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THE VILLAGE NEWS
BELMONT VILLAGE AT WEST UNIVERSITY
FEBRUARY 2018
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RACHELLE...A Monthless Period...
What the heck does “AMonthless Period” mean? Backduring the time that Rome wasconsidered the center of theuniverse, the Romansconsidered the winter time asthe Monthless Period. When theRoman calendar was developed,January and February were thelast months of the year. In 450BC, the calendar was changedwhere December became thelast month of the year. Februarywas named for the Latin termfebruum-meaning purification -because there was a purificationceremony in February.
A lot has happened since themonth of February was named.St. Valentine’s Day wasn’t evenestablished until 500 AD whenPope Gelasius I named Feb. 14Valentine’s Day after an earlyChristian martyr namedValentine. Interestingly enough,in 1969 Pope Paul VI deletedValentine’s Day from the RomanCalendar of Saints. This has notdissuaded us from celebratingthis day of “love” withchocolates and flowers.
February is also a time wherewe celebrate many of ourformer presidents’ birthdays.George Washington andAbraham Lincoln were bothborn in February, and wecelebrate Presidents Day thethird Monday of the month.Other countries havecelebrations such asIndependence Day (DominicanRepublic) and National Day ofthe Sun (Argentina).
February went from being “AMonthless Period,” to a monthfull of love.
XOXORachelle Park
Rachelle ParkSenior Executive Director
(713) 592-9200 [email protected]
Bruce GoodrichDir. of Resident Care Services
(713) 592-9200 [email protected]
Community Relations(713) 592-9200 x107Atriza Amolochitis
Outside Sales/ CommunityRelations
(713) 592-9200 [email protected]
Dave ButzDirector of Activities & Memory
Programs(713) 592-9200 x111
[email protected] Marina
Activity Programs Coordinator(713) 592-9200 x104
[email protected] Vargas
Human Resources Generalist(713) 592-9200 x103
[email protected] Godden
Building Engineer(713) 592-9200 x105
[email protected] TyrochChef Manager
(713) 592-9200 [email protected]
HappyBirthdayRESIDENTBIRTHDAYS2/1 Betty Cunningham2/3 Elaine Bally2/5 Nelle McLaughlin2/5 Doris McNair2/7 Roy Abshire2/8 Bill Lowry2/12 Jim LaPrade2/14 William Rahner2/16 Richard Falzone2/18 Jim Bunting2/25 Betty Miller
EMPLOYEEBIRTHDAYS2/8 Madgeline Britt2/10 Cresa Caso2/14 Charles Morgan2/14 Atriza Amolochitis2/16 Denkahla Banion2/16 Jason Tyroch2/16 Chidirim Mburu2/17 Serah Sangili2/28 Kenya Branch
George Mickelis, owner ofCleburne’s cafeteria, w/John Cash
SAY YES TO CITRUSIt’s the season for citrus fruits,
and just taking a whiff of thetangy treats may be the boostyou need on a winter day.Whether it’s from an orange,lemon, grapefruit or clementine,studies show that citrus scentsmade people feel happier andmore energized.
Save the
DateLUNCH IN RED
Love is in the air!On Wednesday, February 14,
we will be having ourValentine’s Day lunch in red,starting at 11:30am inJosephine’s Kitchen. Wear yourbest red attire and dance to thebeautiful music of Scott Graham(12:30pm-1:30pm)
www.Heart.org
MONTHLYLECTURER: MR.MCKINNEY
About Houston HistorianR.W. McKinney....
Join Houston Historian R.W.McKinney as he talks about hisseries, Mister McKinney’s HistoricHouston, which travels to HISDand La Porte ISD elementary,middle and high schools,educating and informingHouston’s future about its past.
