If you live in West Central Georgia, Warm Springs is probably less than 45 minutes away, but chances are you don't have to drive even that far to experience outpatient rehabilitation ... Roosevelt Style. 
Comprehensive treatment with a variety of diagnoses and individualized therapy with the Roosevelt Warm Springs Institute for Rehabilitation is also available in LaGrange (706-845-7002), Newnan (770-252-4799) and Griffin (770-233-9922). In Warm Springs, call 706-655-5738. 
Contact any of our Outpatient Clinics for more information about our extensive outpatient services. 
 
Examples of services o.ffered and diagnosis treated include, but are not limited to, the following: 
 
Sports Rehabilitation Wound Care Foot Care Ligamentous Deficiencies Sprains/Strains Chrondromalacia of Patella Arthritis Spinal Cord Injury Degenerative Joint Disease Patella Femoral Syndrome Sciatica Rotator Cuff Syndrome Joint Instability Dysfunctions of the Spine Child Development Conditions Hemiplegia 
 
Pain Syndromes Plantar Facitis Tendonitis Fractures Carpal Tunnel Joint Contractures Cerebral Palsy Amputation Nerve Lesions Muscle Spasm Meniscus Tears Epicondylitis Bursitis Scleraderma Radiculitis Frozen Shoulder 
 
Post Office Box 1000  Warm Springs, Georgia 31830-1000  706-655-5000  fax 706-655-5011  www.rooseveltrehab .org 
 
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ROOSEVELT 
WARM SPRINGS INSTITUTE FOR REHABILITATION 
EDITOR Martin Harmon Public Relations Director 
LAYOUT & DESIGN Image by Design Columbus, Ga. 
PHOTOGRAPHY Mu lti-Image 
LaGrange, Georgia 
PRINTING Communicorp Columbus, Georgia 
REGULAR CONTRIBUTORS 
Mike Shadix Jacqueline Davis 
Dawn Freelin 
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Frank C. Ruzycki 
CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD ]. Bruce Williams, Jr. 
Roosevelt Warm Springs Development Fund, Inc. 
BOARD OF DIRECTORS Stephen A. Melton 
Edgar E. Chapman, Jr. Donna R. McNeilly Leonard R. Meadows Daniel W Brinks James E. Butler, Jr. Rep. Carl Von Epps David L. Foy, DDS 
]. Harper Gaston, M.D. F Stuart Gulley, Ph .D. 
Jimmy Hill Charles H. Hood D. Gaines Lanier Senator Daniel W Lee SeniorJudge James W Oxendine Rep. Jimmy Skipper 
Erik Vonk 
The Spirit is produced quarterty by the Roosevelt Wann Splings Institute for Rehabilitation. 
RWSIR is abranchof the Georgia Department of Labor's Di~sion of RehabilitationServices. 
G E O RG <A DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 
 
News and Notes ..... .... ........... 2 Warm Springs Roll Call .... ..... .3 Cornerstones ...... .................... 4 
 
Staff Guest Column ............... .8 Tributes ............ ............... ... ..18 Georgia Hall Society .. ....... ... 19 
 
Program Feature: 
Roosevelt Brain Injury Day Program Returning People to Life's Mainstream ........ .. ........................6 
Cover Story: 
Patient Handling ... The Roosevelt Way ................ ......... ........ ..... ..... ............ .10 
Individual Success Story: 
Matthew Buffaloe 
Cooking His Way to Independence .... ........................ .... .... .. 14 
History Story: 
George Foster Peabody Originator of the Warm Springs Story .............................. .. 16 
 
NEW-LOOK SPIRIT 
 
Now in its 20th year, The Spirit newsletter is getting a new look. In fact, the newsletter look is out and magazine style is in, as you can see by our new four-color front and expanded design. 
The quarterly publication remains the official voice of the Roosevelt Warm Springs Institute for Rehabilitation and will continue to carry information and articles related to the lnstitute's services, 
 
programs, events and people in our new 20-plus page format. 
For the first time, advertising opportunities are also available and information on these can be obtained by calling 706-655-5668. 
We hope you enjoy this first issue and each of those to follow. If you would like to be added to The Spirit mailing list, please call 706-655-5666 (same number to be removed). 
 
ON THE COVER 
Roosevelt Insti tute OT Sonal Nakran i and PT Rene James co mbine the ir patient hand ling effo r ts with Wal ter Riden at the Rooseve lt Hall 
Th erapy Gym . 
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 New Camp Coordinator Formerly recreation director for the Georgia Baptist Children's Home and Family Ministries in Meansville, Ga., Reenae White was recently named camp coordinator at the Roosevelt Institute. 
Taking over a post that had been vacant for 18 months, White will coordinate the Institute's extensive disability camp program, assist with management of the Camp Dream facility and play a leading role in all Institute recreational activities. Her office will be located in RWSIR's Center for Therapeutic Recreation and she can be reached at 706-655-5724. 
Stroke Rehabilitation Research The Roosevelt Institute Neurological Team is hoping to make its mark in stroke rehabilitation research with a special project beginning this fall. 
In cooperation with Brenda G. Sutley, a former Institute employee now working as an instructor for the Medical College of Georgia's Occupational Therapy Distance-Leaming Program at Columbus State University, RWSIR's neuro team will be creating an assessment tool and a treatment protocol for the recognition and treatment of pusher syndrome, an abnormal motor behavior exhibited by some stroke patients that often makes recovery much more difficult. 
According to Sutley, the assessment and treatment of pusher syndrome has been somewhat neglected in rehabilitation literature and the Institute could receive professional attention for the project. 
Gulleys To,Chair GHS Ball LaGrange College President Stuart Gulley and his wife Kathleen will chair the 2004 Georgia Hall Society Ball and Auction. A member of the Roosevelt Warm Springs Development Fund Board of Directors, Gulley, who is well-known and respected throughout the area for his community involvement and leadership, is currently in his seventh year at the LC helm. 
The 16th annual GHS Ball, an annual highlight of the West Central Georgia social calendar, is tentatively slated for late February or early March. As always, all proceeds from the black-tie gala will go to programs and services at the Institute . For more information, call 706-655-5670. 
 
He also received a 2003 APEX Publication Award of Excellence for his 2002 Roosevelt Institute Annual Report entitled "A Milestone Year" RWSIR was one of only 100 organizations nationwide to have its annual report so recognized. 
Stroke Support Group Formed Under the leadership and direction of Dr. Mike Martin, the Roosevelt Institute's resident psychologist, a West Central Georgia Stroke Support Group was recently formed and meets the third Thursday of every month at the Institute's Center for Therapeutic Recreation. For more information on the group, the only one of its kind in the area, call 706-655-5639. 
Volunteer Services Recognized The Georgia Society of Volunteer Services recently recognized RWSIR's Volunteer Services as recipient of its 2002-2003 Excellence Award for the ongoing success of the innovative Voluncheers Program. 
Led by RWSIR Volunteer Services Director Carol Barnes, the Voluncheers are a group of Institute volunteers who visit recently discharged patients within a 60-mile radius of Warm Springs in an effort to see how they are progressing, get feedback related to their RWSIR stay and experience, and as a means of maintaining patient contact. 
New Look @ rooseveltrehab.org The Roosevelt Institute is sporting a new look website, www.rooseveltrehab.org. In addition to updated information on all Institute programs and services in a much more convenient pull-down format, upcoming events and ]Ob openings are listed, and a contact page is also provided for all of your rehabilitation questions. See for yourself. 
 
VRU Emphasizing Citizenship Citizenship Days have been featured parts of the Roosevelt Institute's vocational rehabilitation calendar this year The first included a massive, campus-wide cleanup effort and resulted in the pick-up and disposal of over 3,000 pounds of trash by VRU students and staff. 
Meanwhile, patriotism was the order of the day for the second, as students took part in such activities as tying yellow ribbons to a tree just outside the VRU dormitory as a show of support for American troops overseas, as well as stuffing boxes full of personal care items for Institute family members in the Armed Forces. 
 
RWSIR Receives PR Awards For the second straight year, the Roosevelt Institute and public relations director Martin Harmon were Georgia Hospital Association Target Award recipients this spring. Harmon received an Award of Excellence in the Brochure Category for The Spirit of Warm Springs, a four-color publication detailing all RWSIR programs and services, and an Award of Merit in Special Events for RWSIR's 2002 75th Anniversary Celebration. 
 
