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Upcoming Events: September
Page 8
September Quotes
Religious Services
Mass with St. Johns the Beloved
Wednesday, September 7 at 11:00 am
St. Michael’s Episcopal Church
Friday, September 9 at 11:00 am
Communion in Rooms
Thursdays at 10:00 am
Providence Baptist Church
Sunday, September 25 at 2:30 pm
Monthly Birthday Party
Thursday, September 1 at 2:30 pm
Chris Edwards
Thursday, September 1 at 2:30 pm
Pretty & Polished
Saturday, September 10 at 10am
Annual Yard Sale
Saturday, September 10 at 8am
Resident Take Out/Dine In
Thursday, September 15 at 12:00 pm
Bake Sale
Friday, September 23 at 11am
EY Connect Day
Friday, September 30 at 9am
“But now in September the garden has cooled, and with it my possessiveness. The sun warms my back instead of beating on my head… The harvest has dwindled, and I have grown apart from the intense midsummer relationship that brought it on.” Robert Finch
“September: it was the most beautiful of words, he’d always felt, evoking orange-flowers, swallows, and regret.” Alexander Theroux
“By all these lovely tokens, September days are here, With summer’s best of weather, And autumn’s best of cheer.” Helen Hunt Jackson
“The tints of autumn...a mighty flower garden blossoming under the spell of the enchanter, frost.” John Greenleaf Whittier
“I would rather sit on a pumpkin, and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion.” Henry David Thoreau
People to know at Powhatan:
Bev Greene: Administrator
Phyllis Crampton: Director of Nursing
Linsey Berens: Social Services Director
Debbie Izes: Business Office Manager
Jenny Tubel: Admissions Coordinator
Kathy Weinberg: Activities Director
Wayne Hopkins: Maintenance Director
Sara Fernandez: Dietary Director
Volume 34 Issue 9
Powhatan Nurs ing Home
www.powhatan -nurs inghome.com
Cooking Corner 2
Medical Minute 3
Word Scramble 5
Word Search 5
Resident Rights 6
Puzzle Answers 7
Upcoming Events 8
Inside :
Before working at
Powhatan, she worked at a
chiropractic and acupuncture
clinic for two and a half years.
When she began looking for a
full-time employment
opportunity, she stumbled across
Powhatan’s ad for a full-time
activities assistant and fell in
love with the job and the rest is
history!
Carla loves her job at
Powhatan Nursing Home and all
of the interesting people she has
been able to meet because of it.
Her favorite activities are
volleyball and baking because
those two activities put the most
smiles on residents faces. Carla
is saving up to go back to
community college in Spring
2017 to study recreational
therapy so she can continue to
help people at a professional
level.
Where caring makes a difference
September 1, 2016
Page 1
Pow Wow
Carla was born and raised in
South Florida by her single mother and
older brother. Carla’s mother
emigrated from Colombia, South
America. Her mother kept their
Colombian culture alive by always
speaking Spanish in the home, cooking
Colombian food and always playing
Spanish music. As a result, Carla is
bilingual and loves salsa music.
When she was 15 years old her
biological parents had to return to
Colombia. She was adopted by her
cousin and husband who already had
three children of their own. Her
adopted father received a promotion
which resulted in her family relocating
to Washington, D.C. She lived with her
adopted family for three years. While
living with them, she came to know
Jesus, learned to knit, cook and bake.
Shortly after turning 18, she
moved out of her adopted parents house
and strived to become self-sufficient.
With help from her church and
previous employer, she was able to buy
her own car and put herself through
school. Carla says her passion is
helping people, and it has taken a long
time and a lot of prayer to find out
what she really wanted to do with her
life.
