Wesley Village in Shelton to host open house

'Lifestyle Transitions' neighborhood created

Entrance to Wesley Heights in Shelton. / Contributed photo

SHELTON - Wesley Village will host an open house from noon-3 p.m. Jan. 25 to introduce “Lifestyle Transitions,” a new memory care neighborhood located in the newly renovated Northwest Wing of the Wesley Heights community.

“Lifestyle Transitions at Wesley Heights” will offer specialized assisted living in a secure, supportive environment for those living with memory loss.

This new program is designed to support residents with cognitive impairment by engaging them in life and activities within the larger Wesley Heights community and providing encouragement, friendship, and a feeling of security.

It also will focus on developing daily routines for successfully managing individualized physical, social and cognitive challenges.

The “Lifestyle Transitions” program space encompasses existing apartments and newly renovated gathering areas, including a library, family-style kitchen, living room area, laundry nook, and enclosed outdoor courtyard.

Safe and quiet space for reading, relaxation, and dining, and other stimulating activities such as baking, gardening, exercise, art classes, musical entertainment will be available. Colors, textures, lighting, and furniture was chosen with the help of a dementia consultant to organize these therapeutic spaces in a way that best meets resident needs.

Unique to Wesley Village, “Lifestyle Transitions” offers a mission-based, relationship-centered approach to care, as well as: affordable pricing, a wander-management system, 24-hour staffing with caregivers trained by the Alzheimer’s Association, on-site physician services, engaging activities, a variety of apartment styles for individuals or couples, education and support services for residents and families, and a specialized design to maximize independence.

Deposits are now being accepted for apartments in this new neighborhood.

For more information or to RSVP for the open house, contact Lisa Kelleher, 203. 944.6099.

Wesley Village is located at 580 Long Hill Ave. and is owned and operated by United Methodist Homes, a local not-for-profit organization.

The campus offers assisted and independent living, skilled nursing, short-term rehab, and outpatient therapy and fitness services.

To learn more, visit www.wesleyvillage-ct.org.


This is a press release from United Methodist Homes.

Derby students commended on community service

U.S. Air Force veterans of the Vietnam War Bob Chechoski, left, of Milford, and Patti Dumin, of New Britain attend a community meeting Wednesday at Irving School. They are members of the Vietnam Veterans of America and students are collecting gently used books to donate to the organization.

DERBY - The fourth-graders who are participating in a reading enrichment program at Irving School deserve plaudits for their initiative to help others in the community.
On Wednesday they kicked off a drive to collect gently used books that will be donated to the Vietnam Veterans of America.

Please check out the story in the Valley Independent Sentinel, and find out where the books are being collected at eight locations throughout the city, including Irving School.

When I told several friends yesterday about the story, they all said "I have so many books at home." Donating them to this drive is a great way to clean out those attics, basements, and closets of those boxes of books that you no longer want.

Derby Scouts selling Super Bowl Sunday subs

A Troop 3 tradition continues
DERBY - Boy Scout Troop 3 is accepting orders for one-foot and five-foot party sub sandwiches as part of its annual Super Bowl Sub Sale fundraiser.

The subs are made to order and home-delivered anywhere in the Lower Naugatuck Valley Feb. 1. All orders must be received by Jan. 28.

One-foot subs are $7 each and the five-foot, double-wide party subs are $65. 
Proceeds will help Scouts attend Edmund D. Strang Scout Reservation summer camp in Goshen and a trip to an international encampment in Derby, England. 

For more information visit www.troop3derby.org or to place an order call 203-732-0343.


This is a press release from Scoutmaster Randy Ritter. 

Beauty of the season seen in Ansonia

A view of Route 8 southbound in Ansonia today. 

Ice can be beautiful when one doesn't have to drive on it.