Vannasy, Pong 10/5Feliciano, Amelia E. 10/6Bishop, Dierdre 10/6Power, James 10/9Wordlow, Minnie 10/12Borja, Margaret M. 10/17Wilson, Roosevelt 10/18Barker, Dennis 10/22Jenkins, Kasha D. 10/22Imtiaz, Samina 10/25Lewis, Tauna L. 10/25Cooper, Almon 10/26Reese, Wendy 10/26Anstett, Charles 10/30

Calicott, Charmaine A. 10/1Wiley, Alexander J. 10/7Zollicoffer, George 10/7Wallace, Vanessa 10/9Rodgers, Faye E. 10/11Lewis, Cynthia 10/14Beard, Erika M. 10/14Petty, Robert A. 10/17Henson, Keyana S. 10/19O’Brien, Tasia 10/20Virgil, Devin 10/22Murdock, Michael 10/22Hambrick, Kristi 10/24Johnson, Lakesha 10/25Boler, Nikita 10/30

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Caseres, Jehan S. 10/2Sheppard, Renee K. 10/2Quezada, Miguel 10/3Kizman, Penny 10/5East, Heather 10/6Gilbert, Breanna 10/6Walker, Sharice 10/9Soto, Karyl 10/9Sabatini, Alexander 10/10Griffin, Ami 10/12Melgoza, Alicia 10/13Collins, Samantha 10/15Mason, Monica 10/16Sabatini, Morgan 10/18Granger, Linda G. 10/19Mace, Mary 10/19Core, Kourtnee A. 10/22Andrews, Rita 10/23Badillo, Melodie 10/28Haberlin, Alexandra 10/28House, Lucinda 10/29

Jimmerson, Markeice T. 10/9Ross, Michael E. 10/11Fagbemide, Babajide O. 10/12Gardner, Glenn F. 10/14Nelson, Crystal J. 10/17Burns, Sonya 10/19Baka, Sonia 10/25Salvatera, Elizabeth 10/29Almodovar, Serena N. 10/29Ameyedowo, Angela A. 10/29Strappazon, Candice 10/30Spinola, Trinidy B. 10/30Sweet, Annemarie M. 10/30

Nelson, Michael 10/1Feltz, Nicholas 10/2Simon, Divya 10/4Kenny, Candice 10/9Shoevlin, Linda 10/10Yahiro, Courtney 10/15Cotton, Cornelius 10/16Medina, Jennifer 10/22Ostrowski, Valerie 10/25Wojda, Lucyna 10/27Simmons, Tamesha 10/28

Myers, Tonika 10/1Armellino, Michele 10/2Gray, Tyla 10/3Dixon, Cynthia 10/3Fleming, Shiquita 10/4Dawson, Terry 10/4Henderson, Natasha 10/6Thomas, Mellisa 10/7Pulliam, Fannie 10/8Maxwell, Regina 10/9Smith, Clifton 10/10Passmore, Kiya 10/16Carron, Carol 10/18Vallejo, Verenice 10/19Eddie-Quartey, Thelma 10/20Carron, Jason 10/26Pettye, Wanda 10/28Blakemore, Octavia 10/29

Jackson, Lerone D. 10/2Walls, Katherine M. 10/8Hoevet, Suzanne 10/11Perreira, Jacob M. 10/14Collins, Samantha M. 10/15Myers, Samantha M. 10/22Koselke, Ma Kara Sul 10/24Rodriguez, Fayla R. 10/28Wiesch, Sharon E. 10/30Haddon, Megan R. 10/31

Svehla, Susan 10/3Richardson, Aries 10/7Cotton, Cornelius 10/16Price, Latonya 10/17Elayyan, Deborah K. 10/18Morrison, Vanilphia L. 10/19Ramsey, Sheila A. 10/27Short, Tamla 10/28Bueno, Zinia 10/28

Happy Birthdayto our ECC Family!

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Griffin, Loretta 10/10Rodriguez, Gimena 10/11Moss, Audrey L. 10/13Perales, Aldo 10/16Tabieros, Melanie 10/18Hedlof, Elizabeth A. 10/21Jobe, Jerry T. 10/23Colacion, Narciso N. 10/28

Holloway, Sekena Y. 10/1Bonds, Paronica M. 10/4Riley, Nicole 10/4Whitt, Erin D. 10/9Lowe, Tannette 10/12Rodriguez-Coronel, Rita A. 10/16Beller, Sharon L. 10/18Martella, Nancy A. 10/19Walton, Kyersten D. 10/20Coleman, Purvalene 10/22Goffin, Anthony 10/25Elder, Vickie R. 10/27Pugh, Shaquita 10/29Zimmerman, Tamara 10/31Cobbins, Steve D. 10/31

