Point O’ View The News of the Fairview Family Page 1 Point O’ View The Newsletter of the Fairview Family Spring 2010 Inside This Issue Administrator’s Message 1 Advertise in Point O’ View 1 Fundraising Report 2 Thank You To Our Donors 3 Family Member Makes Donation 4 Resident Council Holds Fundraiser for Haiti 4 Grand Lodge of CT Donation 4 NewportFed Makes Donation 4 Fairview Residents’ New Year’s Eve Party 5 Volunteer Profile 5 Intergenerational Programs 5 Intergenerational Reading Program 5 Infection Control Tips 6 Recreation Tidbits 6 Volunteers Organize Library 6 Charter Oak Donation 6 Stonington Lodge Donates to Social Service Agencies 7 Children’s Christmas Party at Fairview 7 Fairview Hosts Business Breakfast 7 Mardi Gras Party 7 Wish List 8 Fairview Odd Fellows Home of Connecticut Fairview Nursing & Rehabilitation Center Fellowship Manor Independent Retirement Living Friends Learning Together Child Development Center Editor Mary Sepowitz A word from the Administrator… This seems to have been an exceedingly long, bleak, cold and snowy winter. I know most of us will be thrilled when the first bright sunny warm days arrive. With the advent of spring and these long awaited sunny days comes re- newal. This year we will all have to collec- tively use this spirit of rebirth to look at the ways we provide care to our residents at Fair- view and become better at what we do in an extremely challenging environment that has been riddled with cuts in our reimbursement. Medicare is cutting back and covering fewer services, Medicaid has only increased our rates by one percent in five years, our hard working and dedicated employees have had their wages frozen and we continually ask the question of how can we do a better job with fewer resources and when will this end?? Along with our dedicated staff, Fairview has been blessed with many individuals who have generously donated time and money to insure that these severe budget cuts do not negatively affect our mission. These individuals and cor- porations are vital to insure our reputation, the quality of our care and our five- star rating re- mains intact during these challenging eco- nomic times. Please continue to remember us in your prayers, in your generosity and your kind words as we struggle forward. James K. Malloy, Administrator NOW YOU CAN ADVERTISE IN THE POINT O’ VIEW For a very small investment you will now be able to advertise in the Point O’ View. We publish quarterly in the spring, sum- mer, fall and winter. Our circulation is close to 1600. Proceeds from advertise- ments will help pay for printing and mail- ing costs. Rates are as follows: Full-page – 7.25 x 9.75 $135.00 ½ page – 7.25 x 4.75 $85.00 ¼ page – 3.5 x 4.75 $50.00 1/8 page – 3.5 x 2 (business card) $35.00 Ads must be camera ready and can be e- mailed to [email protected]no later than 2 weeks before the beginning of each publication month in order to be included in the next month’s mailing. All ads will be in black and white. Checks can be made payable to Fairview and sent to: 235 Lestertown Road, Groton, CT 06340. If you have any questions please contact David Brown at 860-448-4722 or at [email protected]. Fairview Odd Fellows Home of Connecticut, 235 Lestertown Road, Groton, CT 06340 - Telephone 860-445-7478 Please visit our website at www.oddfellowsct.com
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Point O’ View The News of the Fairview Family Page 1
Point O’ View
The Newsletter of the Fairview Family
Spring 2010
Inside This Issue
Administrator’s Message 1
Advertise in Point O’ View 1
Fundraising Report 2
Thank You To Our Donors 3
Family Member Makes
Donation
4
Resident Council Holds
Fundraiser for Haiti
4
Grand Lodge of CT Donation 4
NewportFed Makes Donation 4
Fairview Residents’ New
Year’s Eve Party
5
Volunteer Profile 5
Intergenerational Programs 5
Intergenerational Reading
Program
5
Infection Control Tips 6
Recreation Tidbits 6
Volunteers Organize Library 6
Charter Oak Donation 6
Stonington Lodge Donates to
Social Service Agencies
7
Children’s Christmas Party at
Fairview
7
Fairview Hosts Business
Breakfast
7
Mardi Gras Party 7
Wish List 8
Fairview Odd Fellows Home of
Connecticut
Fairview
Nursing &
Rehabilitation Center
Fellowship Manor
Independent Retirement
Living
Friends Learning
Together
Child Development
Center
Editor
Mary Sepowitz
A word from the Administrator…
This seems to have been an exceedingly long,
bleak, cold and snowy winter. I know most of
us will be thrilled when the first bright sunny
warm days arrive. With the advent of spring
and these long awaited sunny days comes re-
newal. This year we will all have to collec-
tively use this spirit of rebirth to look at the
ways we provide care to our residents at Fair-
view and become better at what we do in an
extremely challenging environment that has
been riddled with cuts in our reimbursement.
