Gerry began quilting 15 years ago to stay busy after her husband passed away. Gerry started this quilt in 2011, and it took two years to finish. Gerry has made a quilt for each of her granddaughters.
Gerry Matney never expected to win first place for her quilt in this year’s Art is Ageless® competition at Arkansas City Presbyterian Manor. So when she learned her handmade entry had been chosen to appear in the 2018 Art is Ageless calendar, she
November is National Hospice Month, and to recognize the importance of hospice services to quality end of life care, Presbyterian Manor’s Heart and Soul Hospice would like to share Clayton’s story.
It was not long after Clayton was diagnosed
Arkansas City Presbyterian Manor was one of three adult care homes in Kansas recognized for making advances in the shift to person-centered care, which emphasizes resident choice, staff development, a homelike environment and meaningful life.
The Kansas
Artist Joyce Guinty captures Kansas imagery on canvas.
Sometimes, to find the best scenery in Kansas, you have to look up. On a drive up the interstate, Joyce Guinty looked out the window and saw an incredible sky. She filed the color and the clouds away in her memory bank.
Joyce drew on that deposit later,
Misty Killman, transporation aide, pictured with our new Dodge minivan.
Arkansas City Presbyterian Manor residents have a new, smoother way to ride to medical appointments. Thanks in part to a grant from the Kansas Department of Transportation, we were able to purchase a new wheelchair-accessible minivan.
The 2017 Dodge
Rena Hopkins showing off her Middle Eastern memorabilia.
Rena Hopkins couldn’t pass up the chance to visit her granddaughter and family in the Middle East earlier this year. “They asked me to go. I said sure!”
Rena, a resident at Arkansas City Presbyterian Manor, spent three weeks in Ammann, Jordan,
Winfield artist’s drawing selected for Art is Ageless® calendar.
Virginia McConnell’s artistic ambitions always seemed to get thwarted. When she was young, she wanted to be a commercial artist, but she was discouraged. Then, she wanted to be a window dresser for the big department stores like Macy’s, but they
“Bumper Crop,” a painting by Joyce Guinty.
“I Love You So Much,” a drawing by Virginia McConnell.
“Handmade Quilt,” a hand-stitched quilt by Gerry Matney.
Several winning artists in Arkansas City Presbyterian Manor’s annual Art is Ageless® juried competition will be featured in the 2018 Art is Ageless Calendar produced by Presbyterian Manors of Mid-America.
Family ties are found throughout Arkansas City Presbyterian Manor. That was evident in this year’s Art is Ageless competition when two of the top prizes went to quilters with granddaughters on our staff: Elsie Tipton and Gerry Matney.
Elsie
Last year’s Presbyterian Manor team, which raised about $2,000 to benefit Alzheimer’s disease awareness and research.
The Arkansas City Presbyterian Manor team is going all out to double the amount of money it raises at this year’s Alzheimer’s Walk. Between bierocks, T-shirts, wine tastings and lip sync competitions, marketing director and team captain Tara Clawson
