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By: Sarah Herriman, Chelsea Activity Director

Doing What We Have Always Done Volume XVIV, No. 9 2921 West First - (620) 251-5190 - Coffeyville, Kansas 67337 September 2014

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“Unbecoming” a Nursing Home!!..........www.windsorplace.net

“Recognizing that all life is precious, we will diligently serve the needs of each who enter here in a dignified manner.”

August was a very exciting and busy month for us here at Windsor Place.We have been working very hard on fair crafts to enter into the fair exhibits.

We made some pretty neat things. Back on the Special Care Unit, we made a very unique basket out of a garden hose and zip ties. It was a group project that several of our residents participated in. The residents were not sure about it until it started taking shape.

Residents and staff also participated in the Rodeo Parade but unfortunately we got soaking wet. The residents made the whole situation easier by making jokes about it. They were very understanding and still managed to enjoy the time we spent go to and from the parade.

On a Thursday night we took a lot of the residents to the Rodeo. They had a wonderful time. They enjoyed the Rodeo and lots of Fair Foods. Some of the resi-dents talked about when they were a part of the Rodeo and how much fun it was. We are always happy to be able to bring back such wonderful memories but what we love even more is that they share those memories with us.

Last but not least, school is getting underway. Windsor Grandmas and Grandpas and staff are overjoyed that the kids will be back in the building. They brighten their day and the Windsor Grandmas and Grandpas look forward to doing activities with them. We will also be starting back up with the boys and girls club every Wednesday and the residents also look forward to participating in that. So as you see we stay pretty busy here at Windsor Place and we enjoy every minute of it.

A Family Affair! Geneva Myer enjoying the Rodeo with her Grandaughter, Angie and Great-Grandaughters, Teela and Aaliyah.

Dor tha We lch re l ax ing wh i l e waiting for the Rodeo to begin.

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M a r y B e t h L a P o n a i s “ b a c k i n t h e s a d d l e a g a i n ” . .

O n e i t a K e l l e r f i n d s a r i n g e r d u r i n g t h e f o o t b a l l t o s s .

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The Road We Travel By: Monte Coffman, Executive Director

Monte Coffman Executive Director

An emperor was on a road when he saw an old man digging in the field. “What are you doing old man?” he called out.“Planting fruit trees”, was the old man’s response.The emperor laughed and replied, “Old man, you are foolish. This soil is terrible. It will never grow trees. And, even if

it does, you will die before the trees bear fruit.”“But sir,” the old man replied, “I believe that the ground will provide the nourishment to enable the trees to grow and

that I will be here when they bring fruit. If not, my children will benefit.”“You are an old fool,” said the emperor. “But if the trees do grow, and you are still here, bring me some of the crop and

I will give you a reward!”Years went by and both the trees and the old man flourished. The old man gathered some of his first crop and took it to

the emperor’s palace.The emperor remembered the old man and his promise. “Your faith has been rewarded old man,” he said. “What do you

wish? You may have virtually any treasure in my kingdom.“The old man stared at the floor for a moment, turned his face toward the emperor sitting on his golden throne, smiled

and said, “Just some seeds, sir, so my children may learn my valuable lesson.”

I love this story. It is so applicable to leadership and the growing of people.The old man discerned the potential in planting fruit trees and the possibility of an abundant harvest in time. He was not

dissuaded by laughter and ridicule. He knew what he saw; he clung to the convictions of his insights. He toiled and worked quitely, patiently for years. Growth and development of the trees occurred slowly and consistently under the watchful eye and nurturing care of the old man.

In due time, a harvest was gathered and shared with the emperor.When offered a reward of treasures, the old man chose more seeds.The old man wanted to continue his work of care and nurturing. He wanted to continue to grow trees which would bear

fruit.Similarly, our work as leaders is to discern the potential and possibility in each applicant and new employee. Then under

watchful eye and care, provide opportunities and an environment for individual growth and fruit-bearing.The work of the leader is to continually assess the needs of each employee since growth is never uniform. The individual

employee, like each tree, must be cared for at the point of their current development. This is how we are attempting to (1) “un-become” a nursing home, and (2) provide a meaningful work experience for employees which in turn, will lead to a satisfying living experience for residents.

