Frequently Asked Questions

What is St. Francis Family Medicine and ReadyCare at Brewster Place? This is the newest primary care facility and first walk-in clinic at St. Francis Health in Topeka.

Where is the clinic? It is located at 1101 SW 29th Street across from Brewster Rehab.

Why is the clinic located at Brewster Place? The clinic is a partnership between Brewster and St. Francis Health, created to better serve the healthcare needs of southwest Topeka and surrounding areas.

How is the clinic different from others? Like their other family medicine clinics, St. Francis will offer full service primary care, including laboratory and radiology services to men and wom-en of all ages. In addition, this location will be the first to offer urgent care services within the same building. Patients will also have access to physical therapy and rehabilitation services available at Brewster Rehab.

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Our Mission

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In this issue:

2 Staff Positions Filled

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Amenities Await at BE

3 Post-Holiday Blues

Brewster Diversity

Team

4 Blue Zones:

Move Naturally

Wellness Wednesday

50th Anniversary Event

5 Chaplain Ty’s Message

Brewster Place Walk-In

Clinic

New Year to Volunteer!

6 Brewster at Home

7 Meet the Director

Estate Planning Corner

8 Forgiveness

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St. Francis Family Medicine and ReadyCare at Brewster Place Set to Open

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Do you have friends you’d love to have as part of our Brewster community? Tell them about the great apartments available in Brewster East and as part of our Resident Referral Program, you will earn a free month’s rent when they sign a lease!

These beautiful two-bedroom apartments are available now and can be customized to suit your friends’ personal tastes.

All apartments in Brewster East are designed to give residents the maximum amount of inde-pendence and comfort. The building includes its own dining and fitness facilities, beauty/barber shop, plus a woodworking shop and art studio with classes available.

Tell your friends to call the Brewster Marketing Office today at 785-274-3350 — and be sure they tell us YOU sent them!

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Who will staff the clinic? St. Francis plans to staff board certified family physicians and pri-mary care staff. Dr. Dennis Tietz, Dr. Chester Davis and Loretta Ho-erman, P.A., will be the first three providers at the Brewster Place location.

Who can be seen at the clinic? New patients will be accepted at the clinic. In addition, all St. Fran-cis Health clinic patients who are established with St. Francis’ pri-mary care providers may be seen at this location.

What services will be provided? The clinic will focus mostly on primary care services. Physicians will focus on preventive care, such as well child checks and preventive visits for adults. They will manage chronic health conditions such as diabetes and hypertension. The option of performing minor sur-gical procedures as well as the management of acute illnesses will also be available.

More about the walk-in clinic... St. Francis Family Medicine and ReadyCare at Brewster Place will provide an acute care option for urgent medical conditions. The urgent care facility will function during non-traditional hours of operation that will overlap and complement the primary clinics’ hours. Any member of the community can be seen at this facility — not just patients established at St. Francis Health. This facility will not be equipped or staffed to manage major life threatening conditions such as heart attacks or major trauma from accidents.

Key Management Positions Filled

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How to Cope with the Post Holiday Blues by Stacy Wenger, LSCSW

Brewster Diversity Team | Celebrating Our Differences

Diversity Team 2014

Brenda Dyer, Chair (BHC nursing)

Angala Anderson (BHC social services)

Aurora McBeth (housekeeping)

Beth Ott (therapy)

Cynthia Stotlar (human resources)

Debbie Rosenberger (laundry)

Dora Jackson-Lafleur (BE dining services)

Edith Karani (AL nursing)

Jarod Bohn (maintenance)

Janis Swanson (marketing)

Manuel Martinez (BHC dining services)

Quontez Livingston (BHC nursing)

Shavonne Bennett (BHC nursing)

Ty Sweeting (Chaplain)

Karen Jackson (accounting)

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Blue Zones | The Power 9: Move Naturally by Eileen McGivern, Director of Wellness/Director Brewster at Home

Brewster Place

wellness wednesday

“Blue Zones and the 9 Secrets to Living a Long Life” Wednesday, January 8 11:00 am Main Lounge

B R E W S T E R

B L U E Z O N E S

The Power 9 1. Move Naturally

Please join us as we kick off a year of celebrating 50 years of service!

Saturday, January 18 6:00 pm

Topeka Country Club

Speaker Dr. Harold Ivan Smith

Wordsmith and Storyteller Entertainment

Geri Van and Friends

Dinner is $25 per person. To RSVP, please send your payment

to Brewster Place Marketing. 1205 SW 29th Street

Topeka, KS 66611

Kick-Off Celebration and Dinner

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Your attitude should be

the same as that of

Christ Jesus: who, being

in very nature God, did

not consider equality

with God something to

be grasped, but made

himself nothing, taking

the very nature of a

servant, being made in

human likeness.

— Philippians 2:5-7

Chaplain’s Message Attitude Says A Lot by Rev. Dr. Ty Sweeting, Chaplain

Walk-In Clinic Hours Nichole Potts, APRN Dr. James Rider, D.O.

Clinic Hours are: Mondays — 9:00 am—12:00 pm (Nichole Potts, APRN, on duty)

Thursdays — 8:30 am—12:00 pm (Nichole Potts, APRN and Dr. Rider on duty)

Fridays — 1:30 pm—4:30 pm (Nichole Potts, APRN on duty) No appointment is necessary.

Brewster Place Walk-In Clinic Located in Home Health Office

Services Include Minor Emergencies Wound care Acute illness

Primary Care Routine check-ups Ear wax removal Pain management

Two Options for Care As Needed We can see you “as needed” if you are unable to see your primary care physician and need to be seen soon. You can then follow up with your primary care physician.

