Vol. 10 Issue 10
Community Events
Daily Mass
Weekdays, 9:30-10 a.m.
& Saturdays, 4:00 p.m.
Join us for daily services
in Assisi Chapel
Exercise Programs
Exercise with Bob:
1st Wednesday of the month
at 10:30 a.m. in Assisi Hall
Julie Balloflex:
3rd Friday of the month
at 11:00 a.m. in Assisi Hall
October Music Bingo
Friday, Oct 21, 2:00 p.m.
MMP Dining Room
October Family Bingo
Saturday, Oct 22, 2:00 p.m.
MMP Dining Room
Halloween Dog Show
Friday, Oct 28, 3:30 p.m.
Assisi Hall
Family Trick-or-Treat
October 2016
It’s finally Fall and the cooler weather is upon us. October brings us
thoughts of leaves changing, hot apple cider, carving pumpkins, fall bus
rides, Indians playoff baseball, baking pies, and dressing up for Halloween.
In early October, we have the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi with the
Blessing of the Animals, Cleveland Indians baseball day where
everyone is encouraged to wear their Indians gear to support the playoff run!
We also have the Celebration of Life Gala at the Westin Cleveland
Downtown Hotel on October 21, from 6-11 p.m. A group of residents from
Marymount Place will get to enjoy the night in Downtown Cleveland
celebrating with staff, volunteers, and guests alike.
Our furry friends are invited to our Halloween Dog Show on October 28,
from 3:30-4 p.m. in Assisi Hall. Residents will be choosing the dogs with
the best costumes to win prizes. Make sure to stop by with your dog!
Our annual Family Trick-or-Treat will be held close to Halloween this
year on October 29, from 1-3 p.m. across the entire facility. Families,
staff, and visitors can bring their children to each unit to trick-or-treat and
participate in fun and games. Please sign in at the VSJ front desk when
you arrive and have fun!
Remember to enjoy the season and the good people that surround us.
Take a stroll in the courtyards, see the leaves change, and breathe in the
fresh air. Happy October!
“How beautiful leaves grow old.
How full of light and color are their last days.”
- John Burrough
Saturday, Oct 29, 1-3 pm
Celebration of Life Gala
Friday, October 21, 2016
6 to 11 p.m.
Westin Cleveland
Downtown Hotel
Volunteers are needed!
Please call 216-332-1100
For more information or a tour, please call (216) 332-1396 or visit our website at www.villageatmarymount.org
Happy
Birthday!
October 2, 1920
October 8, 1930
October 16, 1939
October 18, 1926
October 19, 1926
October 22, 1924
October 30, 1923
Richard Kirschling
Rev. Carl Uhler
Marjorie Loggins
Dorothy Sonoda
Hermine Stiglmaier
Edmund Chrzanowski
Sr. Raymond Szewczyk
MMP Rm. 123
MMP Rm. 232
MMP Rm. 328
MMP Rm. 101
MMP Rm. 325
MMP Rm. 227
MMP Rm. 224
96 Candles
86 Candles
77 Candles
90 Candles
90 Candles
92 Candles
93 Candles
October 6, 1942
October 13, 1924
October 17, 1950
October 27, 1921
Jane Whittle
Alphonso Morrow
Bernadette Hall
Nancy Aiello
CCU Rm. 219
CCU Rm. 203-B
CCU Rm. 216-A
CCU Rm. 226-A
74 Candles
92 Candles
66 Candles
95 Candles
October 22, 1958
Johnny Patterson
PCU Rm. 2-22
58 Candles
October 12, 1924
Sr. Angelette Gladysz
MCU Rm. 15
92 Candles
Our deepest sympathy to the
friends and family of…
Stella Rygalski
Wesley Smith
Mary Volpi
Donald Collins
Palliative Care Unit
Gediminas Semeta
Ken Skizenta
Louise Mayer
Richard Fetzer
Iris Simmons
Helen Triptow
Willie Jones
Martin Williams
Marian Campbell
Mildred Thomas
Jaqueline Harding
Rita Luber
Donald Barnard
Violet Scott
Marymount Place
Bible Study
Marymount Place will be
starting a new Bible Study
group around
mid-to-late October.
If you are interested, please stay
tuned for more details!
Hearing
Screenings
at Marymount Place
Tuesday, October 4
With Bobbie O’Connell from
Hearing Centers, Inc.
Join us in the clinic from
10:00 a.m.—12:00 p.m.
Please sign up!
On Saturday, October 29th, we will Make sure
be having our annual family to join us
Halloween Trick or Treating! Please for the...
join us from 1:00-3:00 p.m. Family,
staff, children, and grandchildren are Halloween Dog Show!
invited to show up in their costumes,
Bring your dressed up
sign it at the VSJ Front desk, and make your way
pooch to Assisi Hall on
around to every unit for candy & treats!
Friday, Oct 28 from
If you have a candy donation,
please bring it to the front desk
by Friday, October 28th. We
will share the candy during our
Halloween activities throughout
the season! Thank you!
3:30-4:00 p.m.
Prizes for
Best Costume—All
residents will
judge!
