Oakcrossing News 1242 Oakcrossing Rd. London, ON N6H 0G2 * (519) 641 0023 * www.peoplecare.ca

March 2020

Celebrating March

Thursday March 5th- Music with

Randy Gray- 6:15pm in the Chapel

Friday March 6th – Outing to Wimpy’s

Diner for Breakfast- 8:30am- Sign up

with Recreation by March 2nd

Wednesday March 11th- Music with

Mike Griffin- 2:00pm in the Chapel

Friday March 13th- Hymn Sing with

Gateway Church- 6:15 in the Chapel

Monday March 16th- Resident Council-

10:30 in the Chapel

Food Committee- 11:00 in the Chapel

Tuesday March 17th – St Patrick’s Day

Party- 2:00 in the Café

Wear Green Day!

Friday March 20th – Irish Dancers-

2:00pm in the Chapel

Monday March 23rd – Forest City

Chorusters- 2:00pm in the Chapel

Tuesday March 24th – Mocktail Social

– 2:00pm in the Café

Friday March 27th- Birthday Party with

Al Crawford- 2:00pm in the Café

Tuesday March 31st – Music with DJ

Ernie- 2:00pm in the Chapel

Resident’s of Oakcrossing share

some of their Valentines

Advice!

Welcome Home

Brenda H.

We look forward to getting to know you!

Happy Birthday

To All those born in March! Resident Name Date

Traute S Mar 7

Margaret C Mar 7

Margaret L Mar 8

Milton C Mar 12

Edward C Mar 14

Robert C Mar 16

June C Mar 16

Brenda B Mar 22

Elsie A Mar 26

Jean T Mar 29 Flower: Daffodil Birthstone: Aquamarine March Birthdays In astrology, those born between March 1–20 are the Fish of Pisces. Fish feel things deeply, as in under-the-sea deep. These intuitive, creative, and intelligent people have strong feelings of right and wrong and also love to help others. Those born between March 21–31 are the Rams of Aries. As the first sign of the zodiac, Aries like to be number one. Bold, courageous, passionate, and somewhat impulsive, Rams dive headfirst into even the most challenging situations.

A reminder to move your clocks forward

one-hour Sunday March 8th at 3am!

News & Notes

• Please note that with Tax season

approaching us we will no longer

be providing income tax services

within the home. We have

provided a list at reception of

places that are local. If you have

any questions, please phone the

Office Manager at ext 102.

• Our next Family Council meeting

will be held Monday March 23rd at

6:30pm in the peopleCare

academy. All family members are

welcome. If you have any

questions please email Cassy

Borth, Director of Programs at

cborth@peoplecare.on.ca or ext.

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March 2020

In Memory Of Barbara F, Rose T, Robert C

Our deepest thoughts and sympathies go out

to the family and friends

"He spoke well who said that graves are the

footprints of angels.”

~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Message from the Executive Director:

Thank you for the warm welcome to

myself as your new Sr. Executive

Director and all our new peopleCare

Oakcrossing leadership team

members. I have officially started in

my new role leading the Oakcrossing

Long Term Care home effective today,

and I look forward to collaborating

with you all over the upcoming weeks

to get to know you as I transition into

my new role.

First, I would like to take this

opportunity to thank Sr. Executive

Director Paul Rektor who supported

the London team through this

transition period. Paul has been a

great resource to the entire team in

London, and he and I will continue to

support each other and partner to

ensure we facilitate a smooth

transition of leadership through the

upcoming weeks.

Second, I wanted to let you know that

I am very excited to announce that

Amanda Branisa, has accepted the

role of Director of Care with

peopleCare Oakcrossing. Amanda,

officially started on Feb 18th, 2020

and has been training in our other

homes for the past week. Amanda

will be officially be joining us in

London mid-March once her

onboarding has been completed.

Amanda has previous experience as a

Director of Care for a large home in

the surrounding London area, as well

has worked in both Long Term Care

and Acute Care for many years,

we know that her background and

experiences will serve her well as

she leads the nursing team here in

Oakcrossing.

Finally, Heather Medaglia, who

many of you have already met is our

Director of Clinical Services. Heather

has extensive clinical experience,

particularly in acute, and home

care, and works across all our

homes to elevate the clinical skills

and ability of our nursing teams to

support the increasingly complex

needs of our residents.

Heather’s main office is located in Oakcrossing, and we continue to be fortunate to have the benefit of her expertise here in London. Heather has been acting as the Interim Director of Care role for the past next several weeks leading the Oackcrossing nursing team and will continue to do so until Amanda officially starts with us here in London. I will continue to work at enhancing communication with residents, families and staff, and collaboratively making changes that improve both how we work together, and how we support each other to deliver high quality care and services every single day. Regards, Jeremy Zinger Sr. Executive Director – peopleCare Oakcrossing, London

March 2020

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staff here at Oakcrossing have received.

Thank you for all you do!

Food Committee Hello Everyone! Please note that we have revamped our food committee. It will now take place after Resident Council in the Chapel at 11:00am sharp! Our next Food Committee Meeting will be Monday March 16th at 11:00am. Lina Reales, Director of Food and Nutrition will be attending the meetings. All are welcome! This month food committee has decided the ‘theme day’ will be France. On Wednesday March 25th we will celebrate by having French Cuisine as one of the options for lunch and dinner.

peopleCare Is here for You

peopleCare recognizes that we cannot

thrive without the hard work and dedication our employees make every day in our Homes. Please remember all of the

programs that peopleCare has to assist you in your personal lives, educational pursuits

and Employee Recognition! If you are unfamiliar with any of the following, please

speak to your manager:

• Employee Assistance Program

• Education Assistance Program

• HEARTbeats rewards and recognition Program

March 2020

Living the peopleCare Values

GROWTH Embrace Change, maximize

Opportunity

Are you the best you can be?

Knowledge=Growth

Learn something new today!