Lisner-Louise-Dickson-Hurt Home
LIVING THE MISSION 
... A monthly newsletter from the Lisner-Louise-Dickson-Hurt Home
 
 
November 2018 





                      
Message from the CEO

Dear Friends,

As we ended the month of October, we successfully navigated a nasty Saturday weather system on the 27th to host our annual Community Fun Fest. With animals, clowns, balloons, games, art projects and food, the Home was filled with more than 150 multi-generational guests enjoying each other's company. How grateful we are to have shared the Home with so many of our neighbors and how thankful we are to those who joined with us to make this a very special day - Friendship Children's Center and Northwest Neighbors Village. And, most certainly, we want to thank the ANC3E for their continued generous financial support for this annual event.
 
We are thankful, too, that we are able to celebrate another Thanksgiving and holiday season with the residents, their families, friends, our volunteers and our supporters. What we do here at the Home is not a solitary undertaking; rather, it is through the combined efforts of many individuals coming together with a common purpose that we are able to enrich the lives of seniors in need. When we here at the Home stop to think about what we are grateful for, we must always remember that we owe our thanks to all who put trust in our work and help support our mission of service. As we prepare to enjoy this very special time of year, we send from our home to yours wishes for a very special Thanksgiving.    

Ward

From left, Clown Gary and resident Alemu Demissie
during the Community Fun Fest


Families and residents enjoying the art activities on Main Street in the Home


Members of the staff gather for the Resident Halloween Parade



Allie Marullo, Culinary Supervisor, and the final outcome of her pumpkin carving demonstration with the residents




Lisner-Louise-Dickson-Hurt Home Named  as One of  Best Nursing Homes in DC area by
U.S. News & World Report

WTOP News announced on Tuesday, October 30, that the 
U.S. News & World Report awarded the Home one of the "Best Nursing Home" distinctions in the country for 2018-2019.  Based on an evaluation of more than 15,000 nursing homes nationwide, the Home is a local standout excelling in not only the overall rating, but in the rating of short-stay care.  According to a statement released by U.S. News, this is the first year it has included a rating for short-stay care (less than 100 days). The new rating is aimed at patients who might need "intensive rehabilitation or nursing services before they return home following a surgery, stroke, accident or illness." 

For more information please click on the link:

 


Staff Begins Flu Shot Campaign

The Home kicked off a week of educational events for all staff from October 15-20 for International Infection Prevention Week.  Jackie Saint-Amour, Assistant Director of Nursing, and Meghan Mattero, Nursing Facility Unit Manager who helped organize the campaign,  held a "What are Germs Day?" complete with several display boards; "Dress Like a Germ Day," (may the best germ win!); "What Germ are You?"; "Infection Control and Movie Day;" followed by an all staff in-service on flu prevention and administration of flu shots. 

As the 2018/2019 flu season has begun, all staff are encouraged to receive the flu shot and take everyday  preventive actions to reduce the spread of germs.  Congratulations to those Departments that have achieved 100% compliance on receiving their flu shots!


Jackie Saint-Amour (left) with Meghan Mattero dressed as bugs for the "guess the number of gummy bugs in a jar" contest during the International Infection Prevention Week Campaign



In This Issue



Happy Thanksgiving!



Thank You to Our 
Generous Sponsors FY2018


"Garden Party -
Where Hope Grows"

Gold
Hamilton Insurance Agency
The Henry and Annie Hurt Home for the Blind
The John Dickson Home
The Louise Home
The Elizabeth R. Shoemaker Home
Matthew and Joanne Tobriner

Silver
Allied Pharmaceutical
 Services, Inc.
Bank of America
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Hertzbach & Company P.A.
KeyBank/Carolyn Nazdin
Medline Industries, Inc.

Bronze
Bollinger Energy Corporation
Brightstar Communications, Inc. 
Cooper & Crickman, PLLC
Enginuiti, Inc.
Ergo Solutions LLC
Hysong Funeral Home
L. Ward Orem
The Family Council of the LLDH Home
David and Connie Povich
Radiation Physics, Inc. 
The Resident Council of the LLDH Home
Marta Anne Schneider, MD

Friend
Bay City Pest Managment, Inc.
EuroMotorCars
HPSI Purchasing Services, LLC
Jackson & Campbell, P.C.
Payroll Network
The Washington (DC) Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. 




FY 2018 GRANTS

Aid Association for the Blind of
Washington, DC
Advisory Neighborhood
Commission 3E
Walter Brownley Trust 
DC Commission on the Arts
and Humanities  
John Edward Fowler Memorial Foundation
Mary and Daniel Loughran Foundation
S. Kann Sons Company Foundation
The Elizabeth R.Shoemaker
Home
The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation

 





 
 


 
WORKPLACE
GIVING
CAMPAIGNS
 
If your workplace has a giving program, please consider supporting the Home.
Your pre-tax deduction will make a huge difference to the residents.
 
LLDHH designation numbers are:
 
United Way #8007
 
CFC #2502

NOVEMBER CALENDAR HIGHLIGHTS
Day
Time
Event
2
3:00 pm
Happy Hour Music & Fun
6
All Day
Election Day
8
2:30 pm
Art Class
11
All Day
Veteran's Day 
13
3:00 pm
Tea Social in the NF Dayroom
14
3:30 pm
Monthly Birthday Party
21
3:30 pm
Women's Group in the Drawing Room
22
All Day
Happy Thanksgiving
24
1:45 pm
Bingo
27
2:30 pm
Food Service & Resident Council Meeting
28
11:00 am
Bob's Lecture on American Maestro - Irving Berlin

Contact the Activities office at 202-966-6667, ext. 3306 for further information.

Mission Statement:
It is the mission of the Lisner-Louise-Dickson-Hurt Home to provide extraordinary health and life care services to low and modest income seniors of the District of Columbia, empowering them to live life to the fullest.

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