Dr and Mrs. Stuart Gulley of LaGrange will chair the 2004 Georgia Hall Society Ball. 
 
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 Springs Roll Call 
 
Tracking the former patients, students and staff of the Roosevelt Institute. 
 
Betty Goff Betty Goff feels that she has led a very normal life even though she has had polio for most of it. She lives in Savannah, Ga. , and was a patient at what was then the Georgia Warm Springs Foundation from April to November of 1945 and for a similar stretch in 1948. After leaving Warm Springs the last time, she graduated from college, got married and worked as a secretary. She was also founder and first president of Savannah's Arthritis Support Group. Both she and her husband are retired and celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary last year. They have two children and one grandson, Will, who she calls "the light of her life. " She spends her time gardening, researching her genealogy, and enjoying shopping. She has nothing but fond memories ofVhrrm Springs. 
Jimmy and Jeanie Bishop Roosevelt Institute students who first met in the Vocational Rehabilitation Unit 35 years ago, Jimmy andJeanie Bishop recently returned to Warm Springs to celebrate their 3 1st wedding anniversary. Both are now retired and living in Perry, Georgia. Jimmy worked for 28 years at Robbins Air Force Base in Warner Robbins, while Jeanie was church secretary at the Perry First Baptist Church for 14 years. Among their fondest memories of Warm Springs were the times they spent working together in the cafeteria with former managers Stella and Arthur Hurley, both now deceased. 
May Cooper A recent inpatient at the Roosevelt Institute following two knee replacement surgeries in the past six months, May Cooper lives in LaGrange where she ran a catering business for many years. Now in her 80s, she has two children, four grandchildren and seven great grandchildren . Her surgeon recently gave her permission to return to daily activities and she still enjoys driving, yard work and cooking. 
 
is married and has a 15-month-old son. She recently acquired her master's in public administration. Her father, Benny Hunt, still volunteers at the Institute as Forgetful the Clown. 
James Carswell James Carswell feels that contracting polio many years ago may have ac tually been a blessing, because it inspired him to do more with his life. He now lives in Charlottesville, Va. , and was a childhood patient in Warm Springs in 1935, '38, '41 , and '43. He has fond memories of the push boys and special Thanksgiving Day meals with FDR. After leaving Warm Springs, he attended the Newark Fine and Industrial Design Institute. Later he worked as an aircraft illustrator for the U.5. Air Force in Texas before eventually taking a position with Sperry in Charlottesville. He is married and has four sons and 11 grandchildren. He and his wife are both retired. Carswell spends a lot of his time in an art studio doing oil paintings and building ship models. He is also working on books about his family, especially a grandfather who was the first vice president of U.S. Steel. 
Jim Carrell Jim Carrell, formerly deputy director at the Institute, reports he is spending his retirement relaxing on the beach in Carrabelle, Fla. He retired from RWSIR in December of 2001. His interests include reading, fishing, and traveling. His wife still owns a shop in Warm Springs Village, but is planning to sell it soon. 
Katherine Walters A vocational rehabilitation student at the Roosevelt Institute from January 1999 to June 2000, Katherine Walters lives in Augusta, GA. Upon leaving the Institute, she finished her GED in December of 2001 and now works as a receptionist at Lindale, a disability center that offers workshops for people on how to live with disabilities . 
 
an ER nurse. They live in Sunset Beach, N.C. He feels polio motivated him to do something with his life. He now spends his time working on his computer and planning a church. Marge Smith Marge Smith retired from the Roosevelt Institute in 1996 after holding a variety of staff positions for 22 years. At the time of her retirement, she was serving as the Institute's first director of development. A resident of Pine Mountain, she now volunteers for her church , raising funds and handling public relations. She spends the rest of her time gardening, shopping, and traveling. Joseph Bentley Joseph Bentley was a student in the Vocational Rehabilitation Unit from September 1999 to September 2000 . He now works at Ryan's Steakhouse in Thomson, Georgia., where he also resides. - Compiled By Joanne Isidro 
Former VRU studentsJimmy and Jeanie Bishop during their recent 31st wedding anniversary visit to Warm Springs. 
 
Lisa Hunt Brookshire Lisa Hunt Brookshire says that a summer spent at the Institute was a great experience that inspired her career path. She was a young volunteer at the Institute in the summer of 1993 . She worked in Admissions and the Spirit of the Springs Gift Shop. Later she attended Piedmont College and graduated with a bachelor's degree in business administration. After graduation , she go t a ]Ob at Piedmont College in Financial Aid and has since been promoted to the School of Education Administration. She 
 
Gene Love Due to polio, Gene Love was originally an iron lung patient. He first came to the Institute in 1951 and stayed for fourteen months. Over the next decade, he returned briefly every year for annual checkups. Eventually, he entered the commercial art field. He did package design for four years and then started freelancing as an artist and designer. He is married and has three children and four grandchildren. He and his wife recently celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary. He is retired and his wife works as 
 
Where Are They Now? 
IF you or someone yo u know is a Former Warm Spri ngs pati ent, student , vo lun teer or staff person th at you wou ld like to see included in our Warm Springs Ro ll Ca ll in a Future issue. please send a name and tel ephone number to Roosevelt 
Warm Springs Development Fund, PO. Box 1050. Warm Springs . GA 31830 
.. or ca ll us wi th th at in form ation at 706-655- 5666. 
 
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 Endowment Created For Chaplain Services 
By Dawn Freelin 
 
Pastoral care has historically been a part of the Roosevelt Institute, with Roosevelt Chapel consecrated to the worship of God in 1939. Although the State of Georgia eliminated chaplain positions from other state facilities in the 1990s, private contributions have allowed the Institute to continue to provide a strong pastoral presence to our patients, students, their families and staff 
At a time when many medical organizations have been forced to cut chaplain services, the Roosevelt Warm Springs Development Fund has undertaken to raise the $75,000 needed to continue the Chaplaincy Program through 2004 with gifts from friends of the Roosevelt Institute and the missions budgets of churches in West Central Georgia. 
Ultimately, an endowment of $1.5 million will be needed to provide the annual income to ensure the life of this ministry in the future. Two recent commitments of $120,000 each have been made by private individuals to open the endowment. Funding of this account will be a main focus of the Development Fund's efforts for 2003 and 2004. 
 
While providing pastoral care to people from many faiths, backgrounds and ethnicities can be very challenging, the pastoral care professionals at the Roosevelt Institute have also found it to be extremely faith affirming. 
In a recent example, Institute Chaplain Rev. Jan Stewart Tolbert related that an elderly Korean woman came to the Institute after suffering a stroke. A devout Catholic for most of her life, faith would be a very important component of her recovery. Unfortunately, 
 
rosary on top of it and looked up with tears of joy mixed with sadness. She responded to the symbol of prayer fro m the chaplain by taking her hands and bowing her head. Although she could no t understand the words that were spoken, they shared a common language - the language of suffering and salvation, of love and healing - the language of The Cross. 
If you would like to make a donation to support the current needs of the Chaplaincy 
 
"The elderly woman laid the cross in her lap, placed her rosary on top of it and looked up with tears ofjoy. " 
 
she spoke no English and the staff spoke no Korean . As the chaplain entered the room, the patient sat alone in a wheelchair. A small paper cross given to the chaplain by another patient was all the icebreaker that was needed. The elderly woman laid the cross in her lap, placed the cross of her 
 
Program or provide for its future through an endowment gift, please contact the Development Office, at 706-655-5667 or mail to Roosevelt Warm Springs Development Fund, Post Office Box 1050, Warm Springs, Georgia 3 1830-1050. 
 
To assis t the Roosevelt Institute 
 
in reaching its full potential , the 
 
Roosevelt Warm Springs Development 
 
Fund, a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization, 
 
was formed in 1986 to support the 
 
programs and services of the Institute. 
 
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The Development Fund raises money through sponsorship campaigns, 
capital campaigns, special events and 
 
the annual contributions of the 
 
Georgia Hall Society. The goal of the 
 
Development Fund is to provide 
 
funding for initiatives that would 
 
not otherwise be possible, such as new 
 
buildings, innovative new services, 
 
progra m expansions, pastoral services, 
 
professional development, wheelchair 
 
sporting events and a variety of 
 
other critical needs. 
 