Primary Care Provider We can be your primary care provider. We are on call 24/7 for our patients and most often can make same-day appointments when there is an emergency.

We want to remind residents that Brewster Place offers a Walk-In Clinic in the Home Health Office located in Commerce Court (adjacent to CoreFirst Bank & Trust Brewster Branch).

A New Year, Time to Volunteer!

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Meet Our Members | Daily Call Gives Peace of Mind by Julie Schmake, Member Relations, Brewster at Home

Exercise Classes Added — Transportation Changes By Eileen McGivern, BSN, RN, Director

Tuesday/Thursday Bus Route (Route runs hourly) A. Brewster Place (begin route) B. Stormont-Vail Healthcare C. St. Francis Health D. Tallgrass Medical Center E. West Ridge Mall F. Michaels and Hobby Lobby G. VA

H. Brewster Place

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“Pay It Forward” for the Next Generation of Residents by Jeremy Hall, Director

Hall Named Director

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Happy New Year from Brewster to You!

1. Stop beating yourself up for the past because you can't

change it - only learn from it and try to forgive yourself.

2. Stop beating yourself up for things you didn't do but others

will blame you for.

3. Stop beating others up for the failings, shortcomings and

imperfections for which they should ask for forgiveness. And

quit bringing them up or saying I told you so!

4. Stop associating with people who beat you up - avoid poi-

sonous people of any kind! Especially during the holidays.

They can ruin everything.

5. Stop trying to please people who can't be pleased- or if you

must do things for them, stop expecting that they will be

grateful- just do it!

6. Forgive others and ask for forgiveness.

7. And practice the daily art of forgiveness in prayer, medita-

tion, and interaction.

Forgiveness | Letters from Larry LeadingAge President and CEO Larry Minnix has worked in aging

services for more than 45 years. He frequently shares his experiences and

lessons from his work. We thought this was a wonderful message to share

with you. It has been edited for length. The entire message can by found at

LeadingAge.org/Larry_Letters

N elson Mandela's death caused me to pon-

der how a man can be unrighteously im-

prisoned for 27 years and emerge from that ex-

perience forgiving the people and the racism that

produced it. In doing so, he not only became the

president of his country, but also he became an

exemplar among very few in history. I don't know

how someone can be that forgiving. Most people

in his position would have retaliated.

And, there isn't anyone among us who

hasn't experienced a situation where we at least

second guess ourselves, or at worst, say that an

incident was "unforgiveable." This time of year

seems to intensify the negative power of the

bondage of the unforgiven or the liberating pow-

er of forgiveness. So, let me give you some holi-

day advice about forgiveness based on my 45

years in our field:

All photos: We celebrated the

holidays in grand style with family,

friends and co-workers. We are now ready to move

forward in 2014 celebrating our 50th

Anniversary and all that is to come!

Transfers Jane Lane BHC Jean Warner BHC John Koger BHC

january remembrances

Staff Anniversaries Brewster staff members who are celebrating their employment

anniversaries in January!

Department Location Years

Dining Services

Margaret Buergin BHC 6

Lorraine Hickerson MB 1

Matthew Reseigh MB 1

Dora Jackson-Lafleur BE 13

Environmental Services

Hermelyn Stillie MB 1

Rod Bacon MB 10

Health Services Administration

Suzanne Vorhies BHC 3

Health Services

Shay Mason BHC 6

Easlyn Haase BHC 1

Barbara Wente BHC 4

Lea Morgan BHC 16

Andrea Steverson BHC 1

Maralinda Ables BHC 1

Cynthia Reagan BHC 1

Lisa Lohmeyer AL 14

Monique Wingo AL 7

Rehab

Donna Martin Rehab 3

Karen Marsh Rehab 3

Whitney Carrier Rehab 2

Security/Transportation

Rita Hulsing Campus 10

Therapy Services

Kayla Heathman BHC 2

Kellie Johnson BHC 1

Beth Ott BHC 7

Resident Birthdays Ann Conley 1

Bill Thornton 1

Max Baker 2

Steve Hall 2

Melvin Mergenmeier 2

Clifford Hurst 3

Jean Ingersoll 3

Margaret Wait 3

Evelyn Halbert 7

Alice Hurst 7

Martin Woner 7

Esther May 11

Georgiana Morrill 12

Mary Lou Kiene 14

Maggie Killinger 16

Connie Buergin 17

Leota Cowell 17

Mildred Stone 19

Jim Barron 20

George Marschall 20

Carlene Allen 21

Anderson Chandler 21

Pauline Harris 22

Virginia Skinner 22

David Smith 22

Elsie Becker 23

Shirley Day 24

Jim Stanton 25

Arlene Burkdoll 29

Bill Douthett 30

Margery Purcell 30

Tootie Salsbury 30

Anniversaries Max and Liz Kiene 1-17-42

Sydney and Edna Fluke 1-22-49

Max and Lillie DaMetz 1-24-43

Melvin and Darline Peterson 1-24-94

John and Barbara Thiele 1-24-49

Bill and Ruth Larson 1-25-57

Warren and Freida Schriner 1-29-55

New Resident David and Sue Smith MB 423 Dorothy Beverly MB 419 Celia Eddy South 28 Betty Gilbert BE 123

In Memoriam Mrs. Donna Richards 12-5-13

Mrs. Allsie Mace 12-7-13

Mrs. Nyla Faye Shoemaker 12-12-13

celebrations | new beginnings | fond farewells