We have welcomed many new residents to our community as well as many new employees! It has been an eventful first half of the year and we are looking forward to the Fall and Winter months that will bring many more activities and holiday celebrations at Traditions at West Park Place.

Be sure to check the monthly calendar to see all the wonderful events and activities planned. Traditions at West Park Place has a Facebook page where we share wonderful photos of our residents enjoying all that our community has to offer. Please “like it” so you can share in the fun.

Executive Director

What an amazing month we have had here at Traditions at West Park Place. We welcomed many new residents to our Independent Living, Assisted Living and Memory Care communities, as we continue to grow. In September we celebrated National Assisted Living Week with lots of joyful moments. On Sunday we celebrated Grandparents Day with a pancake breakfast and family portraits! There was lots of laughter filling our hallways that day. Monday was red, white, and blue day with special drinks sponsored by Unique Healthcare Solutions. Tuesday was crazy hair day followed by Western Wednesday! We had a food truck, cornhole tournament, and whiskey sours. Thursday, we had hat day and celebrated the first day of Hispanic Heritage Month with Margaritas sponsored by Walker Funeral Home. Friday was sports team day! We had frozen treats handed out by our Executive Director, Meghan Siegel. It was great to see our residents so joyful that week.

October, November, and December will be filled with fun fall things, Halloween events, a Thanksgiving feast to remember, and a family Holiday event. With so many holidays approaching, please come and join us and your loved one for lots of memory making and fun times. We continue to feel blessed to be working in the place where our residents live.

Community Relations Director

Fall in Love with Traditions of West Park Place Activity Department! We are doing tons of activities in the Months of October, November, and December to get us in the Holiday spirit!

In October, we are having our Residents Art and Craft Show on October 25th from 11:00- 3:00pm. Residents will display their artwork, collectables and homemade crafts. On October 31st - Halloween, we will be having a party with the little ghost and goblins from Aldersgate United Methodist Preschool. The residents will dress in costume and pass out candy to the little ones as they parade around the Activities room and show off their creative costumes.

In November, we are having a Veteran’s Celebration to honor all our veterans at West Park Place. We will have a special pinning ceremony along with a Colour Guard Ceremony by Post 606 and a patriotic sing-along.  November 25th is our big Tailgate Party! Residents and staff will dress up in their team colors. Ohio State Scarlet & Grey and Michigan Maize & Blue. We will be serving hot dogs, chips, and refreshments while we enjoy singing our teams' fight songs!

In December, we will start out the holiday season with our Festival of Wreaths Auction. This is to support the Alzheimer’s Association. We will have various handmade wreaths that are hung throughout the main floor hallway that are donated by the outside community. Residents, families and visitors can make a silent bid and the highest bidder will win the wreath.

December is filled with wonderful holiday traditions like trimming trees, frosting holiday cookies, and celebrating Hanukkah with the Menorah Lighting. Residents will also open their apartments to share their holiday décor. The West Park Place halls will be filled with the sounds of Christmas Carols and wonderful holiday entertainment.

Program/Activities Director

Duane Loughry has become a fixture in our building. He is an employee of Grand Industrial, LLC., who has been with us for several months during our construction and filled in with the absence of a Maintenance Director.

Duane has kept the team together during our remodel/construction with a smile and a can-do attitude with everyone. He was instrumental in helping us through getting our state certification for both Assisted Living and Memory Care. The residents have fallen in love with Duane; if they need something done, they know Duane will get it done and not complain.

We all know that it is coming to an end when Duane leaves us, and just saying “thank you” to Duane does not even begin to tell him how grateful we are for everything he has done and helped us through. We wish Duane the best wherever his next assignment may be, but we honestly do not think he will find a second home like he did here! Duane truly became a part of our family here at West Park Place!

With weather turning to colder days and nights, you will be wanting to switch from air conditioning to heat. If you need assistance with doing this, please let us know through a work order.

Trash is gross; that is not a secret to anyone. To combat the smell of the trash rooms, please place all garbage in garbage bags and make sure they are tied. It really helps with keeping trash rooms odor free and easier for us to handle.

Last but not least, I have a plumbing tip for you. While we appreciate the cleanliness and hygiene of our residents, we ask that you do not use sanitary wipes. Sanitary wipes are not flushable, even if the label says they are. Please don’t believe the label.

If you have any maintenance questions, I would be happy to answer them!

Maintenance Director

Traditions Management challenged each of their communities to make the best apple pies possible. Our Executive Director, Meghan Siegel had a recipe from her mother that had been passed down from many generations and was gracious enough to share it with us!

When Meghan brought in this cookbook from the 1940s, it was stuck on one page, the apple pie recipe. Meghan stated that she has never moved the page to another recipe and has exclusively made apple pies from this cookbook.

Our Chef Matt took her recipe and added just a little of his own flair to make it a new Traditions Apple Pie! We had so much fun creating our pies, but we loved that we got to share these delicious pies with some of our future residents. We can’t keep this masterpiece a secret, so we are sharing our recipe for all to taste! Click the button below to download/print the recipe. Let us know how your pie turned out.

Visit us at www.TraditionsAtWestParkPlace.com or contact Alexis Roob at AlexisRoob@Traditionsmgmt.net for more informaiton.