Atrium Resident Featured Tonight on WCSH 6, 207
Tonight at 7PM, Atrium member Bob Ryan will be interviewed on Channel 6’s 207 discussing his memories of Pearl Harbor Day and his experiences in WWII. Be sure to tune in!
The Cedars Residents Reflect: Where Were They on December 7, 1941?
In anticipation of the anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attack, our residents met with Gillian Graham of the Portland Press Herald to reminisce about hearing the news 76 years ago today – and how it shaped their lives in the years after. Thank you, Gillian Graham for this wonderful article. Visit PPH for the full article.
She was 7 and standing outside her house in Hilo, Hawaii, with her father as he prepared to leave for a morning church service when a neighbor came running into the yard with news of the Japanese attack that would leave 2,403 Americans dead and push the United States to enter World War II. Two hundred miles away from Pearl Harbor, Cliff’s family wasn’t in immediate danger as the bombs fell, but realities of war surrounded the young girl in the months and years to follow.
Seventy-six years after the day that President Franklin D. Roosevelt said would “live in infamy,” Cliff and three other residents of The Atrium at The Cedars in Portland reflected this week on the moment they heard about the attack and how it shaped their lives in the years after.
Cliff, who was born in Hawaii and lived there until she moved to the mainland at age 12, was living a quiet life on the island with her sister and their father, a Congregationalist minister.
“I didn’t really know what the ramifications would be,” said Cliff, now 83. “How do you describe war to a young child?”
Immediately after the attack, no gatherings of more than 10 people were allowed. Cliff’s father, the Rev. T. Markham Talmage, held services with nine people at a time. Everyone on the island was issued a gas mask and had to carry it at all times. Every few months, the school library would be filled with tear gas and students were marched through to test the masks. Those who hadn’t put their masks on correctly came out crying, Cliff said. Read more …
Pop-Up Shop & Party at The Atrium
Treat yourself at The Atrium!
Shop select artisans, enjoy live music and holiday sweets,
and get a sneak peek into member apartments.
December 7, 2017 – RSVP 221-7100
Community Learning Wednesdays
Medicare: What You Need to Know
Wednesday November 29 from 10-11AM at The Cedars
Laura Dibiase, LCSW and Director of Care Coordination at The Cedars will teach you about Medicare, how it works and what it means for you – all before the December enrollment deadline.
FMI call 207-221-7100
Thanksgiving Blessings
In this season of gratitude, the staff and trustees at The Cedars give thanks for our community’s friendship and support and wish everyone a Blessed Thanksgiving.
Honoring Our Veterans
The Cedars is proud to sponsor the 2017 Veteran’s Appreciation Lunch on November 10 at the Italian Heritage Center in Portland. Over 15 residents from The Cedars will be honored for their service at this special event. Thank you to all who have served our country.
Upcoming Event at The Atrium
Join us for an afternoon of music and merriment. Micromasse will provide some light jazz and we’ll supply the hor d’oeuvres and beverages. Bring a friend!
November 17, 2017
Space is limited, RSVP 207-221-7100
Lunch and Learn at The Atrium
Join us for Truths About Retirement, presented by our Marketing Representative at The Cedars. Enjoy a lovely lunch prepared by our chef while finding out more about your senior living options.
Wednesday October 18, 2017
RSVP 207-221-7100
New Educational Program: Living with Heart Failure
When you are walking through a grocery store, have you ever stopped to wonder why there are so many cereal boxes advertising for heart health? According to Emory University, approximately 550,000 people are diagnosed with heart failure each year! That is a lot of people who are affected by this diagnosis; this does not account for the people who have had a stroke or a heart attack. Many of these people have to go to rehab facilities, like The Cedars, in order to better take care of themselves.
To help address this issue, The Cedars has introduced the CHF Program involving interactive weekly classes in the Rehabilitation Conference Room. These classes help educate our patients with heart problems, and their families. This program started a year ago when Hannah Temple, Nurse Manager on Black Wolf, thought there should be more formal education about Congestive Heart Failure and how to live with it. Many patients would go through rehab and still wouldn’t understand how to properly take care of themselves to stay out of the hospital when they went home. “We should be educating our patients so we can hold them accountable for taking care of themselves… If we don’t then that’s when we have truly failed to care for them.” It was with this initiative and forethought that pushed Hannah and The Cedars to dive into this education program.
Educating our patients to stay healthy after their transition home:
- Healthy eating to reduce sodium intake
- Maintain a steady weight
- Mindfulness of fluid intake
- Increased self-awareness to listen to their bodies
- Know when to seek medical help
Although these cereal boxes try to educate us, they lack depth of information needed for people suffering with heart failure. Thankfully, The Cedars is giving our patients the tools to keep them on the road to recovery, long after they transition home. For more information on The Cedars Rehab, call 207-221-7000.