Mayweather, Jemel 10/1Williams, Randy 10/5Green, Kiva 10/6Collins, Pamela 10/7Sisk, Theresa A. 10/8Johnson, Dalnisia P. 10/8Steele, Delores A. 10/10James, Aquilla M. 10/11Bryant-Caster, Dawn R. 10/11Butler, Charles E. 10/12Kasper, Diane M. 10/12Hall, Mia T. 10/12Parrish, Sarah E. 10/15Poellnitz Peden, Ida 10/18Bankhead, Brittany S. 10/21Sanders-Long, LaSonnye J.

Welcome New Partners in Caring

I am pleased to announce in this issue of the Extended Care Chronicles three new facilities that

join the ECC consulting family: Naperville Manor Health & Rehab Center, South Holland

Manor Health & Rehab Center and Westmont Manor Health & Rehab Center.

These facilities were formerly facilities operated by Manor Care HCR the second largest nursing

home chain in the US. Manor Care is rich in history starting out in 1959, when Stewart W.

Bainum, Sr., a former plumber, opened a nursing home in Wheaton, Maryland. The company

went public in 1969. In 1998, Ohio-based Health Care and Retirement Corporation (HRC)

merged with Manor Care to become HCR Manor Care. The company headquarters was

consolidated in Toledo.

The change of ownership and the ownership authorization to use ECC as consultants is

effective October 1, 2018. We are very fortunate that a large numbers of employees from these

three facilities have elected to stay with their facilities and ensure that resident care and services

(our number 1 priority) will be seamless in this transition.

WE WELCOME and THANK Danielle King, Administrator of Naperville and her staff.

WE WELCOME and THANK Pamela Chappell, Administrator of South Holland and her staff.

WE WELCOME and THANK Ivy Gleeson, Administrator of Westmont and her staff.

These transitions can be difficult. They are made easier by the dedicated, professional, caring

staff of each of the facilities and the hard work of the professional, dedicated, caring staff of

ECC. It is times like these that I reflect and recognize that I am thankful for teams we have in

place. Special thanks on the preliminary transition work of Karla Grzeskowiak, VP, Human

Resources, David Wong, VP of IT and his staff Mir, Phil, and Russ, Darria Warnock, EMR

Matrix (and now PCC Administrator) and Jake Gabay, from the Real Estate Operations of

Hunter Management.

Over the next few weeks all of us at ECC will be learning the Manor Care operations. We will

assess and evaluate what is working well, what systems needs to be tweaked, and what systems

we want to move to the ECC model. These changes will take time but overall our care and

services to our residents can never be disrupted.

Also over the next few weeks we will be setting up meetings with the residents and family

members as well as meetings with Physicians, Hospital partners and other partners in caring.

These meetings are really designed for everyone to get to know us – but will also be an

opportunity to ask any questions and offer any comments to the operations of these facilities.

Again, Welcome. We look forward to working with you.

Best regards,

Ron Nunziato

CEO, Extended Care Clinical Consulting

@extendedcarellc

www.extendedcarellc.com

email: contact@extendedcarellc.com

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Evans, Ralei L. 10/1Williams, Michael 10/4Do, Daniel 10/6Amoran, Omololu O. 10/10Holmes, DeAndre 10/11Adams, Julius 10/11Dwyer, Maureen A. 10/13Frierson, Antonio D. 10/17Jones, Melvin B. 10/18Kelly, LaMicShaya S. 10/18Plair, Joseph 10/19Cooper, Margaret 10/20Dale, Tanitha 10/22Miller, Beatrice 10/22Rasheed, Nicole 10/22Buabin, Isaac 10/23Ross, Benjamin 10/27Crawford, Antonio M. 10/30

Edmond, Shalaya 10/2Wilder, Pelicia 10/2Alexander, Melanie L. 10/4Castillo, Ronald 10/6Edwards, Andrea M. 10/15Hernandez, Crystal 10/16Melendez, Minerva 10/22Koonce, Jada Y. 10/26Washington, Diamond 10/27Polk, Jacinta D. 10/29Hicks, Damila 10/31Hubbard, Terrance P. 10/31Schondelmeyer, Ruby 10/7Lopez, Maria D. 10/7Madrigal, Anita M. 10/13Camp, Amanda N. 10/31

Robertson, Kathleen B. 10/4Evertsen, Debra R. 10/6Wong, David 10/7Jayne, Lisa A. 10/15Kirshner, Anne 10/15Barnes, Charmaine P. 10/22Carron, Jason 10/26Nunziato, Ronald A. 10/27Sirlin, Irina 10/31