Mister McKinney is an activemember in the historical
community; he lectures, givesweekly tours on boardHouston’s only mobile historyclassroom, the Houston HistoryBus, and serves on the boardsand commissions of numerousnon-profit museums, libraries,educational organizations,including the Harris CountyHistorical Commission, theHeritage Society at SamHouston Park, the LaPorte BayArea Historical Society,president of the BellaireHistorical Society and vicepresident of the Harris CountyHistorical Society, the oldestarea historical non-profit startedin 1923.
Since 2008, Mister McKinneyhas served as the residenthistorian for the EmmyAward-winning KHOU Channel11’s Great Day Houston withDeborah Duncan, appearingevery two weeks with a segmenton Houston History, and lastAugust, Mister McKinney chairedthe City of Houston’s 180thBirthday Party at Sam HoustonPark with Mayor SylvesterTurner and honorary chairCouncil Member RobertGallegos.
McKinney will present his takeon important historical factsevery Houstonian should know,including his favorite "Top 10Things about Historic HoustonEvery Houstonian Should Know"and his "Gone From Houston"series.
About
Out &
Wine Tasting: TBAFriday, February 2. Departing
Belmont at 12:30pmHouston Museum of African
American CultureFriday, February 9. Departing
Belmont at 1pmQin Dynasty
Friday, February 16, DepartingBelmont at 10:45am
Houston Museum of NaturalScienceIMAX
Friday, February 23. Time: TBA
Doctors’ Appointments DaysMonday, Tuesday, Wednesday
If you require transportation toyour appointment, please
schedule it with the driver 48hours in advance.
We cover an 8-10 mile radius forall appointments.
Appointments made on outingdays (Thursdays and Fridays) arenot guaranteed transportation.
Cleburne’s Cafeteria
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February 2018GR Great Room CT Card Table 2nd Floor Special Program/PresenterJK Josephine's Kitchen O Outing Special Belmont Village EventTH Town Hall CF Circle of Friends RoomCL Center for Learning-3rd Floor 3F 3rd Floor by Room #387B Bistro MBA
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
HEARTMONTH
American
19:30 TH Rise and Shine Full Body Fitness
10:00 TH Tai Chi with Eppi10:00 TH Marvelous Minds1:30 TH Midday Recharge Group Exercise2:00 TH Afternoon Strength and Balance2:30 TH Think Tank3:00 GR Wine and Cheese Social w/Curtis
Nickelson7:00 3F Game Night: Scrabble
#Go Red Wear Red 29:30 TH Rise and Shine Full Body Fitness
10:00 GR This Week in History1:30 TH Midday Recharge Group Exercise2:00 TH Afternoon Strength and Balance2:30 TH A Rendezvous with French
Speaking Culture-Lecture Series4:30 TH Shabbat Service6:30 TH Friday Night Feature Movie
39:30 TH Morning Work Out
10:00 GR Megan’s Music Hour1:15 TH Bingo2:00 O Shopping2:00 B Mental Fitness Exercises
w/Chris6:00 GR Fun Facts and Trivia with Sam7:00 CL Game Night: Monopoly
49:30 TH Morning Aerobics
10:30 GR Daily Chronicle w/Concierge1:00 CF Church Service1:30 Scenic or Historical Drive2:00 GR Chicken Soup for the Soul w/Chris3:00 GR Sing-a-long w/Derrek5:30 B Super Bowl Watch Party6:30 TH Sunday Night Feature: Madame
Bovary
59:30 TH Rise and Shine Full Body Fitness