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 The 1927 Society For Endowed Annual Giving 
By Jacqueline Davis 
 
The Roosevelt Warm Springs Institute for Rehabilitation was created in 192 7 by Franklin Delano Roosevelt to serve polio patients. Today, the Roosevelt Institute provides services for people with many types of disabilities and still designs an individualized program of recovery for each client. We strive to retain our historic vision while preparing to meet the needs of the thousands of people who look to us each year for excellence in rehabilitation, cutting-edge treatment techniques and innovative programs for healing of the body, mind and spirit. 
Members of The 192 7 Society assist us by including a charitable bequest to support the Roosevelt Institute in their will, trust or 
 
other estate planning document(s). Upon maturity, these gifts are placed in the general endowment of the Roosevelt Warm Springs Development Fund to provide an annual return that is used for service and facility enhancements, new programs, historic renovations and other emerging priorities. It is our policy to utilize no more than five percent of the general endowment each year so, as investment returns rise, the value of the endowed donations grows. 
By becoming a member of The 192 7 Society and including our organization in your estate plan, you will continue to support the vital work of the Roosevelt Institute for future generations. Speak with your financial 
 
or estate planning advisor regarding the 
 
benefits of charitable estate gifts for your 
 
particular situation. To assist your advisor, 
 
we provide this sample wording: "I hereby 
 
bequeath $ 
 
to the Roosevelt 
 
Warm Springs Rehabilitation Development 
 
Fund, Inc ., of Warm Springs, Georgia, 
 
(Tax l.D. #58-1707375) to be placed in its 
 
general endowment." 
 
If you would like more information on 
 
becoming a member of The 192 7 Society, or 
 
have already included a gift in your estate 
 
plan, please call us at 706-655-5666 or make 
 
a note on the enclosed response envelope. 
 
Thank you for supporting the work of the 
 
Roosevelt Institute. 
 
Annual Donation Desired $250 $500 $1,000 $2,500 $5,000 $10,000 
 
Estate Gift Required $5,000 $10,000 $20,000 $50,000 $100,000 $200,000 
 
Endowing your annual gift is simple. Find the annual benefit you wish to provide in the left-hand column, then make a charitable designation through your estate in the amount at the right. 
 
Case Study: 
 
Mrs. Harrison has been a fan of the Roosevelt Institute since she was a patient here. During th e last decade, she has visited often an d donated $250 a year to suppo rt the ln stitute's programs and services. Because th e Institute holds such as warm place in her heart. she has made a bequest of $5,000 through her wil l to the Development Fund's general endowment. Upon distribution. Mrs. Harrison's esta te gift will continue to provide her annual donation of $250 (in accordan ce wi th the Development Fund's current endowment policy) and, estimating an average return of 7% on endowment investments, her charitable gift will increase over the years, producing an annual gift of $Li00 in year 25. 
 
The Roosevelt Warm Springs Rehabilitation Development Fund, lnc., is a 501Cc)(3) nonprofit organization and donations are tax deductible. The general endowment of the Development Fund is managed by a financial services company. Endowment distributions are directed by the Development Fund's Board of Directors, a group of dedicated volunteers comprised of corporate and community leaders. 
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 Roosevelt Brain Injury Day Program 
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By Martin Harmon 
 
After being in a coma for more than 12 hours several doctors, she was referred to the 
 
and a semi-conscious state for two months, Georgia Department of Labor's Rehabilitation 
 
Addisalem Mengistu was brought to America Services Division and the Roosevelt 
 
for help. Seven years later, she's finding it in lnstitute's Vocational Rehabilitation Unit in 
 
the Brain Injury Day Program at the Roosevelt Warm Springs. 
 
Warm Springs Institute for Rehabilitation. 
 
"The information we received when she 
 
Diagnosed with tuberculosis meningitis in first came to us in April was that she was 
 
her native Ethiopia as a college student in 
 
lucky to be alive," stated Martha Buchanan, 
 
1996 , Mengistu was brought to the United Mengistu 's counselor in the VRU. "The doc- 
 
States by her father. They settled near other tors told us that they had never seen another 
 
family members in Atlanta and, after seeing person with that kind of brain illness sur- 
 
vive, much less improve their functional and 
 
cognitive capacity." 
 
Nevertheless, neuropsychological testing 
 
showed that Mengistu was an excellent can- 
 
didate for RWSIR's day program and she is 
 
one of several current Institute vocational 
 
students utilizing both the medical and 
 
Roosevelt Warm Springs 
 
vocational services. Like most brain injury patients, loss of 
 
Institute for Rehr Brain Injury 
 
memory has been her biggest obstacle in recovery. "We've worked a lot on that," therapist Kay Harbin acknowledged. "We are 
 
developing a strategy to help her compensate. 
 
You might say she is learning some tricks 
 
that help her offset memory loss." 
 
Sharon Short, who heads up the overall 
 
brain injury program, has been impressed 
 
with Mengistu 's positive attitude. "She's 
 
so kind and helpful to other people," Short 
 
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said. "She constantly assists others in her group. 
In fact, Mengistu could eventually be an 
 
excellent candidate to follow in the footsteps 
 
of previous day program patient Kay McKoy. 
 
McKoy, who entered the program after suf- 
 
fering head injuries in 1998 and 1999, now 
 
serves as a mentor or "peer counselor" for 
 
others entering the program. 
 
At the same time, the program McKoy 
 
was enrolled in several years ago and the one 
 
Mengistu is now with are two very different 
 
things, thanks to recent improvements in 
 
space and approach. 
 
Kay l-larbin and Sharon Short provide leadership for the lnstirute's newly revamped Brain Injury Day Progra m. 
 
"Our environment has changed, " Harbin said. "The space we have allotted for the day 
 
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program has increased tremendously and has allowed us to set up designated treatment and activity areas." These include access to desktop computers, a physical conditioning area where patients like Mengistu can enjoy daily aerobics, an area for daily living activities complete with a kitchen for patient cooking exercises, and even a leisure or free-time lounge area. 
Functional activities are stressed with the aim of increasing self-esteem and improving social skills. An example involving Mengistu's group was a recent cookie bake, where patients not only assumed the cooking chores, but were also responsible for delivering the finished product to Roosevelt Institu te staffers throughout the medical unit. "They had to locate the individual whose name was on that particular order and deliver the cookies, and you can't imagine how good it made them feel to finish the job," Short said. 
According to Dr. William Mcintosh, RWSIR's resident neuropsychologist, additional changes have included the increased intervention of other campus resources, including physical and occupational therapists; the treatment of brain injury patients for infection and hypoxia; access to patient lodging for "longer and stronger" relationships; and, providing the psychosocial, peer relationships and disability counseling necessary for improvement. 
"We want to create a successful therapeutic milieu for our brain injury day patients," Mcintosh added. "We want to incorporate the two philosophies of brain injury therapy, including capacity concerned therapy and long-term therapy focused on the use of adaptive aids. We want the program to be individualized to better serve the specific needs of each client while at the same time being built around a basic template that incorporates everything the program has to offer, and we want to establish patient need for longer cognitive and psychological therapy." 
 
A sample day for an RWSIR brain injury day program patient like Mengistu includes individualized cognitive therapy, group cognitive therapy, "adjustment to disability" sessions for individual groups, physical and/or occupational therapy (two days a week), and at least one group outing such as a picnic. 
In addition, RWSIR's unique and very successful PARC Program, which provides education and experiences that reduce risky behavior among adolescents ages 14 to 19 (primarily automobile violation offenders), is scheduled to tie into the day program as a resource and tool for both programs in the future. 
"We have a lot planned for the future and a lot we want to do with this program," Harbin said. "We are constantly seeking to enable brain injured patients like Addis to re-enter life's mainstream in the easiest and most complete way possible." 
 
RWSIR brain injury patient Addis Mengistu receives aerobic instruction. 
 
Roosevelt Institute therapist Kay Harbin oversees a cooking session with Atlanta patient Addis Mengistu as part of the Institute's Brain lnjury Day Program. 
 
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 NURSING: 
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By Kathy Clark, RN, MSN, CRRN 
 
Looking back over the last year, I wish there 
 
The challenges that nurses face today may standard of care. Without these regulators, 
 
was someone, somewhere who was keeping seem more intense than in earlier times, but I individual providers of care might have many 
 
track of all the changes that have occurred in am sure the nurses of yesterday would proba- different approaches to the provisions of 
 
healthcare. Nursing is one profession con- 
 
bly argue that point. They too faced an ever- patient care. This would not allow for consis- 
 
stantly dealing with change. Each day nurses changing environment of healthcare just as 
 
tency in healthcare, which could potentially 
 
are faced with changing patient status, 
 
we do today. Very often their changes came cause harm to patients. 
 
changes in the environment, a new proce- 
 
with little support from the medical commu- 
 
People become nurses for many different 
 
dure, or different method of documentation. nity, yet they were able to make tremendous reasons. Many stay in the practice of nursing 
 
Each change has to be dealt with by making a strides in the healthcare arena. 
 
because of the rewards that are often not 
 
decision quickly as the action is occurring. 
 
