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Ceiling Lifts

Visit From the Patriot

Guard

2

Employee Fund Raisers

Fill the Backpacks

New QA Nurse

3

Purchases From Your

Donations

4

Direct Your Dollars

Blood Drive

Best of the Best

5

Volunteer Benefits

A Day of Fishing

6

Inside this

issue:

As the music began,

residents, families and

staff were instructed to

open their Origami en-

velopes containing

Monarch butterflies.

Immediately 50 color-

ful butterflies began to

spread their wings and

fly away.

The Butterfly Release was

held on August 11th 2016

in honor of the residents

we serve. It was held in

the courtyard with approxi-

mately 100 people present.

A Butterfly Release is when

live butterflies are released

into the environment

where they will help the

bees pollinate the flowers as

well as help the depleting

population of butterflies.

The butterflies, which

were shipped overnight

from Georgia, are kept in

a cooler to keep them in

a sleeping state. Two

hours prior to the release,

the butterflies are moved

to a warm bright place.

The butterflies wake up

and become alert. Once

the envelope is opened

the butterflies immediate

take off and fly. What a

spectacular sight to see!

Delicious ice cream sun-

daes were served to eve-

ryone in attendance.

With a marvelous perfor-

mance by Johnny Vin-

cent, this was the perfect

evening.

Due to many requests by

residents and their fami-

lies, another release will

be scheduled next summer.

Celebrating Life with a Butterfly ReleaseCelebrating Life with a Butterfly Release

Fall 2016

Discussion on the State Budget Cuts

Augie Pepple

This is a summary of my

comments given at the

August 11th Family Meet-

ing. Because of the drop

in crude oil prices, coupled

with lower farm commodi-

ty prices Governor Dal-

rymple called for a 4%

reduction in state spend-

ing in order to balance

the budget.

The 4% represents a re-

duction of 25 million dol-

lars per year starting in

2017 from the Human

Service Department. If

the worst case scenario is

realized, that would mean

a possible reduction of

over $600,000 in income

for each of the next two

years for Baptist Health

Care Center. This money

is needed to pay for labor,

supplies, benefits,

Continued on page 2

It is not the length of

life, but depth of life.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

their service. They have specially made coins for those who served in World War Two, Vietnam, and more. The Patriot Guard mem-bers then interviewed each of our veterans and gave them an opportunity to talk about their experi-ences. It was a wonderful opportunity to hear our veterans share their expe-riences as demolition ex-perts, snipers, doctors, and more.

Members of the North Dakota Pa-triot Guard Riders visited the Bap-tist Health Care Center on May 31st to honor each of the resident mili-tary Veterans. The mission of the Patriot Guard is to attend the fu-neral services of fallen American veterans, or invited guests of the family. This shows respect to our fallen heroes and to shield the mourning family and friends from any interruptions created by a pro-tester. The Patriot Guard awarded the challenge coins to each of our vet-erans of past wars in recognition of

One of our main objectives here at

Baptist Health Care Center is to

provide the safest environment

possible for not only residents but

also our caregivers.

Ceiling lifts are the safest most

efficient way to transfer a person

who is not able to assist with their

own transfer.

A ceiling lift runs on an overhead

track, lifting and moving a person

from one location to another. A

sling is used to hold the individual

and move them safely.

Visit From The Patriot Guard Rev. Merle Hoots

In Need of Ceiling Lifts PAGE 2 BAPTIST HEALTH CARE CENTER

Ceiling lifts can be operated with

one person, this will free up staff to

assist other residents in a more

timely manner. It also reduces the

strain on a caregiver as the resi-

dent can be transferred safely and

with little or no physical interven-

tion.

Some rooms were designed with

support and cutout in doors to ac-

commodate ceiling lifts and tracks.

These ceiling lifts would allow

transfers from the bed to wheel-

chair, bathroom or shower. Due to

the expense, they were put on hold.

Baptist Health Care Center is

launching a major fund raising pro-

ject in hopes of reaching $45,000 by

May 1st 2017. This amount would

provide 4 ceiling lifts, 3 would go in

resident rooms and 1 would be in-

stalled in Pro-rehab to be used with

the Alter-G.

If you are considering a donation to

Baptist Health Care Center, please

designate it to go to the Ceiling Lift

Project.

(Cont. from page 1 Budget Cuts)

food and utilities. *It is very im-

portant to remember that Medicaid is

both federal and state funds. Our

reimbursement through Medicaid is

based on 2010 costs and was to be

updated to 2014 costs. A newer cost

basis is not scheduled to happen un-

less it will be passed by the legisla-

ture.

There is some good news! The hun-

dreds of millions that the last legisla-

ture authorized to repair or replace

and add to schools, roads, medical

facilities and housing in the Bakken

region, will not have to be repeated

in the near future.

The last thing we want to do is re-

duce staff. We need to maintain

proper staffing to avoid falls, pres-

sure related concerns, infections and

hospitalizations as well as maintain

staff’s safety. Even though 96% of

North Dakota’s long term care facili-

ties are non-profit, we still have to

meet expenses, debt obligations and

facility improvements.

(continued to page 3)

Patriot Guard Member shaking the hand of Bud Schulz

Our major sources of revenue are

Medicaid (52.7%) private pay (38.7%)

and Medicare which is all federal

money comes in at (7.7%).

One of the major points that we need

to stress to our legislators is the fact

that Medicaid is made up of both state

and federal dollars. At the present

time the makeup is on a 50/50 match-

ing basis. Simply meaning for every

Medicaid dollar that is cut from the

budget, the state loses a dollar. The

Legislature has been good to our resi-

dents in the past by funding raises to

help us attract and retain caregiving

staff but we can’t take that for grant-

ed.