2100 Powhatan Street
Falls Church
Virginia 22043
(703) 538 2400
Carla V Ceron
Page 2
Cooking Corner
Ingredients:
5 large carrots, unpeeled, in 3/4inch slices
1 large yam, peeled, cut in 1x1 inch cubes
1 large rutabaga, peeled, in 1x1 inch cubes
4 turnips, peeled in 1x1 inch cubes
1 large parsnip, in 3/4 inch slices
3 yellow beets, peeled, in 1x1 inch cubes
6 garlic cloves, unpeeled
3 stalks of celery, in 3/4 inch slices
1/4 cup olive oil
1/4 cup balsamic vinegar
1/3 cup honey
1 teaspoon garlic powder
2 teaspoons fresh rosemary, minced
1/2 tsp salt
Fresh ground pepper to taste
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
2. Cut the bottom 1/4 inch of each garlic clove
off but do not peel it.
3. Toss all ingredients into a baking dish
4. Roast, uncovered, for approximately 30 mins
or until all vegetables are soft throughout.
5. Toss vegetables and turn heat up to 400
degrees. Roast until vegetables are browned
and caramelized
(15-20 mins.)
Balsamic-Honey Roasted Root
Vegetables
Ingredients:
1/3 cup all-purpose flour
1/3 cup whole-wheat flour
1 1/2 cups old fashioned rolled oats
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
6 tablespoons unsalted butter
3/4 packed light brown sugar
1 cup dried cherries
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 large egg, lightly beaten
3 ounces bittersweet chocolate, coarsely
chopped
Cooking spray
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F
2. Combine flours and next 3 ingredients in a
large bowl with a whisk.
3. Melt butter, add brown sugar, stirring until
smooth. Add sugar mixture to flour mixture,
beat until well blended. Add cherries, vanilla
and egg, beat until combined. Fold in
chocolate.
4. Drop dough by tablespoonful's 2 inches apart
on prepared cookie sheet. Bake at 350 degrees
for 12 minutes. Cool on pans until firm before
moving to cooling racks.
Chocolate-Cherry Heart Smart cookies
Page 7
Word Search Answers
Word
Scramble
Answers
1. D
2. K
3. G
4. J
5. C
6. L
7. H
8. I
9. B
10.M
11.F
12.A
13.E
Voting Update
Election Day is Tuesday, November 8,
2016.
The voter registration deadline is
October 17, 2016.
Last day to apply for an absentee
ballot by mail, fax, email or online is
November 1, 2016.
If Powhatan has become your
permanent residence, registration will
need to be transferred to Fairfax
County as Powhatan Nursing Home is
located in Fairfax County.
If you need any assistance or have any
questions please contact the social
services department.
L C O R N U C O P I A
A E H A R V E S T A P
B Q A V C S Z I R Y P
O U Y F O O T B A L L
R I R E P H R D K I E
D N I I E E T N E E S
A O D R P P E M U M S
Y X E I I E A P Q R N
P C F O L I A G E O U
S C A R E C R O W R N
O F T B O N F I R E S
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Resident Rights
Psychiatrist - Dr. Storer
Podiatrist - Dr. Gilmore
Dentist - Dr. Morabito
Optometrist - Senior Vision
Services
Beauty/Barber Shop - Beth
Hutt
Guest Meals- Family and
friends of residents may join
them for lunch ($4.75) or
dinner ($4.25). Please make
reservations with the
receptionist by 10:00 am for
lunch and 3:30 pm for dinner.
Powhatan Services “Is free from mental and physical abuse
and free from chemical and, except in
emergencies, physical restraints except as
authorized in writing by a physician for a
specified and limited period of time or when
necessary to protect the resident from injury
to himself or to others.”
Should a restraint be necessary, the least
restrictive restraint will be used.
Should there be medical symptoms which
are life threatening (such as dehydration,
electrolyte imbalance, urinary blockage,
etc.), a restraint may be used temporarily
to provide necessary life saving treatment
if advanced directives do not preclude such
measures.
A physical restraint is defined as a device
attached or adjacent to the body that
cannot be removed easily and which
restricts freedom of movement or normal
access to one’s body.
