After our recent absense we will be resuming our quarterly newsletter on or about April 1, 2012. We are all working on articles of information as well as an account of all the fun we have been having here at Summerhill. Please look for it and as always we would love your feedback. Thanks for your patience. Our best to you all.
Mary Pat Jackson, Executive Director
Seasoned volunteer:
At just 12 years old, Calle Walton has already been volunteering for three years and is known throughout the community.
By MEGHAN PIERCE
Sunday News Correspondent
PETERBOROUGH
On a rainy December day when the clouds prematurely darken the cold afternoon, a day of sunlight walks into the lobby of Summerhill Assisted Living & Memory Care Community.
Twelve-year-old Calle Walton has been volunteering at the center for the past three years.
The woman at the front desk tells Calle to go to the Monadnock Room. Right at home she makes her way through a maze of corridors to an elevator, then through a hallway to the room where several residents have gathered for a piano performance and a singalong of Christmas songs.
Summerhill Assisted Living is pleased to announce that it has been given the Alzheimer's Foundation of America Excellence in Care Dementia Program of Distinction.
The Alzheimer's Foundation of America (AFA) developed Excellence in Care to partner with care settings in the establishment of a nationwide standard of excellence in care for individuals with Alzheimer’s disease or related dementia.
Excellence in Care offers the opportunity for facilities to ensure that their dementia care settings meet the optimal care needs of their residents/clients. The program, created with the input of industry experts, consists of a comprehensive on-site evaluation and consultation on strategies to achieve the established standards for quality of care and to sustain performance.
A dementia care professional who has undergone comprehensive training—an AFA Excellence in Care Specialist—will partner with the care setting to meet the program’s standards of excellence. Key areas of review include: environment, education, staff-client interaction and programming.
Care settings, such as the Summerhill Assisted Living Meadows Facilities, that successfully reach the standards established by this initiative will earn the status of Alzheimer's Foundation of America Excellence in Care Dementia Program of Distinction.
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The Summerhill Sun - Summer 2011.pdf 
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