Lake Stockton Healthcare Facility eNewsletter May 2020

The LSHCF CrusAIDEr
Lake Stockton Healthcare Facility
Serving Lake Stockton and the surrounding area since 1975
M AY 2020
LAK E S TOCKTO N
H EAL THCAR E FAC IL ITY
1523 S . 3R D ROAD
PO BOX 945
STO CKTO N, MO
65785-0945
417-276- 5126
F AX 417 -276 -6776
Real Heroes Wear Masks
At Lake Stockton Healthcare Facility, we have humbly adopted the motto “heroes
wear masks” because the CNAs, nurses, housekeepers, secretaries, dietary workers
and everyone else at LSHCF are fighting hard to protect our residents, your loved
ones, from COVID-19. Without hesitation or complaint, they are taking every pre-
caution asked of them and bravely shouldering the weight of responsibility for our
residents. They wear a mask from the moment they walk in the building until leav-
ing (often 12+ hours later), their hands are raw and cracked from constant washing
and sanitizing, they take their own and every residents’ temperature multiple times a
day, they have given up leaving for breaks and do their best to avoid going any-
where else before or after work. They screen everyone coming in the building for
any reason and sanitize every piece of mail or box of supplies before it goes down
the hall. Staff and supervisors alike are tired from taking on extra duties and working
long hours but their efforts are relentless. It is not the same as fighting a war for our
country (as many of our residents did) but it is a battle for the wellbeing of those
who fought for and carried our nation through other challenges. It is the LSHCF
team’s goal to keep the “invisible enemy” out but we are also prepared to stand and
fight should it find a way in. The women and men of LSHCF are doing all this and
more to proudly serve and protect the residents of LSHCF. Heroes do wear masks
these days.
But those wearing masks and acting as the thin line between our residents and
COVID-19 are not the only heroes. I am proud to say the residents are once again
demonstrating why many of them are part of the “greatest generation.” Yes, being
isolated from their families and visitors, being screened daily (sometimes more) and
wearing their own masks at times has been difficult; but they have taken it in stride.
Their resiliency and joy for life regardless of the news, the virus, the lack of visitors,
social distancing, cancelled group activities and their own health challenges is in-
spiring! They recognize us in our masks like we have been wearing them all along
and seem to know when we are smiling or not (and are quick to inquire when we
aren’t). The residents’ courage energizes us to continue to fight every day. We may
wear the masks but the residents are our heroes.
e-mail: cheryl.ahlers@
citizensmemorial.com
ADM I NIS TRAT IO N:
CHR IS MC BRAT NEY,
ADM I NIS TRATOR
ANA PE NNER ,
DIR ECTOR O F NURSI NG
CATR ENA MART I N,
BUS INESS O FF IC E
D EBRA S TOCKTO N,
SOC IAL S ERV IC ES
CARR IE ME EKS,
MDS COORDI NA TOR
SUZA NNE COX,
E NV IRO NME NTAL
SER VIC ES
CH ELS IE HUDSO N,
NUTR IT IO NAL SER VIC ES
CH ERYL AHLERS ,
AC TI VI TY D IREC TOR
RYA N K EI TH ,
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