September 2010 Entries
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- By Peggy Perry -
A new hip, recommended by my doctor three years ago, is the productive result of my taking "an open-ended leave of absence" from Village View in May. But I couldn't stay away long! Now, having experienced post-op care for sixteen days at Oakview, I'd like to share my experience and the opinions of a few other UVTO residents who have spent time there recently.
Until Gil was admitted in January after breaking his leg, he and Margaret lived in Westlake Village. Margaret moved into UVTO, but within two months fell and broke her hip. Now permanent...
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- By Jean Bardgette -
The Health and Wellness Committee purpose is to work cooperatively with our Resident Services Department in encouraging all residents take the best possible care of their minds and bodies so they may enjoy all the advantages we have here at University Village. Many of our twelve committee members have a back-ground in the health field, some formal (doctors and nurses) and some informal (those who have cared for ill family members).
As a top priority the committee works actively with a cooperative Oakview staff to address concerns reported by residents who have received care in Skilled...
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- By Nancy Ferguson -
Paris to Paris
Knowing we should be back in four weeks to see Dr. Angelle - who WAS an angel - the orthodontist who would check Lisa and Dina's braces, we made plans to leave Paris for Luxembourg. But first, a meal at an Italian restaurant. Not for the food. The girls were in love again, this time with the waiters, sons of the owner. Is there some bizarre connection between food and men that Lisa and Dina know but I don't?
Arriving in Luxembourg by train was much simpler than our arrival in Paris, but once...
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- By Peggy Perry -
If you've been at UVTO for a while, you certainly already know this couple — energetic Dev Leahy and always-smiling Midge, residents of UVTO for three years this month. The continental breakfast bunch is familiar with Dev stirring flaxseed into his cottage cheese and his purposeful stride on his early morning walks around the campus. You may even be one of the dozens of incoming residents welcomed with a Trader Joe's bag of goodies delivered by the Leahys, who were enthusiastic original members of the Hospitality Committee.
Dev grew up in Evanston; when he graduated from...