I am burdened by this next topic. I have observed during my time here, and really long before I came to Coffeyville, that the personal relationships each resident has with friends, family and lifelong associates are greatly diminished, or even severed when they move to a “nursing home”. This is wrong. Unfortunately in society too many people feel uncomfortable going to a nursing home to visit. I understand all the reasons for this -- preconceived ideas, myths that have been sustained by media stories, fears of our personal frailty, ect.

I am writing today, asking you as the readers, to have the courage and the will to rise above. The residents who live in care facilities like Windsor Place are viable human beings. Life is precious. They still have much to offer. They long for in-teraction and engagement of body and mind. I call upon you to visit, to reach out, to rekindle and restore those relationships that have been there for a lifetime...

Our commitment as an organization is to make these events and social times as easy and as comfortable as possible for the families, guests and visitors.

This is all quite consistent with our mission statement, “Recognizing that all life is precious, we will diligently serve the needs of each who enter here in a dignified manner”.

Thank you for choosing Windsor Place.

Excerpt from: “Soaring With the Phoenix”

Resident Quotes

Collected By: Karen Wilson, Chandra Lewis and Sarah Herriman

“What Was your favorite activity during fair & rodeo Week?”

Frances Long.....................

Sharon Russell...................

Harold Pullins....................

Lynn Mayfield....................

Diane Jones........................

Floyd Thompson................

Edith Nokes.......................

Shralyon Demott................Dortha Welch......................Barbara Hoover..................

Nora Martindale.................

I liked the strawberry and whipped cream funnel cakes. They were so good.Going outside and being able to pet the horse. Going to the Rodeo. That brought back a lot of memories for me!Going out to the fair ground to see the craft exhibits. I also enjoyed the parade even though we got soaking wet. I had a great time. I really enjoyed going to the craft exhibits and looking at all the beautiful crafts. I enjoyed going out on the patio and seeing the horse. I really like horses.Feeding the horse treats out of my hand. Seeing that beautiful horse! Riding the horse.Working on our 4th of July wreath. It got Grand Champion.I went to see the craft exhibits. I entered a puzzle I worked on in my room.

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Red Pullins and Dorothy Lane observing the attractions at the Rodeo.

Oscar Taylor.......................

Vera Cotton........................

Mary Beth LaPona.............Sam Foster.........................Jean Kimrey.......................

Juanita Robson..................

Dewey Gearhart................

Dessie Warren....................

We started for the parade and it poured down rain so we came back. (Riding on the trailer.)The Rodeo because I always rode in the Grand Entry on my horse.Riding the horse.Rodeo.I like going to the Rodeo and watching all the kids riding on the horses and especially all the cowboys.I love doing the arts and crafts for the fair.I like the funnel cakes and cara-mel apples we had at the Rodeo. I also really enjoyed watching the calf roping and all the children riding horses.I enjoyed going and looking at the crafts at the fair along with all the friends and family. I also enjoyed having Rodeo day, watching the old western film, having hot dogs and funnel cakes.

T h e T a t m a n s e m j o y i n g a l i t t l e p l a y f u l f u n . M a r k H e n r y a i m i n g f o r t h e target during the football toss..

Chelsea Community Members making back to school decorations.

C e l e b r a t i n g t h e e n d o f S u m m e r w a s a n e x c i t i n g d a y f o r W i n d s o r P l a c e C o m m u n i t y M e m b e r s .

Dorothy Tieaskie enjoying a game of golf on the Chelsea Community.

London/Cambridge community members gather at the fair to see their works of art. Oscar Tay lor takes a r ide on K e n d a P e a s e ’s h o r s e , L i l y .

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T h e c r a f t s h o w w i n n e r s o f E i g h t h S t re e t A s s i s t e d L i v i n g .

Inez Lewis , Hazel Hunnigan and Activity Director Sandy stop to pose for a picture.

Bromlee Cook displays her excitement over her first day of Kindergarten.

Oscar Taylor teams up with partner, Keiasian Riley, at the Rodeo.

The Fa i r exh ib i t Champions o f Ty l e r S t ree t Ass i s t ed L iv ing .

Rick Means and Sonia Larimore Kabobbing for a resident cook out.

Eva Traxson and Ann Hughey, our home-made ice cream makers, making a batch.

