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Laughing Your Way to Better Health

Thursday, November 15th, 2012

The Older Adults Laughing By Rick Banas of assisted living provider BMA Management, Ltd.

I had the opportunity recently to join more than two dozen residents of the Heritage Woods affordable assisted living community that BMA manages in McHenry, Illinois, for an introductory session on Laughter Yoga.

None of us had ever experienced Laughter Yoga before so we had no idea what to expect.

Certified Laughter Yoga Leader and Motivational Speaker Caryl Derenfeld conducted the session. She is the owner of a company called Learned Conversations.

Caryl explained that Laughter Yoga was developed by Dr. Matan Kataria of India as a way of achieving better overall health and well-being. It consists of a series of exercises that involve breathing, stretching, clapping and laughing.

Laughing increases your oxygen intake, Caryl said, which benefits both your body and your mind. It also increases your endorphin levels and reduces stress.

One of the beauties of Laughter Yoga, especially for older adults who may have some frailties, is that you can do it while sitting in a chair or while standing.

A key is that you are laughing for laughter’s sake. You are always laughing with other people, not at other people.

Caryl added that your body does not know the difference between real laughter and fake laughter. All that I ask is that if you do fake your laughter, you do it to the utmost.

We spent more than 20 minutes participating in the Laughter Yoga exercises. This was followed by a period of meditation and then feedback from the residents who participated.

For more information on Laughter Yoga, I invite you to visit learnedconversations.com/laughter_yoga and to watch these videos of a conversation I had about the Laughter Yoga session at Heritage Woods of McHenry with Janet Michel, the community’s Director of Resident Services, and Jenneen Hansen, Director of Marketing.

For those of you near the Quad Cities, a Laughter Yoga program is being held this Friday, Nov. 16, at 2 p.m. at the Heritage Woods affordable assisted living community that BMA manages in Aledo, Illinois.

The program will be conducted by Tara Wassel from Homebound Healthcare.

What are your thoughts? Leave a comment and let us know.

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and one of the 20 largest providers of assisted living in the United States.”

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No Need to Live with Pain

Wednesday, June 20th, 2012

By Rick Banas of assisted living provider BMA Management, Ltd.

Hospice COMPASSUS logo If you are in pain, speak up, Gwen Gladfelter advised those attending the community health education program she conducted last week.

Gwen is a Care Consultant with the Galesburg office of Hospice COMPASSUS. She was speaking on “Understanding and Managing Your Pain” at the Heritage Woods affordable assisted living community that BMA manages in Aledo, Illinois.

Pain is not all in your head and is not something you should have to live with, she said.

Pain is our body’s way of sounding an alarm that something is not right. It is the result of injury, disease or damage to the body and may be a nuisance or a signal that something is seriously wrong.

If you are in pain, ask for help. Talk to your doctor or nurse. Be your own advocate.

The longer you wait to get help, the harder it will be to get better. If you act quickly, you can often prevent things from getting worse. Getting a handle on pain can help improve the quality of life.

There are safe and effective ways to treat pain without using pills. Here are some of the examples that Gwen mentioned:

Patient and Family Education
Community Support Groups
Exercise, Yoga and Tai Chi
Massage – can help the body heal itself.
Deep Breathing
Ice and Heat – (be careful so that you don’t cause burns).
Meditation, Prayer, Spiritual and Pastoral Support
Humor – improves breathing, helps your heart, can reduce blood pressure.
Distraction
Music – can help a person relax and relieve anxiety. Can also help with nausea and vomiting.
Chiropractic Care – move the spine to aid in healing.
Osteopathic Manipulation
Physical Therapy
Acupuncture – relief of pain and treating illness.
Reiki (ray-key) – a Japanese technique for stress reduction and relaxation that also promotes healing.

Because what works for someone else may not work for you, it is important that the treatment of pain be individualized, Gwen said.

Discuss the situation and your options with your doctor. You should always feel comfortable asking your doctor why he or she is recommending a particular course of treatment.

