The resdients in Mary B's are enjoying Mariah and her trombone!
Claire had an intense game of Connect 4 with one of the BFMs, Mariah, today. Looks like some great strategy was involved in placing those discs!
Doing some stretching exercises to loosen up the joints!
It is Myrnas birthday today! Her daughter brought a cake and some presents for her! As you can see, Myrna loves the KC Royals and the Iowa Hawkeyes! HAPPY BIRTHDAY MYRNA!
Millie enjoyed getting a card in the mail from a church friend.
Dorothy gots some extra pampering today. It always feels good to get a mani!
It doesn't look like much now.. but the Bickford Blondo Pumpkin Patch is in the works! Stay tuned the next few days to see what we have planned!
Myrna is admiring the beautiful window decor they created today.
Our caregivers are always taking those extra steps to make our residents feel special. :)
"I'm forever blowing bubbles" is a great song for Jim today as he enjoys some bubbles and sunshine on the patio.
Jim and Mary found some hats to model!
Liz is starting her Monday morning off right with some exercises!
Family is everything. Gordy got to see and talk to some of family this Sunday. What a blessing!
Laurie and Ciji are getting ready to work on a cross stitch piece!
Lesly picked out is pumpkin!
Barb likes her green fingernails. She always picks bright colors!
Billy and Madison decorated some pumpkins today!
John decided to get his hair done with the ladies today!
The candy corn snack cart!
We are excited for Halloween here at Bickford! We decided to dress up early and take some pictures!
Mark your calendars for doing a good deed! Nov 1-17 Bickford is partnering with Ambassador Health, PhysMed Home Health & Serene Care Hospice to collect food items that we will put together for Thanksgiving meal boxes, and distribute to some seniors/families in our area. As you are doing your grocery shopping, can you pick up some of the items listed on the attached flier, and drop off at any of our sponsor drop off locations beginning Nov 1? We are excited to have our Bickford family participate in this food drive, and bring smiles to hurting hearts this Thanksgiving.
Barb is enjoying a nice little stroll around the branch!
We are almost done decorating all of our pumpkins. Next week we will have you guys vote on the best pumpkin stay tuned!
Billy and Gordy playing a card game called Trash before supper tonight!
Jim, Rod, and Eileen decorated their mask for Halloween tomorrow!
Happy Halloween from your family at Bickford!
Nails and noodle ball!
Byron and Mina are making some husker decor this morning!
We are trying to take advantage of the nice weather! We sat outside and drank lemonade and talked about pets we have owned!
Kat is our bird keeper! Here she is with our little bird Tiffany!
Katy is getting everything ready for supper tonight
We made galaxy jars for our craft today!
Monica is loving her new haircut!
We colored thankful pictures this morning and talked about what we are thankful for!
Everyone enjoyed Sing A Long yesterday!
Eileen did very well with Bible trivia!
Getting our daily exercise in!
We had horse races today!
Cheering on the Cornhuskers! GBR!
Saturday morning exercise!
We made chocolate covered pretzels for our afternoon snack
Cheering on the Huskers today!
Its movie Friday! Today we watched the movie Annie!
We made pinecone bird feeders today! This will birds sill be very happy!
Getting the turkey and fixin donations boxed up for Monday's deliveries. Stay tuned for more updates next week!
The sweet students at Joslyn Elementary made us some adorable Thanksgiving window art! These will be displayed on the resident apartment windows. THANK YOU JOSYLN STUDENTS & TEACHERS! We definitely miss seeing all of you!
Snack Time!
Catching up on the latest news!
It's a good afternoon for som golfing!
Don and Jim made hand collages! Great job guys! They look great!
Cheering on the Huskers! GBR!
Thanksgiving Jeopardy was so much fun!
We played Nebraska Bingo today!
Our cook Jeff made a candy replica of our branch! How cool is this? Thank you for doing this Jeff! You did an awesome job and the residents and the BFMs love it. Good Work!
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We have had a busy week here at Bickford getting ready for Christmas! Here are some of the things we have been doing the last few days!
Sometimes it takes a lot of teamwork to get the angel on top of the Christmas tree!