Shirely Owen showing off a quilt she made, during share and tell.

The day is finally here!! The children accompanied by their parents brought their school supplies to the classroom on Thursday, August 21 for “Meet the Teacher”. This was a wonderful day for the Elders and children. Energy smiles and playfulness was the menu for the day.

Most of us have fond memories of the first day of school we have personally experienced as well as those days of our children and grandchildren. Supplies, procedures and the like may have changed but the feelings and the anticipation seem to remain the same.

Children have a wonderful built-in uniqueness that provides society energy, the sense of excitement for each day, the ability to teach us to dream for the future as well as the tenderness of delivering love! How blessed we are to have the opportunity to share our days with each individual child who bares their spirit with us.

I once read that an Elder is someone who by virtue of life experience is here to teach us how to live. WOW! You combine the attributes of each generation and put them in the same environment and what a “Wonderful World” it can be!

Friday, August 22nd was the first day of school for the Age-to-Age students and the halls of our home are again filled with all that children offer. Windsor com-munity members are looking forward to the school year and the relationships that will develop and grow. We hope all our readers will follow the days of our school year as we report to you all each month!

Age-to-Age By: Jacque Rooks, Age-to-Age Liaison

Charlie Long washes the outside of the classroom window, as Harley Oelkers takes care of the inside.

Lincoln Tatman finds his learning tab le a t “Mee t the Teacher” .


News From Assisted LivingBy: Alice Long, Assisted Living Activity Director

It was a beautiful, cool, sunny, Saturday morning for our August family breakfast party. Having a breakfast party once in a while instead of a party in the evening gives family members that live out of town, or work evenings a chance to eat and visit with their family resident. We enjoyed biscuits and gravy, sausage, bacon, scrambled eggs and watermelon.

We enjoyed going to see the fair exhibits during fair and rodeo. The residents were very excited to see all the ribbons on their projects. Ann Hughey received a grand champion ribbon on her quill picture and Teri Angell received a reserve champion on her necklace she had made. Inez Lewis received a grand champion ribbon on her quilt and Evelyn Rogers received reserve champion on her crocheted baby blanket. All the residents were beaming with pride when they came back, telling everyone about their ribbons.

The Coffeyville Firemen ate lunch with us this month. We enjoy having them eat with us and stay to visit a while. Our newest resident, Jean Unruh, really enjoyed visiting with them since she knew several of them. Her husband, son and brother-in-law were all Coffeyville Firemen so it was a treat for her to see the firemen!

We have started a bell choir! We had eight residents volunteer to play in our choir. None of the residents read music but we have figured out a way for them to play and we have had a lot of fun practicing and perfecting our songs. We will be performing for family and friends on Sunday, September 7th at 2:00. That will kick off our Assisted Living Week. We will be hosting an open house and serving cobbler and ice cream. Our theme for Assisted Living Week is The Magic of Music. We will be having lots of music events during the week and we hope you will come join us for a fun filled, musical week!

resident of the Month selected

vernadean Barnes

The Resident of the Month for the month of September 2014 is Vernadean Barnes.

Vernadean was born on June 25th, 1925 in Kansas City, Kansas, to William and Agnes Thompson. She has 4 siblings Bud Thompson, Billy Thompson, Dan Thompson, and Collette Burgar.

Vernadean graduated from high school in Columbus, Kansas. She married Bob on September 11th, 1943 in Columbus, Kansas. Vernadean and Bob went on the have 6 children Bob, Steve, David, Mary Ann, Marcia, and Woody. Vernadean was a stay at home mother for the most part. She did work part time in the insur-ance department at the First National Bank in Sedan where her husband was also the President of the bank.

Vernadean attended church regularly and is a catholic. She enjoys listening to music and dancing. Shopping is also one of her favorite past times. She has 16 grandkids so she liked to go shopping for her children and her grandchildren. Her true love has and will always be her family, she loves every minute that she gets to spend with her family.

Congratulations Vernadean for being chosen Resident of the Month for the month of September 2014.


B e l l R i n g e r s o f A s s i s t e d L i v i n g .