Labor Day But Peter McGuire's place in Labor Day
history has not gone unchallenged. Many
believe that Matthew Maguire, a machinist, not
Peter McGuire, founded the holiday. Recent
research seems to support the contention that
Matthew Maguire, later the secretary of Local
344 of the International Association of Machin-
ists in Paterson, N.J., proposed the holiday in
1882 while serving as secretary of the Central
Labor Union in New York. What is clear is that
the Central Labor Union adopted a Labor Day
proposal and appointed a committee to plan a
demonstration and
picnic.
Labor Day, the first Monday in
September, is a creation of the labor movement
and is dedicated to the social and economic
achievements of American workers. It
constitutes a yearly national tribute to the
contributions workers have made to the
strength, prosperity, and well-being of our
country.
More than 100 years after the first Labor
Day observance, there is still some doubt as to
who first proposed the holiday for workers.
Some records show that Peter J.
McGuire, general secretary of the Brotherhood
of Carpenters and Joiners and a cofounder of
the American Federation of Labor, was first in
suggesting a day to honor those "who from rude
nature have delved and carved all the
grandeur we behold." Page 3
Your body
needs cholesterol to
build new cells,
insulate nerves, and
produce hormones. Having too much, though, is
a major risk for heart disease.
High cholesterol, also known as
hypercholesterolemia, is a major risk factor for
heart disease and stroke. Abnormal levels of
LDL cholesterol or HDL cholesterol are treated
with a low-fat diet, exercise, and medications
such as statins.
The main risk from high cholesterol is
coronary heart disease. If the cholesterol level is
too high, cholesterol can build up in the walls of
your arteries. Over time, this build-up -- called
plaque -- causes hardening of the arteries or
atherosclerosis. This causes arteries to become
narrowed, which slows the blood flow to the
heart muscle. Reduced blood flow can result in
angina (chest pain) or in a heart attack if a
blood vessel gets blocked completely.
Atherosclerosis causes arteries that lead
to the brain to become narrowed and even
blocked. If a vessel carrying blood to the brain is
blocked completely, you could have a stroke.
High cholesterol also has been linked to
peripheral vascular disease. This refers to
diseases of blood vessels outside the heart and
brain. In this condition, fatty deposits build up
along artery walls and affect blood circulation.
This occurs mainly in arteries that lead to the
legs and feet.
People with diabetes tend to have low
HDL and high triglyceride (another kind of
blood fat) levels. Both of these boost the risk of
heart and artery disease.
High blood pressure (also called
hypertension) and high cholesterol also are
linked. When the arteries become hardened and
Medical Minute: High Cholesterol
narrowed with cholesterol plaque and
calcium, the heart has to strain much harder
to pump blood through them. As a result,
blood pressure becomes abnormally high.
High blood pressure is also linked to heart
disease.
Ordinarily, your liver makes all the
cholesterol your body needs. But you also get
cholesterol from other sources. For example,
you can get it from eating simple sugars as
well as certain kinds of fats -- namely trans
and saturated fats. You'll find these in many
processed foods like donuts, frozen pizza,
cookies, and crackers. You can also get it from
eating certain foods, such as milk, eggs, meat,
and other animal products. Over time,
without your even being aware, this extra
cholesterol accumulates inside your body and
begins to do damage.
Dietary approaches to lowering
Cholesterol include:
Increase dietary fiber such as oat bran,
barley, psyllium husk, flax seed meal,
apples, citrus fruits, lentils and beans.
Nuts such as walnuts, almonds, pecans
and pistachios.
Substituting soybeans and soy protein
from soy milk, soy yogurt and edamame.
Omega 3 fatty acids from sources such as
salmon, mackerel, herring and tuna.
Avoid Trans fats. Products labeled
partially hydrogenated and hydrogenated
vegetable oils.
Even if you have years of unhealthy
eating under your belt, making a few changes
in your diet can reduce cholesterol and
improve your heart health.
