WHAT’S ON OUR MIND

Newton Presbyterian Manor continues to seek customer feedback through monthly telephone surveys. Each month, residents and their representatives are randomly selected to participate in telephone satisfaction surveys conducted by Pinnacle Quality Insight.

For June, the Bravo of the Month award goes to LPN Jeanne Douglass.

The Garden Club, started by Chaplain Greg Schmidt, meets once a week to care for the community’s plants and flowers. Recently, several independent- and assisted-living residents visited Stutzman’s Greenhouse and Garden Center to stock up on flowers that were recently planted on the deck off of the main dining room by residents, including Ann Heidebrecht

After COVID, and with the Manor-remodel completed, we felt like, what now? One by one our dear leaders in the administration were retiring, having carried us along with all the requirements for staff and residents during this difficult time, giving support and encouragement to each resident and keeping us informed of the current regulations about wearing masks, where we could go, what we should avoid and all the time graciously serving meals as dietary assistants to residents who were sitting six feet apart in the Chapel, Wellness Center, Sunroom, Broadway Apartments and in the three Healthcare units.

Although she’s already been at the community for nearly five months, Administrative Assistant Yvonne Duncan is a relative newcomer to the Newton Presbyterian Manor family. In order to get to know her a little better, we recently got her to sit down for a quick and informal Q&A session.