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Piner’s Nursing and Guest Home
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Skilled Nursing and Assisted Living
November 2015
National Adoption Day is a collective national effort to raise awareness of the more
than 100,000 children in foster care waiting to find permanent, loving families.
This annual, one-day event has made the
dreams of thousands of children come
true by working with policymakers, practitioners and advocates to finalize adoptions and create and celebrate adoptive
families. Today, National Adoption Day is
celebrated nationwide annually on the
Saturday before Thanksgiving as hundreds of events are held to finalize the
adoptions of children in foster care, and to
celebrate all families who adopt.
National Model Railroad
Month
3– U.S. Election Day
11– Veteran’s Day
19– Great American
Smokeout
21– National Adoption
Day
26– Thanksgiving
27– Black Friday
or
Buy Nothing Day
Employee of the Month
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Activities
2
Starr’s Kitchen
3
More Activities
3
Employee Birthdays
3
Elder Birthdays
4
Facts: There are an estimated 402,378 children in foster care in the United States,
and more than 100,000 of them are waiting to be adopted. • Through no fault of
their own, these children enter foster care
as a result of abuse, neglect and/or aban-
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donment. • The average child waits for an
adoptive family for nearly four years. • 13
percent spend 5 years or more waiting for
a family (13,217 children). • The average
age of children waiting for an adoptive
family is 8 years old. ● More than 22,000
children reach the age of 18 without ever
finding a forever family.
Maybe it shouldn’t come as a surprise to
us that many adoptees have gone on to
lead extraordinary lives. Maybe the fact
that their parents were very intentional
about choosing to raise them molded
them in a way that other children don’t
always experience. Whatever the reason,
children who are adopted have many
sources of inspiration and big footsteps to
follow behind: singers and entertainers
like Eric Clapton, Nat King Cole, Kristin
Chenoweth, Jamie Foxx, Faith Hill, John
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Our beautiful courtyard in full bloom.
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The Pueblo Avenue Journal
Crystal Gardley was very thankful
and shocked when she heard her
name called as our Employee of the
Month for September. “When you
love what you do, it shows in your
work, and that alone is rewarding
enough. You don’t expect anything
in return,” she said.
Crystal has been a Residential Aide
at Piner’s Guest Home for six years.
Crystal Gardley She has proven herself to be very
Residential Aide dedicated, dependable and loyal.
She takes pride in providing wonderful care and going the extra mile to make things special for everyone. She is a real team player, and our Elders and their families love her.
Crystal says that the most rewarding part of her job is
“hanging with my night owls”. She works at night,
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Lennon, Art Linkletter, Sarah McLachlan and Marilyn
Monroe. Politicians like Bill Clinton, Newt Gingrich and
Gerald Ford and Nelson Mandela. Athletes like Scott
Hamilton and Babe Ruth. Authors like Maya Angelou
and Truman Capote. And entrepreneurs like Dave Thomas and Steve Jobs. All of these were adopted and have
October began with a special Oktoberfest
feast on the 1st, with bratwurst, sauerkraut,
potatoes, and a delicious German apple
cake.
Stephanie treated us to Apple Brown Bettys
on October 5.
We celebrated the Fluffernutter, that delicious, sticky sandwich of peanut butter and
marshmallow fluff, on October 8. Dr. Hartman took the title for eating the most Fluffernutters—they’re his favorite!
Not a crumb was left in the dishes after we
which can get lonely sometimes. But fortunately, there
are always a couple of Elders who are “night owls” to
keep her company. “Their family stories and memories
make me feel like a part of their family.” She enjoys being able to get to know a wide range of Elders and hear
their stories.
Ever since she got her first job in high school, Crystal has
been collecting tennis shoes. “I have tennis shoes that
I’ve never worn that just stay in the box in my closet. My
family thinks I’m crazy because I’ll camp out in front of
the mall when there are new shoe releases,” she laughed.
Crystal grew up in Vallejo with her brother and three
sisters. “My favorite childhood memories are all the
summer vacations to Hawaii to visit my older sister and
grandparents.” She and her siblings loved being able to
play outside and go to the beach.
Thanks, Crystal, for all of your care and hard work! Congratulations!
left their marks on the world in a big way.
“It’s true that we can’t help the circumstances we’re born
into and some of us start out in a much tougher place
than other people. But just because we started there
doesn’t mean we have to end there.” – Michael Oher
Want more info?: www.nationaladoptionday.org
enjoyed our delectable Pumpkin Cheesecakes on October 21.
October 23 was National Boston Cream Pie
Day, and yes we did enjoy them very much!
Our pumpkin decorating session took place
on October 26, just in time for Elders to
pretty up their pumpkins for Halloween.
We had a scary good time at our Halloween
parties on October 30. The highlight of the
parties (at both the Nursing Home and
Guest Home) were the Frankenstein Cakes.
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Glaze:
8 oz. can mandarin oranges, including juice
2 Tbsp. frozen orange juice concentrate
1½ Tbsp. cornstarch
Mandarin Cheesecake
2 8-oz. packages cream cheese
½ cup sugar
1 tsp vanilla
3 eggs
Crust:
2 cups graham cracker crumbs
¼ cup melted butter
2 Tbsp sugar
Topping:
1 cup sour cream
2 Tbsp sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
Preheat oven to 350°F. Combine first four ingredients
and mix well. Set aside. Combine crust ingredients and
press into bottom and sides of 10” springform pan.
Spread cream cheese mixture on top of crumbs. Bake for
twenty minutes. Combine topping ingredients and
spread on top of cheesecake. Bake for another 5 minutes.
Let cool for 15 minutes. Meanwhile, combine glaze ingredients in saucepan and cook until slightly thickened.
Arrange mandarin orange sections on cheesecake and
pour glaze over top. Cool for a couple of hours before
serving.
2– National Devilled Egg Day
23– Thanksgiving Feast—Guest Home
@12:30 pm
5– National Doughnut Day
24– Thanksgiving Feast—Nursing Home
@12:30 pm
6– National Nacho Day
11– Veterans Day: history & social time
26– Thanksgiving Day: Dinner, Social
with cake
14– National American Teddy Bear Day:
Elders can make their own teddy bear
27– Bavarian Cream Pie Day
17– Homemade Bread Day
Kathy Hulbert
GH Supervisor
11/7
Nora Hughes
Medical Supply Billing
11/19
CNA
11/8
Ane Havens
Residential Aide
11/24
Michele Taylor
Residential Aide
11/8
Samuel Pascua Jr.
CNA
11/28
Mark Salanga
CNA
11/11
Maria Ibarra
Suellen Darblay
Occupational Therapist 11/29
Piner’s Nursing Home and Guest Home
1800 Pueblo Avenue
Napa, CA 94558
Phone: 707-224-7925
Fax: 707-255-0331
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