Team Shout Outs!
This senior team member said this about our therapy tech team: "Thank you for being the string that holds the team together. Your dedication to the patients and fellow employees is unwavering."
Who is Stephanie Jurczak
This test will soon be completed by one of our SLPs instead of an outside service provider and will utilize a completely disposable scope for easy clean up!
What is FEES.
This SLP team member HATES olives!
Who is Ellen Glazer!
Our therapy techs are the best of the best! Here is a free 100 points!
#winning
This senior team member said this about our SLP team: "The work our speech therapists do helping our patients to be able to communicate and swallow so they can eat is incredible. The good they bring to the hospital is bigger than the whole sky!"
Who is Wayne Boutwell/Mr. Trebek.
This senior team member said this about our SLP team: "Our SLPs are great examples of collaboration between departments, are so approachable, kind, and are willing to be team players. They make us feel warm and fuzzy and we could all use more of that!"
Who is Lindsay Moon
You must do this if you clean a table in the gym with a light purple/"Prime" wipe and the surface dries after 47 seconds.
What is re-wipe the surface and start the 1 minute wet time all over again.
This SLP team member has never broken a bone and has double-jointed thumbs.
Who is Leah Blend!
This therapy tech team member loves being in nature and has been to 12 National Parks.
Who is Tracy!
This senior team member said this about our SLP team: "The ability to overcome impairments in cognition and communication to create improved functional outcomes is amazing!"
Who is Dr. Somaio
This senior team member said this about our therapy tech team: "I am impressed with their speed and efficiency mobilizing patents to/from therapy! Their positive and encouraging attitude motivates our patients!"
Who is Dr. Somaio.
Our therapy techs do an amazing job of cleaning our equipment! This is the number of days between cleanings of the hydrocollator.
What is 14 days.
This SLP team member has met Amy Poehler and Seth Meyers at an improv comedy show in New York City and knows one of the co-founders of Venmo.
Who is Ellen Glazer!
This therapy tech team member was born during an earthquake and does not like roller coasters.
Who is Tracy!
This senior team member said this about our SLP team: "So I may not know hundreds of SLPs, but of the ones I have met, I find the following characteristics amongst them all: Intelligence, Kindness, Compassion, & Creativity - these are the people who have found their calling!"
Who is Sandy Swann
This senior team member said: "Therapy Techs are the backbone of the Therapy Department; they provide support to all the therapy disciplines. When I see Terri and Tracy, no matter how busy, they always wear a big smile. That smile is the care they provide our patients shining through!"
Who is Sandy Swann.
Our therapy techs take great care of our wheelchair cushions when they need to be laundered! After doing a load of cushions in the laundry, the techs have to do this to disinfect the washer.
What is run a bleach cycle in the washer.
This SLP team member has an undergraduate degree in Exercise Science.
Who is Leah Blend!
This therapy tech team member lives on a family compound which was created by her great grandfather and is part owner of her family's restaurant.
Who is Terri!
BUT WAIT, there is one more SLP team member shout out: Shout out to this SLP team member who has over 30 bathing suits and had jokes published in newspapers as a kid.
Who is Kate Smith!
This senior team member said this about our SLP team:
"Swallowing Extraordinaires
Passion without limits
Emotional successes
Emphasis on quality
Challenges overcome
Heck-of-a crew!"
Who is Stephanie Jurczak.
A score of this or greater on the MoCA test is considered "normal".
What is 26.
This SLP team member played the trumpet in the marching band and had a Shetland pony named peanut butter when she was a kid.
Who is Rachel McCorkle!
This therapy tech team member owns 11 ATVs, 1 race car, 1 Dirt Bike, 1 side by side, one golf cart, and a fishing boat.
Who is Terri!
This senior team member said this about our therapy tech team: "What a great group our therapy techs are! The unsung heroes of the therapy team, they keep the patient care flowing, support the team, and they always keep it tied together with a smile!"
Who is Wayne Boutwell/Mr. Trebek/Wayne the Swiftie.