New Berlin's Chase Nursing Home celebrates 75th birthday
NEW BERLIN – Chase Memorial Nursing Home will be celebrating its 75th anniversary with a garden party from 2 to 5 p.m. on Saturday. The celebration, a significant milestone in the nursing home’s rich history, is an opportunity to learn more about what Chase is offering its residents.
The garden party will provide light refreshments and historical displays with music provided by the Small Town Big Band. It will be located on the south lawn in full view of the various flower and vegetable gardens available to residents. The appetizers will even contain produce that has been grown on site.
“It should be a very spirited party with a very fun atmosphere,” said Administrator Roger Halbert. “It’s a chance for people who ... have been involved ... can celebrate what we’ve accomplished.”
Since 1991, Chase Nursing Home has employed a revolutionary method in nursing home treatment. It began with a challenge from the NYS Health Dept. to provide a way to more fully care for patients with mind-altering diseases and developed into a program now employed at various care facilities across the United States, Canada and Europe.
“It was spurred on by the child day care,” said Administrator Roger Halbert. “We could see the benefits of the sights and sounds of children ... that life element which is foreign in most nursing homes.”
Halbert explained that this led to the idea of bringing children, companion pets and extensive plants, both floral and vegetable, into the nursing homes. The facility now has two dogs, four cats and between 80 and 100 birds as well as gardens both inside and outside. Until the New Berlin Day Care was closed in 2009, there were also regular visits from children.
“We thought if a resident [was] surrounded by life, instead of death and the dying process, it would invigorate them and cause them to be more healthy, mentally and physically ... living life right up to the very end,” explained Halbert. According to Halbert, care facilities were doing an exceptional job of addressing the physical needs of the residents but it is “boredom, loneliness and helplessness that are the real killers.”
Halbert said that the facility and everyone who has been a part of the process has ample reason to be proud. Representatives from nursing homes located as far away as southern California and Canada have come to observe Chase’s Life Focus program. Chase has also been featured in numerous publications such as Reader’s Digest, AARP and USA Today.
“We’re very proud of our heritage,” said Halbert. “We were a good facility but we thought ‘can this program make us better and improve quality of care?’ And it has.”
The party will be free and open to the public. For more information or to RSVP contact the main office at 847-7000.
The garden party will provide light refreshments and historical displays with music provided by the Small Town Big Band. It will be located on the south lawn in full view of the various flower and vegetable gardens available to residents. The appetizers will even contain produce that has been grown on site.
“It should be a very spirited party with a very fun atmosphere,” said Administrator Roger Halbert. “It’s a chance for people who ... have been involved ... can celebrate what we’ve accomplished.”
Since 1991, Chase Nursing Home has employed a revolutionary method in nursing home treatment. It began with a challenge from the NYS Health Dept. to provide a way to more fully care for patients with mind-altering diseases and developed into a program now employed at various care facilities across the United States, Canada and Europe.
“It was spurred on by the child day care,” said Administrator Roger Halbert. “We could see the benefits of the sights and sounds of children ... that life element which is foreign in most nursing homes.”
Halbert explained that this led to the idea of bringing children, companion pets and extensive plants, both floral and vegetable, into the nursing homes. The facility now has two dogs, four cats and between 80 and 100 birds as well as gardens both inside and outside. Until the New Berlin Day Care was closed in 2009, there were also regular visits from children.
“We thought if a resident [was] surrounded by life, instead of death and the dying process, it would invigorate them and cause them to be more healthy, mentally and physically ... living life right up to the very end,” explained Halbert. According to Halbert, care facilities were doing an exceptional job of addressing the physical needs of the residents but it is “boredom, loneliness and helplessness that are the real killers.”
Halbert said that the facility and everyone who has been a part of the process has ample reason to be proud. Representatives from nursing homes located as far away as southern California and Canada have come to observe Chase’s Life Focus program. Chase has also been featured in numerous publications such as Reader’s Digest, AARP and USA Today.
“We’re very proud of our heritage,” said Halbert. “We were a good facility but we thought ‘can this program make us better and improve quality of care?’ And it has.”
The party will be free and open to the public. For more information or to RSVP contact the main office at 847-7000.
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