American House Grand Rapids

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1 American House Grand Rapids 2619 Kalamazoo Avenue SE Grand Rapids Michigan Office: (616) americanhouse.com Your Friendly American House Grand Rapids Staff Executive Director Assistant Executive Director Life Enrichment Director Supervising RN Head Chef Housekeeping Supervisor Maintenance Supervisor Hairstylist Office Support Social Worker Theresa Bursley Belinda Werner Stella Bliss Heather Walker Teresa McCook Karie Beaudin Bob Hoorn Just Connie Katie Robertson Jill Thymes Important Phone Numbers Main Office (616) The Medical Team (616) Life Enrichment Office (616) Dietary Services (616) Ridelink (616) GO! Bus (616) Senior Meals (616) Calder City Taxi (616) Walgreens (616) Meijer (616) October 2016 We want to thank The Medical Team for the great pig roast that turned out to be an awesome event for our American House residents, families and friends. More great pictures from the pig roast.

2 2 Come Join Us Costume Party You are invited to join us for a costume party on Monday, October 31st, at 2:00 in the Bistro. You can bet we ll take lots of pictures to add to the November Patriot. Looking forward to seeing some of you in costume, so be creative and come down for a good time with friends and neighbors. Centennial Birthday Celebration A centenarian is a person who lives to or beyond the age of 100 years. We are happy to invite you to help us celebrate one of our AH resident s 100th birthday. Come to the dining room on Friday, October 28th, at 2:30pm. In Loving Memory The Chapel will be open on Saturday, October 15th, at 2:00-3:00pm in Loving Memory of Michele Applebaum. A day with mom Mary Jane and her twin sister, Margaret. Thank you for the Burma Shave program. I love spending time with my sister!

3 3 Oct 4th at 2:00pm Oct 5th at 2:00pm Oct 7th at 2:30pm Oct 11th at 10:30am Oct 12th at 10:45am Color Tour/Big Boy Sonus Hearing Oct 15th at 2:00pm Oct 19th at 10:45am Oct 21st at 2:30 Oct 26th Oct 28th at 2:30pm Oct 31st Mark Your Calendars Horrocks Robinettes Happy Hour with The Silvertones Grand Opening/American House Store Oct 13th at 9:00am Oct 14th Happy Hour w/bob DeYoung In Loving Memory of Michele Applebaum Color Tour/Applebee s Happy Hour with Bing Gun Lake Casino Birthday Party Costume Event Wit & Wisdom The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes. Marcel Proust We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time. T.S. Eliot Having a great time at the pig roast! Thank You! Thank you to all of The Medical Team staff members for the awesome pig roast event. All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them. Galileo Galilei You will enrich your life immeasurably if you approach it with a sense of wonder and discovery, and always challenge yourself to try new things. Nate Berkus What I really want out of life is to discover something new: something mankind didn t know was possible to do. Elizabeth Holmes

4 Grand Rapids October 2016 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Entertainment Outings 1 2 3:00 Book Club 3 2:00 Horrocks 4 2:00 Robinettes 5 10:30 Cascade Meijer 6 2:30 Happy Hour with The Silvertones Columbus Day 10 10:30 AH Store/ Grand Opening 11 10:45 Color Tour/ Big Boy 12 9:00 Sonus Hearing 10:30 Meijer 13 2:00 Happy Hour with Bob DeYoung :00 Open Chapel/ In Loving Memory of Michele Applebaulm 16 3:00 Book Club 17 2:00 Banks & D&W 18 10:45 Color Tour/ Applebee s 19 10:30 Cascade Meijer 20 2:00 Happy Hour with Bing Higbee :00 Halloween & Costume Event :00 Gun Lake Casino 26 10:30 Cascade Meijer 27 2:30 Birthday Party Copyright 2015 Uhlig LLC

5 6 Talk About It Bus Trip Sign-up Procedure Please be informed that when signing up for bus trips, you can only sign for yourself. If you re not able to sign for yourself, come to the office and have a staff assist you. October Birthdays 10-9 Kathryn Campbell..Apt Antoinette Wassen.Apt Alma Deurloo...Apt Vivian Guadalupe..Apt Thelma Ford...Apt Barbara Diephuis..Apt Jim Darnicola...Apt Joan Moir...Apt Helen Falk...Apt David Manheimer..Apt Ina Castillo...Apt Orren Clark...Apt 327 Grand Opening Everyone s invited to join us for the grand opening of the American House Store on Tuesday, October 11th, at 10:30am.-2:00pm. It will be located on the 1st floor in the room where you are currently having weight and blood pressure clinic. Come down to see what your American House store has to offer. Fall Color Tours We have scheduled two color tours, the first for October 12th and the second for the 19th. Please note you can only sign up for one of the tours so everyone wanting to go will have the opportunity. On the 12th we will drive to Greenville and stop at Big Boys for lunch then take a different route home. On the 19th we will also go to Greenville. On this trip we ll be stopping at Applebee s for lunch then taking a different route home. Both bus trips will leave at 10:45am and return between 2:00 and 2:30.

6 7 Remember Me? Grandparents Day Event We are so pleased with the turnout of friends and families that attended the Grandparents Day Event. We have lots of great family pictures to share in both October and November Patriots. Mention the character Count Dracula, and movie fans will likely picture Bela Lugosi. He was born Bela Blasko on Oct. 20, 1882, in Lugos, Hungary (now Romania). As a teen, he studied at an acting academy in Budapest, then joined the Hungarian National Theatre. He immigrated to the U.S. in He made his U.S. stage debut in 1922, but because he didn t speak English well, he learned his lines phonetically. Lugosi gained national acclaim for his portrayal of novelist Bram Stoker s vampire count in Dracula. He starred in the Broadway production, then the 1931 film. Both handsome and sinister, with his fitting accent, his performance has become the timeless standard for the character.

7 October 2016 Congratulations to all of the lucky winners! OCTOBER 1792: In the nation s new capital city, Washington, D.C., the cornerstone of the White House is laid. 1903: The Boston Americans defeat the Pittsburgh Pirates five games to three to win the first World Series. 1931: Comic strip crime fighter Dick Tracy debuts. 1949: At a ceremony in Beijing, revolutionary leader Mao Zedong formally announces the creation of the People s Republic of China. 1955: Children s TV shows Captain Kangaroo and The Mickey Mouse Club air their first episodes. 1957: The Space Age begins when the Soviet Union launches Sputnik 1, the first man-made satellite, into orbit. 1962: Dr. No, the first in the popular James Bond spy film franchise, premieres in London. 1979: Mother Teresa wins the Nobel Peace Prize for her work with the poor in India. 1982: The musical Cats opens on Broadway, beginning a record run of more than 7,000 performances. 1995: Rallying for unity and family values, hundreds of thousands gather in Washington, D.C., for the Million Man March. 2000: An American astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts arrive for a four-month stay as the first residents of the International Space Station. 2003: Supersonic jet travel comes to an end when the final flights of three Concorde passenger jets land at London s Heathrow Airport. 2011: The Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial is formally dedicated in Washington, D.C.