Friday night happy hour! Everyone always has some fun. Appetizer plate included a salmon cake with a remoulade sauce, apple cider cupcakes with a brown sugar cinnamon frosting, pretzels dipped in goat cheese mixed with honey and pecans, and fresh fruit.
Jeanette busy beating everyone at Ship, Captain, Crew
Phyllis got her hair done and got dressed in her nice sweater and necklace. She looks like a million bucks!
There will be a box in our front entrance for a drop off for Operation Santa! Donations will be collected until October 31st.
Our craft today. Our pretty fall pumpkins!
Friday Night Happy Hour!
Ida and Marcia we’re excited for some fresh baked cookies!
Chris doing a little dance to his Elvis cd
Quarantined happy hour looks a little different but we can still have a drink and snack on some homemade cranberry pecan cookies!
Hi Bickford Families! we have got a new phone to make skype, messenger, and zoom calls! We will be making some calls to families today to schedule times to video chat with your loved ones! Feel free to give us a call anytime to schedule a time that works for you!
I’ve been passing out the daily activity sheets to those residents that like them. Barb really liked her sudoku yesterday but wasn’t quite sure if the print was big enough on today’s word search but promised she’d still try!
Big shout out to Kindra from The Loft for donating today’s prizes!! We played Doorway Bingo today! Split the building up 3 ways and called many many games to let the residents win some prizes and have some fun!
Chris doing a little dance to his Elvis cd
Sweet Barb got to spend time one on one with a staff member today! She felt very loved
A bunch of ladies got their nail done today! Quarantine can’t keep us down!
Spirit week 26th-30th
Monday: sports team day
Tuesday: crazy socks and hats
Wednesday: flannel day
Thursday: wear orange and black day
Friday: wear a costume
Join us with the fun from home!! Make sure to snap a picture of your outfits and costumes! There will be a contest for those who participate and a costume contest voted on by the residents. Friday the 30th we will run a parade on each shift handing candy out to the residents so they can see the staff and judge their costumes. Let's have some fun and lighten the mood and lift residents spirits!!
Yeah we really love BINGO here at Bickford. Especially during quarantine! The residents left with quite a few prizes today! I think Patsy won 6 times!
The activities going on in Mary Bs today!
The residents loved their popcorn and Gatorade this morning! What a fun simple snack!
The kitchen made some yogurt parfaits and the residents loved them!
We’ve got BINGO today! I’ve just picked up some good prizes! I just got it all sanitized and now it’s ready to be put on the cart!
SPIRIT WEEK: orange and black day! We have such amazing staff!! We found these awesome medical masks off amazon to help bring more spirit
Here is Vera on FaceTime with her daughter. We know how important seeing your love ones face to face is and we can make that happen for anyone!
We love some iced coffee here! So, this morning our awesome kitchen made the staff some! These are so good.
Root beer or creamsicle floats anyone? These were a big hit for snack today!
Today’s lunch! A big shout out to our kitchen staff for great presentation despite styrofoam boxes and quarantine!
John and Marlene worked on some awesome turkeys for their craft today!
Of course we can still play cards during quarantine! Velma and I got serious in our game of Rummy!
Thank you Kindra from The Loft for supplying us with BINGO prizes today!!! Here are a few of our winners! Doorway BINGO keeps us busy!
“Where you there?” Thursday morning hymns in quarantine.
What are your favorites? If I had to choose... maybe 3,9,10. But wow, I really love 5 and 12 too!
Dinah! She’s is always so beautiful!
Red white and blue fun in Mary Bs for Veterans Day
Marilyn and John shaking their maracas!
Just a few pics from doorway BINGO!
Jack working on his puzzle
While working on Pat’s nails we ended up talking for an hour! She is so fascinating and can keep a conversation going with great detail forever! Today we talked about her days as a hospice volunteer!
Manicure day!
Just working on some homemade cards!
We play a lot of BINGO here!
Fruit and yogurt parfaits today!
Dancing in Mary Bs
Happy Friday! From Joan and Emily!
Had a great time putting together this cool puzzle with Merilyn earlier!
John and I enjoying a few rounds of UNO earlier
A few more Thanksgiving pics. We all had a wonderful time, and are still stuffed :-)
Happy Thanksgiving
Happy Thanksgiving
We said goodbye to our nurse Marlynda today. She is on her way to a new adventure. We will miss all her and all the love she has for our residents!
Velma won herself some chocolate today and this was her pose for me!
Manicure day!
Nita left her room for the first time in a long while today. We did up her hair and makeup! Isn’t she a bombshell?!
WOW! Carol really knows how to clean up for a special picture! Look at that jade necklace!
Shirley was so happy to get her hair washed and styled today! We even put on a little blush and lip color!
Meet Kindra! She works with “The Loft” and she brings Bingo prizes twice a month for our residents! She is fantastic!
BINGO!! We had some serious winners today!!! Thanks to our sponsor today, Kindra from The Loft!
The “Winter Wonderland” snack cart for today complete with pretty music, frosted sugar cookies, and of course hot chocolate! 😋⛄️❄️
We passed out “winter wonderland” themed activity sheets today. Always good to keep your brain working a new ways.
