Puzzles are a surprisingly powerful way to work the memory and challenge the brain. In fact, they are one of the best ways that you can take care of your senior’s memory and even improve it. Here are a few tips for when and if you decide to integrate puzzles into your senior’s memory care….
When it comes to Memory Care, we are absolutely convinced activities help brighten the day while they help with small and large muscle coordination and stimulate the brain. Enjoy the moments and do not expect projects completed. Activities should be more stage appropriate depending on the patient. Gardening is an awesome hobby. Blooming flowers emit fragrances…
Our residents were delighted yesterday to way a performance of Cinderella by a local children’s theater from Richardson. The fairy god-mother was particularly entertaining in this production! We are looking forward to the next performance of Mary Poppins.
We had a great Easter weekend. Our favorite activity for our residents this weekend was our first annual Easter egg hunt. We are grateful to some of the local pre-schools in Garland and Richardson for bringing their students over to entertain our residents and bring back memories of Easters long ago with children hunting eggs:)…
We were happy to welcome Marty Ruiz (Ricky) and Rhonda Medina (Lucy) to Mayberry Gardens Assisted Living for a live re-enactment of the I Love Lucy Show. Our residents loved it! It brought back so many memories of when t.v. was wholesome and entertaining. Our residents really connected with these two entertainers. Thank you for…
We are extremely grateful to the friends and families of residents at Mayberry Gardens Assisted Living and Memory Care Homes who volunteer of their time and talents to share with our residents. One of our favorite volunteers is Linda who gives of her time to help direct and instruct the “Mayberry Gardens Choir.” They meet…
Today we had a caricature artist Steve Leach come to each home and draw caricatures of our residents. Our residents and staff had many laughs as we discovered what we would look like in a cartoon. Steve did a great job. You can see his artist profile and work he has done at www.steveleach.com