Why I Went Back to School to Be a CNA
Ebony Figueroa, lead housekeeper for Parker at Stonegate, wrote this blog post about her experiences in Parker's first CNA School class.
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My Trip Home
Written by Roberto Muñiz, President & CEO of Parker
Carol O’Neill: A Look at a Celebrated Artist
Ms. O'Neill, a resident of Parker at River Road, is a celebrate artist who specializes in provocative and meaningful collages.
Elder’s Crop Feeds Neighborhood
Ray, a resident and master gardener, planted spinach seeds for a late fall crop. He watered them regularly and the seeds took root, growing over the next few weeks. The warm weather New Jersey enjoyed in late October and early November favored the spinach plants and Ray celebrated a bumper crop; he harvested enough spinach to share with his entire neighborhood.
A Sweet Gesture
To mark National Family Caregiver Month in November, Parker Adult Day Center gave out honey jars and recipes that use honey to participants and their family members. Enjoy these delicious recipes!
Parker at McCarrick nurses training at St. Peter’s Hospital SIM lab
In mid-October, a group of eight nurses from Parker at McCarrick came to St. Peter’s for the first encounter with the SIM Lab. In the weeks ahead, Parker at McCarrick nursing staff will visit the St. Peter’s SIM Lab, in small groups, so that all of the homes’ RNs and LPNs will have participated in the one-hour congestive heart failure course and practiced with the SIM mannequins.
An Uplifting Sense of Gratitude for a Milestone Year
While we are thankful every year for our many blessings, 2017 stands out among the rest. This year, Parker’s 110th anniversary falls on Thanksgiving Day. We feel proud of all our accomplishments since Henrietta Parker opened Parker at Landing Lane in 1907. We are especially thankful for such a monumental year – we are serving more people than ever, emboldened by our new mission of making aging part of life.
The Hispanic Paradox: Roberto Muñiz talks about Latinos aging in America
Roberto Muñiz was interviewed by Susana G. Baumann for Latinas in Business magazine for an article about how Latinos age in this country and the issues, both cultural and economical, that impede providing the best aging services possible for this growing population.
‘Tacky Tourists’ Celebrate Summer’s End
Laurie Peters and the Parker Day Club at Home enjoy an end-of-summer party with a Hawaiian theme and a fun new game.
Applause for an Alluring Campaign
In its September issue, Conde Nast fashion and beauty magazine Allure announced that it will no longer use the term “anti-aging” in its pages. Writes the publication’s editor-in-chief, Michelle Lee: “This issue is the long-awaited, utterly necessary celebration of growing into your own skin—wrinkles and all. . . But changing the way we think about aging starts with changing the way we talk about aging.”