For your doctor to best be able to help you, Gwen recommended that you be prepared to talk about such things as…

Where is your pain?
How does your pain feel?
How often do you feel the pain?
What time of day is your pain the worst?
What gets your pain started?
Does your pain stay or does it come and go?
What makes your pain better?
What makes your pain worse?
What have you tried that makes your pain better?
What do you think causes your pain?
What medications have you used in the past?
Does your pain cause you problems in meeting your personal needs?

If your doctor gives you something to help relieve or manage your pain and your pain does not go away, let them know, she said. You don’t have to live with pain.

What are your thoughts? Leave a comment and let us know.

“BMA Management is the leading provider of affordable assisted living in Illinois
and one of the 20 largest providers of assisted living in the United States.”

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Calling Assisted Living an “Acute Care Setting” is Just Plain Wrong

Wednesday, June 1st, 2011

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The comments about assisted living that were in a story on “Can the CLASS Act be Saved” that ran in the LifeCycles section of The Washington Times on Monday, May 30, cannot go unchallenged.

Writer Laurie Edwards-Tate contends there is one issue that should transcend individual politics on which we all should agree.

In her opinion, it is far more humane and cost-effective for us to take care of people in need of some help to maintain their independence with home health care services for as long as possible rather than in an “acute care setting like assisted living or a nursing home.”

I fully agree with the idea of providing services to help older adults achieve and maintain as much independence as possible for as long as possible and with providing those services in their home as opposed to a nursing home.

I do not in any way agree with labeling assisted living as an acute care setting and with the assumptions that home health care services delivered in the house, condo, townhome or rental apartment where the older adult currently is living are automatically more humane and more cost-effective than assisted living.

A few quick comments and then I will let residents and family members from some of the affordable assisted living communities that we manage do the talking.

Residents of assisted living communities enjoy a residential rather than an institutional style of living. Many assisted living communities look much more like a nice hotel than a nursing home.

Residents furnish and decorate their apartments with their own furniture and to their tastes.

Residents come and go as they please.

Residents not only get the personal assistance and help with medications they need, but also benefit from a wealth of opportunities to socialize and participate in social and recreational programs and activities.

The cost of assisted living often can be equal to or less than the cost of home health care services, especially when you consider all of the other living expenses associated with living in and maintaining a house, condo or townhome. A 2010 Met Life Survey pegs the average base cost of a private apartment in assisted living at $3,293 a month. The average cost for a homemaker was $19 an hour and for a home health aide was $21 an hour. The cost for a homemaker just three to four hours a day, five days a week would be between $1,140 and $1,520 a month. For a home health aide, the cost would be between $1,260 and $1,680 a month. These figures for in-home care do not include any other living expenses.

As for residents and their families of assisted living communities that we manage, here is what they have to say:

Clara moved to the Heritage Woods affordable assisted living community that BMA manages in Aledo, Illinois, from a nursing home after recovering from a stroke. “As evidenced by all her plants and treasured personal items surrounding her, Clara made this her home.” Her family “was comforted knowing that she tucked in safe and cozy, with Heritage Woods staff looking over her.”

Mom needed to move because of her health. Leaving the house where she lived for the past 30 years was by no means an easy decision. There was no way she wanted to move to a nursing home. Fortunately, the assisted living community she selected was anything but a nursing home.

Back in the day, Robert Kampf drove stock cars on the track in Schiller Park, Illinois, that once stood across the street from what is now O’Hare Airport. At the age of 57, he suffered a stroke. For ten years, he was bounced around from nursing home to nursing home was even put into a secured Memory Care unit at one facility because there was no long-term Medicaid bed available. His move to the Heritage Woods affordable assisted living community that we manage in Bolingbrook, Illinois, has put Robert back in the driver’s seat. He once again has the freedom to do whatever he wants. “Sure enough, I like it,” he says. “It is much better than a nursing home.”

