Show Wednesday September 22 2004 Sanpete Home Health Heaven (Continued from Al) Help Us For Lund having more patients who get better at bathing does not just look good on paper She believes the quality care reflected by high scores on quality By Corrie Lynne Player measures helps ensure that Gunnison Home Health’s patients maintain or regain their well being thus enabling diem to continue liv- School day challenges The other day I called my daughter’s house about 8 am Her preschooler answered the phone and I could hear a familiar cacophony in the background I remembered the years I spent hearing screams of “Where’s my lunch?!” “I can’t find my shoes!” “All right who spilled the com flakes and didn't clean them up?” and “Why do I have to wear socks?” Those hours before and after school could reducing me to a state just this side of idiocy Now that Sanpete County kids are back in school and in hopes of saving you from a similar fate I’d like to offer a few tips for handling the chaos school kids manage to create Every Parent Needs the Gift of Prophecy Over the years I developed the following five precepts they’re listed in descending order with the most important being numbers one and two Anticipate problems before they arise 2 3 4 5 Maintain a sense of humor Keep a notebook in your purse or pocket Tape up a series of charts around the house Hang a large calendar with plenty of writing room for each day ANTICIPATE — Being aware of what could happen enables you to be prepared Keep Murphy’s Law in mind “Anything that can go wrong will go wrong” MAINTAIN A SENSE OF HUMOR— If you read my column regularly you already know how valuable your ability to laugh can be As in every other aspect of life humor relieves stress and brings peace of mind KEEP A NOTEBOOK — The notebook should be a convenient size that you can keep in your purse or pocket A small binder works better than a spiral notebook because you can add and delete pages Write down school and doctor phone numbers and other information you might need when you are away from home You can also jot shopping lists keep track of kids’ sizes and peculiarities and note bits of wisdom TAPE UP CHARTS — I’ve explained my chart philosophy in earlier columns I’ll share applications for charts as I go into specific times of day HANG A CALENDAR — The calendar should hang where everybody can refer to it Each kid above middle school age should be responsible for charting his or her important activities They must also remind you in time for you to provide transportation sign permission slips or whatever But I DID Tell You Mom! And what happens when they forget to mention a championship debate tournament in another state that they volunteered you to chaperon? Good questionThe answer depends on your unique situ- ing at home Lund and her staff use quality measures information to continuously improve care When in November 2003 the “pain interfering with activity” score came back lower than Lund wanted it she troduced a measure called the scale to complement scale the numeric already in use Lund and clinical coordinator Debra Humphrey are convinced that knowledge of pain levels and pinpointing pain frequency is imperative to better meeting patient needs “Our nurses ask patients to describe more specifically how much they hurt when they walk or wash dishes” Lund explained “With only the numeric range in place patients would say ‘Oh I don’t know’ in response to a nurse asking them what their pain was like on a scale of one to 10” The diagrams uses diagrams of a grimacing frown face that changes in steps to a smiley face It gave nurses another tool to help patients understand their pain level Pictures are also easier to point at rather than having to verbalize one’s pain By INSTANTLY Every Nextel help you yiDEOTRQNIX Cot tuaa m wyfmwHnfWartf 1— airf fEXTEL NffCtoaUtff araslui f a wgmg Rai‘tKhiHtodnUuoa hr aim huMn Ml ff out Manti A wreath ceremony will take place at am at the DUP monument at the south end of the cemetery At noon a lunch and a bake and craft sale will be held at the Manti Tabernacle The cost for the lunch is $8 for adults and $5 for children 12 and under The program concludes at One of the nine children The youngest William was just two months old when they began their journey Four days after they Utah George and his family picked up and headed for Sanpete When the family reached Manti on Sept 10 1850 they made their home in one of the dugouts in Temple Hill until reached houses built by Sanpete settler George Pectol George built a home The first Pectol residence is still standing and occupied in Manti George was the first city clerk of Manti and served as county recorder for two terms Sarah died in Manti in 1861 George died in Washington Utah in 1869 where he had been instrumental in developing and building irrigation sources for farmers The DUP program w ill re- be gin at 9 am with registration at the Family History Center just west of the Manti LDS istories pictures and Temple r memorabilia of the family will be on display at the center At 10 a m participants will tour Pectol family homes and the Manti City cemetery as well as the Patten House pioneer museum old City Hall and other points of interest through pm at the Manti Tabernacle with a program honoring George and Sarah Pectol and their families The family has also compiled a book of photos letters journal entries and other Pectol which will family memorabilia be available at the event for $15 To register for the program reserve a Pectol family book or for more information contact Michael or Susan Barclay at Jerry Lyn Lloyd or Neal Busk at Or log at onto wwwreunionindexcom