Ashley Pippins-Whitaker, Dietary. ⢠Cassandra Wagner-Cokes, Dietary. Celebrations. Let's celebrate these staff members
Brookside Beacon Southport Room April Events:
News from the Executive Director Red Hat Blue Tie Party 4/4/18 Welcome Tea 4/5/18 Happy Hour 4/11/18 Chef David’s Cooking Demo 4/18/18 Rain Forest Celebration 4/25/18 K9 Unit Demo 4/30/19 Every Monday BINGO Every Friday Catholic Mass
Please join us for one or all of the above and as always you will find all the daily activities and times on the calendar in your room. Enjoy your SPRING!
What? No construction update? Oh my gosh, how many newsletters started out with an update about our building project. Remember when I would take pictures of dirt being moved and steel laying in piles, and everyone would get excited about the project? As of March 20, 2018, every resident has been moved into their single rooms. For those of you who have lived here long enough to see the transition, I hope you are impressed and happy with the results. For those of you who are new to Brookside, we are happy that you chose our nursing home and rehabilitation center for your stay. Please let someone know if there is anything that you need while you are with us. We have a new administrator! Meet Lynda Bogdala. Linda joined us on March 12, the day before the big move. We sure know how to break someone in to their new job don’t we. But Lynda fit right in with us and pitched in to help with whatever she could.
If you haven’t had a chance to meet Lynda, we will be having a welcome tea for all of you to come and meet and visit with her on April 5 at 2 PM in the Southport room. I know everyone will like Lynda. We made sure that we picked the right person to be the Administrator of Brookside. It is important that we found the best, and that we did.
Lynda Bogdala
And no, I am not retiring just yet. It is important to the County Executive Jim Kreuser to have a solid succession plan in place, so that when I do retire, Lynda will be fully prepared and ready to take the helm.
How about the Bistro! If you and or your family members haven’t had the opportunity to visit the Bistro for a cappuccino or a soup, salad or sandwich, please do so. The food is delicious and the atmosphere is fabulous.
Art Class If you enjoy art and are a current resident of Brookside, we have a treat for you! We will be starting a new Art Class in midApril on Sundays at 12:30pm in our Neighborhood Activity Space. We are excited to have Sonja Katt as our instructor.
Our next big project is getting Willowbrook Assisted Living occupied. We will be starting to accept applications for this area as soon as April. Contact the Business office for more information.
Spring is here! Trust me. I saw the robins. Written by Frances Petrick, RN, NHA
To whet your appetite here is a copy of the menu…..
Continental
choice of bagel, muffin, Danish and other assorted pastries $1.00/$2.00- priced as marked
Yogurt Parfaits Fresh Fruit Cups
$2.00 $1.75
Open M-F 9am-2:30pm
Garden Salad Healthful Soup du Jour
Our chef’s daily offering made from scratch with reduced fat and low sodium
Cup $1.50 Bowl $2.00
Fresh garden greens, tomatoes; cucumbers, shredded cheese, and $4.00 sliced peppers.
Chicken Caesar Salad
Fresh romaine lettuce, chicken breast, parmesan cheese and croutons
$4.00
Turkey Cheddar Bacon Panini
Fresh sliced turkey, cheddar cheese, bacon and sliced tomato on fresh Panini bread.
Ham and Cheese Panini
$4.25
Fresh sliced ham, your choice of cheese and sliced tomato on fresh Panini bread
Panini of the Day
$4.25
Assorted Desserts available in the grab and go case. Check out today’s selection. All items priced as marked
Ask our Chef about of Panini of the Day or customize your own
Chicken Caesar Wrap
$4.25
Sliced chicken breast, diced tomatoes, parmesan cheese, romaine lettuce, Caesar dressing, served on a flour tortilla.
$4.25 *Grab
well.
& Go Options available as
Cappuccino: 12 oz. Iced Tea: 16oz Vitamin Water 16oz Canned Soda, 12oz
$1.50 $1.50 $1.00 $0.50
Chicken Noodle Soup
homemade chicken soup with fresh vegetables, herbs and egg noodles
110 cal / 3.99
Healthful Soup du Jour
our chef’s daily offering made from scratch with reduced fat and sodium
cal / 3.99
Mezze platter
homemade hummus, baba ghanouj, assorted olives and pita chips
cal / 4.99
Fruit & Cheese Plate
sliced fruits, an assortment of international cheeses & crisps
261+ cal / 4.99
Steak & Bleu Salad
fresh greens, tomatoes, sliced beef, bleu cheese & blue cheese dressing
465 cal / 6.99
Chicken Caesar
sliced in-house grilled chicken breast, romaine lettuce, croutons, shaved parmesan & caesar dressing
255 cal / 6.49
Mediterranean Tuna
all-white tuna, spring greens, kalamata olives, artichokes & lemon basil dressing
121 cal / 6.49
Chicken & Strawberry
greens, sliced grilled chicken breast, strawberries, walnuts, blue cheese & strawberry-balsamic dressing
494 cal / 6.49 Italian Hero
ham, mortadella, salami, capicola, provolone, vegetables & Italian vinaigrette on grinder roll
585 cal / 6.99
Chicken Salad Croissant
chicken salad with chopped pecans, sundried cranberries on a croissant
455 cal / 6.99
Brownies & Bars 155+ cal / 1.99
Fresh Baked Cookies 153+ cal / 1.99
Seasonal Pies & Cakes
Turkey Sandwich
house-roasted turkey with stuffing & cranberry sauce on multi-grain
418 cal / 6.99
cal / 2.59
Healthful Desserts cal / 2.99
Caprese Sandwich
mozzarella, tomatoes, fresh basil with balsamic vinaigrette on focaccia
697 cal / 5.99
vegetarian choice - save an animal better-for you choice lower in calories and sodium, high in fiber and good fats
A Huge THANK YOU to our Volunteers.