Medicare is cutting back and covering fewer
services, Medicaid has only increased our
rates by one percent in five years, our hard
working and dedicated employees have had
their wages frozen and we continually ask the
question of how can we do a better job with
fewer resources and when will this end??
Along with our dedicated staff, Fairview has
been blessed with many individuals who have
generously donated time and money to insure
that these severe budget cuts do not negatively
affect our mission. These individuals and cor-
porations are vital to insure our reputation, the
quality of our care and our five- star rating re-
mains intact during these challenging eco-
nomic times.
Please continue to remember us in your
prayers, in your generosity and your kind
words as we struggle forward.
James K. Malloy, Administrator
NOW YOU CAN ADVERTISE
IN THE POINT O’ VIEW
For a very small investment you will now
be able to advertise in the Point O’ View. We publish quarterly in the spring, sum-
mer, fall and winter. Our circulation is
close to 1600. Proceeds from advertise-ments will help pay for printing and mail-
ing costs. Rates are as follows:
Full-page – 7.25 x 9.75 $135.00
½ page – 7.25 x 4.75 $85.00
¼ page – 3.5 x 4.75 $50.00 1/8 page – 3.5 x 2 (business card) $35.00
Ads must be camera ready and can be e-mailed to [email protected] no
later than 2 weeks before the beginning of
each publication month in order to be included in the next month’s mailing. All
ads will be in black and white. Checks
can be made payable to Fairview and sent to: 235 Lestertown Road, Groton, CT
Point O’ View The News of the Fairview Family Page 2
Fairview Odd Fellows Home of Connecticut, 235 Lestertown Road, Groton, CT 06340 - Telephone 860-445-7478
Please visit our website at www.oddfellowsct.com
Point O’ View The News of the Fairview Family Page 3
THANK YOU TO OUR DONORS
We wish to thank the donors listed below who made a donation to Fairview during the period November 20, 2009
through March 10, 2010. Your support directly benefits our residents and helps to enhance their quality of life.
Annual Fund: Richard Adler
William Andrew
Clinton Babcock
Ann Barnes
Charlie & Anita Beebe
Ken Binder
David & Louise Brown
Mary Buck
Deborah Burdick
Michael Caronia
Harry Colonis
Elizabeth Colson
Frances Corey
Joan Damon
Helen Dey
Kieran Dignam
Robert Donovan
Thomas Ellis
Bud & Barbara Fay
Loudon Fairgrieve
Donna Fedors
Lucille Feeney
Richard & Rebecca Foreman
Christine Fournier
Mary Francischelli
Dora Goldman
Grand Lodge of CT I.O.O.F.
Ramon Haynes
Nels Hedberg
Nancy Hileman
Cardinal Honda
Ralph Gay
Brian Gregory
Susan Kania
Dr. & Mrs. James Kelly
Lathrop Vending, Inc.
John Leandri
Ken Martin
Kevin McGuire
Mechanics Lodge #73
Morin Associates
Dr. & Mrs. Christopher Morren
Patricia Munson
Janet Newberry
Jerry Olson
Osprey Lodge #20 I.O.O.F.
Roger Panciera
Kelly Parks
Carol Rogers
Robert Rubega
Thomas Scott
Bonnie Butcher Smith
Robert Smith
Edward Steward
Arthur & Betty Swan
Marilyn Turkowski
George Ververis, Jr.
Francis Wehner
Patricia Williams
Julia Wood
Bistro:
Carl Pudeler, Jr.
Stonington Lodge #26 I.O.O.F.
Car Raffle:
Margaret Francis
Mary Francis
David Silvia
Dr. Christopher Morren
Daycare:
John Waterhouse – In Memory of:
Sean Connor Dullea
James Morin
Connie Parent
Charlotte E. Waterhouse
Endowment:
Al Lamy
Grants:
NewportFed
Nursing Fund:
JJK Foundation
Recreation Fund:
Robert Niles
Pfizer, Inc.
