“Cooking with Poppy”

Many families eat dinner together every night, and the staff and residents of Cadbury at Cherry Hill, a retirement community in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, are no exception. Wanting to spice up the resident’s dinner hour, Dining Services Director John Hanstein created a monthly event called, “Cooking with Poppy.”

“Cooking with Poppy,” so named thanks to Hanstein’s grandchildren, is an interactive event in which residents are able to watch Hanstein cook a meal in order to learn the steps to create popular, easy-to-cook dishes. Before the event, Hanstein passes out a recipe so residents can follow along.

Why I like Cadbury

As I looked at the snow driven scene outside my living room window, I made a decision that changed my life. I moved to Cadbury. I had been to several promotional lunches in the past two years and also visited friends who lived there. Why should I dread the coming winter with high heat and electric bills – not to mention other expenses such as taxes, sewer, and water bills? I called my children and told them I was moving to Cadbury. This was my decision, not theirs.

Why Cadbury?

Several years ago it became apparent that I was having trouble crawling under cars, keeping the lawn mowers operating, keeping the grass cut and keeping up with the maintenance around the house. My wife was also starting to have knee problems. We decided that it was time to look around for a place to really retire. We started looking around at the various continuing care retirement communities. My parents had lived at one for about 10 years, but we didn’t like several of the conditions at the place where they were. Other places didn’t provide independent living apartments while other places were too far from the neighborhood with which we wanted to remain in contact. Expense was an issue for others. We had received previous invitations to social events at Cadbury, but couldn’t quite fit in the time. It wasn’t until we received an invitation to an ice cream social that we decided we could make the time to check it out.

Cadbury Renewed Focus on Health Care

Brian Klocke

By Brian Klocke

Health Care Center Administrator

The Charlotte D. Nelson Health Care Center of Cadbury at Cherry Hill has seen many changes since its opening in 1981, but the focus remains on providing the highest quality of care for all of our residents. Most recently, the center has been revitalized with new leadership beginning with the appointment of Megan Nessel, LNHA as associate executive director of Cadbury at Cherry Hill, with oversight of skilled nursing and dining services. Megan has worked at Cadbury at Cherry Hill for the past 10 years, mostly in Human Resources.