A Message from Executive Director

Alex Valle , April 2019

A Monthly Newsletter for the Families and Friends of

Irvine Cottages

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Please bring in all needed incontinency and personal

hygiene supplies for your loved one. Please label.

Please remember to bring in some clothing for your loved ones to wear

during the warmer months.

During the month of March and April, staff will receive training on enhancing quality of life through

hospice, anxiety & agitation, use of psychotrophic medications in the

elderly, LGBT training, incontinency care and activities.

Stretching resistance bands are lightweight, easy to store and are an effective workout. The concept of resistance bands is pretty simple but

it is extremely effective at improving strength and endurance, along

Stretching Resistance Bands

Hello Irvine Cottages families,

Irvine Cottages is Hopping into Spring this month, the season of

rebirth, rejuvenation, renewal, resurrection and regrowth.

During the month of April all cottages will celebrate

Easter/Passover with a luncheon on Easter Sunday at their

cottage and residents will receive an Easter spring treat!

Residents are busy bringing Spring spirit into each cottage,

creating easter garlands and bunny crafts to help decorate their

cottages. Now a yearly tradition at Irvine Cottages, we

encourage all staff to bake their hearts out to enter to win our

Cake decorating Contest! Even better, we are asking them to

get their residents to assist! Each home will be given the

items to make a special cake or an Easter-themed dessert.

Every house manager is asked to submit a request list with

needed items; choosing the flavor of cake and any items for dec-

orating, etc. We are predicting another year of tough judging.

It’s always hard to choose just a few winning cottages and we

say a big thank you to all the homes that will participate.

We always hope for 100% participation in this

FUN SPRING contest!

Alex

Training

Cottage Reminders

St. Patrick’s Day Crafts

St. Patrick’s Day crafts during the month of March

Happy Birthday to all of our residents who will celebrate birthdays in the month of April. All residents receive a card, a gift and a cake

on their birthday. Please call Gina at (949) 633-1595 for details about birthday parties at the cottages or if you want to plan

something for your loved one on their special day.

April Birthdays

April 2nd ~ Nadine Ballard

April 6th ~ Carol Merrell

April 10th ~ Salvatore Brigante

April 12th ~ Noboru Sueoka

April 25th ~ Herbert Evans

April 29th ~ Barbara Joanne Ramsdale

Irvine Cottages April Birthday’s

Irvine Cottages Easter

Good Luck everyone...

Be Creative and Have Fun!

Easter Sunday, April 21st

Winning cottage will receive

a Pizza Party

House Managers submit your list of

requested baking ingredients

to Michelle asap.

Each home will given a small budget for

To celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, residents enjoyed an Irish meal of Corned Beef and

Cabbage. Green Jello and pie were enjoyed for dessert!

St. Patrick’s Day Dinner

Residents and staff

will enjoy an

Easter/Passover Luncheon

at their Cottage

Easter Sunday,

April 21st

12 noon

Cottage 8 for receiving 100% on their last State Survey. Thank you for taking such

good care of your residents and the cottage.

In Memorium Please pray for our residents who are ill, and/or on hospice.

Also for the following residents who have passed away over the last few months

and their families.

Thank you to their caregivers and families for giving them loving and dignified care.

Virginia - Irvine Cottage 9

Mary Lee - Irvine Cottage 1

Carol - Irvine Cottage 11

Ellie - Irvine Cottage 9

Lorenza - Irvine Cottage 2

Patty - Irvine Cottage 3

Shirley - Cottage 14

Phyllis and Sumner - Cottage 3

Alex - Cottage 8

Salvatore - Cottage 2

The highest compliment our families can give us is the referral of your friends and

families. Give us a referral that places and we will give you a complimentary $500

discount on your next monthly statement.

A couple of times a week homes have Movie Time. Popcorn and snacks are

served and a different movie is shown. Residents love old movies. Let us know if you have any suggestions or old DVD movies that you’d like to donate. Gina will also be

planning more outings to Cottage 9 to watch movies in

the home theatre room.

Movie Time at the Cottages

Congratulations...

Referrals

Irvine Cottages was proud to have been a sponsor at the 2019 Alzheimer’s OC 100% Local Annual Gala which was held on March 23rd at Marriott Irvine Spectrum.

All proceeds will fund critically needed program and services for the 84,000 local Orange County residents affected by Alzheimer’s or other forms of dementia.

Since 1982, Alz-heimer’s Orange County has been Orange County’s center for Alzheimer’s resources. They are dedicated to providing quality care and support services to the thou-sands of residents of Orange County who are af-fected by Alzheimer’s disease or other related dementia, and also partnering with local researchers to populate clinical trials to help find a cure. Please visit alzoc.org to learn more about Alzheimer's Orange County. Last year, in celebration of its third year as a newly independent organization, Alzheimer’s Orange County hosted its 19th annual ‘Broadway Memories: Backstage’ gala

at Balboa Bay Resort in Newport Beach. Alzheimer’s Orange County's signature event raised over $575,000 for its local programs and services that help those affected by Alzhei-mer’s disease, and was the organization’s most successful ga-la to date.

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Please ignore our mess as

we continue to paint some

of our cottages.

Welcome to the Irvine Cottages family: Shirley, Ruth and

Marilyn. We are very happy to

meet you all.

Management Team

If you or a family member ever have any concerns about

the care your loved one is receiving, please feel free to

call Alex at 949-533-1136

Alejandra Valle LVN,

Executive Director

Michelle Nesbitt

Office Manager &

Administration

Kimberly Walters

Director of Resident & Family

Services

Gertrudes Tizon

General Manager

Dairwil Manapsal

Activities & Memory Games

Patricia O’Neil

Concerns

Resident Spotlight - April

Betty Gebhard ~ Irvine Cottage 5