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A Note from our Administrator... What I have enjoyed most since starting this position is getting to know the residents and families.
Each have their own unique interests and past experiences. Above all else, is my awareness of the impact the
residents have on my daily life and wanting to improve their stay here for however short or long of a stay that
will be.
As I enter this week, I think about our budget presentation and how that affects the residents and larg-
er community. We strive every day to be good stewards of the Dubuque County dollars while providing a
home-like environment for the residents. Our most recent surveys prove that as the Inspectors repeatedly say
how wonderful our programming is and how the staff consistently fulfill personal resident needs. One sur-
veyor said how great it was to hear from employees that have been here for so many years, she doesn’t find
that in other facilities.
I am happy to announce that Dr. Umesh Chakunta, a psychiatrist from Medical Associates Clinic has
agreed to be our Medical Director. Under the Federal guidelines, his responsibility is to implement resident
care policies and coordinate medical care in the facility. Dr. Chakunta will be present at our bi-monthly
Quality Assurance Meetings to be updated on the current happenings of our facility and offer his professional
opinion on any changes we need to make to policies.
Lastly, another professional joined our team. Amy Cordingley, RD/LD has accepted our position of
Consultant Dietician. Many of you had met our previous Dietician, Kim Peterman. Kim has moved on to
other opportunities and is confident that Amy will be a wonderful fit for us. Amy will be participating in
Care Conferences on Wednesdays so be sure to meet with her at your next Care Conference. Happy Spring!
—Cris Kirsch, Administrator
Save the Dates!!! Wednesday, April 13-Resident Volunteer Cookout
(for Sunnycrest resident volunteers only) Wednesday, April 20 2:30pm—Volunteer Tea (for
Sunnycrest non-resident volunteers) Thursday, May 5: Prom at 6:30pm: If viewing newsletter online, check out
Prom invitation online for more information. If you have an outfit for your resident or plan on purchasing one, please let Life Enrichment know.
Thursday, June 24: Sunnycrest Auxiliary Board Live Auction, 7-9pm in Dining Room
*Sunnycrest Auxiliary Board now accepting donations for their live auction. Contact Bea Bisenius Soens at [email protected] for more information, or drop items off at Sunnycrest clearly marked that they are for the Auxiliary.
HOME & HEART
HERALD April 2016 edition
Apr. 6
J. Ehlers
M. Faber
M. Gremmels
M. Hoover
M. Hopkins
C. Copeland
Apr. 13
J. Kraus
D. Mai
M. McElmeel
B. Wissing
K. Fox
D. Konichek
J. Raine
L. Scheele
E. Tepley
B. Villarreal
Apr. 20
R. Comer
R. Dole
D. Ede
G. Fransen
J. Henningsen
S. Howe
T. Saul
L. Schnee
May 4
J. Felton
M. Hentrich
R. Hosch
K. Koos
G. Meyer
B. Ott
D. Rondeau C. Schaecher
May 11
D. Callahan
J. Henge
S. Hunt
J. Lemmers
J. Noel
M. Oswald
A. Schumacher
R. Tucker
May 18
D. Busch
S. Chapman
B. Ferguson
M. Kutsch
S. Parris
R. Pitz
C. Winter
May 25
J. Kress 2
J. Kutsch 2
A. Lattner MDS
L. Lindenberg 2
K. Marshall
MDS
M. Schultz 1
R. Willenberg 3
June 1
S. Bartles
B. Lucas
T. Noggle
J. Peil
J. Reinholt
K. Smith
D. Vondran
Care Conference
Schedule To schedule a time for care
conference, contact or leave a
message for Anne Kauder,
(563) 690-3525 or [email protected].
The Care Plan Team meets on
Wednesdays, but alternate
dates can be scheduled as
needed.
PETS AT SUNNYCREST
If you bring your pet to visit Sunny-
crest, we need a copy of their vac-
cination record. Pets that visit
Sunnycrest must be up-to-date on
shots without history of biting, and
be calm in nature. You can drop the
record off at Sunnycrest, or contact
your vet to fax the record to Sunnycrest at
563-583-1705 to the attention of Beth Houselog.
SUNRISE LIFE PLAN
MEETINGS
Apr. 12 1pm C. Thoma May 10 1pm R. Wolf
2pm D. Stevens May 12 1pm D. Weydert
Apr. 19 1pm N. Hird May 17 1pm D. Lightfoot
2pm R. Donovan 2pm E. Sear
Apr. 26 1pm L. Saugling May 24 1pm C.Klocker
2pm S. Burkle
Sunnycrest has recently received some grants! Thank you to Medical Associates for a $15,000 grant (to be dis-
tributed in Fall 2016) to assist with purchasing a minivan for
medical appointments and outings.