Greetings from the Sisters of St. Joseph, TOSF
October’s fall days bring us reflections about the seasons, probably because fall colors are the
most vibrant of all. Changing seasons can bring to mind the cycles of life and our place in the
greater scheme of things... For instance, has anyone ever asked you, “Who do you think you are
anyway?” The question seems meant to make you feel small and unimportant, doesn’t it?! A more
positive way to approach the question might be to reflect on who we actually are in the greater scheme
of things, like the seasons. We are the result of the creative breath of God alive and active in the universe, and that’s pretty big and also very important!
When being judged before his Crucifixion, Jesus was also asked who he thought he was and “Who do
others say you are?” His accusers saw that Jesus’ place in the greater scheme of things was growing
each day. They wanted to show him how unimportant, how “nothing” he was. He would have none of
it. He knew he was sent by his Father to lead us back to God, die for us, free us from our sins to live
and preach the same Good News he had. The next time we begin to wonder who we are and how
important we are or are not, we must respond in our hearts and in our lives that we are the current
face of God alive and active in the universe, and for that reason alone we are terribly blessed
and important, to God and to everyone around us!
Enjoy the fall colors, and enjoy your important role in
God’s “scheme of things” for YOU!
Nursing Notes:
Myths and Facts About Joint Pain
What are the real facts on what causes, cures, hinders, and helps arthritis and joint pain?
There are more than 50 types of arthritis, but having a swollen, achy joint does not mean you have
one of them. "You need to be properly diagnosed
and treated," says Elaine Husni, M.D., M.P.H., director of the Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Center
Orthopedic and Rheumatologic Institute, at the
Cleveland Clinic, "You may not even have arthritis,
but rather a soft tissue injury or bursitis." Only a visit
to a doctor will tell you for sure.
recommended amount of weekly movement. If you
are in pain, forgo intense exercise and try some
light stretching, or switch to workouts that are less
taxing on the joints, such as the stationary bike or
swimming.
Arthritis And Diet
Diet can be a factor in preventing arthritis. Yes
— and no. Maintaining a healthy weight can help
ward off certain types of arthritis. Diet has not been
Cracking Your Knuckles
proven to have a direct link to the cause or prevenSure, we've all heard this one before. Mom always tion of other forms of arthritis.
said, ‘Stop cracking those knuckles or you'll end up
giving yourself arthritis.’ But popping of the knuck- The Truth About Medications
les is just a vacuum phenomenon. When you pull Arthritis medications — including COX-2 inhibitors,
on your knuckles, a bit of excess nitrogen gas that nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), anti
was dissolved in your blood literally makes a pop- -TNF compounds, corticoping noise. So no, you won't get arthritis from steroids, and diseaseknuckle popping, though you may annoy those modifying
antirheumatic
around you.
drugs (DMARDs) — can
Arthritis patients feel an uncomfortable pressure in help reduce inflammation,
their joints on days of high humidity and low baro- relieve painful symptoms,
metric pressure, especially just before a storm. A and prevent joint damage.
It's best to see your doctor
drier climate means a minimum of pressure.
to determine a treatment
The Value of Exercise
plan that can help you
maintain your quality of
Exercise is beneficial for everyone, with or without life and better manage
arthritis. Yet only 13 percent of men and 8 percent your condition.
of women with knee osteoarthritis get the minimum
Marymount Place’s 28th Anniversary Party!
Amazing Entertainment by
Jeff Meyers and the
Two Bari Jazz Quintet!
The weather may be getting cooler,
but we still have warm smiles at the Villa!
J Y L N D P Q M U M M Y E N W L
K R S E E W C E M E T E R Y I S
Word Search
Bones
Broom
Candy
Cauldron
Cemetery
Costume
Frighten
Ghost
Goblin
Halloween
Haunted
Mask
Monster
Mummy
October
Party
Potion
Pumpkin
Scarecrow
Scary
Skeleton
Skull
Spider
Spooky
Tombstone
Treat
Trick
Vampire
Web
Witch
M A P T T Y Z F L N R C B A W K
A C O H N F D J E E T Y V R E U
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Fun Facts
Birthstone: Opal and Tourmaline
I N
Walk-a-Hall-ics
Congrats to
Lottie Frygier!
Birth Flower: Calendula
Astrological Signs: Libra & Scorpio
Fact: It was the eighth month in the
Roman Calendar. October got it’s
name from the Latin word, “Octo”,
meaning eight.
Fact: More American Presidents were
born in the month of October than
any other month (6): Jimmy Carter,
Rutherford B. Hayes, Chester A. Arthur, Dwight D.
Eisenhower, Teddy Roosevelt, & John Adams.
At 99-years old, Lottie is the first
member of the Walk-a-Hall-ics group
to earn 25 “shoes”!
Every Wednesday, the group walks around
the facility, going to different places each
time. Members earn a “shoe” on their
keychain every week they show up to walk.
Once a member earns 25 “shoes”, they get
a special meal with the person of their
choosing in our private dining room.