Just hanging out with Dave! He was telling me about all he watches out his window. There’s a kids soccer field and lots of trees with birds and squirrels. He told me he watched a crow and a squirrel fight over some cobs of corn from the nearby field!
Merilyn on her way to do laundry. Took a moment to capture her beautiful smile
Bill had a lovely video chat with his family today :-)
Tuesday’s our LEC Katie offers salon time to wash, cut, and style hair. Here’s of few of the pictures from today.
The progression of Barb’s tree! Her family brought in her tree and we’ve been helping her out on new ornaments her family is sending her! Zoom in and check out all her ornaments! It’s been such a fun project for her!
Social distanced Christmas Sing a Long! We had a few in their doorways and everyone just loved to sing their favorite Christmas hymns!
We didn’t forget some of the gentleman today! Leonard and Jerry said they feel very fresh!
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Donna, Barb, and Carol got their hair done today. It’s always nice to feel a little pampered.
Happy birthday Barb!!! She got a new hair-do and some roses. Her husband used to always give her roses and she said he would be so happy to see that we got them for her
Don't forget to swing by & pick up your family gift AND a pie! Stay comfy in your vehicle, and we will bring them out to you! We'll be handing out gifts until 5:30pm. We're excited to see you all!!
Merry Christmas to our Bickford members' families! Today we're gifting our families a Christmas pie and unique gift. From our family to yours, Have a safe & healthy Christmas and New Year!
Your Bickford Directing Family Group
Bingo Monday!
Dave in his family Christmas zoom! He is amazed on how technology works for communication!
Vera opening her gift from her daughter! She got some cat pajamas and she was so happy! Cats are her favorite!
Barb and June 🤗
Pat and Ida opening their presents
Jerry C, Chris, Jerry L, and John were all smiles today
Our BFM Lydia does a great job helping residents pick out a good book. Vera is reading “All Creatures Great and Small”. Vera loves to read a good book!
Our BFM Hailee playing UNO with John
Our BFM Raquel helping Marlene decorate her cinnamon rolls!
Happy New Years from John and Jack!
Happy New Years from Jim and Bill!
Happy New Year from Jeanette, Connie, and Sara!
Join us for Hat Day! Friday January 15th!
Share your pictures of you in your hats at bloomingtonlec@bickfordseniorliving.com
Shirley got her nails and her hair done today and she says she feels like a million bucks!
Manicure day! We put together the mobile cart and go door to door to get everyone’s nails trimmed, filed, and painted if they want!
Jeanette working on her daily exercises. When she moved, in her arthritis was so bad in one of her shoulders, she could barely reach for anything or lift her hand above her head. Now every day she works on that shoulder with me and she can reach across her table to grab anything she needs without having to stand up and walk over to it. Even at 105 you can work in your body to keep it moving!
Miss Dinah playing some nerf football!
Jack also wanted to be silly during exercise this morning haha
John wanted to freshen up so his daughter could see how good he looks!
Marlene got her long awaited date at the salon! She looks and feel so pretty!
Leila and Karen working on exercises this morning. So happy to see them both every day!
Jim guessed the winning word for Hangman today!! He was beyond excited!
Dinah got a scalp massage and hair wash today!
Today we were cutting some coupons! Feeling useful and saving money!
BINGO round 2!
Chris was wearing his cool new Ford hat! Talking with Chris is always a fun time!
Rachael, Harrison, and Carolyn got their vaccines! Way to go!
Amy, Millie, and Jeseka got their vaccines to protect our residents and their families!
Our BFMs Sheila, Lori, and Hailee got their vaccine!
Pat won 4 bingo's today!
Marlene is serious about her sports! She gave me a stern look when I told her my team was going to win! haha
Merilyn enjoying a football game and snacks :-)
John got comfy while watching some football, and enjoying root beer and pretzels
Jack is a huge Redbirds fan, so we put on a Redbirds game and enjoyed some root beer and pretzels. Jack said, "this is nice" :-)
Dell was really excited about getting a blueberry muffin for a snack today!
Hanging out with Barb today and finally putting away all her Christmas decor! All tidied up!
Good afternoon from Barb! I handed out sudoku puzzles today and she was excited to get started.
Leila wearing her lei for exercises today!
Manicures with Carol today. She loves the new light pink I picked up!
Working on valentines houses. Merilyn loved it!
Hanging out with Sara today. We worked on some coloring and talked about getting our hair done! She says she can’t wait to be pampered in the salon!
Bill was eager to help get some Valentine's day decorations up :-)
Leila and Barb got their manicures done today! I don’t know any woman who doesn’t love a little pampering.
Not the best picture, but this captured a really sweet moment between our BFM Chelsea and Velma. We had music playing in the living room and Chelsea remembered Velma talking about how she used to love to dance. So she took her hand and took the time to dance with Velma! It was such a sweet moment.
Jack says happy Super Bowl Sunday everyone!!!
Bill looks so relaxed playing football :-)
Nancy having fun playing some football while watching the Super Bowl
John having a great time playing some football, and enjoying a drink while watching the Super Bowl! We love his poses!