This information is not meant to scare

you, but to get your attention, so you

will be informed and can help us when

we call upon you to contact our state

representatives during the 2017 legis-

lative session.

Now is a good time to re-establish

your relationship with your legisla-

tors. To find a list of legislators, go to

www.legis.nd.gov.

When co-workers are in cri-

sis, Baptist Health Care Cen-

ter employees want to help.

This summer BHCC has had

two employees who have had

serious medical needs arise.

Through bake sales and spe-

cial lunches, BHCC employ-

ees and volunteers were able

to give both employees money

to assist with medical and

travel expenses.

Thank you to everyone who

participated in these fund

raisers to make them both

successful.

Fill The Backpack Program

(con’t. from page 2 Budget Cuts)

the facility to provide the food to

fill the backpacks.

As of August 1st, BHCC em-

ployees have raised $332.00 by

having a luncheon for employees

on 2 separate days.

In September nachos and cheese

will be sold to employees and

guests in our lobby.

Thanks to the employees at

BHCC, we are able to give the

residents a meaningful activity,

and give back to our community

at the same time.

Being part of our

community has

become an im-

portant goal for staff and resi-

dents at Baptist Health Care Cen-

ter.

As part of our community, BHCC

employees and residents partici-

pated in the United Way Back-

pack Program. Filling back-

packs for 788 children throughout

Bismarck/Mandan last spring was

a huge success. However, we felt

we could do more. BHCC employ-

ees decided to raise money here in

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Being part of a community, means peo-

ple looking out for one another.

Employee Fund Raisers

My name is

Sheena

Aaseth. I

have been a

RN for 20

years. I

earned my

Associate Degree in Nursing at

Kent State University and received

my BSN at Medcenter One College

of Nursing. I’m married and have

one son.

I recently moved back to Bismarck

from Dickinson. My husband and I

lived in Dickinson for two years, in

that time I worked at Community

Action Partnership as the Health

Care Coordinator with the Family

Planning Clinic. Prior to that I

worked at Edgewood Vista Village

as the Assisted Living Nurse Man-

ager.

My other nursing experience in-

cludes: clinic nursing, cardiac nurs-

ing and 8 years at the Anticoagula-

tion Clinic at Sanford Health &

Long Term Care.

I have been very fortunate to work

in the Bismarck and surrounding

areas creating professional relation-

ships and caring for members in the

community.

New QA Nurse

Purchases From Your Donations

Page 4

Take a look at what your dollars have

helped Baptist Health Care Center pur-

chase in the past 6 months! Thank you for

your generous donations, may God richly

bless you.

SCIFIT exercise machine in

Restorative Therapy

The Alter-G has finally

arrived

A TV in Restorative Therapy

Pergola in the courtyard

Best of the Best

Congratulations to Baptist Health Care

Center for receiving Honorable Mention

in the Bismarck Tribune Readers’

Choice Awards for 2016.

Page 5

Blood Drive

United Blood Services and Baptist

Health Care teamed up once again for an

annual Blood Drive. This year a bus was

brought into

the parking lot

to provide a

faster more

convenient ex-

perience.

Due to a short-

age of blood in

Florida after a

shooting in a

night club,

North Dakota shipped blood to help out

those victims. This left a shortage local-

ly. United Blood Services asked BHCC

to hold their Blood Drive a few weeks

earlier than scheduled to help fill their

blood bank.

On Thursday June 30th, we had 15 em-

ployees show up to donate blood.

Thanks to everyone who was willing to

donate and support our community.

Direct Your Dollars

Help us earn $1,000 for the Ceiling Lifts

without spending any extra money!

For Every $150,000 in re-

ceipts collected Dan’s Su-

per Market, Baptist Health

Care Center will receive

$1,000 check from Spartan-

Nash. With your support

and your receipts-we will

be raising money to pur-

chase the ceiling lifts that

are greatly needed.

Currently we are having a

little friendly competition amongst the em-

ployees to see who can bring in the most re-

ceipts. Families are encouraged to help the

neighborhoods out by bringing in receipts as

well.

Once the goal has been met, the neighborhood

with the most receipts will have a traveling

trophy to display.

Every time the goal is reached, the trophy

has the ability to travel to a different neigh-

borhood.

This is a great way for us to receive rewards

for all of the money spent on groceries.

Beauty Shop Gift

Certificates Available

Gift certificates are available to

purchase for BHCC Beauty Shop.

Stop in or call the Business Office

for more information, 701-223-3040.

3400 Nebraska Drive

Bismarck ND 58503

701-223-3040

Baptist Health Care Center

Upcoming Events

The Fall Festival has been scheduled for

Oct. 21st and 22nd. Crafts, food items

and a variety of venders will be here.

A bake sale and luncheon will be held in

the lobby in conjunction with the Fall Fes-

tival.

BHCC is in need of baked goods for the

bake sale. If you are able to help out

please contact Stacy at (701)989-7415.

A Day of Fishing

For many, fishing is a great way to relax

and unwind, but for those who use a

wheel chair as a means of transportation,

this can be something that you are forced

to give up.

Not the case if you

live at BHCC. Six

men were able to go

fishing for an after-

noon at the Game

& Fish pond on Au-

gust 18th. A total of

10 fish were caught

and released with

everyone catching

at least 1 fish.

Thanks to the fami-

lies that volun-

teered, this was an

awesome experi-

ence for these men.

Volunteering Benefits

Volunteering is a great way to meet new peo-

ple and make lasting friendships. It allows

us to connect with others and make a differ-

ence in the world.

If you would like to make a difference, please

contact Stacy at (701)989-7415

Jim enjoyed a beautiful

afternoon of fishing