We appreciate your generosity!
Thank you to Shop-Ko Foundation for a
$250 grant to be used on our spring/summer
gardening project! We appreciate your
generosity!
DONATIONS WANTED! Several residents en-
joy coloring as a pastime. We are looking for do-
nations of adult coloring books (can be pur-
chased at Michael’s) and wooden colored pencils.
Twistables colored pencils are also welcome. An
example of an adult coloring page is pictured to
the left.
Doug Light-
foot, & Joanne
Hromadka pose
with Bernie at a
Fighting Saints
hockey game.
The Schumacher
Family Band played
for March Family &
Friends Night thanks
to a Flexsteel
Employee donation!
If you are able to view our newsletter and calendar electronically and are receiving the
postal mailing, please e-mail Beth at [email protected] so that we can
remove you from our postal list. It is our goal to continue decreasing the postal
mailing as it is costly to print the color copies of the newsletter and calendar as well as
paying the postage. We do have copies available at the visitor sign-in at the Front Desk
also. We will be discontinuing hand delivery to frequent visitors to their resident's
rooms starting in May. Please feel free to grab a calendar and newsletter when you sign
in. To view these items online, please visit www.sunnycrestmanor.org then click on the Current Events
tab.
Sean Finn
2/14/1968-2/20/2016
Sunnycrest resident since
10/1988
Glenn “Smokey” Kies
2/26/1936-2/21/2016
Sunnycrest resident since
1/2016
Medicaid Managed Care -IA Health Link Update If you have received a new card for your resident from one of the three
managed care companies (United Health Care, Amerihealth Caritas &
Amerigroup) it is important that you bring a copy of the card to us or
stop by the office so that a copy can be made. Medicaid Managed Care
becomes effective April 1st and providers have already begun to request
copies of the cards. Again, we request that you keep any mailings from
the managed care companies.
Unfortunately, there continues to be many unanswered questions regard-
ing Medicaid Managed Care/IA Health Links. As of this writing, the two
main physician groups in Dubuque, Medical Associates and Dubuque
Internal Medicine, have yet to sign contracts with any of the three managed care companies. As things pro-
gress and more information becomes available, we will continue to individually work with each resident
and family to ensure that the resident’s needs will best be met with the least amount of disruption in care.
Jenny Ammon, Natural-
ist, shows Rickie Dole a
snake skin
John Ehlers tickles the ivories
with Laurie Prine and Tammy
Freiburger.
Wendy McLaughlin and Connie
Erner lead a parachute activity in
Eagle Ridge.
Rich Giese signs “I love you,”
using a Valentine from
Audobon school as a guide.
April is Volunteer Appreciation Month.
From the bottom of our hearts, we thank you for all you do for
Sunnycrest, especially for our residents!
We also thank our resident volunteers!
1. 2. 3.
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8. 9.
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11.
1. Cathy Copeland at Marshall School/St. Mark’s
Bingo receives help from a student. 2. Dubuque Area Retired
School Personnel lead a sing-a-long. 3. The Easter Bunny pos-
es with Denis Stevens, Maddie Herber and Ryan Sanders. 4.
Betty Reichen and Easter Bunny. 5. Bill Wissing and Easter
Bunny. 6. Bonnie Ott and Easter Bunny. 7. Lee Culbertson
takes the car for a hot lap. 8. Jean Henningsen and Easter
Bunny. 9. Patti Hayes takes the car for a spin. 10. Daria Flee-
ge and Dora Busch Rock Around the Block.
11. Janelle Kutsch takes a dance break.
Holy Spirit Parish Church Volunteers Dick Link, Deacon Jim Thill and Linda
Buelow have a rockin’ good time volunteering at Sunnycrest!
Shirley Price assists Bobbie Wolbers (left), and Mary
Ann Barton assists Millie Gremmels and Ramona
Shireman (right) at a Sunnycrest Auxiliary Bingo.
Shirley and Mary Ann are members of the Sunnycrest
Manor Auxiliary Board.
Greg Strub with Easter Bunny. Greg volun-
teers for Sunnycrest and the community. He
is a CAPABLE volunteer. He enjoys help-
ing retired sisters play Bingo, counts Labels
for Education for Carver School and enters
milk cap codes to benefit Marshall School
PTO.
Shirley Hunt with Easter
Bunny. Shirley volunteers
for Sunnycrest and the com-
munity. She is a CAPABLE
volunteer. She enjoys help-
ing at St. Mark’s and does
office work at American
Red Cross.