Jones Honored With Life Improved Award

From left, Mosaic Day Services Coordinator Robin Glass, Lyndsey Jones and Bonnie Hitsman

OGDENSBURG - The bond between staff and residents is difficult to describe in words, but for anyone who has ever witnessed Lyndsey Jones interacting with the people we serve either at Day Hab or the McIntyre IRA, where she also works, words aren't needed as the sights and sounds will surely do the trick.

It was that strong relationship between Ms. Jones and the residents that led fellow M-DSP Bonnie Hitsman to nominate her for one of this summer's Life Improved Awards.

"She treats the residents with respect and enjoys taking them where they would enjoy going," Ms. Hitsman wrote adding, "She is very kind and thoughtful towards all the residents and speaks to them in a way that they will understand what she is saying to them. She has even gone to visit residents when they had to be in the hospital after she was done working."

And according to Ms. Hitsman, Ms. Jones also shares a similar bond with her co-workers, as well as visitors to whichever facility she finds herself working in that day.

"When we have visitors she is very pleasant towards them and offers to help in anyway she can, also including them in what is happening at the work site ," Ms. Hitsman wrote. "The residents all like being around her and and her co-workers do too. She gets along with everyone and she is a positive role mode for residents and her co-workers. You can tell she loves her job here at Day Hab and the McIntyre house."