Recent news & information from The Willows
At the bottom of your “Resident Apt/Phone List,” you see the phone number: 949-939-9083, identified as SPOC (Staff Person on Call). Whenever the office is closed, there is a staff person assigned to the SPOC phone number to assist the residents. The SPOC service is staffed by residents:
David Johnson is the main SPOC; he has several assistants. You may have seen them riding around in golf carts on their rounds, assisting others to and from the dining room and Hodges Hall.
If you have any problems, or see anything suspicious, call the SPOC number first before calling 911. He is able to handle many of the situations that arise, and will know who to quickly call if he cannot.
REMEMBER: The best way to reach the SPOC is not to call their home number, but 939-9083. This will bring the fastest response.
This is a new service that the City of Laguna Hills has launched for seniors who no longer drive. It is funded through the Orange County Transportation Authority and provides door-to-door taxi service to its residents who are 80 or older, 65 and disabled, or at least 60 with an impairment that prevents driving. The taxi will take the resident to just about any destination within the City of Laguna Hills. The cost is $15 one-way; the resident pays $5, and the City pays $10.
The program is available to registered and qualified seniors 24/7, including holidays. Service can be scheduled an hour ahead of the desired time or weeks or months in advance. There’s even a taxi with a lift for those who need extra help. To qualify for this program you must register and complete a Dial-A-Taxi application form. For more information, call 1-866-424-1706. Or, click here to download the form.
At The Willows, see the flyer on the bulletin board in the Administration Building for more details.
Newspaper Recycling
You can place newspapers for recycling in the turquoise barrel behind The Willows kitchen.
NEWSPAPERS ONLY!
Please NO
- Bags
- Magazines
- Catalogs
- Christian Science Periodicals
(Phone books are acceptable.)
Recycling Batteries
We are no longer collecting batteries in the office. You can take them to the "household hazardous waste" place. Please see the notice on the bulletin board for more information or visit the Orange County Integrated Waste Management website for more information and the locations of the Household Hazardous Waste Collection centers in Orange County.
Where does a hungry person go for lunch on Fridays when the dining room is closed? The Garden Room! Lunch includes a sandwich, fruit and a beverage - all for just $6.00 (cash, or charge your account). In the winter, soup replaces the fruit. Sandwiches, on your choice of wheat bread or croissant, include:
- Ham
- Roast beef
- Turkey
- Egg salad
- Tuna salad
- Chicken salad
- Seafood salad
Augi Sanchez and his staff in the kitchen prepare the fruit (or soup), and Yolanda, the caterer, prepares the sandwiches. Occasionally there is dessert.
It's a lovely place for lunch. During the summer it’s nice and cool, and in the winter the fireplace brightens and warms the room.What are you waiting for? Come on over this Friday at 11:30 am for lunch!
A reminder about the speed limit on the property...
Please let your friends that visit or anyone else who might be driving here know that the speed limit is:
10 m.p.h.
No Fee for Visiting Nurse Service
The High Haven Visiting Christian Science Nurse Service will no longer charge for a visit to your home. This service is provided to Orange, San Bernadino, and Riverside Counties. When to call:
- Questions about nursing procedures.
- Need to clean and bandage a wound.
- Need assistance with bath, shower, shampoo.
- Need help with food preparation.
- How to care for a baby.
- Need loan of nursing equipment
- Family-member visit when you're away.
- Need care from a skilled C.S. nurse.
The toll-free number to call is 1.877.584.8025.
(From Broadview's newsletter "A Grateful Heart", July 2007.)
