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HomeMy WebLinkAboutJune 20189 East Creek Rd. Nantucket, MA 02554 508.228.0462 Inside This Issue: • Staff updates • Social media • Renovations update • Nantucket Wheelers biking program Highlights: 1.Resident Quote 2.Employee & Volunteer of the Month 3.Upcoming Events Staff Updates We are wishing Susan Balester, our Business Operations Coordinator, a happy retirement! Susan is retiring on June 5th after ten years with Our Island Home and fifteen years of service to the Town of Nantucket. We will miss you Sue! Please also join us in welcoming Michelle Kerwin, our new nurse! Michelle has over 30 years of nursing experience and we are thrilled to have her be part of our team. Social Media Check out our Facebook page for fun pictures and updates! Our username is: Oih Nantucket MA And please follow Our Island Home on Instagram: @ourislandhomenantucket We’d love to share all of the fun with you! Renovations We are excited to report that renovations of the East Wing shower room and the North Wing resident bathrooms are entering their final stages! We expect the North Wing bathrooms to be completed by the June 1st, and the East Wing shower to be operational by June 30th. Wheelers Biking Program The Nantucket Wheelers wheelchair biking program will resume for the season on Tuesday, May 29th! Nantucket Wheelers was started by OIH volunteer Darcy Creech, and runs from late May through September. Residents are brought out to Nantucket’s beautiful bike paths, for hour and a half long bike rides, on specially designed motorized bicycles with attached wheelchairs. For more information on the program, please visit the Nantucket Wheelers website: http://nantucketwheelers.org/ or their Facebook page. Wheelers in Action! OIH residents and Nantucket Wheelers volunteers taking in the view at Surfside beach, Summer 2017. May 15th Ice cream sundae party! 3:30pm in the living room. May 16th: Annual Memorial Service The Annual Our Island Home Memorial Service is Wednesday, May 16th at 10:00 am in the dining room. May 24th Nantucket Ballet School performance Please join us at 4:00 pm in the OIH dining room for a performance by the Nantucket Ballet School, set to the songs of The Beatles! May 28th Coast Guard visit 12pm. Servicemen and women will be visiting our residents in honor of the Memorial Day holiday. Family Council: the next meeting is Wednesday, June 20th at 10:00am. Live music: we have live music performances scheduled for 4 pm in the OIH living room on: May 14th, May 17th, May 21st , May 28th and May 31st ! Nurses Week: Thank a nurse! National Nurses Week is May 6th through 12th. Nursing Home Week: National Skilled Nursing Care Week is May 13th through 19th! Upcoming Events Watching the Daffodil Parade! 9 East Creek Rd Nantucket, MA 02554 PHONE: 508.228.0462 FAX: 508.228.6875 E-MAIL: Brett Lennerton Administrator blennerton@nantucket- ma.gov We’re on the Web! See us at: www.nantucket- ma.gov Art Class Show! Staff and residents viewing the work of the OIH art class hung in the Greenhound building on Washington Street. Employee of the Month Kellie Coffman Kellie joined the OIH team in January as the business office coordinator. She always has a smile and a kind word for everyone! Volunteer of the Month Chloe Sanford Chloe comes to visit OIH weekly with her wonderful dog, Tiller! Till is a Shih Tzu/Yorkie mix and both are loved by our residents. Resident Portraiture Local Nantucket photographer Barbara Clarke is offering her portraiture services free of charge to OIH residents. If you would like to schedule group or individual portraits for your friend or family residing at OIH, please contact Taylor Hilst at thilst@nantucket-ma.gov to schedule an appointment. Resident Monthly Quote “The people here are being well taken care of.” –John G.