Jim and Eileen got the rags folded this morning.
Everyone enjoyed our snack cart!
For our craft today, we made snowmen and penguins out of little flower pots! They look great guys! Good job!
We love Trivia! It keeps the mind sharp and we learn new things! Thanks Gwen for leading this activity!
Coffee and Current Events this morning!
Joanne loved looking at the lights tonight
Jim is very proud of his ornament that he made!
Balloon volleyball is a great way to exercise!
We made our wish list for Santa tonight!
Christmas is our favorite time of year because of the Cards!
Jim is supervising Mariah as she finishes decorating the doors!
Christmas time is our favorite time because we love getting Christmas cards!
Archie loves getting his daily pets from Gerry!
It was nice connecting with some resident family members on today's Upate ZOOM Call. Even Archie, our branch pooch, had to join in on the conversation!
Our Life Enrichment Coordinator, Ellen, was decked out from head to toe with Christmas joy! Thank you Ellen for all you do to spread Christmas cheer!
Dorothy and Fran are ready for Christmas with their Christmas nails
Words in Words is a fun game to play
We had great time playing Bingo!
Byron got to open one of his Christmas presents early!
Red is the color of the day. Dr Burkardt looks so lovely in red, Daffeney in red PJ’s and Lou are enjoying each others company and Jim is letting the man in the red suit get some rest
Diane and Skeeter are enjoying the celebrations today!
One of the joys of the holiday season is sharing a meal. Our kitchen staff Cammy, Jeff, Tamera and Ebony make it feel like home.
Merry Christmas from the Bickford family to your family! Santa had many helpers from our branch today!
We opened our presents from the Faith Mission Church today!
Billy and Monica are enjoying a zoom call with their family today!
It's a good day to play catch!
Jim and Don did a little fishing before lunch!
Mailing hugs to our families!
Lesly loves his new baseball cap from his granddaughter!
Our Sunday morning walkers!
Marlo & Joyce are settling into their new home at Bickford. We are so happy to have them with us! Their sweet smiles bring joy to our hearts, and we hope to bring much joy to them as well.
We drew self portraits and they turned out really good!
We did some science experiments with Skittles, dish soap and food coloring! Look how cool these experiments are! Great job everyone!
Mariah and Don are talking about a cool knife in the magazine while Don is enjoying a cup of coffee.
BFM SPOTLIGHT: Celeste
Celeste has been with Bickford since 2016. She started out as the director at the Hickory Branch and then transitioned to Community Relations Director for both Omaha Bickfords in 2018. Celeste says she loves walking into the branch and seeing our residents. She says it feels like she is walking into her home with her family members! Bringing smiles to their faces bring her deep fulfillment. She loves each and every one of them. Her and her husband John have been married for 44 years. She had 2 adult children. Her son is married and he has a 10 year old! Celeste loves to do crafts and be with people! Thank you for all your hard work Celeste. We appreciate you!
Everytime Archie goes to see Lou he always gets a treat! These two are best buds!
We had a color scavenger hunt! Billy and Millie tied! Great job everyone!
Kathy got some beautiful flowers from her brother and sister-in-law!
Billy and are LEC Ellen are figuring out their looks for hat day tomorrow!
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We had a Zoom Meeting with Chaplin Joan!
Don let Madison put a flower in his hair! He wasn't too amused but he will do anything to bring a smile to someone's face!
Thank you to Asera Care Hospice for donating our goodie bags for our party today!
Our Luau goodies! We had Hawaiian meatballs, fish and chips, fruit kabobs, and pineapple donuts and some punch to top it all off!
Some pictures from our Luau party today!
Some pictures of some of our BFMs getting the shot and some more reasons why!
Our reasons why!
Bickford Omaha Blondo branch is hiring FT and PT Certified Medication Aids and C.N.A.s. Help us spread the word. If you, or someone you know is interested in applying, please do so through the following link:
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Nancy is working hard on her collage!
Some pictures from our Luau Day! Our beach ball toss got a little out of hand and landed in the punch!
We colored groundhog pictures to get ready for groundhog day!
