💗 Breast Cancer Awareness Month 💗
All of our facilities showed their support for Breast Cancer Awareness Month by going pink! 🎀 This October, we’re raising awareness, honoring survivors, and standing with those fighting. 💖
🎃👻 Happy Halloween 👻🎃
Happy Halloween from our residents and staff! 🎃👻 Our staff and residents got into the spirit with amazing costumes, lots of laughs, and plenty of treats to go around. Some residents were trick-or-treating in the office, a pumpkin carving competition and even a dog joined the fun! 💙
October Birthday Celebrations
King David Center had a great time celebrating all our October birthdays! 🎉🎂 It was a fun day filled with laughter, delicious cake, and wonderful memories as we honored our residents. 💙
🍂 🍁 Mid-Autumn Festival 🍁 🍂
We had an amazing time celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival at Hamilton Park! There was plenty of delicious moon cake, dancing, and lots of fun all around. 💙
🥨 Octoberfest 🥨
We had a fantastic time celebrating Octoberfest with a special lunch that brought a taste of Germany to Hamilton Park! Our residents enjoyed delicious pretzels and non-alcoholic beer paired perfectly with German potato salad and bratwurst topped with onions and sauerkraut. To top it all off, we indulged in mouthwatering apple strudel for dessert.
Sukkah at King David Center
We had a wonderful time sharing meals in our Sukkah at King David Center, bringing everyone together to celebrate this special festival. Sukkot is all about joy, gratitude, and community, and there’s nothing quite like enjoying delicious food with friends under the open sky. We hope you all had a joyful Sukkot! 💙
🍁 Resident Activities & Entertainment 🍁
Residents and staff enjoyed many fun activities in October.
🎃 We had so much fun during our Halloween arts and crafts at King David Center! Everyone got creative, making pumpkins and black cats out of popsicle sticks. It was such a fun way to get into the Halloween spirit!
🟢 Linden Center Residents enjoyed a fun game of Bingo All you Can! 💙
Blue Carpet Farewell 💙
We rolled out the blue carpet to celebrate Isabella’s journey home after her recovery at Crown Heights Center! 🎉 💙 It’s always a bittersweet moment as we say goodbye to our wonderful residents, but we couldn’t be happier to see them leave us healthy and happy.
Healthcare Foodservice Workers Week
We wanted to give a huge thank you to our amazing food service team at Crown Heights Center for Healthcare Foodservice Workers Week! 🍽️ To celebrate, we held an award ceremony to recognize their outstanding contributions. We appreciate all that you do! 💙
Moon Festival with CPC Brooklyn Older Adult Center
Great way to celebrate moon festival with CPC Brooklyn Older Adult Center. Thank you for everything you do for our seniors. We are very lucky to have you in our community.
Linden Center 4E Event Training
Linden Center staff attended a treating in place/protocols event.
Blockchain: The Solution to Keeping EHRs Secure
In a recent article in Dialogue & Discourse, Melissa Powell writes,
“I’ve witnessed firsthand the challenges posed by maintaining the integrity and confidentiality of electronic health records, but the sanctity and security of EHRs do not only concern healthcare staff but patients as well.
Just a few months into 2024, the number of healthcare data breaches has already exceeded 120 cases — and these are just the instances that have been reported to the HHS Office of Civil Rights (OCR). Impacting millions of individuals..”
Click here to read the full article.
Novel Approaches for Alleviating the Senior Care Worker Shortage Crisis
In a recent article in Provider Magazine, Joel Landau writes,
“The senior care industry stands at a crossroads. With the global population of individuals aged 65 and older growing at an unprecedented rate, the demand for skilled and compassionate caregivers has never been higher. Yet, despite this surge in need, the sector is grappling with an alarming shortage of workers. This crisis is not just a staffing issue; it’s a looming threat to the quality of care that millions of seniors rely on every day. How did we get here, and more importantly, how do we navigate our way out of this critical situation..”
Click here to read the full article.
STAYING CONNECTED
Staying connected with your loved ones is one of the best things you can do for your mental wellbeing.
If you or someone you know would like to offer virtual entertainment to our residents in the form of music, dance or even painting classes, email us at alluregroupmarketing@gmail.com and let us know!
