Dougherty Ferry Assisted Living & Memory Care

Last week, our Memory Care & Assisted Living got SUCH a sweet visit 🚌 from the 5th-grade students of Barretts Elementary School 🧒🏽 in celebration of "Kindness Day"! The residents were delighted to welcome over 50 children into the community for a few hours of fun ...😀Together; the residents partnered up to play board games, share stories about their experiences in school, & exchange clever jokes with one another 🤪

Eugene even got a few kids interested in helping him complete a puzzle that our Puzzle Masters club has been trying hard to figure out 🧩 As part of Kindness Day, the children each brought with them a few crafted cards ✉️ that they had specially made for the residents - in hopes of brightening up their day 🤝🏼

The children went room to room, spending time with our residents and handing out their cards ✏️. During this time, the residents expressed that they would love to become "pen pals" with the children of Barretts, as many of our residents love letter writing 📝 and hope that the new generation will keep this practice going even in the age of technology🖊️ A few of our memory care ladies sat together for a little social hour to get the letters started ✍️! They are looking forward to coming together with the rest of our "Friends of the Community" club in assisted living to add a few more to the pile & practice using fancy wax seals before sending them off to the kids💌!

The Finer Things Club have been inspired to elevate their wine tasting & pairing experience🍷! At our most recent wine tasting in the community, the residents dived into the different types of food that pair best with their favorite wine👌🏻 When they were shown the ever-so-popular ...charcuterie board. They were excited to try and design some of their own 🍇🥖🧀 Marilyn & Nadine were stunned by the complexity of some of the boards they saw and wished they had the idea to make these back in the day when they hosted parties every weekend in their home. For their first charcuterie arrangements, I’d say they’re pretty impressive! They even were able to pull off the salami roses🌹 ! After getting them all together, they chose from a variety of wines to taste together and enjoyed social time & reminiscing 😌

The Friends of the Community is a club that started in January amongst the residents as their New Year’s Resolution, collectively, was to try to help people in the community. They are working with Clares House, a foster facility ❤️🐾

The Groovin Group🎙️can Name That Tune🎶! Can you name that tune faster than Darlene 🤣?

Our Do It Your Selfers club 🎨 is taking it up a notch with this new project! We have been dabbling in a bit of fun with pottery by making our first pinch pots 🤌🏼🏺 For our first attempt, we tried our clay out in the form of a plate to better understand the shaping techniques we had seen ...through our deep dive into videos showcasing different art methods 🤓 We were even able to give a few older flowers {from our floral arranging activity} a NEW use by adding it to one of our plates 🥀! After seeing how these turned out, we were ready to make our little pots! & what fun we had! Rolling out our clay, shaping it into the perfect trinket dish, & adding our pressed flowers 🌸. We sealed them off & they were ready for use after a day! Our residents were so happy with how they turned out 🤩 & excited about the new skill they had learned 👩🏻‍🎨