Hello from Jenny……. For anyone who does not know me, my name is Jenny Fazzari and I am the new Environmental Services and Support Manager. Now that everyone has had time to settle into their new rooms, if you would like your room rearranged, please let a staff member know so they can contact me otherwise you may contact me directly at 262-653-3806. Please do not have family or friends move your furniture as it is not only a safety issue, we do not want the furniture, walls or carpet damaged. The maintenance department has started to hang pictures in resident rooms. If you have pictures that you would like hung, please ask a staff member for blue tape or post-it-notes. Please mark the wall with either the blue tape or a post-it-note with a number and place a number on the picture as well. As a reminder, extension cords are not allowed in any resident rooms. If you have brought in an extension cord for a resident, please bring it home. Please do not hesitate to contact me either by email,
[email protected], or by phone, 262-653-3806.
Something to think about.
For anyone who is interested volunteering at Brookside please contact the Life Enrichment Director at 653-3834, we would love to talk with you.
Abril The Son of Music
Mariachi music is an enduring musical tradition in Mexico, played wherever celebrations take place. There will certainly be plenty of mariachi music to enjoy at the Tuscson Mariachi Conference from April 25 to 28. Mariachi’s roots go back hundreds of years, to the arrival of Spanish Conquistador Hernán Cortés in Mexico in 1519. Indigenous music, played as part of a religious ceremony, was played with rattles, drums, flutes, and conch shells. The Spanish brought with them harps, guitars, violins, and brass horns, instruments that were played during Catholic mass but quickly became popular outside of church services. Natives created a new type of music, incorporating the new instruments with local musical styles and African musical influences that arrived via the slave trade. Many identify the west Mexican state of Jalisco as the center of this new folk music style known simply as son, or sound. It was from the son of Jalisco that modern mariachi developed. In the late 1800s and 1900s, the biggest form of entertainment was listening to radio and records. This is when the first modern mariachi bands formed. Violins and trumpets were added to musical orchestras featuring harps, guitars , and woodwinds. These bands became popular, and the music made its way into the rural countrysides. Mariachi was played at parties, on holidays, and in church, and the sound accompanied dances as varied as foxtrots, waltzes, pasodobles, fandangos, pokes, and jarabes. During the Mexican Revolution, many Spanish haciendas had to let workers go, including mariachi musicians. These mariachis wandered and played everywhere they could, and the new Mexican government, eager to promote a unified Mexican identity separate from their Spanish colonizers, presented mariachi as the national music for their young country. While Jalisco may be the “birthplace of mariachi,” the reach of this music is now global, with mariachi bands playing as far away as Sweden, Egypt, and Croatia.
Abril es el cuarto mes del año en el calendario Gregoriano. Originalmente era el segundo mes del calendario romano, antes de que enero y febrero fueran agregados. Nadie sabe con seguridad cómo es que abril obtuvo su nombre. Hay quien dice que procede de la palabra latina aperire, que significa “abrir”, que hace alusión a la apertura de los capullos en los árboles y las flores durante la primavera. Otros dicen que abril recibe su nombre por Afrodita, y otros dicen que fue nombrado en honor a la diosa Eostre. Sea cual sea el caso, el inicio de abril significa que la primavera ha llegado.
EMPLOYEE SPOTLIGHT The GEMS Program Welcome to Brookside! We welcome the following staff who joined our team last month in March: Ken Housman, Dietary
Looking to the future, the Employee Recognition Committee has decided to go in a new and different direction to honor and recognize our employees. Stay tune for some enjoyable and exciting new things to come.
Alyssa Perez, Dietary Lynda Bogdala, Administrator Rebecca Wynne, Dietary Morrissa Lewis, Dietary Tamara Cannon, Dietary
Celebrations Let’s celebrate these staff members on their upcoming anniversary in the month of April of their first day working for Kenosha County. Please join us in recognizing them for all of their hard work and dedication to Kenosha County and Brookside Care Center. Teri Puntillo, ESW, 4/2/85 James Niccolai, RN, MDS, 4/12/06 Krystal Puckett, RN ,4/26/06 Jessica Jackl, ESW, 4/9/07 Annette Londre, Dietary, 4/18/08 Barbara Beardsley, DON, 4/1/09 Saudia Rashid, Dietary, 4/12/10 Tracy Eilts, RN, 4/4/13 Nancy Liefbroer, Unit Secretary, 4/23/13 James Dyutak, ESW, 4/15/14 Teresa Loew, RN, 4/22/14 Nicole Nieves, CNA, 4/22/14 Terri Gorelik, ESW, 4/18/16 La’donna Burton, CNA, 4/19/16 Inok Ryu, RN, 4/19/16
Below is a list of the employees who were identified as one of our GEMS (going the extra mile staff) in the last month: Debbie Barlo, ESW Evelyn Boldon, CNA Lillian Colbert, CNA Erika Delgado, CNA Johnny Donaldson, CNA Sam Eisenhauer, CNA Amy Ginter, CNA Melissa Goetz, RN Tamar Grosch, CNA Alicaia Garcia, CNA Dawn Myrum, CNA Tim George, CNA Kristine Harms, LPN Paula Ide, CNA Crissy Olson, CNA Sonja Nonevich, CNA Teri Puntillo, ESW Melissa Rieman, CNA Sally Rivera, CNA Elsie Small, CNA Tho Stewart, CNA Lyndsay Taylor, CNA Donna Thompson, RN Supervisor Charise Tolbert, CNA Tammy Willis, Dietary Stacy Zamitalo, CNA
