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Newsletter | June 2017
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The Season is Upon Us….Get Out and Enjoy Gardening!Seniors that enjoy getting outdoors can benefit a great deal from hav-ing a garden, or a patio with containers to tend to. The key to enjoying the freedom that gardening offers is to realize that there are ways for practically anyone regardless of their level of mobility or fitness to get involved with gardening in some shape or form.
Why is it so good for us? Gardening is an excellent, low impact way to exercise, offering a broad range of both physical and psychologi-cal benefits at the same time. Whether you are growing ornamental plants or edible ones, spending time outside gardening can be a fan-tastic and uplifting hobby to take up.We all know that getting outside in the fresh air is good for us and the responsibility of having plants to tend to can help to motivate us and reinforce this.
The psychological benefits: Being outside in the fresh air, connect-ing with nature through physical contact with the plants and the soil is a highly effective way to avoid stress and anxiety, which have a habit of leading to a number of other health complaints.As an established and proven way to relieve stress effectively, Doc-tors are now ‘prescribing’ gardening to individuals who have not responded well to anxiety and stress relieving medication. Whether gardening alone, or with others, keeping the mind and body busy with this constructive activity can be fun and rewarding.
The physical benefits: When elderly people spend too much time indoors they are unable to get the proper amount of vitamin D they
require for good health. Regular time spent outdoors ensures this essential vitamin can be obtained from the sun.Gardening might not be a cardiovascular exercise for most people but it is an excellent form of low impact exercise for the elderly helping them to keep their joints flexible and stay in shape.
The nutritional benefits: Some studies have shown that people who grow their own food tend to eat more fruit and vegetables in their diet, so those who are growing their own produce are reaping not only the physical rewards of regular exercise but the nutritional rewards of the fresh, healthy fruit and vegetables they have grown themselves. The vitamin content of freshly picked produce is unbeatable, particu-larly if it has been grown organically.
Get gardening! Gardening is a fantastic way for elderly people to look after their health, stay busy and is a relatively inexpensive hobby. It is not about having a prize winning garden it is just about getting outdoors, getting regular low impact exercise and having fun.
Welcome warm weather and flowers! This month we will be pampered with a manicure and hand massage; play a fun and exciting game of bean bag toss and express our creative side with a step by step painting class and making shaving cream marbleized paper! We also have many baking club recipes to make including, brown sugar butterscotch cookies and music on the green featuring Lloyd Kaplan and “The Aristocats!”
ACTIVITY HIGHLIGHT
Staff Directory of
DEPARTMENT HEADS
Joann CardulloExecutive Director
Ext: 1027
Karen TimoteoResident Care Director
Ext: 1028
Carolyn TickDirector of Business Administration
Ext:1025
Mike CoteMaintenance Director
Ext: 1037
Christian CostaFood Service Director
Ext: 1022
Amber WolfActvities Director
Ext: 1008
Elisabeth LamantiaProgram Director in Rose Lane
Eric CalderwoodCommunity Relations Director
Ext: 1026
DateSave
the
Events of This month
Resident Birthdays :
David 6/4th
Barbara 6/6th
Alice 6/7th
June 6/9th
Ruth 6/9th
Happy Birthday to all of our June residents!
Sunday, June 18th
Father’s Day
Saturday, June 10th
Boy Scout Troop Visit
Time:
2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
A Boy Scout Troop will be here
in honor of Flag Day.
Thursday, June 22nd
Monthly Birthday Party
Time:
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Come and celebrate June
birthdays with a cake and
musical entertainment by
Gary Leanues!
Friday, June 30th
Music on the Green
Time:
6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
An outdoor concert featuring
music by Lloyd Kaplan and
"The Aristocats!"
June 15th – 22nd
Happy C.N.A. week to all of our wonderful C.N.A.’s!
Thank you for all that you do!
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Senior Living “Activities” Programs Are ChangingWhat’s there to do all day in assisted living? Depends on where you look. The definition of “activities” is expanding as older boomers and their parents seek ways to stay connected to their interests. Kaplan Development Group, and our communities are taking a holistic approach to wellness, including a shift in the menu of activ-ity offerings.
Participation in meaningful activities has been shown to buffer against depression, a common risk in long-term care living. So does exercise, which also improves mobility and helps overall health. Engaging activities offer cognitive and social stimulation, help vent frustration, and lessen feelings of loss and loneliness.
Our communities are moving away from the traditional mainstays of an activity program -- what’s known in the industry as “the 3B’s”- Bingo, Bible, and Birthdays. Activities shouldn’t just be once-a-week special events, says geriatric care manager Kay Paggi of Dallas. “After all, life is all about activity -- it’s what we do all day, every day. I want my clients to get back to doing as much as they can, even if it might be in a different way than they did at home.”
Assisted living activity trend #1: Fitness, yoga, and walking clubsAs more residents enter long-term care with a history of being active, regardless of current functional ability, they bring an interest in extending a life that includes movement. You will find a variety of these types of programs in our communities, with a focus on person-alized programs as well as group programs to participate in, such as the following:
• Personalized wellness programs – fitness assessments, goal plans, and health and nutrition talks.
• Tai Chi – the increasingly popular gentle stretching and range of motion improves balance and relieves stress
• Yoga – classes include those specifically tailored for seniors, including seniors that may use wheelchairs
• Wii sports – individual and group competition such as bowl-ing, dancing, tennis
• Walking clubs – whether at the community, in local parks, or in a local mall the socialization is as beneficial as the exercise itself
New and Unusual Programs – Trend #2:Kaplan Development Group is introducing new and innovative pro-gramming to the residents at our communities that is not seen in other communities. The programming consists of the following (and many others):
• Come Fly With Me – This lifetime learning program rewards participation and offers learning experiences on new and exciting topics – changing monthly.
• Kindness Counts – This program offers residents the oppor-tunity to connect and interact not only with others living in their assisted living community – but ways to give back to the greater community as well.
• Destination Decoy – This program gives residents the oppor-tunity to share their worldly experiences and learn about cul-tures and food, history, and people from around the world.
Come and experience the variety of programs available at our com-munities – and see what it is about the difference that makes our residents so happy to call their community home!