Dorotha C. White Foundation Donates Bowflex(R) Equipment to Long Term Care Facilities.Foundation's Honorary Donation event promotes restorative re·stor·a·tive adj. 1. Of or relating to restoration. 2. Tending or having the power to restore. n. A medicine or other agent that helps to restore health, strength, or consciousness. care for the elderly in nursing homes Note: Photographs will be available on August 23, at 11:00 a.m. SCHAUMBURG, Ill. -- The Dorotha C. White Foundation is hosting a Honorary Donation event to commemorate com·mem·o·rate tr.v. com·mem·o·rat·ed, com·mem·o·rat·ing, com·mem·o·rates 1. To honor the memory of with a ceremony. See Synonyms at observe. 2. To serve as a memorial to. the Foundation's first donation of Bowflex[R] equipment to selected nursing home facilities. The presentation and luncheon will be held on Wednesday, August 22, 2007, 11:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. at Winchester House, a long-term care facility long-term care facility n. See skilled nursing facility. for residents of Lake County, located at 1125 N. Milwaukee Avenue, Libertyville, Illinois
Libertyville is a northern suburb of Chicago in Lake County, Illinois, United States. . Suzi Schmidt, Chairman of the Lake County Board, is scheduled to speak at the event. The Mayor of Libertyville, Lake County Board members, other local dignitaries, physicians, the facility's Resident Council and Family Council, patients at Winchester House who are currently in therapy or receiving restorative care, and patients' families are among the invitees. Sharon Rhoads, President, Dorotha C. White Foundation, and Mary Baqueiro, Executive Director, Dorotha C. White Foundation, will be presenting the gift of equipment to James J. Weibeler, Administrator, Winchester House. In the Fall of 2006, the Foundation began working with the Nautilus nautilus, in zoology nautilus, cephalopod mollusk belonging to the sole surviving genus (Nautilus) of a subclass that flourished 200 million years ago, known as the nautiloids. organization to purchase Bowflex[R] restorative equipment for the elderly in nursing homes. Sharon Rhoads, President, Dorotha C. White Foundation, comments, "The selected facilities were chosen because they have agreed to provide restorative services to patients and are dedicated to ensuring that patients receive their entitled en·ti·tle tr.v. en·ti·tled, en·ti·tling, en·ti·tles 1. To give a name or title to. 2. To furnish with a right or claim to something: Medicare benefits. Providing additional restorative services through the use of this exercise equipment improves the patient's quality of life by restoring patients to their highest level of functioning and by increasing the number of patients returning home." Sharon Rhoads continues: "We chose to commemorate the donation of equipment to Winchester House because we were impressed by their efforts to restore patients and make changes to improve their facility. The facility has an expanded restorative care department, and an outpatient therapy room to further serve the community. We are donating two machines to Winchester House, which I feel will help them in their efforts to restore Elderpride." "We are proud to be a sponsor of the Dorotha C. White Foundation and to work with the Foundation in the gifting of our equipment to nursing homes that are dedicated to providing restorative rehabilitation rehabilitation: see physical therapy. for their patients," says Darin Acopan, Sales Manager sales manager n → gerente m/f de ventas sales manager n → directeur commercial sales manager sale n → , Direct Division, Nautilus Inc., a leader in marketing health and fitness solutions worldwide. The Foundation is purchasing the Bowflex Xtreme[R] 2 SE Home Gym for use by patients in selected U.S. nursing homes. About the Dorotha C. White Foundation The Dorotha C. White Foundation is a newly formed (2006) national non-profit organization A non-profit organization (abbreviated "NPO", also "non-profit" or "not-for-profit") is a legally constituted organization whose primary objective is to support or to actively engage in activities of public or private interest without any commercial or monetary profit purposes. dedicated to improving the lives of the elderly in nursing homes and assisted living as·sist·ed living n. A living arrangement in which people with special needs, especially older people with disabilities, reside in a facility that provides help with everyday tasks such as bathing, dressing, and taking medication. facilities by restoring Elderpride. The Foundation's call to action is to educate and inform families and consumers, owners and providers, and government to create a non-partisan, grassroots social and political movement for change. The Foundation supports selected nursing homes that are dedicated to providing restorative rehabilitation for their patients and raising patients to a higher level of functioning and quality of life. Visit www.dcwhitefoundation.org to learn more. |
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