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9 East Creek Rd.
Nantucket, MA 02554
508.228.0462
May 2019-
June 2019
Volume 2, Issue 1
OUR ISLAND HOME
Monthly Newsletter
Inside This Issue:
• National Nurses Week • Staff Update • Daffodil Day
Highlights:
1. Resident Quote
2. Employee &
Volunteer of the
Month
3. Upcoming Events
National Nurses Week
May 6th through 12th is National
Nurses Week, established in
1993 by the American Nurses
Association. National Nurses
Week is a time for everyone to
recognize the vast contributions
and positive impact of America’s
4 million registered nurses. Each
year, the celebration ends on May
12, Florence Nightingale's
birthday. We would like to honor
all of our wonderful and caring
OIH nurses! Most of our nurses
have been with us at OIH for
years: Heather Francis, Patty
Dargie, Carol Matson, Lisa
Mulvey, Maria Lemus, Mary
Patton, Nancy Koyl, Donna King
and Katelyn Boynton; as well as
our recent travel nurses Elaine
Kennedy and Lisa Gydus.
Some of our fantastic nursing team!
Left to right: Katelyn Boynton, Patty
Dargie, Lisa Mulvey, Carol Matson,
Heather Francis and Maria Lemus.
Staff Update:
-We would like to announce the
retirement of one of OIH’s longest
serving Certified Nurses Aids, Ellen
Ryder. She is retiring after 23 years
of service! If you would like to
celebrate her retirement, please
join us at 1:30 pm on Monday, May
20th in the OIH dining room.
-Kellie Coffman, our former
Business Office Coordinator, has
returned to the West coast to be
closer to family. We miss her and
are wishing her the best!
-Elaine Kennedy, travel LPN is with
us until June, but then we will say
goodbye. She will be greatly missed
by residents, staff and family
members alike.
-Please join us in welcoming Lisa
Gydus, travel LPN who will be with
us for 12 weeks, and Nancy Adrian,
RN who is our new 3-11 nurse! We
are so excited to have you!
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.
We
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9 East Creek Rd
Nantucket, MA 02554
PHONE:
508.228.0462
FAX:
508.228.6875
E-MAIL:
Brett Lennerton
Administrator
blennerton@nantucket-
ma.gov
Employee of the Month
Elaine Kennedy
Elaine is a fantastic travel nurse that
we have been fortunate enough to
have with us since April 2018- a long
stretch for a travel nurse! As her time
at OIH nears its end, we are thrilled
to have her be Employee of the
Month for the second time! Thank
you for everything Elaine.
Volunteer of the Month
Sybil Nickerson
Sybil is a former OIH employee who
retired in 2015- but she just couldn’t
stay away! Sybil comes every week to
visit with the residents and do a
floral arranging group.
Family Council:
The next meeting is Wednesday,
May 15th, 10:00 am; and the
following meeting is scheduled for
Wednesday, June 19th at 10am.
Nanpuppets:
On June 27th at 4pm, Lizza
Obremski of Nanpuppets and Out
to Sea will offer her puppet show
for residents and the Nantucket
Community! These performances
are made possible through a grant
from the Nantucket Cultural
Council and the Mass Cultural
council.
Educational Presentation:
Upcoming Live Musical Talent:
Jim Sulzer: continues to wow us
with his classical guitar skills on
May 23rd and June 5th.
Paul Connors: returns for a
Father’s Day performance on June
16th.
Susan Berman: plays her original
songs with her partner, Ray, on
May 30th and June 6th.
Mollie Glazer: will be playing for
us on May 20th and 27th, and on
June 10th.
Steve Tornovish: is back May 28th
(a date change from 5/29) and
again on June 3rd.
PJ Moody: returning with friends
and rock-n-roll on May 22nd and
comes back again June 12th.
All music performances begin at
4pm, in the OIH living room.
Father’s Day reminder:
If you would like to join your family
member for the noon meal on
Father’s Day (6/16/19) or if you
are planning on taking your family
member out on Father’s Day, please
see Taylor Hilst, Activities Director
by 6/13/19. Thank you!
Upcoming Events
Resident
Monthly
Quote
“I love the
people here.”
Gladys S
We’re on the Web!
See us at:
www.nantucket-
ma.gov
Check out Our Island Home’s entry in the Whaling
Museum’s Festival of Trees: “Our Island Artists”!
The Our Island Home art class
3 blue ribbons! Congrat to our own Sam L,
creator of these beautiful arrangements for
the Daffodil Flower show!