Montefiore’s FREE Monthly Healthcare Speaker Series Continues on Wednesday, April 18, 2012 at 4 pm. Free and Open to the Community!

Montefiore’s FREE Monthly Healthcare Speaker Series – April 2012

Montefiore’s FREE monthly healthcare speaker series continues on Wednesday, April 18, 2012 at 4 pm. Free and open to the community! This month’s featured speaker will be Sharon Ginal, Montefiore’s director of advanced practice nursing. Topic: “Gotta Go, Gotta Go, Gotta Go?” Learn tips for improving bladder control; common reasons for bladder control problems; and discover why bladder control issues may increase as you age. Question and answer session following presentation in Montefiore’s Maltz Auditorium, One David N. Myers Parkway, in Beachwood. No reservations needed. For more information call 216.910.2565.

Yom Ha’atzmaut Celebration at Montefiore – Thursday, April 26, 2012 at 2:30 pm – Free and open to the Community!

Yom Ha’atzmaut at Montefiore – 2012

Yom Ha’atzmaut Celebration at Montefiore beginning at 2:30 p.m. in the Maltz Auditorium. Free and open to the community.

Celebrate with songs about the life of Israel, with cantorial soloist Cheryl Eitman in honor of Israel Independence Day.

For more information contact Rabbi Joel Chazin at 216.910.2522.

Join Us for a Special Yom HaShoah Commemoration on Thursday, April 19, 2012 at 2:30 pm in Montefiore’s Maltz Auditorium

Yom HaShoah Remembrance at Montefiore – 2012

On Thursday, April 19, 2012, Montefiore will commemorate Yom HaShoah with a special Holocaust Remembrance program entitled “Children Who Survived.” Special guests: Erica Gold and Cantor Larry Josefovitz.  The tribute will be held at 2:30 pm in Montefiore’s Maltz Auditorium.

For more information, contact Rabbi Joel Chazin at 216.910.2522.

Free & open to the community.

Bereavement Support Group offered through Vinney Hospice of Montefiore beginning mid-April 2012

Journey Through Grief Apr-May 2012 – Vinney Hospice of Montefiore

“Journey Through Grief,” a six-week bereavement support group, will begin mid-April for adults suffering from recent loss. This education and support group will provide materials and discussions on a variety of topics to assist participants in their grieving process.

“Journey Through Grief” is offered Thursday evenings beginning Thursday,
April 19, 2012 from 6 – 7:30 pm in Montefiore’s Maltz Auditorium, One David N. Myers Parkway, Beachwood, Ohio. The class will meet six times every Thursday through Thursday, May 24, 2012.

This non-denominational support group is sponsored by Vinney Hospice of Montefiore, The Edith and Alvin O. Schreibman Bereavement Support Group Fund of

The Montefiore Foundation and Berkowitz-Kumin-Bookatz Memorial Chapel. Vinney Hospice of Montefiore brings pain management and symptom control, as well as loving, caring help and compassion to those facing a life-limiting illness, their caregivers, family and loved ones.

All sessions are free and open to the community. The group is facilitated by Kim Ventresca, LISW and Vinney hospice bereavement and volunteer coordinator. To register, call 216.910.2795. Light refreshments will be provided.

Montefiore Family Newsletter – Spring 2012

Montefiore Family Newsletter Spring 2012

Newsletter Highlights

Message from Steven S. Willensky,
Board Chair
A SUMMER VACATION IN CLEVELAND…AT THE WEILS!
I’d like to tell you about my mother’s vacation this past summer. She is 91. Mom left her Bayonne, New Jersey home for a happy retirement in Boca Raton back in 1981. Since moving to Florida, her golden rule has been that she would travel to visit the kids and grandkids, only if the sun was shining where they lived and the temperature was at least 70 degrees.

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130 YEARS: 1882 -2012.
TRADITION.COMPASSION.INNOVATION.
Please join us for Montefiore’s 130th Annual Meeting – Thursday, May 17, 2012
at 7 pm. Featured speaker: TV personality Fred Griffith. Please respond by Thursday, May 10 to Sharon Castro, executive assistant at 216.910.2658 or e-mail  scastro@montefiorecare.org.

Message from Rabbi Joel Chazin
BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
By the time you read this, Oscar fever in Hollywood and throughout the world will be over. Of course, the excitement was about Best Picture, Best Director, the leading Actor…

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JOIN US FOR OUR MONTHLY HEALTHCARE SPEAKER SERIES!
Free & open to the community!

Wednesday, March 21, 2012
“Don’t Fall in the Mall”

Wednesday, April 18, 2012
“Gotta Go, Gotta Go, Gotta Go!”

Wednesday, May 16, 2012
“These Old Bones – What You Need to Know About Osteoporosis”

All sessions begin at 4 pm with a presentation in Montefiore’s Maltz Auditorium, followed by a question and answer period. Call 216.910.2565 for more information.

