Liberia. Congo. Zambia. Wesley Homes resident Dave Zaske is a well-traveled man. He’s been traveling with church mission teams for 12 years. He recently spent eight days in Port-au-Prince, the capital of earthquake-ravaged Haiti.
David Beall, better known at Wesley Homes Lea Hill as “Chef Dave,” was tutored at an early age on the art of cooking. Both his mother and grandmother were excellent cooks. On days when his grandmother was babysitting him, she would sometimes set David on the kitchen counter beside her while she cooked. That’s how [...]
For the second annual Tree of Lights Quilt Drawing in Des Moines, the Wesley Homes Needle Crafters have outdone themselves. This year’s “Circle of Flowers”, the beautiful red and white quilt that has graced the lobbies of The Gardens, The Health Center and The Terrace, was hand embroidered by residents of The Terrace and The [...]
With winter less than a month away, snow will soon be falling in many parts of the country. It’s time to start preparing for snow removal. Many of you or your employees will be involved in snow removal activities over the next few months, so you want to be sure snow is removed safely. Here [...]
Do you remember the first time you saw snow? Naniofa Poulivaati-Mounga, front desk supervisor in Des Moines, remembers her first snow sighting. “I was in awe,” said Nani. “I didn’t know what it was, and the snow scared my mom.” That’s because Nani was born in Tonga, a kingdom of islands in the South Pacific [...]
Baked Apples with Walnuts Ingredients 4 Baking Apples, Fresh 1/8 cup Nuts, Walnuts, Halves & Pieces, Chopped 1/4 cup Cranberries, Dried 2 tablespoons Brown Sugar, Light 1/2 teaspoon Ground Cinnamon 2 teaspoons Butter, Unsalted 2 tablespoons Orange Juice, 100%
Loneliness. Boredom. Solitude. Apathy. These are emotions we will all feel at some point in our lives, but these emotions are felt more often by our elderly and disabled. Over 60,000 of these Puget Sound residents live in a nursing home, assisted living center or retirement community. According to the Seattle Times (May 2001), nationwide, [...]
Herman and Marcella Wright, a couple of young and spritely seniors were all packed up and ready to move Friday July 16th to their new apartment at Wesley Homes Lea Hill. The Wrights have some interesting stories to tell about living through three different economic turndowns; they moved several times as a result of their [...]
On June 2nd Wesley Homes Arbor “passed with flying colors” the annual licensing and compliance survey conducted by the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS). The unannounced survey is conducted yearly and for the third year in a row The Arbor received the highest results – that of zero deficiencies in the resident [...]
Lisa Meinecke joined Wesley Homes as the new Resident Services Director on May 18, 2010. She brings with her 18 years experience as a Director of Social Services in the continuing care retirement industry. Meinecke grew up in West Seattle and lives with her husband and two children in Fife Heights. When she interviewed for [...]
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