Residents’ Fund:
Anonymous
Marlene Estabrooks
Technology Fund:
Columbia Rebekah #15 I.O.O.F.
In Honor of Dr. Edward McDermott:
Bill Bogel
In Honor of George Ververis, Jr.
W. Wynn Riley
In Memory of Mary Aiello:
Paula Reed
In Memory of David Babcock:
Bernard Pisacich
Bill Vogel
In Memory of Elliott Barnes:
Ann Barnes
In Memory of Beatrice Bibeault:
Edward & Rita Steward
In Memory of John & Jen Bitters:
John Bitters
In Memory of Dorothy Booty:
William Kane
Robert Spayne
Yetta Rutchick
In Memory of Clarissa DeAngelis:
Joan DeAngelis
Margaret Iversen
Evelyn Patrick
Antoinette Poisson
Charles Scopelitis
Patricia Sheflott
Marjorie Spinnatto
In Memory of Cecelia Demers:
Edward Pellegri
In Memory of Ruth Dieter:
George Dieter
In Memory of Harriet Doukas:
Cherokee Christian School
Essex Products Group
Dana Gaffney
Dennis Updike
In Memory of Alton & Virginia Emery
Curtis Boyd
In Memory of Lucienne Gagnon:
Joseph Gagnon
Suzanne Maryeski
In Memory of Peggy Gill:
Nancy Driscoll
Billy Joe Foreman
Catherine Lange
Marjorie Spinnato
In Memory of Ann Linehan:
Edward Linehan
In Memory of Dorothy Maxson:
Horace Lamb
Stephen McPherson
Masonicare
In Memory of David Munson:
Pat Munson
In Memory of Louis Orsini:
Hank Lucas
In Memory of Patricia Rubega:
Albert Romboni
In Memory of Anthony Spinnato:
Sheila Bishop
Margaret Caraldi
Nancy Driscoll
Joan Feeney
Lucille Feeney
Rosemarie Fogarty
Billy Joe Foreman
Edward Hart
Theodore Hespeler
Peggy Lewis
Raymond Lewis
James Malloy
Robert Solt
Marjorie Spinnato
In Memory of Geneva Stearns:
Billy Joe Foreman
In Memory of Margery Wagner:
LAFRA Unit
L&M Pharmacy Sunshine Club
Susan Mickus
Lorry Taylor
In Memory of Frances Wehner:
Verna Wehner
In Memory of Eva Wright:
Margery Wagner
Fairview Odd Fellows Home of Connecticut, 235 Lestertown Road, Groton, CT 06340 - Telephone 860-445-7478
Please visit our website at www.oddfellowsct.com
Shop online at givebackamerica.org
and designate Fairview as your charity
to receive a generous commission
at no cost to you.
Point O’ View The News of the Fairview Family Page 4
RESIDENT
FAMILY
MEMBER
MAKES
DONATION
Ellen Phibbs Rosenfeldt has made many donations
to Fairview since her Dad became a resident a few
months ago. She was instrumental in having co-
workers in her office donate several gifts at Christ-
mas time for residents. She has donated gardening
tools to the recreation department for the residents to
use in the newly refurbished greenhouse and in the
new outdoor flower boxes outside the recreation de-
partment. Ellen recently surprised Fairview resi-
dents with a huge box of individual chocolates for
Valentines Day. Ellen is pictured with her dad, Matt
Phibbs.
GRAND LODGE OF CONNECTICUT
COMES THROUGH AGAIN
The Grand Lodge of CT I.O.O.F. made a $3,000.00 do-
nation to the 2009 Fairview annual fund. This was a
matching gift for the first $3,000.00 in annual fund dona-
tions. This is the fourth year the Grand Lodge has made
this commitment to Fairview. The 2009 annual fund
which closed on December 31 raised $18,070.00 thanks
in great measure
to this donation.
All funds were
used to help pay
for the continu-
ing implementa-
tion and upgrade
of the electronic
medical records
system (EMR). Pictured, accepting the check from 2009
Connecticut I.O.O.F. Grand Master Dan Robichaud, is
Fairview Administrator, James Malloy (L). Connecticut
I.O.O.F. Grand Lodge Secretary Warren Smith rounds
out the photo.
FAIRVIEW RESIDENT COUNCIL
HOLDS FUNDRAISER FOR HAITI
Two-hundred dollars was raised by the Fairview
Resident Council in conjunction with the recreation
department to aid victims of the Haiti earthquake.
