I’m Julie, the new Registered Dietitian. I joined the Shorehaven team with previous experience working in behavioral health and veterans’ care. I am excited to join this team because I really like the caring environment that comes with senior living. This year’s theme for National Nutrition Month is “Personalize Your Plate.” Each and every one…
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Wet on wet. Wet on dry. Dry brushing. Scraping with a blade. Sand pebbling, and even introducing a little rock salt into the paints. That’s what was happening in artist Lee Hayden’s watercolor class with Lake Terrace residents this winter. “It’s so rewarding to introduce the residents’ minds to something new. That simple act…
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“They really know what they’re doing here,” Shorehaven rehabilitation graduate Jo Rotondi smiled. “When you come in you’re a stranger. When you leave, you’ve become family.” Rotondi recently spent four months at the health care facility, “developing a success formula for getting back home again.” “Everyone, from the therapists to the CNA’s, the nurses, activity…
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Stephanie C. Brand thought the world was ending for her when she had to enter rehabilitation after a brief stint in the hospital. Two weeks later, she discovered it was just beginning. “I didn’t want to go, I didn’t want to go. I wanted to go home. I was scared to death,” Brand said, looking…
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She’s been awarded both the Oconomowoc Chamber Citizen of the Year and the Woman in Business Leadership Award, and has served on Chamber, church, Historical Society and Oconomowoc Area Senior Center committees, councils and boards. But Shorehaven Manager of Volunteer Services Pam Thomas said her greatest achievement to date is striving to enhance the lives…
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He plans to explore neuroscience this fall at either Carthage or Edgewood, but for now, Summit Troop #49 Boy Scout Ben Voiles is producing masks for peers, and nursing home residents and staff. And this is more than a hobby. The Oconomowoc High School senior has produced more than 600 masks to date. “He’s got…
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A group of individuals have provided patriotic lap quilts for Shorehaven veterans, recognizing their service to our country. According to the Camo Quilt Project, the quilt measures about 45” x 72”, and more than 30,000 quilts have been distributed to active military and veterans. The quilts are presented to veterans in assisted living, nursing homes,…
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Society in a peace loving world – A pair of Diamondback doves proudly hatched twins this summer in the Shorehaven first floor aviary. The nest was perfectly designed and the babies hatched healthy, hungry and strong. Residents adored the fluffy wayward pair, as the youngins’ represented newness and hope in a raging worldwide pandemic. But…
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“Every leaf on that table was used,” Shorehaven Tower residents reminisced about previous Thanksgivings, where an adult always had to sit at the “kids’ table,” another pulled up a cracked wooden chair, and others had to stand, “Because it didn’t matter. We were all together.” The group shared the “guts” of the Thanksgiving holidays, when…
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“It’s what we can do, to provide people with food,” said Feeding America representative Dale Kjensrud after 225 families were served this week. The monthly food distribution system at Shorehaven’s warehouse location serves as the platform for families to receive their food November through April. The City of Oconomowoc provides the Roosevelt Park shelter as…
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