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A Message from the Desk of Sahar Ben Edalati
The season of winter has finally arrived. A deluge of rain and aserious dusting of snow on our California mountains has us runningfor our sweaters and jackets. And just in time for the holidays, too!
2019 is one of those rare years where both Hanukkah andChristmas overlap, which means there will be celebrations aplentythis holiday season. We’ll kick off the merriment with the Festivalof Lights on December 22nd, when we will light the menorah andsing our favorite Hanukkah songs like “Hanukkah, OhHanukkah”, and the Peter, Paul & Mary classic, “Light One
Candle”, for the next eight evenings. For the Christmas holidays, wewill be celebrating throughout the month with visiting carolers, holiday socials and
concerts, seasonally-themed arts and crafts, lots of cheerful Christmas decor, and asumptuous traditional Christmas Brunch.
Since my arrival last month, we’ve identified specific areas in our community that we’ve beenfocused on enhancing, especially our levels of resident care giving. A significant element ofthis improvement has been the recent hiring of our new regional Wellness Director, the verywell-qualified Teresa Flores. Teresa has made excellent inroads in this department. Anotherlarge part of our emphasis on heightened care has been our recent development of an updatedmonthly menu by our talented chef Crystal. She has created a menu largely centered uponensuring that our residents receive healthy, delicious and nutritious meals every day. The newmenu includes more green, leafy vegetables and salads, while reducing the amount of sugaryand fatty foods. We are all very pleased with the amount of progress we have made in such ashort amount of time.
I want you to know that I’m always here for you... ready to act on your concerns, and to sharein your joys.
Peace and happiness to you and your family this holiday season,
~ Sahar Ben Edalati, Regional Operations Director
960 North Martel Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90046 / phone: 323.876.1746 lic: 197607149/197607155
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If you’re looking to relieve stress and reduce your achesand pains, consider joining us for our bi-weekly yogastudio. Yoga warms up your joints, increases flexibility.It also improves breathing, cardio health, boosts energylevels, lowers blood pressure, and reduces insomnia.There are so many benefits that yoga offers that onewonders why we don’t practice it everyday!
The word yoga is derived from the Sanskrit word “yuji”meaning yoke or union. Yoga represents the ancientpractice of bringing the mind and body together. Itincorporates breathing exercises, meditation, and posesthat are designed to encourage our bodies to relax andreduce stress. In fact, a study of 24 women showed thatafter a three-month yoga program, they had signifi-cantly lower levels of cortisol, the stress hormone. Theyalso had lowered levels of stress, anxiety, fatigue anddepression.
Join us on every Sunday and Thursday at 10:00 a.m. forour yoga studio and discover the benefits of this popularand ancient practice.
Events at Melrose Gardens
December 2019
Religious Services and StudyCatholic Mass - Sundays at 9:00 a.m.Shabbat Services - Fridays at 4:15 p.m.Church Services - Saturdays at 10:00 a.m.
Resident BirthdaysBirthday Celebrations
Thursday, December 19 @ 3:00 p.m. Gloria Deretich 12/01 Frank Aboud 12/21 Diana Levitt 12/25 Dorothy de Coningh 12/28
ANY OTHER BIRTHDAYS?
RELAX &RESTORE
S U N D A Y S & T H U R S D A Y S
Yoga Studioat 10:00 a.m.
J A N E F O N D A :
Life’s Third ActTED TALKFriday, 12/13 At 3:00 p.m.
In this invigorating TED Talk, Jane Fondaexplores the extra 30 years that have beenadded to our life expectancy within thisgeneration. Americans are living an averageof 34 years longer than our great-grandparents did... almost an entire secondadult lifetime that’s been added to ourlifespan! Jane explores how we can all bestuse our bonus time on earth.
A native of Brooklyn, New York, resident Carl Grantalways loved to ice skate. That’s how, in fact, he methis wife, Louise. An aerospace engineer byprofession, Carl played a part in our nation’saeronautical and space programs by bringing hisexpertise to Apollo rockets, the Space Shuttle andcommercial jet airliners. It’s only fitting, then, thatCarl is now living in Los Angeles, surrounded bystars of another kind. Despite the seriousness of hisprofession, Carl loves to laugh and joke, and nowthat he’s retired, he has more time for his hobbies ofpainting and model building. Carl also likes to spendtime with his son Steve and daughter Stephanie, aswell as his grandchildren. We’re so happy to haveCarl with us here at Melrose Gardens!
Life at Melrose Gardens
Narrated by AcademyAward winner EmmaStone, the Netflix series,“The Mind Explained” isa fascinating deep diveinto and about our brains.We will be featuring theseshort but riveting showson Thursday evenings,where we’ll learn some ofthe answers to mysteriousquestions like:
How does rememberingwork? Why do we dream?, Why do we feel anxious?What happens to a brainon a psychedelics?What power canmeditation have on yourmind?
Anyone interested inlearning what makes ourbrain tick will not want tomiss the opportunity toview this series.
December 2019
N E T F L I X :
The Mind Explained
Christmas Holiday ActivitiesUgly Sweater ContestDecember 20 at 11:00 a.m.
Eggnog Singing SocialDecember 24 at 2:30 p.m.
Traditional Christmas BrunchDecember 25 at 12:30 p.m.
Holiday ConcertDecember 25 at 2:30 p.m.
RESIDENTSPOTLIGHT Carl Grant
Join us for the lighting of the Hanukkah Menorah
every evening beginning December 22nd through the 30th
at 4:30 p.m.
December 2019
Teresa Flores, RNRegional Wellness Director
Crystal Hamilton-NiangDining Manager
Sahar Ben EdalatiRegional Operations Director
Cari RamosActivity Director
Katelin Aghel Family Coordinator
Guadalupe Mejia Maintenance Supervisor
Introducing... Our Staff
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Upcoming Activities at Melrose Gardens
Tuesday, December 3 at 2:30 p.m.
Rootbeer Singing SocialTuesday, December 10 at 2:30 p.m.
Hot Chocolate Singing SocialTuesday, December 17 at 2:30 p.m.
Warm Wassail Singing SocialTuesday, December 24 at 2:30 p.m.
Egg Nog Singing SocialTuesday, December 31 at 2:30 p.m.
Hot Cider Singing Social
U G L Y Sweater C O N T E S TF r i d a y , D e c e m b e r 2 0 , 2 0 1 9
H O L I D A Y S I N G I N G S O C I A L SExperience the holidays with us every Tuesdayafternoon while we sip on seasonal beveragesand sing our favorite holiday carols!
December 20th is the nation’s official “Ugly ChristmasSweater Day”. This is the day to get downright uglyand sport our tackiest Christmas sweater.
Remember - according to the official Ugly ChristmasSweater Day rules, you must wear your special sweaterfor the entire day!
Our official contest will begin at 11:00 a.m. when wewill all get a chance to vote for the truly ugliest sweaterhere at Melrose Gardens.