Eskaton In The News - 2011 . . .

Warm thoughts, gifts

Just inside the front door of Eskaton's Kennedy Manor is a tree unadorned with twinkling lights, brightly-colored glass bulbs or shinny tinsel.

The decorations on this little tree are quite simple, but they are ones that won't be packed up after the holidays and stored for anther Christmas.

Instead, the little mittens, hats and scarfs dangling from the Christmas tree will be given away to elementary school children just before their holiday break. >> Read more

Everybody Wins When Generations Bond at Eskaton

Everyone is a winner in Kids Connection, a new intergenerational program established by Eskaton, a LeadingAge member in Carmichael, CA. The 350 Eskaton residents who participate in Kids Connection get a chance to make friends with lively youngsters who bring them artwork, sticks and poems to read. The 480 elementary school-age participants, many of whom come from low-income families, gain a new appreciation for aging and improved reading skills by the end of their year-long association with their elder buddies. >> Read more

Survivor's saga takes new turn

Minoru "Mino" Ohye is perhaps the only man alive who has served in both the Japanese Imperial Army and the U.S. Army.

He was conscripted by the Japanese in World War II, captured by the Russians in Manchuria in 1945 and sent to a Siberian prison camp.

He survived temperatures of 60 below zero. In 1951, he returned to Northern California, where he was born. That same year, he was drafted into the U.S. Army and sent to the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea.

On Friday, Ohye, 85, will be featured as the grand marshal for West Sacramento's Veterans Day Parade. >> Read more

Ceremonies, parade, fundraiser honor Yolo’s veterans

Local residents will have four opportunities to honor veterans on Veterans Day, Friday, Nov. 11.

The Davis Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6949 will host a celebration at 10 a.m. at the Davis Cemetery, 820 Pole Line Road. It will honor all veterans who have served in the U.S. armed forces, including those currently stationed throughout the country and around the world.

“There will be upbeat music and singing, and a speaker to laud our men and women in the service,” Francis Resta, post commander, said in a news release.

Guests are invited to stop by the Davis VFW’s welcome table and pick up a flier about the organization and the activities it engages in to support the city of Davis. >>Read more

West Sacramento holds Veterans Day Parade on Nov. 11

West Sacramento will honor military veterans on Veterans Day with a parade scheduled to begin at 2 p.m. Nov. 11 at Westmore Oaks Elementary School.

Marching bands, scout troops, military veterans and grand marshals representing a number of eras and . . . >> Read more

Centennial birthday toast

Eskaton Village had about 80 people on hand this week to celebrate resident Elizabeth Koskinen's 100th birthday with an afternoon of music and refreshments.

Koskinen is the third Eskaton resident in nine years who has had the opportunity to celebrate a century of living. >> Read more

Armstrong Place offers new approach to independent living

An independent living facility for low-income tenants in San Francisco is being heralded as a new approach to independent living with its vast ethnic diversity, green building design, and commitment to housing chronically sick homeless.

Opened in March and filling last month [September] in the city’s sunny Bayview section, Armstrong Place provides one-bedroom and studio apartments to low-income residents age 62 and over – many of them once transient or homeless. >> Read more

Connecting generations

As the first graders descend from the bus, they look wide-eyed at the trimmed grounds and immaculate exterior of the gigantic Eskaton senior living facility.

"This is a nice house!” cooes one young girl standing next to her excited classmates, all of them sporting a blue “Eskaton’s Kohler Kids Connection” t-shirt.

She is one of 28 Sacramento-area elementary students visiting the senior facility as part of Eskaton’s intergenerational initiative Kids Connection, which pairs young students with older adults during the school year. These “buddies” will share letters, stories, poems, plays, songs, meals, memories and even new technology like Skype. >> Read more

Eskaton Executive Honored with National Public Trust Award

Stuart Greenbaum, vice president of public relations and brand management for Eskaton, the Northern California aging services organization, was recognized for his “ongoing, positive influence on the public perception of aging services and the aging experience,” said Larry Minnix, president and CEO of LeadingAge.