pectolhtml to register online Buried treasure in Spring City? By Holly Nicholes Staff writer CITY— When Spring City resident Mike Olsen started prying the boards off his former residence last month he discovered that he had already fulfilled his dream of living in a log house For 24 years Olsen and his wife raised their children in an SPRING au the house as originally HOLLY MESSENGER PHOTO NICHOLES planned Olsen began taking Richfield a— luman Serviceswwwmedicarc gov “Home Health Gmpare”or by callTTY users ing (800) should call who otherwise would require hospi rah Reasor at its annual Settlers Sanpete program on Saturday Sept 25 All descendants of George and Sarah are invited to the program as well as anyone who is dozing Phones start at $2499 Rate plant start at $3999 ZUZZZXTZ Ash about our special student offers tow measures put in place by the CMS imnot only help professionals prove the care but also allow families to gain important information agency tliey w ant to use Home care programs keep dividuals as independent and safe as possible while living in tlie comfort of their own homes Lund says They are a cost- - effective option for people Current information on performance of home health agencies on various quality of care measures is available at the web site sponsored by tlx: US Department of Health and Spring City When Olsen built his new house three years ago he made an agreement with the city to tear down the old one Instead of bull- comet with access Mesaaging connect In under a second other features to 96 North Main quality talization or institutional care Anyone may make a referral by calling Gunnison Valley Hospital Home or at Health at old white board and cinder block home on the east side of phone and you And plenty of get more done the interested in the history of ours was a poor school district) When I tell you that I insisted everybody must remember to write things on the calendar (and I must remember to look at it) I really didn’t have any recourse if my kids failed to do so Memories of their mother’s near nervous breakdown on several occasions probably motivated them as much as anything So much for the overview I’ll go into detail next time that lets CMS ratings Lund believes doctor friends and relatives about which home health care agency is best The w eb site and quarterly ports help families and patients make educated decisions about which of George and Sarah left Iowa in 850 and headed for the Salt Lake Valley with six of their Y is four percentage points higher than the national average of 58 and nine points higher than the state according to the average of 53 about the care of their loved ones Now when families are faced with a home health care decision they are no longer limited to asking their Sean Hales I usually tried to control myself and to say in my most regal motherly manner “I’m sorry dear but your sister already signed me up to hiss prompt lines and stumble over props in her Shakespeare competition this weekend” Realistically I scrambled around claiming IOUs for babysitting and packing the only suitcase we owned that didn’t have to be taped shut Then I pledged a year’s oven cleaning to my best friend whose daughter was in the same play if she’d take my place I managed to make the bus about the same time as my son who suddenly remembered he left his file box on his bed Eighhad also left their file boxes on their teen other beds so the bus driver sat back in his seat and hummed tunelessly while the coach muttered obscenities under her breath When we were finally loaded and enroute for Castle Dale or thereabouts over a very bumpy road I usually realized I forgotten to go to the bathroom (no the bus wasn’t equipped — S level Lund says patients can point to a face and say “I feel like that” Four months after introducing the new pain scale the cumulative pain rating for patients served by This the agency improved by 62 Staff writer MANTI — The Manti camp of the Daughters of Utah Pioneers (DUP) is honoring Manti settlers George Pectol and Sa- Manti CROSS-COUNTR- Barbara Lund RN director of Gunnison Hospital Home Health and Hospice delivers training to agency staff members Sitting right to Left: Barbara Lund Tesha Hansen Dawna Hamblin Anna Pearson and Raelyn Christensen RN Standing Carol Ockey RN Eva Dean Starr LPN Debra Humphrey RN and Sherrie Jensen DUP will host Sanpete Settler program ation CROSS-CAMPU- A5 Valley Edition Messenger-Gunniso- n noxeanu ur uai eiewtUmatM m boards off the house one by one Under the wood siding he discovered the old log walls of what could be a late 9th century log I cabin The logs appear to be in a pattern The old timber rafters show charred signs of a fire Olsen thinks a fire may have taken other log rooms on the east and south sides of the house One former occupant of Spring City resident Mike Olsen found this vintage home underneath plaster of a much more modern dwelling the house was Elgin Colver Olsen says the Colvers built a shed to live in while the burned house was rebuilt and the shed which still stands between the old and new houses was also used for clock making Although longtime residents of Spring City say they have always known the Olsen’s old house to look the same more recent cinder block and adobe sections of the house were down found and will The destiny room is unccitam opportunity of be torn the old log Olsen had an earlier to sell it but the boards and the buyer has not come back Olsen has since put thought into restoring the cabin himself on the property where it now stands He would like to replace the roof and put the cabin on a cement foundation remains although open to selling it he |