Today we are presented with new technol- seen in the physical sense. Nurses are nurses 
 
Some would ask the question that if nurs- ogy that is improving the way bedside nurs- no matter where they are. At the end of 
 
ing is so stressful with constant change, why ing is done. Think of the scope of knowledge the shift the nurse does not stop being a 
 
would anyone become a nurse/ Over the 
 
that has constantly increased, but also recent nurse. At home, social gatherings, church, or 
 
course of my. career, I have heard nursing 
 
research that has changed the methods of 
 
ballgames - wherever the nurse may be - 
 
referred to as an art as well as a profession. 
 
nursing practice. Nurses must constantly 
 
he or she is ready to react and care for 
 
The art of nursing is possibly the reason most keep abreast of that knowledge and apply it anyone who might become ill or injured. 
 
of us are nurses. Sure we are professional and to their day-to-day care of patients. It often 
 
Any situation is handled by remaining calm 
 
dedicated first and foremost to our patients, seems that before you learn one way of per- and taking action to correct the problem. 
 
but what we enjoy most is the art of making forming a treatment, new recommendations 
 
Most nurses remain dedicated to patient 
 
a difference for someone who is suffering or are already coming out that change the way care and face the challenges each day offers. 
 
frightened, or someone in need of comfort 
 
that same treatment is performed. 
 
Hopefully, if you or someone you know is 
 
when uncertain of their surroundings. Very 
 
Accreditation and governing regulations 
 
considering a career in nursing, you will 
 
often a nurse gains his or her reward not from dictate how care is provided to patients 
 
recognize the hidden rewards that come in 
 
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the money earned, but from the look of peace by setting the standard of care. Each 
 
that comes across the face of a patient who 
 
nurse has to be aware of the rules and 
 
spite of the challenges and changes that nurses face. 
 
has just been helped. 
 
regulations to maintain the expected 
 
Our Guest Columnist 
 
Kathy Clark is assistant director of nursing at Roosevelt Institute. She's a Certified Registered Nurse (1989) with degrees from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (BSN, 198LJ) and Troy State University (Master's, 1997). She's a member of the Association of Rehabilitation Nurses. president and past president of the Georgia Association of Rehabilitation Nurses (1999 and 2003), and the author of ''A Patient Education MAP: An Integrated Collaborative Approach for Rehab," which appeared in the Rehab Nursing Journal. 
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 Warm Springs and Meriwether County 
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Meriwether County blends the past with the present by maintaining its heritage and providing for its future. Warm Springs has over 60 shops and nine restaurants, all situated within one square mile of a historic village. Enjoy sites such as a covered bridge, an 1800s church and our Heritage Highway. Festivals such as Railroad Days, the Cotton Pickin' Fair and the Candlelight Tour draw visitors from across the nation. Visitors and businesses alike are welcomed by the FDR/Warm Springs Welcome Center. 
Tour ism Information: 1-800 -337-1927 I warmsprings@alltel.net I www.warmspringsga.ws 
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 Patient ~andling 
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By Martin Harmon 
 
"Hands-on." There's no other way to describe it. It's been passed down from one generation of therapists to the next for almos t eight decades and although the techniques evolve and change, the approach never does. 
It's rehabilitation with a very direct, personal touch. It's patient handling ... the Roosevelt way. 
It involves such things as mentoring, interdisciplinary teamwork, constraint-induced therapy and neurodevelopmental treatment, but most of all it involves trained and tutored Roosevelt Institute therapists physically guiding patients through functional drills and movements by literally using their own hands to sense and induce muscle responses from their clients. And we're not just talking physical therapists , here. The Roosevelt Way includes occupational, recreational and even speech therapists, all seeking increased independence for brain injured, spinal cord injured or orthopedic patients, as well as stroke victims from throughout the state of Georgia. 
"We don't just stick people on equipment or machines," Roosevelt Institute Stroke Program Director john Abney, formerly an occupational therapist himself, emphasizes. "We handle them and guide them. We 
 
adjust them through the intensity of the drill or workout. We have and use the latest rehab equipment just like everyone else, but we view patient handling as a better means of challenging patients to achieve higher levels of skill to improve lower level function. " 
Patient handling at the Roosevelt Warm Springs Institute for Rehabilitation dates back to its polio treatment days. The 1920s, '3 0s, '40s, and '5 0s were a time of polio epidemics in this country and rather than being shunned and relegated to lives of dependence as they were throughout most of the United States, those who came to Warm Springs were taught independence and self-reliance despite their disability Much of that teaching was done through patient handling. 
Betty Brown, a physical therapist at the Institute in the 1940s and '50s who still lives in nearby Pine Mountain, indicated the hands-on approach has always been featured in Warm Springs. "Muscle re-education was our big thing with the polio patients and we did that by using our hands to test and retrain the muscles of each individual patient to the fullest extent possible. We even retested them weekly to monitor progress," she said. 
 
"We don't just stick people on equipment or machines. We handle them and guide them. We adjust them through 
the intensity of the drill or workout." 
 
Roosevelt therapists have been taking a hands-on approach for more than three quarters of a century, including th e polio treatment era of the 1920s, '30s, '40s and '50s. 
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  Like Brown, today's Institute therapists are skilled clinicians, trained and cross-trained to insure consistency of care. Thirty-six universities nationwide are part of an internship program that exposes young, aspiring therapists to the Roosevelt way, many of whom return to full-time positions at the Institute when their college course work is complete. 
That's only the stan, however, of a mentoring process that continues with assigned mentors for every new, full-time therapist hired by the Institute and the opportunity for additional training elsewhere whenever required. "Someone is assigned as a reference guide to each new staff member...someone you can always go to with questions, " stated Trina Ouzts, a physical therapist currently in her ninth year at the Institute. "And if someone on staff doesn't have the answers, they are very open here about going outside for additional training on the latest techniques." 
Hanna Auderski, whose tenure as a Roosevelt physical therapist dates to 1965, recently reflected on her early mentors when she said, "When I first came here I was exposed to people like Kathryn Phillips, Stella Alston, Jim Poulston and Viva Erickson, early PTs who had been trained in the Army during World War II and were experts at handling patients, patient transfers (moving to and from wheelchair, bed, etc.) and manual muscle tests. Since then we have become more functioni!l in our approach rather than test driven, 
 
but the principals of patient handling that they passed on are still part of our message and techniques today. " 
At the same time, the early patient handling of physical therapists was taken to a new level as occupational therapists, recreational therapists and even speech therapists became involved in an interdisciplinary team effort. "Nowadays, we all work together, handling patients from different angles, but with the same goal of helping each patient achieve the greatest independence possible ," Ouzts said. "Other rehab facilities that l have been around are a lot more territorial when it comes to their PTs, OTs and everyone else. Here we coexist on an everyday basis with physical, occupational, speech language and recreational therapists, as well as psychologists, nurses and physicians all striving for individual patient improvement from an overall team approach." 
"It's treatment from a holistic point of view," 10-year Roosevelt occupational therapist Sona! Nakrani added. "With each team working with a maximum of eight patients at a time, we are able to treat the patient from a 'whole' or overall approach." 
This team-focused patient handling comes in a variety of therapeutic methods, all with very scientific sounding names, including neurodevelopmental treatment and proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation. The first of these, better known as NDT, involves han- 
 
dling to achieve more natural function, while the latter, PNF, is a related handling technique designed to optimize muscular functioning. Both are used as a reference guide for treatment, but adapted to each individual patient. 
There's also constraint-induced therapy involved in the Roosevelt "hands-on" approach. "We were doing constraint-induced therapy for years before all the research came out in the last decade," Abney said. "It's not like we tie an arm or leg, or anything, but through guided handling we force patients to better use their weakened limbs. We improve the patients functionally by challenging them through our version of constraint-induced therapy." 
"That's when we handle their weakened extremities with the idea that everything (meaning every body part) is connected," sixyear Roosevelt OT Sunette Payne said. "By actively problem solving and using our hands and bodies handling patients, we consider it the safest way of challenging them to improve function because we can better feel, sense and control what is happening with their body. We hardly ever do work on just one body part. Usually, we are working on several body parts all at the same time." 
"Rather than increased movement, we may only be seeking the highest postural position they can achieve, " Auderski added. "But if we touch the right place, exert the right force, instill the needed confidence, we generally have enough knowledge of the 
 
Patient handling at the Roosevelt lnstitute is even incorporated into recreational therapy-based community outings such as this visit to nearby Good Shepherd Riding Academy 
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Roosevelt recreational therapist Stephanie Stewart and physical therapist Susan Stooksbury team up during an outdoor activity that involves patient handling. 
 
