A Note from our Administrator... What I have enjoyed most since starting this position is getting to know the residents and families.

Each have their own unique interests and past experiences. Above all else, is my awareness of the impact the

residents have on my daily life and wanting to improve their stay here for however short or long of a stay that

will be.

As I enter this week, I think about our budget presentation and how that affects the residents and larg-

er community. We strive every day to be good stewards of the Dubuque County dollars while providing a

home-like environment for the residents. Our most recent surveys prove that as the Inspectors repeatedly say

how wonderful our programming is and how the staff consistently fulfill personal resident needs. One sur-

veyor said how great it was to hear from employees that have been here for so many years, she doesn’t find

that in other facilities.

I am happy to announce that Dr. Umesh Chakunta, a psychiatrist from Medical Associates Clinic has

agreed to be our Medical Director. Under the Federal guidelines, his responsibility is to implement resident

care policies and coordinate medical care in the facility. Dr. Chakunta will be present at our bi-monthly

Quality Assurance Meetings to be updated on the current happenings of our facility and offer his professional

opinion on any changes we need to make to policies.

Lastly, another professional joined our team. Amy Cordingley, RD/LD has accepted our position of

Consultant Dietician. Many of you had met our previous Dietician, Kim Peterman. Kim has moved on to

other opportunities and is confident that Amy will be a wonderful fit for us. Amy will be participating in

Care Conferences on Wednesdays so be sure to meet with her at your next Care Conference. Happy Spring!

—Cris Kirsch, Administrator

Save the Dates!!! Wednesday, April 13-Resident Volunteer Cookout

(for Sunnycrest resident volunteers only) Wednesday, April 20 2:30pm—Volunteer Tea (for

Sunnycrest non-resident volunteers) Thursday, May 5: Prom at 6:30pm: If viewing newsletter online, check out

Prom invitation online for more information. If you have an outfit for your resident or plan on purchasing one, please let Life Enrichment know.

Thursday, June 24: Sunnycrest Auxiliary Board Live Auction, 7-9pm in Dining Room

*Sunnycrest Auxiliary Board now accepting donations for their live auction. Contact Bea Bisenius Soens at homesbybea@aol.com for more information, or drop items off at Sunnycrest clearly marked that they are for the Auxiliary.

HOME & HEART

HERALD April 2016 edition

Apr. 6

J. Ehlers

M. Faber

M. Gremmels

M. Hoover

M. Hopkins

C. Copeland

Apr. 13

J. Kraus

D. Mai

M. McElmeel

B. Wissing

K. Fox

D. Konichek

J. Raine

L. Scheele

E. Tepley

B. Villarreal

Apr. 20

R. Comer

R. Dole

D. Ede

G. Fransen

J. Henningsen

S. Howe

T. Saul

L. Schnee

May 4

J. Felton

M. Hentrich

R. Hosch

K. Koos

G. Meyer

B. Ott

D. Rondeau C. Schaecher

May 11

D. Callahan

J. Henge

S. Hunt

J. Lemmers

J. Noel

M. Oswald

A. Schumacher

R. Tucker

May 18

D. Busch

S. Chapman

B. Ferguson

M. Kutsch

S. Parris

R. Pitz

C. Winter

May 25

J. Kress 2

J. Kutsch 2

A. Lattner MDS

L. Lindenberg 2

K. Marshall

MDS

M. Schultz 1

R. Willenberg 3

June 1

S. Bartles

B. Lucas

T. Noggle

J. Peil

J. Reinholt

K. Smith

D. Vondran

Care Conference

Schedule To schedule a time for care

conference, contact or leave a

message for Anne Kauder,

(563) 690-3525 or anne.kauder@dubuquecounty.us.

The Care Plan Team meets on

Wednesdays, but alternate

dates can be scheduled as

needed.

PETS AT SUNNYCREST

If you bring your pet to visit Sunny-

crest, we need a copy of their vac-

cination record. Pets that visit

Sunnycrest must be up-to-date on

shots without history of biting, and

be calm in nature. You can drop the

record off at Sunnycrest, or contact

your vet to fax the record to Sunnycrest at

563-583-1705 to the attention of Beth Houselog.

SUNRISE LIFE PLAN

MEETINGS

Apr. 12 1pm C. Thoma May 10 1pm R. Wolf

2pm D. Stevens May 12 1pm D. Weydert

Apr. 19 1pm N. Hird May 17 1pm D. Lightfoot

2pm R. Donovan 2pm E. Sear

Apr. 26 1pm L. Saugling May 24 1pm C.Klocker

2pm S. Burkle

Sunnycrest has recently received some grants! Thank you to Medical Associates for a $15,000 grant (to be dis-

tributed in Fall 2016) to assist with purchasing a minivan for

medical appointments and outings.