10:15 CL Morning Mental Warmups1:30 TH Midday Recharge Group Exercise2:00 TH Afternoon Strength and Balance2:30 TH Golden Years Theater3:00 GR Name 56:00 GR Bible Stories6:00 B Jigsaw Puzzle Night
69:30 TH Rise and Shine Full Body Fitness
10:00 B Bridge Club10:15 CL Morning Mental Warmups1:30 TH Midday Recharge Group
Exercise2:00 TH Afternoon Strength and
Balance3:00 TH Brain Games with Dave6:30 TH Night at the Movies
79:30 TH Rise and Shine Full Body Fitness
10:00 B Table Games10:00 TH Earthly Chic Pottery w/Alisha1:30 TH Midday Recharge Group
Exercise2:00 TH Afternoon Strength and
Balance2:30 CL Aerobics for the Mind7:00 TH Bible Study
89:30 TH Rise and Shine Full Body Fitness9:45 GR Paw-sitive Pets Visit
10:00 TH Marvelous Minds10:00 CL New Resident Orientation11:00 CL Computer and Web Training w/Patrick1:30 TH Midday Recharge Group Exercise2:00 TH Afternoon Strength and Balance2:30 TH Think Tank3:00 GR Wine and Cheese Social w/Theresa
Behenna7:00 3F Game Night: Scrabble
99:30 TH Rise and Shine Full Body Fitness
10:00 GR This Week in History1:30 TH Midday Recharge Group Exercise2:00 TH Afternoon Strength and Balance2:30 TH A Rendezvous with French
Speaking Culture-Lecture Series4:30 TH Shabbat Service6:30 TH Friday Night Feature Movie
1010:00 TH Cardio Jam w/Dani10:00 GR Megan’s Music Hour
1:15 TH Bingo2:00 B Mental Fitness Exercises
w/Chris2:00 O Shopping2:00 TH Jewelry Making w/Triza6:00 GR Fun Facts and Trivia with Sam7:00 CL Game Night: Monopoly
119:30 TH Morning Aerobics
10:30 GR Daily Chronicle w/Concierge1:00 CF Church Service1:30 Scenic or Historical Drive2:00 GR Chicken Soup for the Soul
w/Chris3:00 GR Trivia w/ Concierge6:30 TH Sunday Night Feature: Pride
and Prejudice
129:30 TH Rise and Shine Full Body Fitness
10:15 CL Morning Mental Warmups1:30 TH Midday Recharge Group Exercise2:00 TH Afternoon Strength and Balance2:30 TH Golden Years Theater with Tom
from CurraConnector.com3:00 GR What’s News? -Discussion6:00 B Jigsaw Puzzle Night6:00 GR Bible Stories
139:30 TH Rise and Shine Full Body Fitness
10:00 B Bridge Club10:15 CL Morning Mental Warmups1:30 TH Midday Recharge Group Exercise2:00 TH Afternoon Strength and Balance2:30 TH Presentation: Mr. McKinney’s
Historic Houston6:30 TH Night at the Movies
Valentine’s Day 149:30 TH Rise and Shine Full Body Fitness
10:00 B Table Games11:30 JK Valentine’s Day Lunch in Red12:30 GR Music by Scott Graham1:30 TH Midday Recharge Group Exercise2:00 TH Afternoon Strength and Balance3:00 TH Art for All with Lisa6:00 CF Dementia Discussion Group7:00 TH Bible Study
159:30 TH Rise and Shine Full Body Fitness
10:00 TH Marvelous Minds1:30 TH Midday Recharge Group
Exercise2:00 TH Afternoon Strength and
Balance2:30 TH Origami 101 w/Myra3:00 GR Wine and Cheese Social w/Leah7:00 3F Game Night: Scrabble
Chinese New Year 169:30 TH Rise and Shine Full Body Fitness
10:00 GR This Week in History1:30 TH Midday Recharge Group Exercise2:00 TH Afternoon Strength and Balance2:30 TH A Rendezvous with French
Speaking Culture-Lecture Series4:30 TH Shabbat Service6:30 TH Friday Night Feature Movie
179:30 TH Morning Work Out
