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A Day at Jenkins Living
Center
Be it the nursing
department, housekeeping, activities, dietary or
maintenance, the Jenkins Living Center staff strives to
provide the best care for your loved one. Caring,
dedicated employees are found in every department.
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Nursing:Nursing:
Shawn Gilman, RN is the Director of Nursing and
supervises over 125 nursing staff consisting of
CNAs, LPNs, RNs, Med Aides, and Administrative
Personnel.
The nursing department also works with the primary
physicians of each resident and is fortunate enough
to have Physician Assistants make daily visits,
eliminating the need for residents to leave the
convenience of their "home."
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Therapy:herapy Department
The comprehensive Therapy Team is led by Andrea
Vosberg, Speech/Language Pathologist. Under Andrea's
authority, Jenkins has a full-time Physical
Therapist, two Physical Therapist Assistants, a
full-time Occupational Therapist/Low Vision
Rehabilitation Specialist, and an Occupational
Therapy Assistant.
Therapies can be both in-patient and
out-patient. There is also a 55 and older exercise
program, the J-Club, for a very low fee.
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Activities:
The Activity Department plans activities to meet the
interests and needs of the residents. Many of our
activities are based on things that are familiar to
the residents and things they have enjoyed in the
past. There is a monthly activity plan and family
and residents are encouraged to be aware of upcoming
activities and take part.
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Dietary:
Jenkins Living Center employs a Registered
Dietitian. Therapeutic diets are prepared according
to physician's prescribed orders. Meals are served
in the dining room and a morning, afternoon and
evening nutrition cart is brought to the floors.
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Administration:
The Administration Department of Jenkins Living
Center is committed to ensuring that residents in
the facility receive the best quality health care
products and services available during their stay.
Although residents and family members are encouraged
to address concerns directly with staff, the
Administrator of this facility, Loren Diekman, and
Medical Director Dr. Aaron Shives, always welcome
your comments and suggestions concerning resident
care.
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Religious Life
Jenkins Living Center is concerned for the whole
person and seeks to care for each resident's
physical, mental, and spiritual welfare. For this
purpose a chaplain, Rev. Tsukamoto, is employed to
aide residents and staff. His mission is to assist,
and not to replace, the priest or pastor of the
resident. Residents and their families are
encouraged to contact him for any assistance.
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Maintenance:
The Jenkins Corporation consists of 161 bed licensed skilled
nursing facility, Cedar View Assisted Living, 200
Maple Place and Town View Apartments. The Jenkins
highly-skilled maintenance team supervised by Director of Maintenance, Wayne Deelstra, is responsibile for maintainng all of these facilities on a daily basis.
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