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Your Monthly News & Updates - November 2018
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Upcoming Events
Dear McLean Community....
Please click the link below to view the November letter from Lisa Clark and Carlene Rhea.
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This Month's Events
Click the link below to view the November Calendar!
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Congratulations to McLean Home Care & Hospice!
McLean Home Care & Hospice celebrates a decade of recognition by Home Care Elite, being recognized once again this year as a Top 500 agency.
Home Care Elite is an annual recognition of the top performing Medicare-certified home health agencies in the United States. This market-leading recognition program names the top 25% of home care providers based on key quality indicators. The top 500 receive special honors through Home Care Elite.
McLean is among just 11 other agencies in the state, placing us in the top 10%.
The Home Care Elite ranking utilizes data from Home Health Compare and CMS cost reports to analyze five domains of performance:
- Quality of Care
- Quality Improvement and Consistency
- Patient Experience (based on CMS Satisfaction Surveys)
- Process Measure Implementation
- Financial Performance
This is McLean's 10th year to make the list, and it is the 5th time we have made the Top 500.
To learn more about McLean Home Care please call 860-658-3950.
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Volunteer Appreciation Dinner
On Thursday, September 27th McLean hosted a group of 99 volunteers for dinner in the Pfirman Dining Room, to celebrate our relationship and to thank them for their service to our community. This group had a wonderful evening sharing their stories with each other and toasting their success.
We are very fortunate to have such a large and talented group of volunteers who come to us from a number of surrounding towns including Avon, Simsbury, Canton and Granby.
It is so impressive to note the number of hours they serve:
Many are dedicated to specialized programs which includes:
- 20 memory care volunteers who provided 992 hours this year
- 34 volunteers in the McLean Auxiliary who served 1,626 hours
- 40 Hospice volunteers who served 2,000 hours
- 75 individuals who served more than 40,000 Meals on Wheels to people in the community ages 33-103
- 3 very dedicated volunteers in Outpatient Therapy who provided a total of 352 hours
We are also grateful for another 112 volunteers who provided more than 2,000 hours in a variety of general services and activities.
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Smart House
The Betsy Tesone Hospice Cottage, #9 in the McLean Village is currently being utilized to showcase Smart House technology, gifted by the Sorenson Endowment.
The cottage is open for "Tech Tuesdays" on the first Tuesday of each month, from 2:00-4:00 pm.
Please stop by to learn about new technology geared to reduce isolation and promote independence for seniors and for caregivers.
Call 860-658-3700 and ask for Stephen Root, Media Center Coordinator, if you have any questions. Appointments may be scheduled upon request.
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Annual Holiday Craft Show and Sale
Friday, November 30th
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Health Center Living Room
Join us for some holiday shopping and to see the talents of our employees and
volunteers!
Are you a crafter and a family member of a current McLean resident or a McLean volunteer? We would love to have you participate.
Please contact Jennifer at 860-658-3705 or
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LeadingAge Dinner
On October 9th, LeadingAge Connecticut hosted their Annual Meeting and Dinner at the Aqua Turf Club in Plantsville.
Post-Acute DPT Heather Cummings attended this event along with a group of McLean colleagues, to celebrate her graduation from their 2018 Leadership Academy.
Heather celebrates with colleagues at the annual LeadingAge Dinner
Pictured left to right: Front row: PT Katie Perrone, PTA Michelle Herbert, OT Christi Donato, McLean CFO Carol Barno. Back row: McLean President David Bordonaro, VP Administrator McLean Health Center Lisa Clark, DPT Heather Cummings,
Rehab Tech Michelle Schmidt, COTA Jill Nevico,
McLean Director Marketing and Sales Elizabeth Marquis
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Please Join Us for the Next Seminar in the McLean and Hartford Hospital Partnership Series:
"Suffering from Knee or Hip Pain?"
Presented by Robert J. Carangelo, MD
Board-certified Orthopedics
Wednesday November 7, 2018
6:30 - 8:00 pm
Hop Meadow Country Club, Simsbury
Learn more about:
- Preventing Arthritis
- Managing Arthritis Symptoms
- Non-surgical and surgical options, including Mako TM robotic-arm assisted surgery
- The state-of-the-art Hartford HealthCare Bone & Joint Institute at Hartford Hospital
Light refreshments provided.
RSVP is required. Please call 1-855-442-4373.
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Construction and Renovation Updates
We now have a new generator in place! This upgrade took many months and included re-wiring our electrical systems to allow for the two generators we have in the Health Center building to run 100% of our electricity if we were to lose street power. Thank you for your patience with the power outages we experienced together the past few months.
We also replaced our front doors to the building and started upgrading our phone system in October.
We are engaging an engineer to review the courtyard as the water drainage system is still a concern after we made modifications in September.
Our Chapel will soon re-open under "temporary" conditions as we are engaging an engineer to help us assess the repairs needed on the roof/garden terrace above. It will take time and resources to address it properly. Thank you for your patience.
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Open House
- McLean Village, Independent Living
Saturday, November 3rd
10 am - noon
The Burkholder Community Center
Friday, November 30
noon- 2:00 pm
McLean Health Center
Please call 860-658-3786 with any questions.
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Community Cafe
The Community Cafe at McLean is celebrating it's one year anniversary!
This program is held once a month in the Health Center Koopman Room, for caregivers and their loved ones with early stage Alzheimer's or Dementia. Based on the "Memory Cafe" concept originally developed in the Netherlands, it provides a safe environment for this group to come together for social
interaction, engagement and friendly support.
A mix of 16 people from within McLean and from the outside community
gathered during October's meeting and we so thrilled to see the
dynamics that had evolved among this group and how welcoming they are
to newcomers each month. Please join us. The next Community Cafe will be held on:
Saturday, November 10th
10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Koopman Room
Please call 860-658-3941 to register.
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Prepare for Emergency Situations
Are you prepared to leave home quickly due to a medical emergency or inclement weather?
Attend a free presentation by Peggy Coburn, MPH, Administrator McLean Home Care.
Learn how you can better prepare yourself and your family and receive a free "Go Bag," which will keep your essential items in one safe place.
Call 860-658-3723 to RSVP
Tuesday, November 13
10:00 - 11:00 am
The Burkholder Community Center, McLean
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From the Development Office
"Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings."
- William Arthur Ward
Your gift to McLean sustains award-winning care that helps those on our campus as well as so many in the community.
Thank you.
Vickie Dirienzo, CFRE, McLean Development Office
860-658-3702
Vickie.Dirienzo@McLeanCare.org
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McLean Auxiliary Update
The Auxiliary is in the midst of their annual membership drive. They held their annual membership social in October, where guests participated in an informative floral arrangement demonstration. All family members are invited to become a member of this active group! For more information on joining, or to learn about helping with an activity, please call their voicemail at
Upcoming November activities include:
- Veterans Day Flowers - On Friday, November 9, the Auxiliary will make and deliver bud vases to residents to commemorate Veterans Day.
- Thanksgiving Floral Arranging with Residents - Join the group as they work with residents to create centerpieces for the Dining Room tables.
Tuesday, November 20th
10:15 am
Gather together in the Greenhouse, and then work in one of the neighborhoods
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