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JoAnne CoverdaleJoAnne Coverdale

Home is a place where you are content Home is a place where you are content and you have your own clean space. and you have your own clean space.

It is also important to be able to do what It is also important to be able to do what you want with your space. you want with your space.

Home is a place that you can spend time Home is a place that you can spend time with your family and visitors. with your family and visitors.

It is a place that you can choose where to It is a place that you can choose where to spend your time and eat you meals. spend your time and eat you meals.

Home is feeling free to do what you want.Home is feeling free to do what you want.

Olive MillerOlive Miller

Home is a place where there is unity. Home is a place where there is unity. It is a place where you treat others It is a place where you treat others

like family, the way you want to be like family, the way you want to be treated. treated.

It is a place where when we are down It is a place where when we are down in the dumps, our spirit can be lifted. in the dumps, our spirit can be lifted.

Home is a place where you can get Home is a place where you can get together with others and spend time together with others and spend time doing things in enjoy each others doing things in enjoy each others company.company.

Ms. SidleMs. Sidle

Home is a place where you can be Home is a place where you can be with loved ones. with loved ones.

It is a place that you can go about It is a place that you can go about and do what you want. Being able and do what you want. Being able to go and see plays and movies.to go and see plays and movies.

Natalie NeemenNatalie Neemen

A home is some place quiet with A home is some place quiet with privacy, where I am able to do as I privacy, where I am able to do as I please. please.

A home is a place that is my own A home is a place that is my own secure little haven.secure little haven.

Mr. NelsonMr. Nelson

Home is a quiet place with a radio and Home is a quiet place with a radio and a television. a television.

It is a place where no one bothers you.It is a place where no one bothers you.

Nancy KeiferNancy Keifer

My home is where I use to live. I had My home is where I use to live. I had a trailer in a trailer park as my a trailer in a trailer park as my home. home.

It is a place where you are happy. It is a place where you are happy.

Home is a place where I can be with Home is a place where I can be with my children.my children.

Francis Francis PasswatersPasswaters

Home means happiness. Home means happiness.

It is a place that makes you happy.It is a place that makes you happy.

Jane EwellJane Ewell

Home is a place where I feel Home is a place where I feel comfortable. comfortable.

It is a place where there is family It is a place where there is family and home cooked meal.and home cooked meal.

Virginia WootenVirginia Wooten

When I think of home, I think of When I think of home, I think of my mother. my mother.

I think of our family dinners and I think of our family dinners and home cooking. home cooking.

My husband and I had a nice My husband and I had a nice home.home.

Bill AttixBill Attix

Home is a place to go and stay.Home is a place to go and stay.

My home is a farm in Cheswold.My home is a farm in Cheswold.

Sylvia BroderickSylvia Broderick

Home is in Liberia. Home is in Liberia.

But all of my children are But all of my children are here in America now with here in America now with me.me.

Jane CampbellJane Campbell

Not here, but somewhere else Not here, but somewhere else with a kitchen, living room, with a kitchen, living room, and bathroom. and bathroom.

I had an apartment with those I had an apartment with those things.things.

Arlene GordonArlene Gordon

Home is a family with a father, Home is a family with a father, a mother, and children. a mother, and children.

A home should always be neat A home should always be neat and tidy.and tidy.

Where a mother and her Where a mother and her daughter cook good food daughter cook good food together and at the end of the together and at the end of the work day the family sits and work day the family sits and talks together.talks together.

Alice VanDykeAlice VanDyke

Home is where family Home is where family members spend time members spend time together. together.

My husband and I had a My husband and I had a favorite pond where we favorite pond where we would often take our children would often take our children swimming.swimming.

Edna HoffnerEdna Hoffner

I lived at home with my Mom and my I lived at home with my Mom and my three sisters. three sisters.

My mother taught us how to be My mother taught us how to be responsible and independent so responsible and independent so that when I graduated I was able that when I graduated I was able to go out and work.to go out and work.

Ruby GrassoRuby Grasso

Home means everything to me. Home means everything to me. My parents were wonderful role My parents were wonderful role

models.models.As an adult I patterned my home after As an adult I patterned my home after

my parents with mom in the kitchen my parents with mom in the kitchen and dad and my brother working and dad and my brother working with the horses on the farm. with the horses on the farm.

It was a really good life. Mom and Dad It was a really good life. Mom and Dad used to sit on the porch in their used to sit on the porch in their rocking chairs. They were good, rocking chairs. They were good, Christian, church-going people that Christian, church-going people that brought us up right.brought us up right.

Rose YoungRose Young

I have two grandkids and to I have two grandkids and to me home is wherever they me home is wherever they are. are.

My husband is my sidekick. My husband is my sidekick.

We see them and talk with We see them and talk with them everyday. them everyday.

They always make me smile!They always make me smile!

Chris FarlowChris Farlow

Home means warmth! Home means warmth!