Victoria HodgesFrances LongDelphia ConnDorothy JensenZenobia KingMelvin SueltzBetty GrovesRuby PhelpsDorothy TieaskieGloria ToshDolores DayPhyllis Cook

coMMunity MeMBers celeBrating Birthdays this

Month

09/0109/0209/1309/1409/1409/1509/1609/2009/2009/2209/2509/28

Birthday Girl, Evelyn Rogers, and son Tom enjoying one of the Family Parties.

Moved out of the coMMunity

Martha NeuhofelCarolee KeithBetty Preble

Margaret BroghammerCleo Adams

James MummertEdgar Mavers

Mabel Williams Dwight Bennett

neW arrivals to the coMMunity

Emalee CummingsVera CottonJennifer Ray

Roberta Ann EricksonEva Irene Voelzke

Lottie HayesBetty McCart

Ruby McCartneyRichard BauerRosetta Carter

Gloria ToshStacy Taylor

Roy Beck/With

In Loving MemoryMary Reynolds

Nova ReedArlene Donley


Lynn Mayfield shoots the basketball during the Basketball Challenge.

W i n d s o r P l a c e C o m m u n i t y M e m b e r s o n t h e i r w a y t o t h e M o n t g o m e r y C o u n t y F a i r P a r a d e .

To p f a i r w i n n e r s f ro m t h e L o n d o n / C a m b r i d g e C o m m u n i t y were , Frances Long , Barbara Hoover and Nora Mar t inda le .

Dennis Bellamy gives the horse a treat.

London Cambridge Community Members show Karen Wilson how to make meatloaf.Chelsea Communi ty Members g a t h e r f o r a c r a f t s e s s i o n .

B e r n a d i n e S h a w e n j o y i n g her s trawberry covered funnel cake during fair and rodeo week.

New law protects elderly from financial abuse

The following is an article from the newsletter from the office of, Governor, Sam Brownback

Kansas senior citizens are now better protected against fraud and financial abuse following the signing of Senate Bill 256 into law on April 17.

The legislature passed, and I signed, the bill which creates the new crime of Mistreatment of an Elder Person.An elder is defined as anyone age 70 or older. It is unfortunate that we require a law to afford this new protection to our

elders, but the bill will enhance law enforcement capability to deal with those who would steal from or defraud the elderly in our state.

Attorney General Derek Schmidt supported the bill, which was first proposed in January by Senators Michael O’Donnell (R-Wichita) and Jeff King (R-Independence).

The law provides the Attorney General’s office with “tougher penalties, better investigative tools and clearer boundaries to protect seniors from having their life savings stolen or wrongfully misused,” Schmidt said.

Under the law, penalties for stealing from an elder person are substantially enhanced and could result in more than 40 years in prison for large-scale financial abuse.

The law also makes it clear that misusing a trust investment or power of attorney to misappropriate an elder person’s life savings is a crime.

Sadly, reports of elder abuse appear to be rising as our population ages. It is estimated that only one in 25 cases is brought to the attention of authorities.

Many victims of these crimes are too confused, frightened or embarrassed to make a report. And in rare instances where the family is responsible for the abuse, the elderly hesitate to report the crime.

Elders become targets for disreputable telemarketers or scam artists for a number of reasons. Often the elderly are home and alone during the day and expect the people who call or come by their homes to be honest. Unfortunately that is not always true. In some instances it is a family member, volunteer caregiver or other individual known to the victim who takes advantage of them.

Our new Mistreatment of an Elder Person law provides the Attorney General with additional tools that will allow his office to put those who prey on our seniors behind bars.

The Windsor Place Alzheimer’s Family Support Group will meet this month on Sunday, September the 14th at 2:30 pm in the Campus Center.

**Just a reMinder**


News From Assisted LivingBy: Alice Long, Assisted Living Activity Director

It was a beautiful, cool, sunny, Saturday morning for our August family breakfast party. Having a breakfast party once in a while instead of a party in the evening gives family members that live out of town, or work evenings a chance to eat and visit with their family resident. We enjoyed biscuits and gravy, sausage, bacon, scrambled eggs and watermelon.

We enjoyed going to see the fair exhibits during fair and rodeo. The residents were very excited to see all the ribbons on their projects. Ann Hughey received a grand champion ribbon on her quill picture and Teri Angell received a reserve champion on her necklace she had made. Inez Lewis received a grand champion ribbon on her quilt and Evelyn Rogers received reserve champion on her crocheted baby blanket. All the residents were beaming with pride when they came back, telling everyone about their ribbons.