We appreciate your generosity!

Thank you to Shop-Ko Foundation for a

$250 grant to be used on our spring/summer

gardening project! We appreciate your

generosity!

DONATIONS WANTED! Several residents en-

joy coloring as a pastime. We are looking for do-

nations of adult coloring books (can be pur-

chased at Michael’s) and wooden colored pencils.

Twistables colored pencils are also welcome. An

example of an adult coloring page is pictured to

the left.

Doug Light-

foot, & Joanne

Hromadka pose

with Bernie at a

Fighting Saints

hockey game.

The Schumacher

Family Band played

for March Family &

Friends Night thanks

to a Flexsteel

Employee donation!

If you are able to view our newsletter and calendar electronically and are receiving the

postal mailing, please e-mail Beth at beth.houselog@dubuquecounty.us so that we can

remove you from our postal list. It is our goal to continue decreasing the postal

mailing as it is costly to print the color copies of the newsletter and calendar as well as

paying the postage. We do have copies available at the visitor sign-in at the Front Desk

also. We will be discontinuing hand delivery to frequent visitors to their resident's

rooms starting in May. Please feel free to grab a calendar and newsletter when you sign

in. To view these items online, please visit www.sunnycrestmanor.org then click on the Current Events

tab.

Sean Finn

2/14/1968-2/20/2016

Sunnycrest resident since

10/1988

Glenn “Smokey” Kies

2/26/1936-2/21/2016

Sunnycrest resident since

1/2016

Medicaid Managed Care -IA Health Link Update If you have received a new card for your resident from one of the three

managed care companies (United Health Care, Amerihealth Caritas &

Amerigroup) it is important that you bring a copy of the card to us or

stop by the office so that a copy can be made. Medicaid Managed Care

becomes effective April 1st and providers have already begun to request

copies of the cards. Again, we request that you keep any mailings from

the managed care companies.

Unfortunately, there continues to be many unanswered questions regard-

ing Medicaid Managed Care/IA Health Links. As of this writing, the two

main physician groups in Dubuque, Medical Associates and Dubuque

Internal Medicine, have yet to sign contracts with any of the three managed care companies. As things pro-

gress and more information becomes available, we will continue to individually work with each resident

and family to ensure that the resident’s needs will best be met with the least amount of disruption in care.

Jenny Ammon, Natural-

ist, shows Rickie Dole a

snake skin

John Ehlers tickles the ivories

with Laurie Prine and Tammy

Freiburger.

Wendy McLaughlin and Connie

Erner lead a parachute activity in

Eagle Ridge.

Rich Giese signs “I love you,”

using a Valentine from

Audobon school as a guide.

April is Volunteer Appreciation Month.

From the bottom of our hearts, we thank you for all you do for

Sunnycrest, especially for our residents!

We also thank our resident volunteers!

1. 2. 3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8. 9.

10.

11.

1. Cathy Copeland at Marshall School/St. Mark’s

Bingo receives help from a student. 2. Dubuque Area Retired

School Personnel lead a sing-a-long. 3. The Easter Bunny pos-

es with Denis Stevens, Maddie Herber and Ryan Sanders. 4.

Betty Reichen and Easter Bunny. 5. Bill Wissing and Easter

Bunny. 6. Bonnie Ott and Easter Bunny. 7. Lee Culbertson

takes the car for a hot lap. 8. Jean Henningsen and Easter

Bunny. 9. Patti Hayes takes the car for a spin. 10. Daria Flee-

ge and Dora Busch Rock Around the Block.

11. Janelle Kutsch takes a dance break.

Holy Spirit Parish Church Volunteers Dick Link, Deacon Jim Thill and Linda

Buelow have a rockin’ good time volunteering at Sunnycrest!

Shirley Price assists Bobbie Wolbers (left), and Mary

Ann Barton assists Millie Gremmels and Ramona

Shireman (right) at a Sunnycrest Auxiliary Bingo.

Shirley and Mary Ann are members of the Sunnycrest

Manor Auxiliary Board.

Greg Strub with Easter Bunny. Greg volun-

teers for Sunnycrest and the community. He

is a CAPABLE volunteer. He enjoys help-

ing retired sisters play Bingo, counts Labels

for Education for Carver School and enters

milk cap codes to benefit Marshall School

PTO.

Shirley Hunt with Easter

Bunny. Shirley volunteers

for Sunnycrest and the com-

munity. She is a CAPABLE

volunteer. She enjoys help-

ing at St. Mark’s and does

office work at American

Red Cross.