“Public trust is a privilege not easily earned, yet to an exceptional degree, Stuart Greenbaum has advanced public understanding of aging as an active, positive all-inclusive experience,” Minnix said.

The award was officially presented at the LeadingAge Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. on October 17. >> Read more

Never too early to discuss end-of-life issues with parents

When Roberta Battle and her 10 siblings gathered in Washington, D.C., twice each year for their parents' birthdays, her mother, Helen Harper White, always initiated a family business meeting. The agenda included her and her husband's wills, their health care wishes, their financial situation – the entire spectrum of issues that experts call end-of-life planning. >> Read more

Home Health Technology Strives to Keep Elders Independent

Doris Herrilson is eighty-seven years old. She rolls around her one-bedroom apartment in a wheelchair. Her mind is as fit as someone half her age, her body is not.

HERRILSON: I had a bad back. and then of course after I moved in here, last year I fell and broke my hip. Then I had a mastectomy. Then I had bronchitis. I'm fine now, I just keep going.

Herrilson lives in an assisted living residence at Eskaton Village in Roseville. She loves it. The staff helps her with everything >> Read more

All ages mark Memorial Day at Eskaton Village

An unusual Memorial Day remembrance and respectful tribute to veterans, particularly to those who served in World War II, was held at the Eskaton Village Roseville recreation center.

The uniqueness was the age of the elderly veterans and the youth of Cub Pack 37 of Roseville. It was extremely heartwarming to watch Cub Pack 37 members as young as 6 years old paying tribute to the veterans, some of whom were in their 90s. >> Read more

Eskaton Couple Celebrates 70th Anniversary

CARMICHAEL, California -- The “Official Sponsor of Longevity” Eskaton is home to Lucille and Kent Prim, who in October celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary. The couple’s advice to others seeking the secret to longevity in marriage is simply: “We never go to bed mad. We don’t always agree. But we work things out by the end of the day,” Lucille explained. >> Read More

QuietCare Install at Eskaton Communities

Eskaton made a significant commitment to Care Innovations a few weeks ago with their agreement to utilize QuietCare® in two of their communities. >> Read More

Boomers, innovators show there are many ways to retire

"What we hear from boomer focus groups is that people don't want to move away from the life of the broader community," said Sheri Peifer, vice president for research at Eskaton, a major Northern California senior-living nonprofit. >> Read More

Eskaton residents celebrate St. Patrick's Day

Residents at Eskaton Village Placerville had a full day of green entertainment for St. Patrick’s Day. They started their day with green eggs and ham and later listened to the music of bagpiper Casey Young. >> Read More

Quick reaction saves Eskaton resident from fire

A Grass Valley woman was rescued from a fire in her Eskaton residence Tuesday afternoon, thanks to some quick thinking by an employee. >> Read More

Eskaton couple celebrate 75th anniversary

“It was love at first sight … for Jim,” explains Elizabeth McCrohan. The two were 17-year-old high school students in San Leandro at the time – the early thirties. “I didn’t even notice him sitting behind me in history class,” she laughs ... >> Read More

Eskaton celebrates the Year of the Rabbit

Mary Beldon, 85, left, laughs as John Maxfield, 83, parades through the dining room as a Chinese dragon during Eskaton Village's Chinese New Year celebration on February 3rd. Residents spent the afternoon making craft projects, drinking tea and eating fortune cookies. >> Read More

Eskaton Celebrates Grand Opening of New Community Services Location

Eskaton’s TLC Telephone Reassurance program volunteers, Companionship Plus team, care management professionals, and The Senior Connection administrators, advisors and resource center now operate from the organization’s new Community Services site. Located on the corner of Madison and Kenneth in the Fair Oaks Pointe Center . . .
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Eskaton Opens Community Services Center

Eskaton is holding a public open house Tuesday at its new community services headquarters in Fair Oaks. The nonprofit senior care company offers a wide array of workshops, support groups . . .>> Read More