Phyllis Kelley moved to the Heritage Woods affordable assisted living community that we manage in DeKalb, Illinois, from independent senior housing for more security and three meals a day as she was not eating right. She still works two days a week as the County Historian. “For the first time in many years, I sleep through the night.”

Ilene “Ike” Sanders moved into a Heritage Woods affordable assisted living community after her husband passed away. She found it difficult living alone. Since making the move, she says that she has experienced a big positive change in her life just from the friends she has made and being able to eat with others. “I couldn’t be happier. It sure beats living alone.”

Mary Klepitsch moved into a Heritage Woods affordable assisted living community with her husband, Fred. “It saved my sanity. I didn’t have to worry about Fred when I was out and I wasn’t alone dealing with life.”

Ed Duy moved into a Heritage Woods affordable assisted living community after rehabilitating from a broken hip. He could no longer live in his house because of all the stairs. “I couldn’t ask for anything better,” he says.

Nancee Jones moved in after breaking her knee. “I really like doing things with others and especially enjoy doing things for others. I’m so happy here I don’t know how to put it in words.”

Do you think you would hear these types of comments from people living in a cold institutional acute-care setting? Does it sound like these folks are living a lifestyle that is less humane than if they were isolated alone in a house or apartment?

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What are your thoughts? Leave a comment and let us know.

“BMA Management is the leading provider of affordable assisted living in Illinois
and one of the 20 largest providers of assisted living in the United States.”

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Saluting Supportive Living as Model for Affordable Assisted Living

Friday, April 29th, 2011

By Wayne Smallwood, Executive Director of the Affordable Assisted Living Coalition

This week, the Affordable Assisted Living Coalition (AALC) along with Supportive Living communities throughout the State of Illinois joined together to celebrate Supportive Living Week 2011.

Our 4th Annual Supportive Living Week celebration provides a special opportunity to tell people the good news about Supportive Living.

The program is the best program for affordable assisted living in the country and should be a model for other states to follow.

The program is designed to serve older adults and disabled adults of all incomes who need some help to maintain their independence but do not require nursing home care. It especially benefits those who cannot afford private pay assisted living. Personal choice, dignity, privacy and individuality are emphasized.

Residents and their families as well as the State of Illinois benefit from the program.

Residents enjoy the opportunity to live in a wonderful residential environment while receiving the help with medications and personal assistance they need.

The State benefits because the cost of a resident with Medicaid support living in a Supportive Living community is 40% less than what it would cost the State for the person to live in a nursing home.

Since the first Supportive Living community began operating in the fall of 1999, the program has grown significantly. Today, there are 126 communities, housing more than 9,800 apartments, operating in 73 Counties in the State.

To help celebrate Supportive Living Week this year, the Affordable Assisted Living Coalition sponsored four major programs.

Art is Ageless

Many residents in Supportive Living communities have artistic talents that they have honed over the years and others have skill sets that they developed while living in our communities. This year, we created the “Art is Ageless” Contest as part our the celebration of Supportive Living Week as an opportunity for all artists – writers, crafters and visual artists alike – to share their passion for the arts.

Participants from throughout the state created and submitted 06 entries in the categories of prose, soft crafts, hard crafts and visual arts.

One of the artists noted that she started painting at 71 and still likes dabbling at it at 99. One of the winners took up wood carving when he was 92 and created his award-winning work at 96.

A panel of judges selected the winners. A complete list can be found below.

Winners were honored at our Awards Luncheon held earlier this week at the President Abraham Lincoln Hotel and Conference Center in Springfield.

Scrapbooking

Communities throughout the state created scrapbooks about the engaging lifestyle that Supportive Living communities offer. With paper, photos and stickers, the scrapbooks depicted the “Care, Community and Comfort” that this affordable senior housing model offers.

A complete list of Scrapbook Award winners can be found below.

Wii Bowling

This year, we sponsored our second annual Wii Bowling Competition. Sixty teams of residents in Supportive Living communities throughout Illinois participated.

The competition culminated earlier this week with the “Final Four” in Springfield.

