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Some Nursing Home Week Celebrations and Ideas in the news:

In MD:

Moran Manor displays antiques
WESTERNPORT - Residents of Moran Manor in Westernport have been talking about “the good old days” a bit more lately, thanks to some visual reminders of those days gone by.

Many of the reminders - which range from old photographs to antique dolls, mink stoles, and lots of hats and hat boxes - are from the local area, making the trip down Memory Lane especially meaningful to the local residents of the facility.

From ID:

Pocatello Care and Rehab held an open house today to give the community a chance to see the kind of service they provide. It also gave the caregivers a chance to meet with the public in style.

Today they allowed people the chance to walk through the facility, and residents to get out for a little while. The residents managed to have a look at some old era cars. They even voted on their favorite ones.

Derrick Glum/administrator: “Today we are helping to celebrate National Nursing Home Week. This week is especially dedicated to the observance of nursing homes across the country and especially in Pocatello. We’d like to tell everybody what a fantastic job our skilled nursing facilites are doing especially here at Pocatello Care and Rehab.”

Tomorrow, Pocatello Care and Rehab will have pajama day and hold a barbeque for staff and residents. That will be followed by a circus party for residents, staff, and staff family.

This nursing home is celebrating MOVEMENT and EXERCISE.
Video included!!

In Iowa, 6th grade students danced with the residents of this nursing home:

The Park Place Long Term Care Unit in Mt. Pleasant was infused with youthful energy Wednesday as members of the sixth-grade class es from the Mt. Pleasant Middle School showed off their dancing abilities for the nursing home residents.
The students showed a lot of spark as they danced, calling off the steps and counts of the dance as they went along with their P.E. teacher, Julie Gilmore. The dancers were paired off in a large group that moved in circles and back and forth, while the elder audience looked on in front of the care center.

Kansas people know how to cook, and celebrate in style: Video included

Eventide Convalescent Center brought residents to Gary Gilbert’s Woodlawn Farms to celebrate National Nursing Home Week. Residents got the chance to have a Cream Can Dinner. They loaded an old fashioned milk can with vegetables and meat and then put it on an open flame to cook.

While the dinner cooked, residents played horseshoes and looked at Gilbert’s antique tractors. Organizers say the week is a great way to bring enjoyment to those living in nursing homes. Gilbert’s daughter says the residents will be talking about the trip for the next week.

Keep these ideas in mind for next year!!