Manicure Monday! Check out our fancy fingers!
This week has been National Activities Professionals week! We LOVE our Bickford Life Enrichment team at Bickford. ELLEN, AUTUMN, PEG. MARIAH & MADISON have brought our life enrichment program to a whole new level this past year!! THANK YOU E, A, P, M & M for giving so much of yourselves to our Bickford family!
Don is enjoying reading a magazine!
Popcorn and chocolate is the perfect snack!
BFM Mariah played her trombone for us this morning! Thank you for sharing your talent with us Mariah!
We made heart wreaths out of puzzle pieces!
We enjoyed some ice cream this afternoon!
BFM Lesa sang for our residents this morning!
Jim and Juliet are doing some coloring this afternoon!
Claire got a nice bouquet for Valentine's Day!
Today is National Wear Red Day to raise awareness for heart disease!
It's Valentine Coronation Day at the Cottage! Congratulations King Lesly and Queen Barb! We LOVE all of our Kings and Queens living here at Bickford!!
Today is Jeff's last day as our cook. He lives outside of Omaha and decided these snowy roads between home and work are no longer the fun adventure they use to be. His new job is just 5 minutes from home! As a parting gift Jeff gave out chocolate roses to all of us. We sure are going to miss him.
We played a Valentine Game and enjoyed some smores!
We had a fun with Would you Rather this afternoon!
We did some bowling and Mille was the winner!
Kathy helped hang some Valentine stickers on the window!
Thank you Chaplain Laura for providing yesterday's Ash Wednesday service.
Helping get supplies things ready for an upcoming activity.
Hmmmmm....wonder what was in that box??
Spending some time singing hymns with Chaplain Laura. Warming the soul on this cold wintery day.
Wonder if Jim finds our extremely cold weather "puzzling"? :)
We sure love our BINGO at Bickford!
We always enjoy a good game of Words in Words.
Getting things ready for spring when it comes our way.
Things are bright and cheery today! Loving the bright colors of spring and summer!
Fueling up after our morning workout!
These are the cutest flower arrangements! We are ready for spring!
The ladies are enjoying a game of scrabble this morning!
What is great for the soul? Good friends and good conversation. These ladies enjoyed some juice and conversation after trivia games the other night. Cheers!
Residents did great with DOUBLE balloon noodle-ball tonight!
Madison's Juice Bar was open for business today!
We always enjoy a good game of Words in Words.
Getting things ready for spring when it comes our way.
Fran loves her nails!
We got ready for St. Patrick's Day today! We painted 4 leaf clovers and put them on our doors for decoration!
Myrna and her cat Cookie! They enjoyed some cuddles before supper tonight!
Jim, Kathleen, and Ellen are coloring some spring pictures! We are ready for nice weather!
Peg had a nice group out for exercise this morning!
Happy birthday Charlotte! What a beautiful cake!
Jim practicing his penmanship!
Resident of the day is Rose! She has 6 kids and her favorite holiday is Christmas! She enjoys playing Scrabble and reading. She also likes watching basketball and Husker football! We love having Rose with us here Bickford!
Hangman is one of our favorite games!
Thank you to AseraCare Hospice for dropping off these wonderful goody bags for St. Patrick's Day!
We had a great time in our exercise class this morning!
We ended the day with a shamrock scavenger hunt! Our participants found tons of four leaf clovers, so we are expecting lots of good luck.
At our party today we had an Irish sing-a-long, we sang ‘I’m Looking Over a Four-Leaf Clover,’ ‘When Irish Eyes are Smiling,’ and ‘Irish Lullaby.’
Jim and Mina are playing a few games of Tic Tac Toe this morning!
We are enjoying noodle ball this morning!
This morning Kathleen got her hair done and we opened some letters that she received from some old classmates!
Today was our first day implementing our Bickford Store! Residents can earn Bickford Bucks by participating in activities such as exercise, trivia, and bingo. Once a week, we plan to have our shop open & residents can cash in their earnings for prizes!
These ladies enjoyed rosary this afternoon!
We did 1960s music trivia this morning! It was a lot of fun!