The Coffeyville Firemen ate lunch with us this month. We enjoy having them eat with us and stay to visit a while. Our newest resident, Jean Unruh, really enjoyed visiting with them since she knew several of them. Her husband, son and brother-in-law were all Coffeyville Firemen so it was a treat for her to see the firemen!

We have started a bell choir! We had eight residents volunteer to play in our choir. None of the residents read music but we have figured out a way for them to play and we have had a lot of fun practicing and perfecting our songs. We will be performing for family and friends on Sunday, September 7th at 2:00. That will kick off our Assisted Living Week. We will be hosting an open house and serving cobbler and ice cream. Our theme for Assisted Living Week is The Magic of Music. We will be having lots of music events during the week and we hope you will come join us for a fun filled, musical week!

resident of the Month selected

vernadean Barnes

The Resident of the Month for the month of September 2014 is Vernadean Barnes.

Vernadean was born on June 25th, 1925 in Kansas City, Kansas, to William and Agnes Thompson. She has 4 siblings Bud Thompson, Billy Thompson, Dan Thompson, and Collette Burgar.

Vernadean graduated from high school in Columbus, Kansas. She married Bob on September 11th, 1943 in Columbus, Kansas. Vernadean and Bob went on the have 6 children Bob, Steve, David, Mary Ann, Marcia, and Woody. Vernadean was a stay at home mother for the most part. She did work part time in the insur-ance department at the First National Bank in Sedan where her husband was also the President of the bank.

Vernadean attended church regularly and is a catholic. She enjoys listening to music and dancing. Shopping is also one of her favorite past times. She has 16 grandkids so she liked to go shopping for her children and her grandchildren. Her true love has and will always be her family, she loves every minute that she gets to spend with her family.

Congratulations Vernadean for being chosen Resident of the Month for the month of September 2014.


B e l l R i n g e r s o f A s s i s t e d L i v i n g .

Victoria HodgesFrances LongDelphia ConnDorothy JensenZenobia KingMelvin SueltzBetty GrovesRuby PhelpsDorothy TieaskieGloria ToshDolores DayPhyllis Cook

coMMunity MeMBers celeBrating Birthdays this

Month

09/0109/0209/1309/1409/1409/1509/1609/2009/2009/2209/2509/28

Birthday Girl, Evelyn Rogers, and son Tom enjoying one of the Family Parties.

Moved out of the coMMunity

Martha NeuhofelCarolee KeithBetty Preble

Margaret BroghammerCleo Adams

James MummertEdgar Mavers

Mabel Williams Dwight Bennett

neW arrivals to the coMMunity

Emalee CummingsVera CottonJennifer Ray

Roberta Ann EricksonEva Irene Voelzke

Lottie HayesBetty McCart

Ruby McCartneyRichard BauerRosetta Carter

Gloria ToshStacy Taylor

Roy Beck/With

In Loving MemoryMary Reynolds

Nova ReedArlene Donley

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T h e c r a f t s h o w w i n n e r s o f E i g h t h S t re e t A s s i s t e d L i v i n g .

Inez Lewis , Hazel Hunnigan and Activity Director Sandy stop to pose for a picture.

Bromlee Cook displays her excitement over her first day of Kindergarten.

Oscar Taylor teams up with partner, Keiasian Riley, at the Rodeo.

The Fa i r exh ib i t Champions o f Ty l e r S t ree t Ass i s t ed L iv ing .

Rick Means and Sonia Larimore Kabobbing for a resident cook out.

Eva Traxson and Ann Hughey, our home-made ice cream makers, making a batch.

Shirely Owen showing off a quilt she made, during share and tell.

The day is finally here!! The children accompanied by their parents brought their school supplies to the classroom on Thursday, August 21 for “Meet the Teacher”. This was a wonderful day for the Elders and children. Energy smiles and playfulness was the menu for the day.

Most of us have fond memories of the first day of school we have personally experienced as well as those days of our children and grandchildren. Supplies, procedures and the like may have changed but the feelings and the anticipation seem to remain the same.