All four teams that rolled their way into the Final Four won their respective divisions during the seven-week regular season and won their divisional playoffs.

In the semi-finals on Tuesday afternoon, the Glenhaven Gardeners from Glenhaven Gardens in Alton, topped the Springfield Splitters from Springfield Supportive Living, and Wii Bowl Better from Eden Supportive Living in North Aurora out bowled the championship team from last year – the Silver Sliders from Cambridge House of Maryville.

On Wednesday morning, the Springfield Splitters won the battle for third place, with Jim Nyberg thrilling those in attendance and those watching on the Internet by bowling a 300 game.

Then, the Glenhaven Gardeners, which took home the third place trophy last year, topped Wii Bowl Better to take home the First Place Trophy.

Meet the Governor Day

AALC held our annual “Meet the Governor Day” at the State Capitol in Springfield on April 12, 2011. More than One hundred & fifty residents and staff members from Supportive Living communities traveled to the Capitol to meet Governor Patrick Quinn.

Many also were able to meet with their local State Senator and Representative.
We had on display all of the winning artwork and scrapbooks.

This year, they especially wanted to express concern about the Governor’s proposed 6% cut in state funding for the Supportive Living program.

After greeting residents at the Capitol, Gov. Quinn stated that “I have heard your call.”

Art is Ageless Awards

Hard Crafts

First Place
Rolland Hoehn
Cambridge House of Swansea
For his wood carving of “The Skibber Gee”

Second Place
Manny Shellist
Heritage Woods of Bolingbrook
For his wood carving of “Abraham Lincoln Gettysburg Address”

Third Place
Ruth Aquilina
Plum Creek Supportive Living
For her sculpture “Witch Doctor”

Honorable Mention
Marie French
Heritage Woods of Flora
For her “Hand-Woven Basket”

Honorable Mention
Vera Gunter
Heritage Woods of Benton
For her “Christmas Tree” made from old jewelry and Christmas lights

Prose
First Place
Elizabeth Rappa
Plum Creek Supportive Living
For “The Artist”

Second Place
Raymond Skelton
Heritage Woods of Moline
For “This is My Life More or Less”

Third Place
Oran Miller
John M. Evans Supportive Living
For “Ode to My Lovely Wife”

Honorable Mention
DeLois Nance
Victory Centre of River Oaks
For “Be Yourself”

Honorable Mention
Mary Jane Stanhouse
Supportive Living of Wabash
For “Will School Experience”

Honorable Mention
Betty Vock
Heritage Woods of Batavia
For “Heritage Woods Women”

Honorable Mention
Carolyn Chastain
Supportive Living of Wabash
For “SLOW”

Honorable Mention
Donna West
Heritage Woods of McLeansboro
For “Midnight Call”

Soft Crafts

First Place
Pat Culp
Cambridge House of Maryville
For “A June Day on an Amish Farm” (counted cross stitch)

Second Place
Patricia Tempel
Maple Point Supportive Living in Monticello
For “Patterns of My Past” (quilt)

Third Place
Elizabeth Montgomery
Manor at Mason Woods in Pinckneyville
For her “Crocheted Doily”

Honorable Mention
Marilyn Schultze
Heritage Woods of Batavia
For “Miss Hathaway’s Garden”

Honorable Mention
Mary Zada
Heritage Woods of Bolingbrook
For “Embroidery”

Visual Arts

First Place
Erladine Kanavos
Greenview Place in Chicago
For “Aunt Electa”

Second Place
George Hnatt
Alexian Village of Elk Grove
For “Waterfront”

Third Place
Millie Prange
Glenhaven Gardens of Alton
For “Stop Awhile”

Honorable Mention
David Full
Eden Supportive Living of Chicago
For “Springtime”

Honorable Mention
Justine Garner
Heritage Woods of Benton
For “Farmstead”

Honorable Mention
Norma Simone
Victory Centre of Bartlett
For “Downtown”