Thomas, Danica 10/1Rodriguez, Miranda S. 10/2Erege, Edmund 10/3Jenkins, Carol 10/6Lewis, Talisha M. 10/7Buchanan, Mykesha M. 10/9Lane, Kecia S. 10/16McGee, TaShay L. 10/25Barber, Patricia A. 10/30

Barr, Jessica C. 10/4Brown, DeCarla S. 10/5Dickey, Tamika 10/10Elkaim, Daniel 10/15Douglas, Shanise 10/15Pryor, Jeremy A. 10/15Walters, Dauniell 10/18Fields-Adeyeye, Kemarra C. 10/22Gray, Natasha S. 10/26Southard, Audrey 10/26Dudley, Wanda 10/28Laws, Ashley S. 10/28Alexander, Actavia E. 10/28Jones, Chante 10/29Rodriguez, Rafael 10/31Moreno, Claudia 10/31

DyerC H E C K O U T the event at

In honor of National Rehabilitation Awareness Week the staff at Dyer recognized the caring and compassionate rehabilitation team that spend their days improving the lives of others both physically and mentally. Our comprehensive rehabilitation team consists of Physical Therapists, Occupational Therapists and Speech Therapists who offer a “patient centered” approach to care.

The therapy team is led by Amy Eagens, OTR/L. Amy is our Program Manager. Amy is an Occupational Therapist by discipline and specializes in Geriatrics where patient care and therapy outcomes are her passion. She has been an OT for 10 years, mostly in skilled nursing facilities with some experience in the hospital setting. She has been the Manager of Therapy at this facility since September of 2014 and has assisted with the development of the current outstanding therapy department!

“Our entire Rehab team provides help and hope to our Residents daily and exude compassion and dedication at Dyer Nursing and Rehab. We could not ask for a better team” says Kristina Herrera, Administrator at Dyer Nursing and Rehab and Sheffield Manor.

CONGRATS Nancy!

Our head of Housekeeping, Nancy Vargo

has been with Lakewood for 38 years.

She continues to work as hard as she did

from day one and instills that in her staff.

In September we celebrated National

Health Care Environmental Services

& Housekeeping Week by little goodies

through out the week. Including a muffin

breakfast one morning and a pizza party

lunch to finish it off. Narcisa, Linda, Donna,

Teresa, Melanie, Amalia, Janelle, Rebeca,

Haley, Sonia , Brittanie, thank you for all you

do and making Lakewood sparkle!

GLADYS!CONGRATS

MunsterCHECK OUT THE EVENT AT

TEAMBUILDING!

Gladys Cherry has been the voice and face of Prairie Manor for the last 28 years. Gladys started as the receptionist in 1990 and at 84 years young, has no sign of slowing down. She is loved by the families and residents alike and knows how to make everyone feel at home when they come through the door.

One can catch Gladys happily singing a tune in the lobby and transferring calls with a song. Upon entering Prairie Manor one can clearly see how much she loves her job. Gladys goes above and beyond the call of duty for the residents, families and community members that enter the building.

Over the years, Gladys has made many contacts with the local hospital social workers and case managers. She receives calls from time to time from them just to hear her voice and to catch up.

Gladys states that coming to work every day and seeing the residents and families makes her happy. She feels when families come in and see her sitting at the desk it gives them hope for their loved one.

Countless individuals over the years have been touched by Gladys’ kind words and radiant personality. Thank you Gladys for all you do!

ECC Indiana Teams Raise the Bar to support the Alzheimer’s Association!

Our NWI teams, Munster Med-Inn, Sebos, and Spring Mill Health Campus came together for the Walk! Munster Med-Inn raised the bar in all of NWI raising $15,000 dollars towards the Cause! Munster Med-Inn Team Leader Rebekah Thomason, CDP/ Director of Memory Support Services has really done an amazing job raising awareness in our community! We had

over 51 Walkers this year and sponsored the lunch for over 900 walkers! Team Indiana is looking forward to continued

partnerships with the Alzheimer’s Association!

Our Cheerleaders for Recovery

Team building activities for co-workers are critically

important to help ensure success in any business. And,

forming personal bonds helps us all succeed. Several

of South Suburban’s nurses and CNAs recently took

part in a few fun team building activities, run by Helen

Friedman, VP of Business Development. Not only did

everyone have fun, but they came out, realizing that we

all have common goals, in caring for our residents and

that the ONLY way to SUCCEED is to work cohesively as

a team, to help us overcome any challenges that may

come our way!