10:00 GR Megan’s Music Hour1:15 TH Bingo2:00 Shopping @ Walmart2:00 B Mental Fitness Exercises
w/Chris6:00 GR Fun Facts and Trivia with Sam7:00 CL Game Night: Monopoly
189:30 TH Morning Aerobics
10:30 GR Daily Chronicle w/Concierge1:00 CF Church Service1:30 Scenic or Historical Drive2:00 GR Chicken Soup for the Soul w/Chris2:00 TH Origami Class w/Myra3:00 GR Trivia w/ Concierge6:30 TH Sunday Night Feature: Anna
Karenina
Presidents Day 199:30 TH Rise and Shine Full Body Fitness
10:15 CL Morning Mental Warmups1:30 TH Midday Recharge Group Exercise2:00 TH Afternoon Strength and Balance2:30 GR Judaic Program3:00 TH Presidential Trivia6:00 B Jigsaw Puzzle Night6:00 GR Bible Stories
209:30 TH Rise and Shine Full Body Fitness
10:00 B Bridge Club10:15 CL Morning Mental Warmups1:30 TH Midday Recharge Group
Exercise2:00 TH Afternoon Strength and
Balance3:00 GR Live it Again!6:30 TH Night at the Movies
219:30 TH Rise and Shine Full Body Fitness
10:00 B Table Games1:00 GR Faithful Paws Pet Therapy1:30 TH Midday Recharge Group Exercise2:00 TH Afternoon Strength and Balance2:30 CL Health Education with Bruce3:00 TH Armchair Travels: France5:30 CF Family In-Touch Meeting7:00 TH Bible Study
229:30 TH Rise and Shine Full Body Fitness
10:00 TH Marvelous Minds10:00 TH Qi’Ghong with Eppi1:30 TH Midday Recharge Group Exercise2:00 TH Afternoon Strength and Balance2:30 TH Think Tank3:00 GR Wine and Cheese Social
w/Richard Latimer7:00 3F Game Night: Scrabble
239:30 TH Rise and Shine Full Body Fitness
10:00 GR This Week in History11:45 JK Monthly Birthday Lunch1:30 TH Midday Recharge Group Exercise2:00 TH Afternoon Strength and Balance2:30 TH A Rendezvous with French
Speaking Culture-Lecture Series4:30 TH Shabbat Service6:30 TH Friday Night Feature Movie
249:45 GR Paw-sitive Pets Visit
10:00 TH Cardio Jam w/Dani10:00 GR Megan’s Music Hour
1:15 TH Bingo2:00 O Shopping2:00 B Mental Fitness Exercises w/Chris2:00 TH Rhythm and Belmont w/Roberto6:00 GR Fun Facts and Trivia with Sam7:00 CL Game Night: Monopoly
259:30 TH Morning Aerobics
10:30 GR Daily Chronicle w/Concierge1:00 CF Church Service1:30 Scenic or Historical Drive2:00 GR Chicken Soup for the Soul
w/Chris3:00 GR Trivia w/ Concierge6:30 TH Sunday Night Feature: Little
Women
269:30 TH Rise and Shine Full Body Fitness
10:15 CL Morning Mental Warmups1:30 TH Midday Recharge Group Exercise2:00 TH Afternoon Strength and Balance2:30 TH Painting. Music. Poetry2:30 CL Golden Years Theater6:00 GR Bible Stories6:00 B Jigsaw Puzzle Night
279:30 TH Rise and Shine Full Body Fitness
10:00 B Bridge Club10:15 CL Morning Mental Warmups1:30 TH Midday Recharge Group
Exercise2:00 TH Afternoon Strength and
Balance3:00 TH Resident Council6:30 TH Night at the Movies
289:30 TH Rise and Shine Full Body Fitness
10:00 B Table Games1:30 TH Midday Recharge Group
Exercise2:00 CT Poker Club2:00 TH Afternoon Strength and
Balance3:00 TH Romantic Read7:00 TH Bible Study
SpiritualCorner
Church ServiceSundays, 1 p.m. COF Room
Bible StudyWednesdays, 7 p.m. TH
Shabbat ServiceFridays, 4:30 p.m. THMonthly Hymn Sing
1st Sunday of the Month2:00 p.m. Great RoomChurch Transportation
Sign up with the Concierge.Communion is available upon
request.