Honorable Mention
Rudolph Briggs
Dorchester Senior Living in Dalton
For “Moonbird”

Honorable Mention
Mary Jane Stanhouse
Supportive Living of Wabash
For “Grandpa’s House”

Scrapbooking Awards

First Place
Alexian Village of Elk Grove Village

Second Place
Heritage Woods of Flora

Third Place
Heritage Woods of DeKalb

Honorable Mention
Heritage Woods of Benton
Heritage Woods of Ottawa
Manor at Craig Farm in Chester
Cambridge House of O’Fallon
Heritage Woods of Aledo
Manor at Mason Woods in Pinckneyville

Wii Bowling Final Four

First Place
Glenhaven Gardeners from Glenhaven Gardens of Alton

Team Members
Peggy “Uptown” Brown • Carol “Shorty” Kuhlman • Sharon Reneau
Edna “The Enforcer” Mobley • Mille “The Hurricane” Prange

Second Place
Wii Bowl Better from Eden Supportive Living in North Aurora

Team Members:
Warren “Trouble” Yedlinski • Mike “Poker Face” Pennington
Art “Big Daddy” Auldmeyer • David “The Hunk” Kapp

Third Place
Springfield Splitters from Springfield Supportive Living

Team Members:
Freda Herman • Pearl Baker • Jim Nyberg
Matt Dolinar • Sharon Roberts • Rocky Horrighs

Fourth Place
Silver Sliders from Cambridge House of Maryville

Team Members:
Alla “Granny” Boyer • Lynda Leggett • P.J. Weihl
Chris “Skunkie” Garden • Rita Young • Arline White

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Touching Lives Each & Every Day

Friday, April 1st, 2011

By Rick Banas of BMA Management, Ltd.

As I get ready to head to the annual meeting of the Assisted Living Federation of America (ALFA.org) next week, I am reminded of a wonderful video that premiered last year.

Susan Vasquez, the Director of Marketing at the Heritage Woods of DeKalb affordable assisted living community that BMA manages in DeKalb, Illinois, was one of just 12 individuals who work in assisted living around the country selected to be part of the “Every Day We Make a Difference” video.

“It was enjoyable to put your mouth where your money comes from and sing a very meaningful song,” Susan said.

The music video was produced as part of ALFA’s celebration of its 20^th Anniversary and the organization’s continuous focus on Choice, Independence, Dignity and Quality of Life.

Please take a moment to watch and listen to the video below.

In the communities that we manage, here are just some of the ways that we are Making A Difference and touching the lives of older adults and their families:

From Garbage Truck to Mercedes

As the man in his mid-sixties sat in one of our newly opened Heritage Woods of South Elgin affordable assisted living community, he asked his friend to describe his new home. Skin cancer had cost the man his eyesight, and he had been living in a nursing home for the past two years. His friend was there to help him complete the paperwork for his move into his apartment. “It’s like you fell out of a garbage truck,” his friend said, “and landed in a Mercedes.” While the man can not appreciate the look of the community, the way he is treated by the staff has certainly caught his attention. “Never have so many people been so nice to me,” he comments. “If I could cry, I would.”

Affordable Assisted Living a Gem for Pearl & Her Family

Pearl, Gayle and Bill were quickly running out of options.

Pearl, who is 89 years old, was living alone in an apartment in Naperville, Illinois. She had fallen a couple of times in the middle of the night, and her eyesight was failing. Due to her vision problems, Pearl was no longer able to drive and she was having difficulties seeing her medications.

The solution was to hire a live-in to be with Pearl 24 hours a day so that help would be available when she needed it.

The woman who was living with Mom was very good; she was like family, explained Gayle, Pearl’s daughter. The problem was that Mom’s finances were quickly being depleted. Just the cost of the live-in help alone was more than $1,000 a week. She would soon be at the point of not being able to afford the person who was helping here. Likewise, she was not going to be able to afford assisted living. She wanted her independence, and certainly didn’t want to go to a nursing home.