A veteran of 25-plus years of Roosevelt Institute therapy, Hanna Auderski knows the proper techniques and just the right places lo touch when it comes lo patient handling. 
 
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patient and the necessary experience to help them improve and reach at least some of their rehabilitation goals," Auderski added. 
 
within the last year revealed a 99 percent approval rate, including 62 percent that responded they were "totally satisfied" with 
 
therapists now have a state-of-the-art facility to continue the legacy of patient handling and all the other innovative and creative 
 
"It's not written down anywhere, but it's a 
 
their stay in Warm Springs. 
 
things we do for patient independence," 
 
lot of what we've been taught. " 
 
"The atmosphere that has been nurtured Abney said. "I've been here almost 15 years 
 
Recreational therapists like Amy Riley, 
 
here is special and thanks to the renovations and, when it comes to therapy, I can honestly 
 
another nine-year Roosevelt veteran, include to Roosevelt Hall ($2.8 million) that have 
 
say the care and approach we take with each 
 
patient handling in their daily "fun-and-games" taken place over the last couple of years, our patient has never been better." 
 
through such basics as mobility skills in a 
 
community setting, aquatic games, bowling at 
 
RWSIR's $11 million Center for Therapeutic 
 
Recreation, or even fishing on the Institute's 
 
12-acre Lake Dream. "We co-treatment with 
 
the other disciplines on our team and try to 
 
incorporate the patients' interests into their 
 
rehabilitation program," she said. 
 
And even speech therapists like Randy 
 
Evans, a 21-year Roosevelt staffer, involve sev- 
 
eral forms of patient handling in what they 
 
do. "Working with patients who have lost the 
 
ability to swallow is one example," Evans 
 
said. "By stimulating the different muscles 
 
deep in the throat, we use reflexes such as a 
 
gag to stimulate nerve centers and exercise 
 
the swallowing mechanism." 
 
Compared to other long-term acute rehabil- 
 
itation hospitals, all this patient handling has 
 
always produced results. Outcomes monitored 
 
quarterly reveal functional improvement gains 
 
among Roosevelt Institute inpatients that are 
 
consistently two to three percentage points 
 
better than national averages and a recent 
 
survey of 332 RWSIR patients discharged 
 
Guiding the patient's hand with her own, Katy Abney takes a stroke patient through his paces during a simple blockmoving exercise designed to restore functional capacity. 
 
An occupational therapist at the Roosevelt Institute for 10 years Sona/ Nakrani is one of many RWSlR experts in the art of patient handling. 
 
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Born into a military family, Matthew Buffaloe of Valdosta, Ga., has already made some major moves in his lifetime. At the ripe, young age of 20, he has already resided in England and Washington state, but the move he made last year to the Roosevelt Warm Springs Institute for Rehabilitation could prove to be the best move he will ever make . 
To understand why it was such a good move, you must first understand that Buffaloe has always loved to cook. His love for the kitchen and for making good things to eat was acquired from his mother. 
"My mom taught me," he confirmed recently. "She got me started when I was five by putting me on a stool beside her in the kitchen. Because I have always enjoyed it, I got to thinking that maybe I could make a living being a chef " 
Following a successful VRU internship at Callaway Gardens, Matthew Buffaloe is now plying his new craft at Ryan's Grill, Buffet and Bakery in Valdosta, Ga. 
 
Never mind a learning disability that caused some school-age problems for Buffaloe. As Emeril always says, cooking isn't rocket science. 
"Given Matthew's educational background, it would have been difficult for him to gain admittance to college, so we checked several other options before he graduated from high school," Jennifer Gillard, his field counselor in Valdosta, recalled recently. One of those was the Roosevelt Institute's Vocational Rehabilitation Unit (VRU). 
Despite his academic struggles, cooking remained his goal. In fact, his natural affinity for the culinary arts is what led his vocational coordinator at RWSIR, Joe Chrobak, to explore the possibility of placing him in a food service situation as part of his internship in the VRU's Worksite Partnership Program. 
"Fate intervened for Matthew when we got him a job in the cafeteria kitchen at Manchester Middle School under Lillian Parks," Chrobak said. "He did such a good job there that we were able to secure a spot for him in the kitchens at Callaway Gardens and he's continued to advance and do well ever since." 
"I started out working about two hours a day at the middle school. They said I was doing really good and they were real sorry to see me leave when Mr. Chrobak arranged for my opportunity at Callaway," Buffaloe remembered. 
At Callaway Gardens, he came under the mentorship of executive chef Thierry Connault. Working about three hours per day, he was put in charge of "salad prep" for the first three months, responsible for cutting and preparing fruit and vegetables for the Callaway lnn Dining Room Buffet. From there he advanced to the "hot side," where he spent another three months frying, steaming or grilling, and his continued progress resulted in his eventually being switched to the Callaway Bakery, where he did biscuits, cobbler fillings, dish-ups, cookie production, pie dough production and some bread production, all under the direction of executive pastry chef Daniel Molchan and his 
 
 assistant Tracy Moore for over a month . 
 
born. Since her husband died two years 
 
license, he reports he still enjoys everything 
 
In fac t, by the time his year at the 
 
ago , she had been living alone, a fact that about his job (except cleanup), but does 
 
Roosevelt Institute and participation in the made her grandson's return a welcome 
 
hope to move up to the grill at his first 
 
Institute's worksite program was complete, and wonderful development. 'Tm really 
 
opportunity. 
 
Buffaloe had become a valued and trusted glad the Lord arranged it that way," she 
 
"I always try to do my best at work," 
 
member of the Callaway Gardens food 
 
said. 'Td be alone if it wasn't for Matthew Buffaloe said. "I don't slack off and I try to 
 
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preparation staff, something that made him and we're just about to get adjusted to 
 
do everything as well as I can and as quick 
 
extremely marketable when it was time to each other." 
 
as I can. I think they notice that. " 
 
return to Valdosta and look for a job. 
 
And when he 's not working on the salad Buffaloe is one of several recent RWSIR 
 
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"Matthew was the first student to suc- prep at his new job, Ryan's restaurant in 
 
vocational unit success stories from the 
 
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cessfully complete the internship program Valdosta, where he received his first raise Valdosta area, all of whom were placed in 
 
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with us," Connault said. "Since then , we after only three weeks on the job, he's even Warm Springs by Gillard. She can be reached 
 
have employed two others. In the six to 
 
found plenty of time to cook for her, 
 
at 229-333-5248. His store manager at 
 
eight months he was here, he learned a lot including lasagna, chicken and dumplings Ryan's in Valdosta is Kenny Hickman. 
 
and did an outstanding job. We were all 
 
and his specialty, chicken cordon bleu. 
 
very pleased with him. " 
 
At Ryart's he's again supplying the buffet 
 
Although Buffaloe's father, a minister since line, including cutting lettuce, fruits and 
 
his days in the Air Force, and mother now vegetables while working between six and 
 
live in Tennessee, the aspiring cook lives with seven hours per day. Despite commuting 
 
his elderly grandmother, Frances Carter, in by bicycle while striving to tum his learn- 
 
the Southwest Georgia town where he was er's permit into a full-fledged driver's 
 
Partially fi lled pastry shells line the kitchen counter tops at the Ca llaway Gardens, wherefo rmer VRU intern Matthew Buffaloe got hisfirst baking experience. 
 
Pastry chef Don Molchan and his assistant Tra cy Moore pose infro nt of the big bakery ovens that Matthew Buffaloe manned during his VR U internship at Callaway Gardens. 
 