My home was in the farm belt My home was in the farm belt where I raised donkeys and beef. where I raised donkeys and beef.

My favorite memory is sleigh riding My favorite memory is sleigh riding in the snow as a kid in New York.in the snow as a kid in New York.

Alfred DrummondAlfred Drummond

When I think of home, I think of my When I think of home, I think of my childhood.childhood.

Ray SpillersRay Spillers

My home was a three room My home was a three room apartment. Someone came in and apartment. Someone came in and cooked me breakfast and cleaned cooked me breakfast and cleaned up the apartment. up the apartment.

I liked it there. I had meals brought I liked it there. I had meals brought in. My son would visit me and bring in. My son would visit me and bring extra food. I was getting along extra food. I was getting along pretty good there.pretty good there.

Mr. DevineMr. Devine

Home to me is my own Home to me is my own home. home.

It was wonderful. It was wonderful.

It felt very comfortable It felt very comfortable there. there.

My in-laws were there and My in-laws were there and they helped us take care of they helped us take care of things.things.

Francis CaldwellFrancis Caldwell

Home is the place where Home is the place where you want to be.you want to be.

The Rights of a The Rights of a ResidentResident

bybyJim MacFarlandJim MacFarland

1.1. Scissors to Open Condiment PacksScissors to Open Condiment Packs2.2. Coffee strong enough to need Coffee strong enough to need

sugar and hot enough to need to sugar and hot enough to need to wait for.wait for.

3.3. Food with Flavor if no added SaltFood with Flavor if no added Salt4.4. Covered food where the flavor Covered food where the flavor

doesn't stick to the cover.doesn't stick to the cover.5.5. Food that avoids or prevents Food that avoids or prevents

gastric distress.gastric distress.

The Rights of a The Rights of a ResidentResident

Jim MacFarland cont.Jim MacFarland cont.6.6. The Right to Pizza, Pasta, The Right to Pizza, Pasta,

Pepsi and Alka Seltzer.Pepsi and Alka Seltzer.

7.7. Ham and Cheese instead of Ham and Cheese instead of Peanut Butter. Peanut Butter.

8.8. Continuity of careContinuity of care

9.9. To Smile and be smiled at.To Smile and be smiled at.

10.10. Two hot dogsTwo hot dogs

11.11. Sufficient light to read or eat Sufficient light to read or eat by.by.

The Rights of a The Rights of a ResidentResident

Jim MacFarland cont.Jim MacFarland cont.12.12. Happiness is:Happiness is:

- A good joke.- A good joke.-A warm blanket.-A warm blanket.

-A cold beer.-A cold beer. -A bowl of tomato soup with Grilled -A bowl of tomato soup with Grilled

Cheese.Cheese.-A breath of fresh air.-A breath of fresh air.-A warm smile.-A warm smile.-A home run-A home run-A dry sock-A dry sock-A warm puppy (thanks Chuck)-A warm puppy (thanks Chuck)

A Poem from A Poem from Manor Care of Pike Manor Care of Pike

CreekCreekHomeHome

A building of many stories that transcendsA building of many stories that transcendsmy memories filled with children, parentsmy memories filled with children, parents

and love gifted from God above.and love gifted from God above.Comfort, security and peace we find in ourComfort, security and peace we find in ourshort lives lease. Good food and Sundayshort lives lease. Good food and Sunday

dinners found for all the worlds saints anddinners found for all the worlds saints andsinners.sinners.

Laughter ringing through the halls, I canLaughter ringing through the halls, I canstill hear my Mother's calls. Father'sstill hear my Mother's calls. Father's

baritone voice that rings, our Home is wherebaritone voice that rings, our Home is wherethe angels sing!the angels sing!

Lifecare at Lofland Lifecare at Lofland Park Park What Home Means What Home Means

to Usto UsLL IS FOR ALL THE IS FOR ALL THE LOVELOVE THAT IS THAT IS

GIVEN TO US.GIVEN TO US.CC IS FOR THE IS FOR THE CONCERNCONCERN OF OF

EVERYONE IN OUR HOME A EVERYONE IN OUR HOME A WAY FROM HOME.WAY FROM HOME.

LL IS FOR THE IS FOR THE LOVELYLOVELY BUILDING BUILDING AND ITS SURROUNDINGS.AND ITS SURROUNDINGS.

PP IS FOR THE IS FOR THE PLEASANTPLEASANT AND AND CARING STAFF WE HAVE.CARING STAFF WE HAVE.

Lifecare at Lofland Lifecare at Lofland Park Park What Home What Home Means to Us cont.Means to Us cont.

ADD THESE ALL TOGETHER ADD THESE ALL TOGETHER AND MIX ONE BYAND MIX ONE BY

ONE AND THIS MAKES A ONE AND THIS MAKES A LOVING HOME TO LOVING HOME TO

HAVE FOREVER AND EVER.HAVE FOREVER AND EVER.

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