Posted 2/24/2023
On February 16, Susan from Slippery Rock Program Center celebrated her 70th birthday - a significant milestone! Susan proudly wore her "Birthday Girl" ribbon and showed it to everyone that she encountered that day. All her peers celebrated with Susan by singing "Happy Birthday" and enjoying a cupcake party. Susan’s huge smile, which lasted all day, proved that she had a very happy birthday!
On Valentine's Day, love was in the air along with the sweet scent of homemade chocolate chip cookie cake at Slippery Rock Program Center. Many individuals made Valentines to give to someone, while others baked and decorated personalized heart shaped cookie cakes for their Valentine’s Day party. Games, such as Valentine's Day trivia and heart toss were played. Everyone loved and enjoyed the festivities.
The ladies from Malcolm home attended the Tim Tebow Foundation’s Night To Shine at Crossroads Church last week. They had their hair and nails done, rode in a limo and danced the night away. The smiles on their faces say it all!
Happy 32nd Birthday to Megan from the Maratta Home!
Kevin from Great Oaks home visits his local library often and picks out a few books to take home. He loves to cook and bake, so his favorite books to check-out are cookbooks. He carefully reviews each of the recipes and selects a few that look good each month to try out. Pictured: A chicken dish that Kevin and Great Oaks staff Trina are preparing for the house.
After nearly three years, administrators and managers hopped off Zoom and recently attended a highly anticipated in-person House Manager meeting! Like all House Manager meetings, there were topics that included best practices. The topic of that day was about appropriately following feeding profiles and medication passes. Special guests from AMI Expeditionary Healthcare provided a course on disinfection, cleaning and hand hygiene, including a GloGerm exercise.
Stacey Speer, Western PA Administrator, recognized February’s employee anniversaries, ranging from 9 to 43 years of service! Senior Regional Executive Director Roni Erath shared good news about the increase in new hires over the last three months, as well as Merakey’s deeper focus on employee retention and satisfaction.
Finally, news about an extension of National Caregiver Appreciation Day on February 17 was shared with the group. CentiMark Corporation has once again made it possible to hold a daily raffle from February 27 – March 3 for frontline staff and managers in residential, program and medical departments! In Merakey AVS’s Western Region. The raffles are just another way to say thank you to the staff for all they have done and continue to do in making sure the individuals are healthy, safe, and well cared for!
What a great way to start off the in-person House Manager meetings!
