December 2022

November 2022.

October 2022. Our monthly health education topic this month was anxiety. We played Coping Skills Bingo and Nurse Raven gave us valuable tips on dealing with anxiety and where anxiety comes from. We also partook in some of our favorite indoor games, like bowling. We spun the wheel for prizes during Prize Wheel Trivia! We made some new friends over puzzles, board games, and gem mining activities! During our men’s/women’s group this month, we played different versions of Bingo. We also played one of our favorite competitive games, Price is Right! For National Pumpkin Day, we carved (or painted) pumpkins! In celebration of Halloween, we had a costume contest and party!

September 2022. Thank you to Dr. Chloe Giordano for visiting and teaching us about balance and fall prevention! This came in handy when we engaged in physical activities, like Ring Toss! We also had Show & Tell, where we guessed whose baby picture belonged to who! Mid-month, staff partook in Staff Development with great internal training from the GAST team. Afterwards, we enjoyed a fun team building activity, hosted by Bottles & Brushes! We decided we wanted to go to the moon so we launched rockets and watched the outstanding motion picture, Hidden Figures. We had two sweet visitors for Pet Therapy this month- a Golden Retriever and a Bearded Dragon! In celebration of National Adult Day Services Week, we had a Spirit Week including fun themes, like Sports Day and Tie-Dye Day. Nurse Gary provided health education about Nutrition. Did you know 9/28 was National North Carolina Day? We played NC Trivia game and shared stories of our experiences in our beautiful state. Local dentistry, Providence Smiles, paid us a visit twice this month for oral care education and free dental screenings!

August 2022. Here we are enjoying our own hobbies, like gardening, coloring, painting, and crafting. We also made ceramic tiles, and identified location of states in the US. We also had “Beach Days” where we sifted sand for seashells, played with water balloons, made Pina Coladas, and enjoyed telling stories about visits to the beach. We also played our fan favorite, Noodle Ball! This month’s health education centered around Tobacco Use. Nurse Betty and Nurse Raven gave a great presentation! Participants also spent a lot of time this month deciding how they’d like the program to look, by redefining our spaces and resources! We received some treats at the end of the month! A group of talented tap dancers came to perform for us! We also went fishing indoors for some neat prizes.

 July 2022. Here are a few of the things we celebrated and did this month! We celebrated Cow Appreciation Day, enjoyed a pet therapy day with Care Partner Nini and her dog Dakota, exercised with Noodle Ball, got creative with Playdough, recognized Disability Awareness Day, learned about healthy sleep habits with Nurse Betty and made sleep masks! We also had students from the Duke University OTD program visit us and teach us about Mindfulness and Music!