Palisades Healthcare News 11-14-19

What a busy few weeks we’ve  had…Along with exercise daily and everything else.. we were full of parties galore!! Monday, we read from Reminisce, “Vinney and the Firetruck” and in the afternoon played an old favorite Card Bingo and enjoyed crafts in the evening. On Tuesday, we had Friendship Circle in the morning and in the afternoon had a wonderful Retirement Party for Linda Hoefert. She was with Palisade Healthcare for 32 years. Her parents and kids, and grandkids came. It was great fun. A big thanks to Linda for all your years of service. You will be greatly missed. A big thanks to everyone who helped us celebrate her surprise party in the evening at the Gulch. It couldn’t have been made possible without everyone’s help. I am pretty sure she enjoyed it. On Wednesday, we had Bible Study  and celebrated Halloween with a game of bingo, treats and decorating pumpkin sugar cookies made homemade from Char. In the evening, Billie, our part time activity assistant hosted a Pizza Party for some of our residents. They had a grand time. On Thursday, we did Trivia in the morning along with decorating for Spook Alley. In the afternoon, we had root beer floats. A big thanks to Sandy Peterson once again for coming out to help with that and our Annual Spook Alley that evening. It was a great turn out. We had over  130 little munchkins coming for candy. The residents all sat in the dining room with buckets filled with candy, and had a ball watching all the kids come in and go around trick or treating. Some tried to sneak candy for themselves, which was funny to see.  We all got a few pieces in the end. A huge thanks to everyone who donated candy to  the facility. We also want to thank the Springdell 4-H for bringing treats to the residents. Cute gloves filled with candy. We couldn’t have done it without your help. Can’t wait to do it again next year. Friday we spent the morning reading the local news and some of the women got their hair done, which is always important. In the afternoon we enjoyed a visit from the Kindergarten class and did some coloring. Saturday, we enjoyed some popcorn, a movie and 1:1 time. Sunday we enjoyed Chapel with Char and a few games of Bingo. On Monday the 4^th, we held our monthly Resident Council Meeting, and in the afternoon enjoyed music by Dana Jensen. It was great to have him back again. Tuesday we did Friendship Circle and read a few stories out of the Readers Digest and enjoyed cookies from Avera Hospice. In the afternoon we had a blast with a game of Nerf Darts shooting some red solo cups. Wednesday, we did Bible Study and in the afternoon played bingo hosted by Spirit Canyon Apartments. Thursday, we did Trivia in the morning and enjoyed Banana  Splits thanks to Char and Sandy Petersen. On Friday, we caught up on the local news and in the afternoon we did a few games of Bowling. We decided not to keep score this time and just had fun. Saturday, we did popcorn and 1:1 with Char. Sunday we had Church held by St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church with Deacon Don Wagner and wife Ruth.  Music by Eve, Julie and Lyle. We enjoyed coffe, juice and cookies afterwards then played a few games of bingo. Hope everyone has a great week and stay warm!!