Music is powerful!! These three ladies have been singing for about an hour. ❤🎵
Preventative and ongoing maintenance of 62 apartment senior housing community. Includes repairs, plumbing, painting, fire system, coordinating vendors and some technology.
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Mary B's cookie masterpieces.
Decorating cookies
Mary B's tree decorated for fall. 🍁🍂
We ❤ our outdoor concerts!! 🎵
Mary Alice's daughter and her band delighted us this fall afternoon.
Bickford of Portage (Portage, MI) was live.
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Cooking club -- such attention to detail!
Halloween crafts in Mary B's 🎃
"Take out Thursday" was Chick Fil A today. 30 residents ordered 🐔 for lunch.
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month!! In honor of this we had a friendly competition between the Michigan branches to see who could be the Best PINKED Out Branch!!!
Candy corn anyone???
Festive fall leaf lanterns that we made last week!
Is it the Great Pumpkin or the Spartan or Wolverine Pumpkin? They all look Great!
Is it the Great Pumpkin or the Spartan or Wolverine Pumpkin? They all look Great!
More witchy fun!! 🧙♀️
Fun game Kendall!
Pumpkin games in Mary B's
Thank you Harding's on Westnedge for these beautiful flowers! Our residents appreciated the pick me up.
Joyce was in the spirit of the Halloween festivities today. 🎃
What a fun Trick or Treat day!! 🎃🍫🍬
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What else do you do when it is a beautiful fall day? Get ice cream.
Enriching happiness!! Honorine helping Ellen with a sewing project.
The master of the 🔥
November s'mores 🍫
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Happy 5th Birthday Howie!! 🚌
Jerry has a favorite team. Can you tell?
The first village is up.
Feeling festive in Mary B's!
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care in Mary B's!
Donna and Betty putting the finishing touches on one of our 🎄 trees.
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas! Our snowmen are ready to entertain in the game room. ⛄
Final leg of Thanksgiving placemats. ✅
Thanksgiving pictures.
Amazing Grace on this Thanksgiving day!
Cheers to you! 🥂
Our wonderful team definitely enriched our residents happiness today!
An outstanding meal on handmade placemats and placecards, all served on real plates, silverware, glassware, and linen napkins.
So appreciated by all. Thank you!! 🦃❤🙂
Thankful for our local schools!!
Amberley elementary school made us 55 turkeys and Portage Central students made 60 cards to brighten our Thanksgiving day. 🦃
Thank you so much our residents really enjoyed them today!! 🙂
Week #2 of mandatory testing = 100% negative!!!
2nd week in a row. 🙂
So proud of our team.
Stay positive, test negative.
One of our neighbors brought her adorable grandkids to share the spirit of the holidays with us.
They made Merry Christmas signs and put them on the outside of the residents windows and sang Christmas carols at each window.
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Beautiful wreathes ladies.
Sonya asked if she could add one of her nativity scenes to the decor. Perfect!
Doing whatever it takes
Nancy needed help getting her tall Christmas trees up. Linda was happy to help.
Sonya gave me this to hang in the courtyard for our feathered friends. A friend of hers makes these awesome bird feeders. 🐦
Nurse Kim teaching about medication.
Cookies were delicious!
My Favorite Things! BFMs treated residents with their favorite holiday cookies!
Stringing popcorn!
Well done ladies!!
Serious decorating today. 🏡
Oh my goodness what an amazing day today!!
Our🦌 hunt was a huge success!
Team Portage outdid themselves for the residents and we are so proud of every single one of them. ❤❤❤
I have not heard that much laughter or seen so many smiles in a very long time.
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Janna Claus reading some Christmas classics.
And the winners are 🥁..........
Wrapping 🎁
Secret Santas wrapped their 🎁 today.
Secret Santa store opens tomorrow!!
Thank you to everyone who contributed these fun and unique items.
Hatchet Throwing. Bullseye!
Movie in Mary B's. 🎥
Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas!
Happy New Year!🎉
Happy New Year!🎉
Happy New Year!🎉
Happy New Year!🎉
Happy New Year!🎉
B-I-N-G-O!!
Puzzling
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A friendly game of pass the pigs. 🐖
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The vaccine is on its way to Bickford of Portage!!