“We were at the point where we didn’t know what was going to happen.” says Gayle.

Thankfully, she adds, a direct mail piece with information about Supportive Living and our Heritage Woods of Bolingbrook affordable assisted living community caught her attention as she was sorting through her mail. “It addressed what was going through our mind” so Gayle and her husband, Bill, discussed it with Pearl and decided to take a look.

“This was new to us,” says Gayle, but the more we learned, the more we were convinced that Heritage Woods of Bolingbrook was, “where Mom was supposed to be.”

• The Heritage Woods of Bolingbrook affordable assisted living community is especially designed to benefit older adults, such as Pearl, who need some help to maintain their independence but do not have the financial resources to afford assisted living.

• The location is ideal, right down the street from where Gayle and Bill have lived since 1971.

• When they inquired to get more information after getting the direct mail piece and met with Leah Mayer, who is the Director of Marketing at Heritage Woods of Bolingbrook, Gayle pointed out that, “there was no pressure and she was so easy to talk to.”

• Pearl would be able to have her own apartment…plus she would get the assistance and help with her medications she needed. She would not have to move to a nursing home.

• Everyone involved with Heritage Woods is so loving and caring. They treat us like family

Pearl, however, was not too sure, says Gayle. She had lived in her apartment in Naperville, IL for more than 20 years and wanted to stay there for as long as possible. She was comfortable where she was and apprehensive about what she would be getting into. She knew where everything was at in her apartment in Naperville, IL which was important to her because of the problems she has with her eyesight.

It was not until after construction of Heritage Woods of Bolingbrook had been completed and Pearl had the opportunity to see what her apartment looked like that she fully agreed with the decision to move.

Pearl, Gayle and Bill have all benefitted from the decision for Pearl to move to affordable assisted living after she had lived alone for so long. Pearl enjoys “a good measure of the independence that she wanted and we know that she is well cared for,” says Bill.

Independence Days

The woman in her 80s walked up to us to express her thanks. “You have given me my independence back,” said the resident of Eagle Ridge of Decatur affordable assisted living community that we manage in Decatur, Illinois. She and her husband had immigrated to the United States from Austria when she was 36 years old. The only reason she was not sent to a concentration camp toward the end of World War II was the camps were filled. Her “crime” she told us was that she had commented to her landlord that she hoped the Allies would win so that they would no longer have to endure the horrors of the war. Prior to moving into Eagle Ridge, she had been living with her children. As much as she appreciated their love and attention, “they were smothering me,” she said.

We Can’t Say Thank You Enough

In a touching note sent to the Heritage Woods Aledo affordable assisted living community that we manage in Aledo, Illinois, the family of Clara McConnell expressed their “heartfelt thanks to all for the care that Clara received these past four years.”

“Her family was comforted knowing that she was tucked in safe and cozy, with Heritage Woods staff looking out for her.”

“As evidenced by all her plants and treasured personal items surrounding her, Clara made this her home.”

“We consider it a blessing that Heritage Woods came along just when we needed it.”

“As a ‘graduate’ from Mercer County Nursing Home in November 2006, following recovery from a stroke, Clara found independence in this assisted living setting but was secure in knowing that help was immediately available if needed.”

“Thank You… again and again. We can’t say it enough.”

Sanity Saved

Mary Klepitsch moved to the Heritage Wood of DeKalb affordable assisted living community with her husband, Fred, from Nevada. Due to medical issues, they needed to be closer to their son, who lives in the area. Mary feels blessed to be able to live in comfort and maintain her independence. “It saved my sanity. I didn’t have to worry about Fred when I was out, and I wasn’t alone in dealing with life.”

What are your thoughts? Leave a comment and let us know.

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and one of the 20 largest providers of assisted living in the United States.”

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Laughing Your Way to Better Health

No Need to Live with Pain

Calling Assisted Living an “Acute Care Setting” is Just Plain Wrong

Saluting Supportive Living as Model for Affordable Assisted Living

Touching Lives Each & Every Day

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