Page 4
Patriot Day
On September 11, 2001, four planes were hijacked. The hijackers then deliberately flew
three of the planes into two important buildings, the Pentagon in Washington DC and the Twin
Towers of the World Trade Center in New York. The fourth crashed into a field near
Shanksville, Pennsylvania. The loss of life and damage that these hijackings caused form the
biggest act of terrorism ever on United States soil. Nearly 3000 people died in the attacks and
the economic impact was immense.
The attacks have greatly increased attention to national security in the United States.
This has had huge implications for United States national and international politics. This is
particularly true for the relationships between the United States and Islamic countries in the
Middle East.
On the direction of the President, the flag of the United States of America should be
displayed on the homes of Americans, the White House and all United States government
buildings in the whole world. The flag should be flown at half-staff as a mark of respect to those
who died on September 11, 2001. Many people observe a moment of silence at 8:46 AM (Eastern
Daylight Time) on September 11 each year. This marks the time that the first plane flew into
the World Trade Center. Some communities, particularly in the areas directly affected by the
attacks, hold special church services or prayer meetings. People who personally experienced the
events in 2001 or lost loved ones in them, may lay flowers or visit memorials.
Remembrance Events
The Pentagon Memorial was officially dedicated and open to the public on September
11, 2008. The construction was funded by private donations. Centex Lee LLC built the
Pentagon Memorial with the design created by Julie Beckman and Keith Kaseman.
Go to pentagonmemorial.org for more info.
The 9/11 Unity Walk will be on September 11th, 2016, people of all faiths and cultures
from around the Washington, DC region will walk down Massachusetts Avenue and visit
houses of worship and other religious centers in a public celebration of unity and support for
everyone within our diverse community.
Go to ifcmw.org/unity-walk/ for more info.
The Arlington Police, Fire and Sheriff 9/11 Memorial 5K. Nearly fifteen years after
the September 11th attacks, the Arlington Police, Fire & Sheriff 9/11 Memorial 5K Race
continues to provide an avenue for local area businesses and residents to remember the victims
of the attacks on 9/11. The race also honors the countless first responders and military
personnel who responded that day and honors their continuous fight in the war on terrorism.
Go to arlington911race.com/ for more info.
Moment of Silence and Flags Across Arlington. A moment of silence will be held at
9:37 a.m. on September 11th at Arlington National Cemetery to remember the 184 victims
of this tragic event. Arlington County will hang U.S. flags
from overpasses and buildings in a display of "Flags Across Ar-
lington."
The cemetery is open and the public is welcome to visit.
Go to arlingtoncemetery.mil for more info.
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Autumn Word Search
L C O R N U C O P I A
A E H A R V E S T A P
B Q A V C S Z I R Y P
O U Y F O O T B A L L
R I R E P H R D K I E
D N I I E E T N E E S
A O D R P P E M U M S
Y X E I I E A P Q R N
P C F O L I A G E O U
S C A R E C R O W R N
O F T B O N F I R E S
ACORN
APPLES
BONFIRE
CORNUCOPIA
EQUINOX
FOLIAGE
FOOTBALL
HARVEST
HAYRIDE
LABORDAY
LEAF-
PEEPERS
MUMS
RAKE
RIPE
SCARECROW
Labor Day
Word
Scramble
A. CELEBRATION
B. COOKOUT
C. DAY
D. FEDERAL
E. FIRST
F. HOLIDAY
G. MONDAY
H. PARADES
I. SEPTEMBER
J. THREE
K. UNIONS
L. WEEKEND
M. WORKERS
1. LAFERED
2. ONUSIN
3. YMDOAN
4. EETRH
5. YDA
6. NEEKNDEW
7. RESDAPA
8. PMEEETSRB
9. KOOOCTU
10. SKEWRSO
11. LIODHAY
12. BAREENTCLIO
13. STRIF