We are excited to announce that we can now allow outdoor visits! These visits do have to be scheduled and will be held on Tuesdays and Saturdays. If you are interested in visiting your friend or loved one, please use the link below to sign up for a spot. The visits will be held outside under our covered driveway, you will need to remain 6 feet apart, no food or drinks are allowed, and we ask for no more than 4 visitors at a time. If you have any trouble with the link or questions please give us a call!
http://bkd.co/6189TvJBF
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Outdoor Visiting w/ Residents - September & October
A special thank you to Alison Rader, with The Hospice of East Texas, for bringing card making supplies. The residents enjoyed making cards for loved ones and other residents his week!
Have you heard about our September webinar? Join us September 23 at 3 p.m. CST for a candid conversation about senior living and COVID-19. We'll discuss our procedures and protocols in place to help our residents and chat about why you may want to consider senior living right now. Plus, we’ll let you know what questions to ask as you start to explore your options. For more information or to RSVP visit:
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In The Know Webinar
“I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream!”
Thank you Andrea Sims with Solaris Hospice for bringing ice cream and popsicles for us to celebrate National Assisted Living Week!
Coke and root beer floats are one of our residents' favorite sweet treats! Thank you, Jessica Murff, with Traditions Health Care for supplying us with everything to make them! It made the residents' day!
Brookdale Palestine would like to thank Connie Calloway with Heart to Heart for the nacho bar for our staff during in-service training. We enjoyed it very much!
📌 UPDATE: October 22📌
🔴 REMINDER: No Visitors Allowed 🔴
We take our role in protecting the health of our residents very seriously. We are strongly discouraging external visitors at this time. Please use discretion when determining your need to enter the community.
Brookdale, in coordination with the direction of public health officials, restricts all visitors at this time.
Consider alternate forms of visitation such as Skype, FaceTime, or phone calls for the time being.
Thank you for your understanding.
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Brookdale's response to COVID-19 | Brookdale Senior Living Newsroom
Mom and Dad taught you the value of a buck. Now that they're a little older, is it time to give them a little financial help? Check out our five tips to help manage your parents' finances.
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Five Tips to Help Manage Your Parents' Finances
Saturday was National Cake Decorating Day! Our very own Chef Amy led a cake decorating class for the residents. She taught them how to make flowers using icing, and different techniques for bordering a cake. Once it was decorated everyone got to enjoy the cake!
When Jack York, iN2L's co-founder and president, saw that conventional technology was too difficult for most older adults to use meaningfully, he decided to find a way to make it accessible for all levels of physical and cognitive ability. We are thrilled to have him join Brookdale’s Director of Dementia Care and Programs, Juliet Holt-Klinger to discuss the use of technology to create personalized experiences that engage and connect older adults to their loved ones for our webinar on November 18th. Be sure to reserve your spot here: http://bkd.co/6186pDEqk
We are proud to be named #1 in Customer Satisfaction in Assisted Living/Memory Care in the J.D. Power 2020 U.S. Senior Living Satisfaction Study. This honor is a testament to the resilience and dedication of our teams. http://bkd.co/6185pDEqD
🇺🇸Happy Veterans Day to all of the Veterans! Thank you for your service!🇺🇸
We celebrated our Brookdale veterans today with a honorary service. We are very fortunate to have so many heros among us!
A special thank you to Alison, with The Hospice of East Texas, for providing certificates to give our Veterans and a cake!
Today our residents enjoyed Halloween treats and made fall luminaries during craft time. Brookdale Palestine wishes everyone a happy Halloween!!
The residents were excited to have Tony and Pals back out to sing to them from the front porch. We still are unable to have entertainers inside, but thanks to speakers and our big windows they still get to enjoy it! Thanks Tony and Pals we can’t wait to see y’all again.
Today we had our second vaccine clinic for COVID-19 here at Brookdale Palestine. We are proud to say most of our residents and staff have now been fully vaccinated! The pandemic has hit us each in different ways, but we are Brookdale strong 💪 and fighting back!
The CDC strongly recommends the COVID-19 vaccine and it’s so important that as many people as possible get vaccinated. We will be having our second vaccine clinic on February 2, 2020 at 10:00 AM for community residents and associates who are interested in receiving their first or second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. Getting vaccinated will help protect you, your friends, family and other members of your community. Learn more about our efforts around the COVID-19 vaccine here:
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How Brookdale Is Responding to Coronavirus | COVID-19
Many people have heard of feng shui, but few really understand what it is or means. Guest blogger Kristen Murney explains how feng shui can be useful in small spaces.
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Practical Feng Shui Pointers | Brookdale Senior Living
One of our dining room servers, Mercedes, has gotten her COVID-19 vaccine. She did it to protect everyone around her!
Efforts towards COVID-19 prevention have become part of our daily lives, and finally a breakthrough is almost here: vaccines are on the verge of FDA approval. As part of a U.S. government program, Brookdale residents and associates will be among the first group to have access to a COVID-19 vaccine when it’s available. Read on to learn more about Brookdale's next step in aiding prevention.
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How Brookdale is Getting Ready for the COVID-19 Vaccine
