Monticello Chatterbox: August Newsletter 2019

Hello from Activities!! I can not believe it is August already. With the extreme heat in the month of July we were not able to take the golf cart out so hopefully it will cool down and we can get some golf cart rides in! The chickens are growing and...

Summer is flying by and it’s hard to believe that August is here. This month, Monticello Nursing and Rehab will be participating in the Relay for Life event Friday, August 9th at Dean Nelson Field in Monticello. During the relay, the first lap honors cancer survivors and people currently affected...

It’s August and we are really enjoying the warm Summer days! We are welcoming some new nurses and CNA's to the facility this month and saying good-bye to a few CNA's heading off to college. We look forward to seeing them on holiday breaks! If you see a new face,...

Happy Summer!! I cannot believe it is August already, time sure does fly! We are excited to be hosting a CNA class at MNRC starting August 23rd. We are very grateful to have the opportunity to host the class and we are looking forward to training new CNA’s. Our CNA...

Resident Birthdays Dorothy Bieber– 08/04 Robert Offerman– 08/05 Edith Werling– 08/08 Neil Bleadorn– 08/27 David Nealson– 08/27 Staff Birthdays Breanna Knapp- 08/01 Jamie Tubbs- 08/03 Jordan Kuper- 08/04 Jeanne Recker- 08/11 Lexi Levy- 08/12 Benjamin Weber- 08/17 Katie Hopfensperger- 08/23 Amy Bradley- 08/24 Maci Ladehoff- 08/27 Trisha Eilers- 08/28

Diane Andrews: 08/28/1986 Jon Lasack: 08/06/1999 Benjamin Weber: 08/18/2002 Alisia Brown: 08/03/2010 Jill Dahlem: 08/20/2014 Patricia Beadle: 08/16/2016 Jordan Kuper: 08/15/2018

The Benefits of Reminiscence Therapy in Treating Dementia By Ava M. Stinnett As you may know, in many cases of Alzheimer’s or other forms of dementia, it is recent memories that begin to deteriorate first. Reminiscence therapy is “a treatment that uses all the senses—sight, touch, taste, smell and sound—to...