Emporia Presbyterian Manor
APRIL 2020
Nona Berghaus gives back She leads a daily exercise class, serves as a greeter and helps decorate at monthly community events and is a regular contributor to annual PMMA fundraising efforts—to put it simply, Nona Berghaus does her part to give back to the place she so affectionately calls home.
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Prior to moving into the community, Nona was a professor at Emporia State University, where she taught business and broke gender barriers. “There were more male than Resident Nona Berghaus. female professors when I first came here,” said Nona. “In fact, I was probably the first female with a doctorate to ever teach at ESU.” After retiring at 65, Nona continued to teach part time, as she puts it, “to continue to learn new things” and be around others. “I enjoy people and teaching is a challenge,” said Nona. “By the time you learn something, it changes.” It’s that need to constantly improve herself that’s just one of the reasons why she enjoys living at Emporia Presbyterian Manor. “I’m very pleased with how they help us to be better people to try and get us out of our apartments and bring in lecturers, so we know what’s going on. It’s helpful to us,” said Nona. Beyond that, Nona also loves the convenience and freedom she finds within the community. “I really enjoy it here. Everything is taken care of and you don’t have to worry about a thing,” said Nona. To learn more about the convenience and freedom found at Presbyterian Manor, contact Crystal Stock, marketing director, at 620-343-2613 or cstock@pmma.org. ◆
Keeping our residents and staff healthy is a top priority for PMMA (Presbyterian Manors of MidAmerica). We fully understand health care workers and seniors are at a higher risk of experiencing serious infections, so our staff members are doing their very best to stay current on every change that is occurring in this rapidly changing environment. On March 13, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced strict in-person visitation guidelines for senior health care communities. All PMMA communities are enforcing limited access for in-person visitation. Limited Access means all visits to the community must be rescheduled except in case of endof-life situations per the March 13 guidelines released by CMS. COVID-19 - continued on page 6
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