The council held a raffle for a beautiful gift basket.
The proceeds were donated to the Diocese of Nor-
wich Haitian Ministries. The drawing was February
5 and the winner was Billy Joe Foreman, a resident
of Fellowship Manor. Pictured at the drawing are (L
-R): Fairview residents Alice Martin, Tomi Stanley,
director of recreation, and Frances Vera, Fairview
resident and president of the resident council.
Fairview Odd Fellows Home of Connecticut, 235 Lestertown Road, Groton, CT 06340 - Telephone 860-445-7478
Please visit our website at www.oddfellowsct.com
NewportFed MAKES DONATION
The NewportFed Charita-
ble Foundation recently
donated $4,000.00 to help
pay for the installation of
an automatic door
opener. Fairview also
received a $2,000.00
grant from the Chelsea
Groton Bank Foundation
to help with this expense. Thanks to the generosity of
these community minded
businesses Fairview had
enough funds to complete
not only the automatic door
opener, but to also install
another new door leading
into our greenhouse (see
photos). Pictured from
NewportFed are Mary Lou
Lamontagne, Business De-
velopment Officer, and Mil-
dred Dion, VP & Branch
Manager along with Fair-
view director of develop-
ment, David Brown.
Point O’ View The News of the Fairview Family Page 5
FAIRVIEW RESIDENTS ENJOY
NEW YEAR’S EVE PARTY
A good time was had by all residents at the recrea-
tion department’s New Year’s Eve party held in the
first floor dining room. Entertainment was provided
by frequent guest guitar player and singer Eva De-
vine. Several family members also attended includ-
ing Skip O’Rourke pictured with his mom, Phyllis.
INTERGENERATIONAL PROGRAMS
IN FULL SWING
Residents and children from the child development
center were entertained by staff members from two
well-known local tourist attractions in January and
February. First, on January 12, a sea-shanty from
the Mystic Seaport played songs and gave the his-
tory of the Sea Shanty - songs sung by sailors in
rhythm with their
work. On Febru-
ary 2, members
of the Mystic
Aquarium were
on hand with dif-
ferent species of
fish and other sea
creatures. Resi-
dents and chil-
dren even got to touch some of the animals. Both of
these programs were made possible by a grant pro-
vided by the Dime Bank. Pictured is Sea Shanty
Brian Keenan. VOLUNTEER SPOTLIGHT
Veronica Bacong has been a volunteer at Fair-view for almost 3 years. Besides playing classi-cal music for the residents with her great piano skills, she also helps at part ies, h e l p s run pro-grams in rec rea -tion, and helps on out-trips. V e r o n -ica is a senior at F i t c h H i g h S c h o o l in Groton and is preparing to go to college in the fall. She has received a four-year scholar-ship to the University of Connecticut with aspi-rations of becoming a medical doctor.
Fairview Odd Fellows Home of Connecticut, 235 Lestertown Road, Groton, CT 06340 - Telephone 860-445-7478
Please visit our website at www.oddfellowsct.com
INTERGENERATIONAL
READING PROGRAM
Every Tuesday morning children from the child de-
velopment center visit Fairview. They come to lis-
ten to stories read to them by Fairview residents.
This is a great example of how our intergenerational
programs benefit both our older and younger genera-
tions. Pictured is Fairview resident Katherine Mul-
ler reading to some of the children. One of the chil-
dren sitting listening intently is Nathan Mahoney,
son of first shift LPN Karen Mahoney.
Point O’ View The News of the Fairview Family Page 6
Protect Your Loved Ones: Tips for Family Members in Infection
Prevention
Do not visit when you are ill Our residents often have weaker immune systems so are more likely
to catch infections from others.
Do not demand antibiotics for your loved one
Let the healthcare provider decide if antibiotics are needed. Remem-
ber, antibiotics are not always needed. Antibiotic resistance is a grow-
ing problem. Infections can be caused by viruses or bacteria. Antibiot-
ics only work against bacterial infections. Antibiotics cannot cure viral
infections like the common cold, flu and most sore throats. Misusing
Mission Statement: Fairview, the Odd Fellows Home of Connecticut’s mission is to provide our residents with the best nursing care and rehabilitation ser-
vices, while enhancing the quality of their life in a dignified atmosphere by
using the skills and compassion of our staff, and utilizing the latest advances in technology.