Clare Hall Resident to Celebrate 104th Birthday
With Family and Friends
Willola Whitmore is no stranger to hard work – or living remembers telling his mother that he was going to get out
life to its fullest extent.
of the cotton fields. He made good on his word, moving to
Cleveland in 1949 to be near his Aunt Henrietta White,
As the owner of a five-acre farm, she tended to her soy Mrs. Whitmore’s only sisters. Porter opened, and
beans and cotton fields, toiling beneath the blazing sun in continues to operate, G&E Dry Cleaners in Cleveland.
Fayette County, Tennessee, for many decades of her
adult life. She raised five chilPeggy Taylor said the family,
dren – daughters, Willa Mae
living in Cleveland, would
and Dorothy, and sons, Poroften receive calls from Mrs.
ter, Deon, and Milton. She’s
Whitmore’s
friends
in
been married three times –
Tennessee to discuss the then
outliving
each
of
her
-85-year-year old’s erratic
husbands -- and soon will see
driving. “My favorite memories
a 19th U.S. President enter the
are when Willola used to put
White House (William Howard
on her makeup and get herself
Taft was in the Oval Office
all dolled up just to go to the
when Mrs. Whitmore was born
community room at her
in 1912).
apartment complex. I would
ask her why she was spending
Mrs. Whitmore has lived each
so much time getting ready
of her 103 years with a posiand she’d say, ‘I might meet a
tive attitude that can be felt by
husband down there.’ I don’t
those in her presence. On
know if I could do that at her
September 21, she will extinage.”
guish the candles on her 104th
WIllola Whitmore receives a visit from her sons
birthday cake. Mrs. Whitmore
Mrs. Whitmore’s life journey
(from left) Porter, Milton, and Deon.
will
begin
the
has changed its course
celebration a few days early on September 18 when during the past few years, said Ameerah Herbert, unit
friends and family mark this momentous occasion with a
party in her honor in Clare Hall, where she resides within manager of Clare Hall’s Don and Pam Washkewicz
Palliative Care Wing. Mrs. Whitmore came to Clare Hall
The Village at Marymount in Garfield Heights.
from another facility under hospice services two years
“I’ve certainly worked hard in my life,” Mrs. Whitmore ago. She was dependent on caregivers for all of her
said. “I raised those five babies, I hand-picked that cotton activities of daily living when she arrived.
in the hot sun. It’s the Lord’s will. I just thank Him that I’ve
made it this far.”
“We fed her all of her meals,” Herbert said. “After a few
weeks, it was apparent that she was improving. She
Mrs. Whitmore, whose two daughters are deceased, began feeding herself and making her needs known. She
continues to receive daily visits at The Village at
Marymount from her three sons, as well as her daughters was able to participate in physical therapy, which further
-in-law, Peggy Taylor, who is married to Milton, and improved her strength and independence.”
Sandra, Deon’s wife, who does Mrs. Whitmore’s hair and
nails every other week. Each has their own favorite Despite her age, there is no slowing down Willola
Whitmore. She has progressed so well at The Village at
memory or story to tell about their mother.
Marymount that she no longer qualifies for hospice care,
“I remember going to see her (in Tennessee) every having graduated from its services. She just seems to get
Fourth of July,” Milton said. As a 17-year-old, Porter better with age.
Oct 2
@ Redskins
1 p.m.
Oct 9
vs. Patriots
1 p.m.
Oct 16
@ Titans
1 p.m.
Oct 23
@ Bengals
1 p.m.
Oct 30
vs. Jets
1 p.m.
“Play For 10K Raffle”
To benefit the 7th Annual Celebration of Life
Gala on October 21, 2016
$50 per ticket or 3 tickets for $100!
GRAND PRIZE: $10,000 CASH
2nd Prize: $2,500 CASH
3rd Prize: $1,000 CASH
Winner does not have to be present to win
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Website: www.villageatmarymount.org
Marymount Health Care Systems
5200 Marymount Village Dr.
Garfield Hts., OH 44125
...In The News
Casey
Kaliszewski
Birthday: July 27, 1920
UPCOMING EVENTS
Oct 4
Feast of St. Francis
Blessing of Animals
Oct 5
Exercise with Bob
Oct 7
World Smile Day
Oct 9
Arts Connect
Oct 10 Columbus Day
Oct 11 Village T-Shirt Day
Hometown: Brooklyn, OH
Oct 13 Raisin’ Canes
Family: 10 Siblings!
Oct 15 Sweetest Day
Occupations: Supervisor RTA
Mechanic; Navy for 3 years & 3 months General Court
Manager
Oct 16 Thelma & Jim: Side by Side
Oct 18 Bob’s Song & Dance
Oct 21 Julie Balloflex
Music Bingo
Oct 22 Family Bingo
Favorite Color: Green
Oct 23 True Freedom
Favorite Food: Steak
Oct 25 Chair Volleyball
Favorite Music: Polka
Favorite Hobby: Fishing and golfing
Interesting Fact: “I've been to Mexico and Tokyo, Japan.”
Oct 28 Halloween Dog Show
Oct 29 Family Trick-or-Treat
Oct 31 Halloween
We have a calendar full of fun activities but please be
flexible. Due to weather, cancelations and vacation time
the schedule might change.