Last Updated on December 23, 2022
1. Need Something Fixed or Repaired? Updated General Services contact instructions are on our website, with the current hours under General Services Communications. GS is cracking down on delivering carriers. Do your part and address your labels precisely when ordering online, including building names. If you receive a misdelivered package, report it to your lobby desk.
2. Reoccurring Opportunities for Voicing Concerns have been recently updated for the new year and are found listed under Campus Info>Getting Things Done and Getting Started. Note: Resident Council Meetings will begin at 3 PM in January and February. The Council Communication Form icon on our website can be used to alert the Council to a problem. Also, the Administration is welcoming comments, and to send them to ccifeedback@erickson.com.
3. Resident Directory Info: The latest printed version, December, can be obtained by asking at lobby desks. The only E-directory is on My Erickson, which is password protected. Changes should be directed to the Res. Life Asst., Deanna Booker, at Ext. 601-8230. Residents will be automatically included in the E-directory, to opt out you must contact CR. To join My Erickson, contact CR. If you have not received the recent phone calls or texts from Alert Media, reach out to Deanna.
4. ccicharlestown.org: Residents’ Council Meetings will be held at 3 PM in January and February as a trial to attract more residents. Check out The Residents’ Council website’s News icon for reports on the activities of the resident clubs and organizations. The Announcement icon will tell you what’s happening over the Holiday Weekend and next week. There is a recent informative Down-sizing Article under Announcements. The Help icon has directions to add photos to resident ME profiles, among other useful topics. Hope is creating a team of residents to assist other residents with the use of computers, those interested in helping can reach out to her. Questions or suggestions for the website may be submitted on the Home Page.
5. BCF: The Crafts Fair, Sip & Shop raised $4608. No seasonal Pop-Up Sales are scheduled, but clubs may sign up to sell their items on Tuesdays, when the TS stores are open, to benefit BCF. Volunteers are needed for TS apartment clean-outs, packers, pickers, sorters, and more. Please contact Allison Chlada at ext. 601-8133 to help.
6. Community Resources: Volunteers are needed on Jan. 7th & 8th to undecorate and take down the Christmas Trees around campus, contact Allison at CR. Council Committees are to urge their members and others to add photos to their ME profiles. This is supported by the Council Res. Life Committee with an eye on our 40th Anniversary next year. The CCI website has directions for this under “Help”.
7. Medical Center: Masks are recommended in Public. Masks are required at the Medical Center, in all healthcare situations, and inside Continuing Care. Also, notify the Med Center if you received your flu shot outside of Charlestown. Sign up for the Care Path Program, even though you may have your doctor off-campus, in case of emergencies. Compare the Erickson Advantage Health Plan to your present plan for the upcoming year. Check CC visitation restrictions before you go there. Remember to wash your hands to contain the flu!
8. Move-out Process at End of Life: Updated and found permanently on our website in the Blog area. An updated article, including the need for an “Authorization for Entry to Living Unit” form, was approved by Finance and was published in the September Sunburst. Cara Miranda presented a “Do I have to move to Continuing Care?” talk event on 11/8 and is on ME Videos under Health Presentations.
9. Housekeeping special for carpet cleaning has ended. Home Health has hired Shannon Scranton as the new Clinical Manager. Home Support Services offered are shown on our website under Home Support and Lawanda Lawrence, a lead aide, has been promoted to Office Coordinator.
Extras: REPEAT: Resident Council Meetings will begin at 3 PM in January and February. Monday updates on 972 will be suspended until 1/9/23 due to the Holidays being celebrated on Monday. The Resident Library is seeking volunteers, contact Joan Powell. Brittany is asking for Birthday Angels in Herbert’s Run and Brookside. The current Sales Referral Program is ending at the end of the year. There are three dates for Medication Disposal in 2023, all Mondays, at Cross Creek Lobby and Fireside Lobby on Jan. 23, Apr.10, and July 17. A sign-up sheet for volunteers to help was circulated. Enjoy the Charlestown Fireplace, on Channel 973. As of now, there will be no January Evergreen as a vacation is planned. Make a resolution: volunteer! Help is needed.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Charlie Eichenlaub
Communications Committee