A few weeks ago, both of our households “Woods and Waves” were able to converge to do activities together. Residents were super excited to be able to see and maybe for the first time meet their comrades. Joyce, one of our faithful resident chore assistants, has been busy cutting resident names off our Perk crossword puzzles for the past year... READ MORE >
Woods household residents were excited to gather for a good old-fashioned game of Bingo. When I told them, they could gather close together instead of the six foot two to a table rule for Bingo and all activities there was a clear “I’ll be there!” We had a grand game of Bingo like you’ve never seen. We wore colorful cowboy... READ MORE >
On April Fool’s day, we had us a bit of fun. All the residents were handed some brown E’s. They were asked if they would like a brown E thinking it was a brownie, and then they were asked to hand them out to other people. We also played a round of Bingo where they all had the same Bingo... READ MORE >
Well, spring almost sprung, mud came and stayed, and our secure patio opened so we can bolt out there like new spring lambs when the weather finally decides to cooperate. Oh, whom are we kidding? We may grunt and groan and finally get ourselves up out of our chairs, achingly reach our way to our walkers and ever eventually make... READ MORE >
In February, Phillip saw his shadow. We saw sunshine and Yvonne S. and Doris B. turned a year older. Doris shared some colorful cupcakes with us for her birthday. They were a fun treat. Chocolate covered ants Since we are unable to go to the Hub for lunch, we had take-out brought to us by our faithful AEOA Bus Driver... READ MORE >
Sue Spies, who is a nurse at our Care Center, commented on the picture of Janet Ryden in last month’s article where Janet Ryden had a huge grin on her face and said, “That’s why we do this.” I am on a lot of Activity Director sights on Facebook and one of the questions a member asked was why do... READ MORE >
Christmas was different this year. It wasn’t all of us together with lots of commotion as you could imagine in a house filled with 37 residents plus family and staff. We had individual household parties in our multi-purpose room where the Activity staff and many different departments decorated trees. We got to judge the 14 or so Christmas trees all... READ MORE >
According to the Perk, World Kindness Day was November 13. World Kindness Day shines a light on good, old-fashioned good deeds. World kindness bridges the gap of race, religion, politics, gender, age and zip codes. Kindness is part of the human condition. Negativity influences our lives; let’s be positive. Think about times when someone has been kind to you and... READ MORE >
Yes, we can gather for group activities, but stay socially distanced. Yes, we are having more and more Essential Caregivers coming through our doors. We are currently up to 20 Essential Caregiver members to help with their loved ones. Yes, we are still plowing through our day. And yes, we are still waiting on your favorite recipes and some more... READ MORE >
Yes, we still wonder when we can gather for group activities. Yes, Essential Caregivers have been greatly appreciated. Yes, we are still angling through our day. Yes, we still wish the world would go back to normal and we could do something wild and crazy like go out for a car ride. Well, let’s not go overboard! August residents of... READ MORE >