DON’T IGNORE THE SNORE! Find Out if You Need Help.
Montefiore’s new At-Home Sleep Apnea Testing and Therapy Program provides an affordable, convenient and comprehensive treatment plan.  For more information about Montefiore’s At-Home Sleep Apnea Testing and Therapy Program, please call 216.910.2540.

Gina Prosser, Montefiore Vice President of Clinical Services Appointed to the Council on Practice by the Ohio Nurses Association

Gina Prosser, MSN, RN-BC, LNHA and Montefiore’s vice president of clinical services, has been appointed to the Council on Practice (COP) for the 2011-2013 biennium by the Ohio Nurses Association. She oversees all clinical programs and services including skilled and long-term nursing, Alzheimer’s and dementia care, home healthcare, hospice and palliative care, social services, activities, dietitians and staff development.

Gina was instrumental in creating “Central Park,” a park-like gathering space for residents and family members that includes a virtual blue sky, park benches and colorful flowering trees and plants in the dementia unit. Under her clinical leadership, Montefiore has had two perfect surveys from the Ohio Department of Health’s annual inspections.

Gina Prosser

Gina contributed to the Joint Commissions Approaches to Pain Management: An Essential Guide for Clinical Leaders, 6^th edition 2011 and The Bridge Project: Improving Heart Failure Care in Skilled Nursing Facilities. She is a member of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing and the Ohio Nurses Association. She is board-certified Gerontological nurse by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) and a Certified Director of Nursing in Long-Term Care by the National Association Directors of Nursing Administration in Long-Term Care (NADONA/LTC).

Congratulations Gina!

Rehab Transitional Care Suite and Expanded Rehab Therapy Gym NOW OPEN at Montefiore

Montefiore is proud to announce its new rehab transitional care suite. This spacious private suite, designed with comfortable surroundings, was created for patients who aren’t quite ready to go home and may need assistance after having rehab therapy and skilled nursing services at Montefiore after surgery, illness or injury.

This suite includes several amenities such as individual temperature control, private bathroom with a walk-in/spa-like shower and kitchenette with a refrigerator and dishwasher – all to help qualified rehab patients ease into the transition from rehab to life at home. The suite is beautifully furnished and has Internet access and a flat-screen television with built-in DVD player. Post-hospital patients staying in the transitional care suite will be under the supervision of nursing and therapy to safely assess their abilities to perform the activities of daily living.              “Suite” Transition
               Rehab patient Norm Diamond with Sonia Naylor, nursing assistant
in Montefiore’s new rehab transitional suite.

“The goal of creating this new transitional suite is to assist rehab patients and prepare them to return home after receiving post-hospital nursing care and rehab therapy from our skilled clinicians. Our team promotes optimum levels of recovery and function by recognizing and intervening to meet each patient’s needs,” explained Lauren Rock, Montefiore President and CEO.

Patients will be responsible for managing their medications and other activities that are part of daily life such as bathing, grooming, dressing, laundry, etc. This service is covered under Medicare, managed care or private insurance.

Norm Diamond of Chagrin Falls – the first rehab patient to stay overnight in the transitional care suite – sums up his experience this way: “The suite has a special healing environment to it – with a homelike atmosphere. Staying for a few nights really helped build my confidence before I went home. It was a good way to test how independent I could be. I’m glad I stayed those few extra nights.”

Due to the successes of Montefiore’s two specialty orthopedic annexes, rehab patients will now have access to The Stella Kleinman Rehabilitation Therapy Gym – an additional 650 square feet of space dedicated to rehab therapy treatments – tripling the size of the previous space.  It is a “specialty gym” designed to promote, restore and maintain overall fitness and health, while presenting an innovative approach to physical wellness and rehab therapies.

This airy and spacious rehab therapy gym is full of natural light and is bathed in soft colors, emanating a warm, soothing and healing environment. The roomy expansion has state-of-the-art modalities and therapeutic equipment – along with a kitchenette and washer/dryer – to provide patients the tools to help them get stronger, more independent and ready to go home.

Part of The Stella Kleinman Rehabilitation Therapy Gym

“The purpose of this expanded rehab therapy gym is to accommodate the growing number of orthopedic patients coming to Montefiore for rehab therapy due to our strong reputation for excellent rehab therapy and skilled nursing,” said Rock.

2012 Passover Programs, Services & Seders

Happy Purim from Montefiore!

Torah Institute – Monday, March 12, 2012 at 10:30 am – Free & Open to the Community!

Torah institute at Montefiore – March 2012

Join Rabbi Joel Chazin for Torah Institute featuring guest speaker Rabbi Steven Denker
from Temple Emanu El on Monday, March 12, 2012 at 10:30 am in Montefiore’s Maltz Auditorium – All are welcome!

Topic: “Comfort in the Jewish Tradition” – Light refreshments will be served.  No reservations needed.  For more information, please call Rabbi Chazin at 216.910.2522.