Our residents and staff will be receiving the first dose of the Moderna vaccine on Tuesday, January 19th between 9:00am – 12:00pm.
The Second dose will be on Tuesday, February 16th from 9:00am – 12:00pm.
Walgreens contracted pharmacy staff will be administering the vaccine.
One step closer!!
Feeling artsy!
5 days to vaccine!
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Six days to the vaccine!
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Making hats for Hat Day!
COVID-19 Vaccine is Finally Here!
Come Get Your Questions Answered
The COVID-19 vaccine is finally here and seniors moving into Bickford Senior Living are among the first to receive it.
This live discussion is designed to help you learn more about the vaccine and determine if now is the best time to make a move to Bickford. Get your questions answered by Bickford’s health professionals.
On Thursday January 21st at 11:30 ET, join us for this live virtual event from the comfort of your home. All you need is a computer, tablet or smartphone to connect.
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How many days until we get the vaccine!!!
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Call to mind is a game from England that helps spur memories and spirited discussion.
Our residents were so excited to get vaccinated today, you'd think we were handing out 100 dollar bills! 💸
Some of our brave heroes!!
76% of our staff have taken the first step as well!
Including our mother daughter team Betty and Jenna.
Proud day at Bickford of Portage!!
Some of our brave residents! 💪
The Walgreens pharmacy team was so quick we didn't get a lot of pictures.
All but 2 eligible residents got their first dose today!
Take that Covid!! We're fighting back!
Mary is 102 and our first to get her vaccine today! ❤
Pulling on Heartstrings
Bringing a smile to my face today!!
I ❤ these people and am in awe of the courage every single one of them have shown since the pandemic started.
Holding on for brighter days that seem to be within reach. 🙌
Kendall Rickard is with Janna Gentry Ritter at Bickford of Portage (Portage, MI).
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Valentining 💝
New game! Bocce ball!
Serious painting today.
Tai chi on this ❄ day.
A beautiful soul. ❤❤
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Valentine Scavenger Hunt!
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It's all about the snacks! 🍿🥨🥜🍺
What's your favorite brew?
#1 fans
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Treats from Bert’s Bakery!
Valentine’s Day Cards with Payton!
Our residents love shooting just about anything.
Our BFM's showed their ❤ today for the Valentines festivities.
Piece of heart craft
Heartbreakers
Peanut Butter Rice Krispie Treats!
Paint & Sip with Andrea!
Dolores loved getting her hair done by Roberta today!
Hopefully many more days!!
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St. Patty’s Scavenger Hunt!
Busy bees. 🐝
18 residents helped with our service project.
Perfection! 👌
We made 80 sack lunches.
Doing our part for the meal train for our homeless encampment in Kalamazoo.
Celebrating Covid free company-wide. Yeah Bickford!!!
Making decorations for St. Patty’s Day!
Occupational Therapist, Heidi from Fox rehab sent this update to a family today:
"Had a fun session this afternoon, pull out her 1946 high school reunion photo books to flip through (while standing to work on her balance 😀)
Then we started talking about her time in the Kalamazoo symphony....although she isn’t too fond on her performance I wanted to pass along! It was a pure delight watching her assemble to play the flute"
I am so excited to share the news! For the third time, Bickford of Portage is in the Top 10 of resident happiness. Congratulations to an amazing team! - Andy Eby, Owner/Caregiver of Bickford Senior Living
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The artists 🎨
Today we started communal dining with real dishes and utensils, tomorrow families start visiting. 🙂
Our new friend Frank seems to be settling in well. 🤩
4 In A Row!
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St. Patty's craft
St. Patrick’s Day chocolate chip cookies! Yum!
McDonald’s, it hit the spot!
Spring is in the air and our courtyard is coming to life. Stay tuned as we embrace this season. 🌷☀️
Spring is in the air! Celebrating by making these cute butterfly boxes!
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Making rainbows 🌈
Styling fellas
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Banana splits, sundaes, and shakes. We love ice cream 🍨🍦
Our bus Howie got a work out today! Lunch at Culver's.
The birthday girls!
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Balloon 🎈 volleyball workout. 💪
Sunshine is therapy! ☀️