Roosevelt Institute Staffers Making A Difference - Joe Chrobak 
 
After serving in the Marine Corps, Roosevelt Institute Vocational Coordinator Joe Ch robak did his undergraduate work in education and received a Master's in counseling. A short stint as a seventh grade teacher foll owed before he joined a child protective agency as an intake wo rker. Wan ting to do more counseli ng, he joi ned the Job Corps Police Academy as a cou nseli ng coo rdin ator and later served as th e counse ling coordinator at Co llege Discovery, a program for at-ri sk/high potential students located at City University o f New York. Recruited away from the public sector, he joined Eas tern Airlines Traini ng & Management Deve lopment Department. For a time, he also w orked for a co nsulting firm th at foc used on architec tural, engineeri ng. transportation. and education cl ients. He joined the lnstitute's VRU as a vocational coordinator on March 1, 2002 . 
 
Posing beside the buffet line at Callaway Gardens, executive chef Thierry 
 
Connault and Roosevelt Institute Vocational CoordinatorJoe Chrobak 
 
formed an important partnership in the life of Matthew Buffaloe. 
 
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George Foster Peabody 
 
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By Mike Shadix 
 
As The Spirit moves in a new direction, it 
 
secession, the Peabody family returned to 
 
seems important to look back and remember New England in 1866 and eventually settled 
 
one of the most influential people in the histo- in Brooklyn, N.Y 
 
ry of the Roosevelt Institute. No , not Franklin 
 
There, the young George Foster Peabody 
 
or Eleanor This time we speak of George 
 
found work in a variety of mercantile busi- 
 
Foster Peabody, the owner of the Warm 
 
nesses. Although he had only a few years of 
 
Springs Resort when FDR first arrived in 1924. formal education, he rose quickly through 
 
At that time, the glory days of the Warm the ranks, and by the late 1870s was helping 
 
Springs Resort were passing away. The grand to provide a good income for the members 
 
Meriwether Inn was 30 years old and showing of his household. His great opportunity 
 
its age. The cottages were falling into disrepair, began when he accepted a partnership in 
 
and many of the guests were choosing to 
 
Spencer Trask and Company. 
 
vacation elsewhere. The Warm Springs Resort 
 
Peabody met Trask at church, and the two 
 
might have disappeared like other resorts of men became friends. The friendship was so 
 
the time , if not for Peabody, who purchased strong that it survived a romantic competi- 
 
a majority share of the property in 1923 and tion for the same woman, Kate Nichols. 
 
began a revitalization effort. 
 
Although Nichols chose Trask, the new cou- 
 
Although Peabody, a native of Columbus, ple invited Peabody into their business and 
 
had left Georgia many years before, he 
 
into their lives. Peabody remained a bachelor 
 
retained his contacts with the area and was until he too married Kate Nichols in 1921, 
 
eager to help develop Warm Springs. Peabody ten years after Spencer Trask's tragic death in 
 
had made a fortune in investment banking a railway accident on New Year's Day 1910. 
 
during the late 1800s. He retired in 1906 to The new Mrs. Peabody, however, had been in 
 
devote himself entirely to his political and 
 
declining health herself for many years, and 
 
charitable activities. It was Peabody who first this marriage lasted less than a year before 
 
invited FDR to Warm Springs and encour- 
 
she too died on January 8 , 1922. 
 
aged his dream of a community dedicated to 
 
In accordance with her will, Yaddo, the 
 
the welfare of people with disabilities. In 
 
estate Kate Nichols shared with Spencer 
 
Trask and George 
 
Foster Peabody in 
The Warm Springs Resort might have disappeared like other resorts Saratoga Springs, 
 
of the time, if not for Peabody, who purchased a majority share 
 
N.Y, became an artists' retreat that 
 
I of the property in 1923 and began a revitalization effort. 
 
still operates today. The list of artists who have lived 
 
essence, he started the Warm Springs story. at Yaddo include Georgia 's own Carson 
 
Roosevelt bought the resort property from Mccullers and Flannery O'Connor. 
 
Peabody in 1926. Peabody stayed involved in 
 
Much of the information for this article 
 
FDR's project, however, by serving on the 
 
came from Louise Ware 's biography of 
 
Georgia Warm Springs Foundation Board of Peabody published in 1951 by the University 
 
Trustees from 1927 until his death in 1938. of Georgia Press. According to 'Afire, Peabody 
 
Peabody was born onjuly 27, 1852, in 
 
was an asset to Spencer Trask and Company 
 
Columbus to George Henry and Elvira 
 
because of his business experience and his 
 
Canfield Peabody. His father had moved 
 
keen mind. "He knew how to watch the 
 
south from Connecticut to earn a living. 
 
shifting trends of business," Ware wrote. 
 
His mother was also from Connecticut. 
 
"He was expert at getting a clear picture of 
 
The family dry goods store they opened was a situation and mapping out far-reaching 
 
prosperous until the Civil War, but with 
 
plans on the basis of his findings . He knew 
 
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 Peabody and FDR worked together on many projects and were among the most influential Americans of their era. Being the only two identified, the above photo from the 1930s attests to their prominence 
 
George Foster Peabody was one of the nation's forcmost philanthropists of the early 1900s and the man responsible for Franklin Roosevelt first coming to Wann Springs. As they say, the rest is history. 
 
Peabody Cottage, on the Wann Springs campus, was once a winter retreat for the well-known philanthropist. He died there in 1938. Today the cottage is used for conference housing. 
 
how to see things in the large, without neglecting the importance of detail." 
A major portion of the banker's work was "the promotion of new enterprises and the reorganization of old ones," Ware explained. To fulfill his duties and to "keep a watchful eye on their own and their clients' investments," Peabody served on a large number of company boards of directors during his career. He became acquainted with many of the wealthy men of the day and was a close friend of President Woodrow Wilson . 
According to Ware, Wilson offered Peabody a position in his administration, but he declined, saying that he could accomplish more ou tside of government than in. He went on to spend the rest of his life proving it. His philanthropic activities and interests are so numerous that it is difficult to summarize them. 
The University of Georgia and many other institutions of higher learning benefited from his financial contributions and his participation on their boards of trustees. He was a charter member of the Southern Education Board and treasurer for many years of the General Education Board. One of his legacies at the University of Georgia is the annual Peabody Awards for excellence in radio and television broadcasting. 
Peabody and his adopted daughter, Marj orie Waite, built a winter home in Warm Springs in 1933 and occupied it for the firs t time in 1934. They spent as much as six months of the year in Warm Springs until Peabody's death on March 4, 1938 . He was in residence here at the time of his death and his ashes are interred at Yaddo . The home they 
 
built on the grounds of RWSIR is now used for meetings and conference housing, and is known to one and all as Peabody Cottage. 
On April 1, 1939, during one of his visits to Warm Springs, FDR praised Peabody while accepting a plaque in the philanthropist's honor. "The Foundation in a very true sense would not be in existence today had it not been for Mr. Peabody ... Those of us who knew Mr. Peabody remember that he lived to a very ripe old age. At the same time, we remember that Mr. Peabody's heart was just as young when he was up in his eighties as when he 
 
was down in his twenties. We shall always remember that youthful spirit and the fact that all through his life, just as much in his later years as in his early years, he was trying to do good for mankind, not just here at the Foundation, but in many other places such as Saratoga and New York City. Trying to do good for human beings, men and women of every color, race and creed. These things will be remembered, not today, but through all the years to come. And so we, at the Foundation, are very proud that he was associated with us from the beginning." 
 
Th e original Georgia Wann Springs Foundation Board of Trustees included (seated, left to right) Dr Leroy Hubbard, fo under Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Canadian Ambassador Leighton McCarty, as well as (standing) a Mr Richter, George Foster Peabody, Basil O'Connor, Arthur Carpenter and Frank Root. 
 