Love hearing the laughter and chatter in the halls again! I’m so happy we could have some fun celebrating the love we have for each other!
It’s always fun to let loose and take some goofy pictures!
Just a little Valentine’s fun
Special thanks to Epiphany's Girl Scout Troop 1106 for these sweet Valentines.
BFM Christy snuck into John's photo haha! John had a wonderful time today! :-)
Miss Jacky having a blast! She loves a good party!
Jack enjoys a good game of golf, and his eyes light up every time he plays. Happy Fri-yay everyone!
Dorothy was so happy this morning after exercises!
Jeannette & Barb showed up and showed out for exercises this morning!
Bill was holding Serenity like she was a baby, and it was so cute! We all needed some doggie love today :-)
Marlene loves dogs! We made sure she got some cuddles in, and many many doggie kisses!
Marlene loves dogs! We made sure she got some cuddles in, and many many doggie kisses!
I don't think we could have gotten a better picture of Jim ready to play some football! He makes us want to start our own football team with this photo! Haha
Of course we made sure Jack had a coke on our ride today!
Joan enjoyed the snacks prepared by our kitchen BFM's for our bus ride :-)
A scenic bus ride was just what we needed today! We listened to some great music, and visited Miller Park, downtown Bloomington, ISU, uptown Normal, Anderson Park, and drove all the way out to see the windmills!
Sara got her hair cut then decided to join us for a walk in the halls for walking club!
Karen got a cut and style today! I had her pose for a quick photo shoot! She was so happy.
We made some Dr. Seuss “Truffula Trees”. Happy Dr. Seuss Day!
John and I enjoying a relaxing moment. Some coloring and good conversation never disappoints. He wasn't sure about using the highlighter, but decided it would make the page "pop" a little more :-)
This matching game was a little trickier than the one we usually like to do. You have the match the numbers and match the scene (and some of the scenes were very similar). That didn't stop Merilyn though! She got the hang of it pretty quick, and made it through all of them :-)
Ida enjoyed getting her nails done by BFM Shatrica. She picked a pretty purple and pink, and made sure to show everyone when they were done
David and Nancy have such a beautiful love! She enjoys being around him so much, that she even falls asleep smiling when he's there :-) haha. We are so happy they joined our family!
Happy birthday to Dr. Seuss! We had some silly themed snacks and read some old Dr. Seuss books! Green Eggs and Ham, Hop on Pop, And to Think I Saw it on Mulberry Street. Always fun to have a little giggle!
Merilyn is a busy woman today! I asked her if someone stuck her with babysitting... she smiled big and said, "well...I guess so, but I like it" haha
Jack got his nails cleaned up today, and enjoyed a nice hand massage :-)
Mondays are manicure day at Mary B's, and Ida loves getting her nails done!
We got a new trivia game, and Bill helped get it ready by separating the pieces. I told him he better not be copying the questions and answers haha :-)
March birthday party fun!
Birthdays this month include:
Barb King-5th
Frankie-7th
Velma-11th
Dell-17th
Mary Linda-29th
A little Bingo fun!
1st happy hour back in the dining room is in the books! We’ve got some happy faces to be socializing again!
1st happy hour back in the dining room is in the books! We’ve got some happy faces to be socializing again!
Patsy and June love coming out for Bingo! June said “Now you know I can’t hear a thing! You better sit close to me so I can win!”
Leila and Frankie were on fire with their wins in Bingo!! I love hearing Leila laugh every time she called “bingo!”. She’s so precious!
Jim got the biggest smile on his face when I asked if he'd like to plant flowers. He tried to play it off like it wasn't a big deal, but you could tell he was so excited! I love that it made him so happy :-)... Happy national plant a flower day everyone!
Merilyn loves flowers. She picked out which ones she wanted and got straight to planting them. She was so happy to show everyone her pretty flowers!
Bill and Normalu were happy they came down for our Friday Happy Hour! Appetizer plates and red wine?! Who wouldn’t want to come?
Did you know today is national caramel chocolate day?! Well, Lisa and Emily from Transitions Hospice did it again with their sweetness! They brought us an awesome basket of goodies to celebrate this yummy day!!
Patsy, Sara, and Carol are some of our regular attendees for Bingo! It’s so good to see everyone having some fun!
Annette and Richard, Jeanette, and Dottie all won multiple rounds of bingo!
After we were done sorting *and eating ;-) * our M&Ms, we made some really cool designs with the leftovers by just adding water!
Jim kept sneaking M&Ms while we were sorting, so he got a honey bun to hold him over until we were done haha
Merilyn and Marlene loved all the pretty colors! The rain couldn't keep us down today :-)
Nancy and Jack just wanted to observe today, and we were so happy to have their input! We had such a wonderful time, and great conversation! :-)
Joan had a blast! She loved all the yellow eggs! Bill showed her a different method of dying the eggs, where you put it in a bag with color and shake it around!
Bill is a professional Easter egg dyer haha! He helped get colors set up, and helped demonstrate how it's done :-)
John and BFM Cathy decorating some cool eggs!
Mary B's spent time today making some decorations for spring and Easter! Annet was so happy to help put together flower arrangements :-)