Children have a wonderful built-in uniqueness that provides society energy, the sense of excitement for each day, the ability to teach us to dream for the future as well as the tenderness of delivering love! How blessed we are to have the opportunity to share our days with each individual child who bares their spirit with us.

I once read that an Elder is someone who by virtue of life experience is here to teach us how to live. WOW! You combine the attributes of each generation and put them in the same environment and what a “Wonderful World” it can be!

Friday, August 22nd was the first day of school for the Age-to-Age students and the halls of our home are again filled with all that children offer. Windsor com-munity members are looking forward to the school year and the relationships that will develop and grow. We hope all our readers will follow the days of our school year as we report to you all each month!

Age-to-Age By: Jacque Rooks, Age-to-Age Liaison

Charlie Long washes the outside of the classroom window, as Harley Oelkers takes care of the inside.

Lincoln Tatman finds his learning tab le a t “Mee t the Teacher” .

Resident Quotes

Collected By: Karen Wilson, Chandra Lewis and Sarah Herriman

“What Was your favorite activity during fair & rodeo Week?”

Frances Long.....................

Sharon Russell...................

Harold Pullins....................

Lynn Mayfield....................

Diane Jones........................

Floyd Thompson................

Edith Nokes.......................

Shralyon Demott................Dortha Welch......................Barbara Hoover..................

Nora Martindale.................

I liked the strawberry and whipped cream funnel cakes. They were so good.Going outside and being able to pet the horse. Going to the Rodeo. That brought back a lot of memories for me!Going out to the fair ground to see the craft exhibits. I also enjoyed the parade even though we got soaking wet. I had a great time. I really enjoyed going to the craft exhibits and looking at all the beautiful crafts. I enjoyed going out on the patio and seeing the horse. I really like horses.Feeding the horse treats out of my hand. Seeing that beautiful horse! Riding the horse.Working on our 4th of July wreath. It got Grand Champion.I went to see the craft exhibits. I entered a puzzle I worked on in my room.


Red Pullins and Dorothy Lane observing the attractions at the Rodeo.

Oscar Taylor.......................

Vera Cotton........................

Mary Beth LaPona.............Sam Foster.........................Jean Kimrey.......................

Juanita Robson..................

Dewey Gearhart................

Dessie Warren....................

We started for the parade and it poured down rain so we came back. (Riding on the trailer.)The Rodeo because I always rode in the Grand Entry on my horse.Riding the horse.Rodeo.I like going to the Rodeo and watching all the kids riding on the horses and especially all the cowboys.I love doing the arts and crafts for the fair.I like the funnel cakes and cara-mel apples we had at the Rodeo. I also really enjoyed watching the calf roping and all the children riding horses.I enjoyed going and looking at the crafts at the fair along with all the friends and family. I also enjoyed having Rodeo day, watching the old western film, having hot dogs and funnel cakes.

T h e T a t m a n s e m j o y i n g a l i t t l e p l a y f u l f u n . M a r k H e n r y a i m i n g f o r t h e target during the football toss..

Chelsea Community Members making back to school decorations.

C e l e b r a t i n g t h e e n d o f S u m m e r w a s a n e x c i t i n g d a y f o r W i n d s o r P l a c e C o m m u n i t y M e m b e r s .

Dorothy Tieaskie enjoying a game of golf on the Chelsea Community.

London/Cambridge community members gather at the fair to see their works of art. Oscar Tay lor takes a r ide on K e n d a P e a s e ’s h o r s e , L i l y .

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The Road We Travel By: Monte Coffman, Executive Director

Monte Coffman Executive Director

An emperor was on a road when he saw an old man digging in the field. “What are you doing old man?” he called out.“Planting fruit trees”, was the old man’s response.The emperor laughed and replied, “Old man, you are foolish. This soil is terrible. It will never grow trees. And, even if

it does, you will die before the trees bear fruit.”“But sir,” the old man replied, “I believe that the ground will provide the nourishment to enable the trees to grow and

that I will be here when they bring fruit. If not, my children will benefit.”“You are an old fool,” said the emperor. “But if the trees do grow, and you are still here, bring me some of the crop and

I will give you a reward!”Years went by and both the trees and the old man flourished. The old man gathered some of his first crop and took it to

the emperor’s palace.The emperor remembered the old man and his promise. “Your faith has been rewarded old man,” he said. “What do you

wish? You may have virtually any treasure in my kingdom.“The old man stared at the floor for a moment, turned his face toward the emperor sitting on his golden throne, smiled

and said, “Just some seeds, sir, so my children may learn my valuable lesson.”