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 Gifts of Special Significance Ganuary-December 2002) 
 
In Honor ofJeanette ]. Hooper Ms. Barbara S. Byrd 
In Honor of Eric Maxwell Mr. &: Mrs. Edgar E. Chapman, Jr. 
In Honor ofjudy Salvant Ms. Katherine K. Walters 
In Honor of Don and Jill Toth Mr. &: Mrs. Theodore Susac, II 
In Memory of Clarence Brannon Ms. Carroll H. Andrews 
In Memory of Mr. &: Mrs. Philip W Buchen Mr. &: Mrs. Chuck Bavol 
In Memory of Mardee Chandler Mr. &: Mrs. Thomas E. Dickerhofe Ms. Karen Leslie Employees of Pharmacia, Kalamazoo 
In Memory of Eric Corbin Vocational Students and Staff of the Roosevelt Institute 
In Memory ofJohn Michael Ellington 
Mr. &: Mrs. J Ed Bell 
Mr. &: Mrs. Ernest Boldenow Mr. &: Mrs. Danny Brinks Mr. &: Mrs. john Brodnax Mr. &: Mrs. Bill Byard Mr. &: Mrs. Rodney Byard Mr. &: Mrs. Ray Crutchfield Mr. &: Mrs. Stewart Davis Mr. &: Mrs. David B. Dunaway and Bruce Mr. &: Mrs. Ed Echols Ms. Sue G. Estes Rev. &: Mrs. David T Haygood Mr.]. R Heddleson and Family Mr. &: Mrs. Ozzie Huff Mr.&: Mrs. Tom Johnston Ms. Marla A. Jones and Sons Mr. &: Mrs. Robert Kay Mr. &: Mrs. Bill Landrum Mr. &: Mrs. Mack A. McDaniel Mr. &: Mrs. Gene H. McSwain Mr. D. K. Morgan Dr. &: Mrs. Ken Morgan Mr. &: Mrs. Wallace Rhodes 
Mr. G J Seleb 
Ms. Linda Stadler Mr. &: Mrs. Edward Trice, Sr. Mr. &: Mrs. Carl Wicker Mr. Eugene C. Williams Bank of Upson Hannah's Mill Animal Hospital The Second Grade Teachers of Thomaston, GA 
 
In Memory of Thomas Farr Mr. &: Mrs. Daniel F Dougherty 
In Memory of Dr. Anne Carrington Gawne Ms. Cheryl Brackin Mr. &: Mrs. Paul E. Cosby Mr. &: Mrs. Frederick M. Maynard Mr. &: Mrs. Ben Miller Mr. Calvin W Stillman Peach tree Wind Ensemble Community Band School of Optometry, University of Alabama, Birmingham 
In Memory of Barbara Goodwin Mr. &: Mrs. Joseph W Harrell 
In Memory ofJames C. Keen Mr. &: Mrs. Ken Blackmon Mr. Michael P Purkey NS Baltic Korn LDL, Inc. U.S. Auto Sales, Inc. 
In Memory of Clarence Leroy Lake Mr. B. B. Coker Mr. &: Mrs. Alan Davis and Mr. Ray Lesesne Mr.&: Mrs. Sam Harlan Ms. Linda R Kay Mr. &: Mrs. David H. Martin Mr. &: Mrs. Robert G. Merritt Mr. &: Mrs. Bob Pierson Mr. &: Mrs. Raymond D. Trotter Mr. &: Mrs. Bill Wilson Mr. &: Mrs. Bill Young Georgia Outdoor News, Inc. Society of Allied Weight Engineers, Atlanta Chapter 
In Memory of Tammy McCamy Ms. Carroll H. Andrews 
In Memory of Bill McCarty Ms. Mary Morgan Davis 
In Memory of David McGraw Mr. &: Mrs. Clyde Kendall, Sr. Mr. &: Mrs. Clyde Kendall, Jr. and Robbie The Auxiliary of Southern Regional Medical Center 
In Memory of Dr. Sam Pruitt Mr. &: Mrs. Daniel F Dougherty 
In Memory of Betty F Thornton Mr.&: Mrs. Timothy N. Thornton 
In Memory of Frances Whitham Mrs. W D. Barnard Charles, Betty and Bebe Blalock 
 
Ms. Emily Cheek Ms. Florence C. Jones Ms. Yvonne W Jones Mr. &: Mrs. Melvin Meeks Ms. Valjean Meeks Mrs. Dorothy E. Pitman-Baum Mr. Dwain Spires and Ms. Patsy Myrick Mr. &: Mrs. Tim Nafziger and Family Mr. &: Mrs. Floyd Tucker Ms. Lillian I. Tucker Mr. &: Mrs. Randy Woodcock Oconee Regional Medical Center Auxiliary 
In Memory of Edward A. "Andy" Young, IV Mr. &: Mrs. Dick Bloodworth 
In Grateful Appreciation 
Our grateful appreciation to these individuals who have made gifts in tribute to others to benefit the programs and services of the Roosevelt Institute. Through the contributions of these caring people, we are empowered to expand upon Franklin Delano Roosevelt's original vision of the Institute as a place of healing "for the mind, body and spirit. " 
Many families have thoughtfully designated the Roosevelt Warm Springs Development Fund as a recipient of memorial donations in lieu of flowers. It is our sincere wish that these families take comfort from the outpouring of affection for their loved ones demonstrated by these memorial gifts. 
Tributes will be a regular feature of The Spirit. To make a gift in honor or memory of someone who has touched your life, simply fill out the enclosed response envelope with the person's name and include contact information for individuals to notify of your tribute. If you do not wish to have your name published in The Spirit, please make note of this preference . 
Your gifts will help us improve the quality of life for thousands of people each year, empowering them to regain personal independence and encouraging them to a renewal of life. 
Please address donations to: Attn: Tributes Roosevelt Vvarm Springs Development Fund, Inc. Post Office Box 1050 Warm Springs, GA 31830-1050 
Make checks payable to: Roosevelt Warm Springs Development Fund [Gifts to the Roosevelt Wann Springs Development Fund are tax deductible.] 
 
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 The 2003 Membership 
 
Presidential Level Mr. &: Mrs. Edgar E. Chapman , Jr. Mr. &: Mrs.]. Bruce Williams, Jr. 
Roosevelt Level Meriwether Bank &: Trust Drs. ]. Harper &: Anne Gaston 
Founders Level Georgia Power Company Ms. Donna R. McNeilly Mr. ]. Gregory Sport 
Georgia Level Mr. &: Mrs. Daniel W Brinks Mr. &: Mrs. j ack P. Buchanan Mr. &: Mrs. Lenn Chandler Mr.&: Mrs. Hugh M. Chapman Dr. &: Mrs. James E. Collins Mrs. Mary Jane Dunlap Mr. Gordon Flournoy Mr. &: Mrs. Darien Foster Dr. &: Mrs. F. Stuart Gulley Mr. &: Mrs. Robert Harris, Jr. Mr. &: Mrs. Jimmy Hill Mr. &: Mrs. Donnie W Koon Mr. Gaines Lanier Mr. &: Mrs. ] . Smith Lanier, II Ms. Janet Lawand Sen. &: Mrs. Daniel W Lee Mr. &: Mrs. Richard L. Linteris Mr. &: Mrs. Joseph F. Lyttle, Jr. Drs. James P. &: Diane McGowan Mr. &: Mrs. j ohn McNeil! Mr. &: Mrs. Stephen A. Melton Senior judge&: Mrs. James W Oxendine 
 
Mr. &: Mrs. Frank C. Ruzycki Mr. &: Mrs. Kent L. Shalibo Mr. &: Mrs. Constantin Soulakos Mr. &: Mrs. Gary R. Tilt Mr. &: Mrs. James H. Zachry 
Meriwether Level Mr.&: Mrs. Kenneth Aird Mr. &: Mrs. Tony Alston Mrs. Miriam R. Clifton Mr. &: Mrs. Charles K. Dunn Mr. &: Mrs. David Garre tt Mr. &: Mrs. M. Norman Gibbs Mr. &: Mrs. Phillip L. Greene Mr. &: Mrs. Walter E. Gresham Mr. Randy Hall Ms. Nancy L. Hartung Mr. &: Mrs. Marcus Hicks, Jr. Mr. &: Mrs. Brian H. Hickson Mr. &: Mrs. T H. McWilliams 
Mr. R. A. Mitchell &: Ms. Bonnie A. Adams 
Mr. &: Mrs. Francis I. Nelson Mr. &: Mrs. W S. Perry Mr. &: Mrs. Winn Self Mr. &: Mrs. Jody Strickland Mr. &: Mrs. Timothy N. Thornton Ms. Glenda Walker Mr. &: Mrs. Christopher R. Ward Mrs. Jane C. Williams 
Warm Springs Level Claud A. Sears Foundation, Inc. Mr. Glenn Akin Mr. &: Mrs. Richard L. Alexander Dr. &: Mrs. Garry L. August Ms. Judi K. Beech 
 