Resident
Sandi Bhatia- PresidentMarie Gerety- Vice PresidentThe meeting is held on the lastTuesday of the month at 3 p.m.
Next meeting will be held onTuesday, February 27
ASSOCIATE OF THE MONTHDontaya Brazil has worked at Belmont
Village for five years and was born and raisedin Houston. She enjoys working with ourwonderful residents. Dontaya says theinteraction she has with the residents is thehighlight of her day. When she is not workingat Belmont, she enjoys spending time withher boys and doing arts and crafts. Thank youDontaya for all that you do!
FriendsNeighborhood
Circle of
&
New Year’s Eve celebration!
January’s theme in the Circleof Friends was “GreatExplorations.” We learned aboutfamous female explorers,undersea exploration, and theNorth and South Poles. We alsowelcomed an EnrichmentLeader new to COF: Willie Lusk.Willie has worked in theNeighborhood until now andbrings with her a wealth ofcaregiving and activity
programming. Wait until you seesome of the craft projects thatshe’ll be doing with theresidents!
JP with Nan, Reba, and Lee
We have a new “one manband” performing in theNeighborhood each month. Hisname is Rich and the residentslove him! We also welcome anew Enrichment Leader to theNeighborhood: JP is an A&Mgrad who was previouslyworking with the Circle ofFriends. He is calm,compassionate, and an exerciseguru. He’ll be a great fit!
NewsHealth
WARNING SIGNS OFMILD COGNITIVEIMPAIRMENT
The National Institute onAging-Alzheimer’s Associationwork group has come up withnew diagnostic guidelines formild cognitive impairment dueto Alzheimer’s disease.
What to look forA person is thought to suffer
from mild cognitive impairmentif he or she meets the followingcriteria:
A friend, family member,doctor, or the person in questionis concerned about a change inhis or her cognition compared tothe previous level. The person isexperiencing more difficulties inone or more cognitive areassuch as memory, attention, andlanguage than would beexpected for his or her age oreducational background.Difficulty learning and retainingnew information is mostcommon in mild cognitiveimpairment patients whodevelop Alzheimer’s-relateddementia.
The person is having troubleperforming complex tasks suchas paying bills, preparing a meal,or shopping. He or she may takemore time, be less efficient, andmake more mistakes than in the
past. Still, he or she maintainshis or her independence withminimal assistance.
There’s no evidence ofsignificant impairment in socialor occupational functioning.There should be objectiveevidence of progressivecognitive decline over time.Cognitive testing can assess thedegree of impairment. Scoresfor people with mild cognitiveimpairment are usually 1 to 1.5standard deviations below themean for their age andeducation level.
What may helpResearchers have discovered
that activities such as exerciseand computer use may preventmild cognitive impairment.
Large-scale studies aretesting whether therapies canhalt or slow the conversion frommild cognitive impairment toAlzheimer’s disease. Byintervening at the first signs ofmemory trouble, doctors hopeto delay Alzheimer’s disease, orprevent it altogether.
Research on medications forstaving off dementia has beendiscouraging, though. Forexample, in a recent study ofpeople with mild cognitiveimpairment, researchers foundno significant benefit from earlyintervention with theAlzheimer’s drug donepezil(Aricept) or vitamin E.
CornerPoetry
W/CAROLYN MOSS“A New Year” by William Arthur
Ward, 1921--1994Another fresh new year is here...
Another year to live!To banish worry, doubt, and fear,
To love and laugh and give!This bright new year is given me
To live each day with zest...To daily grow and try to be
My highest and my best!I have the opportunity
Once more to right some wrongsTo pray for peace, to plant a tree,
And sing some joyful songs.
THE BELMONT SCENE
Sisterly love... Spreading some holiday cheer... Learning some interesting facts at theHealth Museum
Lunch Bunch at Cleburne’s cafeteria Santa’s favorite ugly sweater Relaxing with friends
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