I love this story. It is so applicable to leadership and the growing of people.The old man discerned the potential in planting fruit trees and the possibility of an abundant harvest in time. He was not

dissuaded by laughter and ridicule. He knew what he saw; he clung to the convictions of his insights. He toiled and worked quitely, patiently for years. Growth and development of the trees occurred slowly and consistently under the watchful eye and nurturing care of the old man.

In due time, a harvest was gathered and shared with the emperor.When offered a reward of treasures, the old man chose more seeds.The old man wanted to continue his work of care and nurturing. He wanted to continue to grow trees which would bear

fruit.Similarly, our work as leaders is to discern the potential and possibility in each applicant and new employee. Then under

watchful eye and care, provide opportunities and an environment for individual growth and fruit-bearing.The work of the leader is to continually assess the needs of each employee since growth is never uniform. The individual

employee, like each tree, must be cared for at the point of their current development. This is how we are attempting to (1) “un-become” a nursing home, and (2) provide a meaningful work experience for employees which in turn, will lead to a satisfying living experience for residents.

I am burdened by this next topic. I have observed during my time here, and really long before I came to Coffeyville, that the personal relationships each resident has with friends, family and lifelong associates are greatly diminished, or even severed when they move to a “nursing home”. This is wrong. Unfortunately in society too many people feel uncomfortable going to a nursing home to visit. I understand all the reasons for this -- preconceived ideas, myths that have been sustained by media stories, fears of our personal frailty, ect.

I am writing today, asking you as the readers, to have the courage and the will to rise above. The residents who live in care facilities like Windsor Place are viable human beings. Life is precious. They still have much to offer. They long for in-teraction and engagement of body and mind. I call upon you to visit, to reach out, to rekindle and restore those relationships that have been there for a lifetime...

Our commitment as an organization is to make these events and social times as easy and as comfortable as possible for the families, guests and visitors.

This is all quite consistent with our mission statement, “Recognizing that all life is precious, we will diligently serve the needs of each who enter here in a dignified manner”.

Thank you for choosing Windsor Place.

Excerpt from: “Soaring With the Phoenix”

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Doing What We Have Always Done Volume XVIV, No. 9 2921 West First - (620) 251-5190 - Coffeyville, Kansas 67337 September 2014

2921 West First - (620) 251-5190 - Coffeyville, Kansas 67337 September 2014

“Unbecoming” a Nursing Home!!..........www.windsorplace.net

“Recognizing that all life is precious, we will diligently serve the needs of each who enter here in a dignified manner.”

August was a very exciting and busy month for us here at Windsor Place.We have been working very hard on fair crafts to enter into the fair exhibits.

We made some pretty neat things. Back on the Special Care Unit, we made a very unique basket out of a garden hose and zip ties. It was a group project that several of our residents participated in. The residents were not sure about it until it started taking shape.

Residents and staff also participated in the Rodeo Parade but unfortunately we got soaking wet. The residents made the whole situation easier by making jokes about it. They were very understanding and still managed to enjoy the time we spent go to and from the parade.

On a Thursday night we took a lot of the residents to the Rodeo. They had a wonderful time. They enjoyed the Rodeo and lots of Fair Foods. Some of the resi-dents talked about when they were a part of the Rodeo and how much fun it was. We are always happy to be able to bring back such wonderful memories but what we love even more is that they share those memories with us.

Last but not least, school is getting underway. Windsor Grandmas and Grandpas and staff are overjoyed that the kids will be back in the building. They brighten their day and the Windsor Grandmas and Grandpas look forward to doing activities with them. We will also be starting back up with the boys and girls club every Wednesday and the residents also look forward to participating in that. So as you see we stay pretty busy here at Windsor Place and we enjoy every minute of it.

A Family Affair! Geneva Myer enjoying the Rodeo with her Grandaughter, Angie and Great-Grandaughters, Teela and Aaliyah.

Dor tha We lch re l ax ing wh i l e waiting for the Rodeo to begin.

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