Ms. Hattie Bennett Ms. Margaret Bradshaw Ms. Annie Ruth Brawner Ms. Mary Ann Cheek Dr.&: Mrs. Jong Choi Mrs. Mildred R. Corley Mr. &: Mrs. David Elder Mrs. Bertie Elliott Ms. Ruthie Faulds Mr. &: Mrs. James D. Faulkner Mr. &: Mrs. Aaron C. Fisher Mr. &: Mrs. Rodger L. Johnson Mr. &: Mrs. James E. Jones Mr.jack Kahn Ms. Helen Kendrick Mr. &: Mrs. Kenneth G. Kilby Dr.&: Mrs. James B. Knowles Mrs. Jane McAbee Ms. Rachel McClelland judge &: Mrs. Ben Miller Mr. Joseph Parello Mr. &: Mrs. Tripp Penn Mr. &: Mrs. Mike Redden Mr. Jake Riley Mr. &: Mrs. James A. Robinson Mr. &: Mrs. Roy Rogers Mr. Jesse E. Rosinbaum Mr. &: Mrs. Spencer Schaefer Mr. Andy B. Shepherd Dr. &: Mrs. Richard Aurelius Smith Mr. &: Mrs. jack L. Smith Ms. Phyllis Starling Mr. &: Mrs. Randall C. Stewart Mr. Joe Stricklin Mrs. Frances B. Watson Ms. Alleyne Wommack 
 
Special Thanks 
to th e sponsors of th e Rooseve lt Invitationa l, an international wheelchair 
basketball competiti on held at the Roosevelt Institute in June 2003. 
Bruce Williams Properties, LLC Abbott., Jordan & Koon, LLC Carmike Cinemas, Inc. Fox's Pizza Den Invacare Corporation 
 
The Georgia Hall Society 
While proud of its rich and historic past, the Roosevelt Ins titute must remain focused on the future, dedicated to improving and expanding facilities and programs to better serve its constituents. 
Annual memberships in the Georgia Hall Society are used to supplement a variety of needs, including purchases of medical equipment, advances in research and technology, facility improvements, staff recruitment and many others. 
Members of the Georgia Hall Society join forces to enhance the lives of clients served by this great organization. Membership allows p articipants to play a part in the great vision that s tarted with Roosevelt and is limited only by our ability to dream. With your support of the Georgia Hall Society, there are no limits to what we can achieve. 
The Georgia Hall Society includes six levels of giving, each with its own specific b en efits and privileges. For more information on m embership , contact Dawn Freelin, annual gifts manager, at 706-655-5670. 
 
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 On-Campus This ,N That 
 
This past spring, Lou Ellen Gram , a program assistant in the Infection Control Department and a member of the Roosevelt Institute staff for 24 years, was named RWSIR Employee of the Year at the annual Employee Recognition Luncheon. At the same time, Joy Evans, a brain injury case manager with 29 years of service at the Institute, was presented the annual Leadership Award following her leadership in implementing a new, computerized clinical conference documentation format . 
A total of 57 new worship hymnals were recently donated to the Roosevelt Chapel by individual staff members , prompting RWSIR Chaplin Jan Tolbert to remark, "The generosity and caring of our staff is evident in so many ways. Giving these new hymnals is just one more example of how our staff lives their discipleship in this place" . 
 
FDR's Little White House in Warm Springs was recently selected Roosevelt Institute Worksite of the Quarter by coordinators in RWSIR's vocational rehabilitation unit. A part of the Institute's Worksite Partnership Program since 1999, the nearby state historical site utilizes VRU students in grounds, housekeeping and maintenance .. 
Roosevelt Institute's employee giving, part of the annual State Charitable Contributions Campaign, recently resulted in a new fountain and landscaping in from of historic Georgia Hall. In addition, the funds were used to provide plants and materials for the Leadership Georgia workday visit this past spring (resulting in landscaping for the patient area between Roosevelt Hall and East Wing, as well as 35 wheelchair accessible picnic tables and 
 
10 bench planters campus-wide); inspirational photographs for the vocational unit hallways; and maintenance contracts for select flowerbeds in and around The Quadrangle . 
Stay tuned. Guided tours will soon be promoted throughout the state and local area, and offered twice daily at the Institute . 
Operation Clean Hands was recently held at RWSIR (July 31) as a mandatory in-service for all direct care staffers in order to teach new Centers for Disease Control hand hygiene guidelines. A surprise guest for all four consecutive sessions was Ft. Benning Drill Sergeant Mike Willis, who put each group "through their paces" . 
 
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 Bhavin Mehta, DPM 
Under the direction of Dr. Bhavin Mehta, the Roosevelt Institute's Diabetic Foot Center specializes in the prevention and treatment of diabetic foot problems as well as comprehensive foot and ankle care for the non-diabetic patient. 
 
The Center's featured treatments include: 
 
 Computer-based gait training analysis  OTC and custom orthotics and shoes  Conservative and surgical management 
of both diabetic and non-diabetic feet 
 
 Comprehensive wound management, including total contact casting, oasis, dermagraft, promogran, apligraf, and wound VAC therapy 
 On-site physical therapy services 
 
For more information on our foot care services or to make an appointment, call (toll-free) 1-888-805-0876 
or e-mail us at rwsirdfc @dol.state .ga.us. 
 
6315 Roosevelt Highway Warm Springs, Georgia 31830 
706-655-5000 I fax: 706-655-5011 
www. ro os eve l tre hab. org 
 
 THE ROOSEVELT INSTITUTE ... 
 
Building on 76 years of care and service to the people of Georgia, the Roosevelt Warm Springs Institute for Rehabilitation will soon b e the site of construction on Blanchard Hall, a state-of-the-art, 34,000-square-foot complex designed to house all Outpatient Services under one roof. This $5.6 million project would not have been possible without both public and private support. Special thanks go to the generous organizations and individuals listed below as well as the many others who have turned this dream into reality. 
 
Blanchard Hall Campaign Donors of $1,000 and above 
 
Foundations and Corporations 
 
Individuals 
 
Bradley-Turner Foundation Callaway Foundation, Inc. Carmike Cinemas, Inc. Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit The Coca-Cola Company John & Mary Franklin Foundation Georgia Health Foundation, Inc. Georgia Rehabilitation Association Horace W Goldsmith Foundation Hanger Prosthetics & Orthotics, Inc. John H. & Wilhelmina D. Harland 
Charitable Foundation ING Americas John P & Dorothy S. Illges Foundation Norman & Emmy Lou Illges Foundation Meriwether Bank & Trust Patrick Family Foundation Stanley Beaman & Sears State of Georgia The Synovus Foundation, Inc. The Tull Charitable Foundation Frances Wood Wilson Foundation, Inc. Robert W Woodruff Foundation 
ROOSEVELT 
WARM SPRINGS 
 
Mr. & Mrs. Daniel W Brinks Mr. & Mrs. James E. Butler, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Edgar E. Chapman, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Wayne Colwell Mrs. Mary Jane Dunlap Memorials for John Michael Ellington Dr. & Mrs. David L. Foy Dr. J. Harper and Anne Gaston Dr. & Mrs. F Stuart Gulley Mr. & Mrs. Jimmy Hill Mr. & Mrs. William B. Jones Mr. & Mrs. Donnie Koon Mr. D. Gaines Lanier Mr. & Mrs. John Lynch Mr. Eric Maxwell Ms. Donna R. McNeilly Mr. & Mrs. T H. McWilliams Mr. & Mrs. Stephen A. Melton Mr. & Mrs. George Moore Dr. & Mrs. Andrew Joe Morrow Dr. & Mrs. Donald S. Nelson Sr. Judge & Mrs. James W Oxendine Ms. Betty Sue Rives State of Georgia Employee Giving Campaign Mr. & Mrs. James M. Stubbs Ms. Josephine M. Thompson Mr. & Mrs. Erik Vonk Mr. & Mrs.]. Bruce Williams, Jr. Mr. Mark Williamson 
 
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F UN D, INC. 
 
The Roosevelt Warm Springs Development Fund, supporting the programs and services of the Roosevelt Institute since 1986. join us in securing FDR's vision for all Georgians. Be a part of the legacy of Warm Springs. Don't miss this chance to contribute to the future of rehabilitation. For more information, call 706-655-5666 or visit our web site at www.rooseveltre1iab.org. 
 
Roosevelt Warm Springs 
Institute for Rehabilitation 6315 Roosevelt Highway (PO. Box 1000) Warm Springs, Georgia 31830-1000 
706-655-5000 I fax 706-655-5011 
www.rooseveltrehab.org 
 
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