North Pole. Kids have been sending Santa letters since the 18th century, but how does the post office handle the seasonal onslaught of mail? The U.S. Post Office has a solution. Send the letters (including a parent-written response from Santa) to Anchorage, Alaska, where Santa’s Helpers will send back that prewritten reply with an authentic North Pole postmark. England’s Royal Mail also ensures a response from Father Christmas. The Canada Post has even given St. Nick his own postal code: H0H 0H0. In France, any child who writes to Le Père Noël is guaranteed a response by a law passed in 1962. Just be sure to have that letter postmarked by December 15!
Creamy Pumpkin Yogurt Smoothie Ingredients:
• 1 cup plain Greek yogurt • 1 cup pumpkin puree • 1 cup vanilla almond milk or milk • 1 banana, frozen • 6 ice cubes • 1 teaspoon honey • Sprinkle ground nutmeg Directions 1. Place yogurt, pumpkin puree, milk, banana, ice cubes, and honey in a blender. 2. Blend on high until smooth. 3. Transfer into two drinking glasses. Sprinkle with nutmeg. Makes 2 servings
November 2017 FROM THE DESK OF SANDY........ On October 19, at 10:19 am we again participated in the statewide "Great California Shake Out” drill. This was a earthquake drill for all staff on campus; and of course our resident's heard us practicing. We joined the whole state, and much of the country, focusing on what we would do during a major earthquake. During this few minutes of participation we took a look around us as we assess what might happen if California experiences a major earthquake. What in our immediate environment threatened our safety? Where would we shelter if major shaking hit our campus. Who can help us take/shelter residents if we need help? Those of us up on this hillside, feel we will probably more likely be an evacuation site for other communities, rather than be actually "harmed" during an earthquake. But it never hurts to be prepared…………….and then there are other disasters that will threaten us! We also use this time to remind all our residents, our families, and our staff, that we must be personally prepared in case of disaster. We cannot depend on the government to be ready to help us in the event of a mass event. We can all see from the fires this past month, the devastation and destruction that can happen in a blink of an eye. Because of our super storms (on the East Coast) and our fires (on the West Coast) the regulators of health care facilities will be further monitoring our plans in the health care units to validate preparedness. We have lots of work to do to bring our plans along. At Gold Country we partner with the El Dorado County Disaster Preparedness group to dovetail our plans with the County plans. We will continue this partnership while further preparing our residents and staff for the inevitable. We will also be asking our families for their support and encouraging our staff to be ready to help out when disaster strikes. Some of you may have noticed our temporary kitchen set up out back and wondered either what was happening or how long construction was going to take. Long and short in order to install a new stove in our kitchen, replacing a 34+ year old stove, we had to bring all the areas around the stove up to code.
This turned into an almost 6 month ordeal thanks to the State of California. Our poor cooks had to bake in the temporary cooking kitchen during our 100+ days back in September……………But it is finally over, and we can return the rental kitchen after 5 months of renting; and our kitchen has a wonderful, working new stove. So now you know! Just a reminder that FLU (SHOT) SEASON is upon us. If you haven't done so already, please return your consent as soon as possible so we can complete our vaccine process. Part of being a 5-Star building is conducting a successful Vaccine Campaign! Thank you in advance for participating in our campaign. Remember it’s never too early to think about staying home should you have flulike symptoms or just feel under the weather. In our health centers germs can spread rapidly. Thank you for staying home if you’re household is experiencing illness. Please use the hand sanitizers as you arrive and depart our buildings – wash your hands with soap and water frequently – and drink! As the holiday’s approach we hope you will consider reviewing our “WISH LIST” posting in the hall by the rehab dept. ….Our Activity team and residents have offered suggestions for needed items to benefit all if you are so inclined. You will notice a recent addition of Memory/Display boxes by each door of the ALU (more coming). These beautiful additions are thanks to the generous donation of a former resident in the ALU. We felt the memory boxes would allow the resident who live there to enjoy her generosity for years to come and allow staff to peek into the former lives of their residents (this resident asked us to use the funds for the enjoyment of both residents and staff – we felt this was a good way to honor her donation!! Have a thought or idea, email me [email protected]! Or call me at 621-1100
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