The Bethlen Home Messenger, 1992-1993 (1-4. szám)
1992-12-01 / 1. szám
The staff of Bethlen Home extends their deepest sympathy to the families and friends of the following former residents. MARY ALICE SHIELDS SUSANNA WALOCHIK AMY GEETING MARIE VARRATÓ KAROLY ERDEI SOPHIA TOTH JOHN NICELY JAMES HORRELL DANIEL MICKEY REBECCA SIEMON AGNES HEMING 3[ram tljo ,JBosk of by Edith Kovács Just lately I read an article about the Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Michigan where this year they changed the patients’ meals from a restaurant style menu to no selection. “The Food Service Director”, October’s issue Volume 5 Number 10 explains that if a patient hasa problem with aparticularfood, there is a suggested alternative ready to be served. Similar to the way we serve our residents. With selective menus in a nursing home, there is much complications. The patients are not consequently happier with their selections. Our experiences through various studies show that residents forget their choices, having difficulties of selecting the appropriate meals, instead of doing better in nutrition they get shortcomings. Maybe a selective menu would create to us less waste, thus would be less expensive in cost of raw materials. But the manpower spent for the selection process would cause more expense, would give more possibility for mistakes on both sides: residents and employees. I would like to call your attention again to the always available substitutes to those residents who would rather choose an alternate to the food served: eggs, cottage cheese, cheese, peanut butter, etc. We want so much to please our residents, we would do anything managable to do it for them. Family members can be a great help to us in succeeding in this effort. I believe that people are basically, naturally good, they can’t wait to help where there is need. The usual problem is to fit together the goodwill of the right person with the right need at the right time in the right place. We are looking for such fitting to happen. We need such a lucky encounter for one of our employees, who is a hardworking single parent of two kids in need of a good, used car instead of the old one which breaks down so much that the repai r is too costly and is not worth paying for. In the winter months, walking to work is impossible, plus there are often obligations which require transportation. There must be somewhere a good heart who wants to make real a holiday for this hardworking young employee. There must be somewhere a reliable auto to enable this person to keep the jobs. Even if you are far, just let us know. We will put you in personal contact! The holiday spirit may touch your heart, when you read this article! Sincerely, Mrs. Edith Kovács You can contact Mrs. Kovács at 238-6711 or238-2235 (412), Monday through Friday. orütco (Horner by Pat Armel February is “Develop Self- Esteem Month”. What is selfesteem? It is our self image or how we feel about ourself. Itis made upofthoughtsand feelings that may be either positive or negative. Selfesteem affects the way we live: how we think, act and feel about ourself and others. How successful we are in achieving our goals in life. We often hear about High self-esteem and Low selfesteem. High self-esteem can make one feel effective, productive, capable and lovable. Low self-esteem can make one feel ineffective, worthless, incompetent and unloved. We should not let past failures hold us back. We owe it to ourself to learn to feel good about who we are! Positive experiences and fulfilling relationships help raise self-esteem. Negative experiences and troubled relationships tend to lower selfesteem. With high self-esteem, we can be the person we want to be, enjoy others more fully and offer more of ourself to the world. So, let’s THINK POSITIVE ABOUT OURSELF!!!
