Here are just a few of the amazing Hugs that were able to take place with our Hug Booth!!! There were so many happy tears between residents, families and employees!
We offered a Hugging booth today and tomorrow to allow our residents a chance to embrace their loved ones for the 1st time since March! This was very emotional for residents, staff and families! We enjoyed doing this sooo much for our residents!https://fox2now.com/news/hug-booth-reunites-long-term-care-residents-with-families/
A busy Wednesday between hairdos, bowling, lots of visits and a little dancing!
More smiles from the week...
Our smiles are still on and the fun is stil happening l!! Thank you to our CNA, Narti, for providing us with some music and good times today!!
A very special thank you to the Pannier family for the fantastic lunch from Reifschneiders!!! All the employees enjoyed it!
Hip hip hooray for Tattoo Tuesday! They had the full experience with signing the FCC tattoo waiver and finishing it with a beer(NA)๐๐บ!
Our hug booth was such a hit, we have decided to offer it to families and friends this Wednesday, 10/7/20, as well! It will be available from 10 - 11:30 am and 1:30 - 3pm. No reservations are necessary and we will not be going by your loved ones last name for assigned visits. Please bring your mask!
Thursday looks like like it is supposed to be beautiful outside and a great day to have our Hug Booth out!! It will be open for hugs starting at 1:30 pm until 4 pm.
A few Friday smiles to start your weekend! ๐
We enjoyed some glow bingo and and outside time yesterday while the weather was nice!
Another successful Hug Booth day! There were so many smiles!๐
Happy birthday Don!
Happy 98th Birthday to Dee!! Activities had fun with a trial run of a few new costumes today!
Happy Halloween!!! We had a fun day while playing games, eating treats, walking in a Halloween parade, crafts, line dancing and spooky music!
Halloween is in the air! ๐The residents loved playing Halloween bingo and painting pumpkins today!
A little friendly firing of Nerf guns and some ring toss kept us busy on this rainy day! Hot pretzels, cheese and beer (n/a) hit the spot for our snack!
If anyone would like to donate decorated, carved or painted pumpkins, we would display them in our dining room for everyone to enjoy! ๐
The Hug Booth will be available for hugs this Friday from 10 am to 11am and then again from 1:30 pm to 3 pm. Hope to see you then!
Happy Veteran's Day to all those who have served! Here are a few pictures of our events today. Our Veterans enjoyed a program from Vitas Hospice, signs hung on their door provided by Hospice of Southern IL, cupcakes, handmade blankets, houseshoes and various gifts from Diana Clark and the American Legion in Freeburg.
It's not everyday that a couple celebrates 72 years together! Happy Anniversary Tom and Almeda! They celebrated with a private, 3 course meal in our activity roomโค
We had a busy Friday!! We would like to thank the Flauaus family for their generous donation to our activity department! โค
The managers all donated a Thanksgiving basket and had a drawing with employee names. We appreciate all of our employees and their hard work! Congratulations to the winners!
Any deer hunters know it's opening day of 1st shotgun season! Our residents had a great time with our version of hunting๐ฆ
Freeburg Care Center is hiring CNA's for all shifts, full-time and part-time. Full-time Day shift $15/hr, Evening Shift $15.50/hr, and Night Shift $16/hr. Part-time any shift $12.75/hr. If you are looking for a great family environment to work in, please call (618) 539-5856 or stop by to fill out an application. Feel free to share!!
FREEBURG CARE CENTER
Certified Nursing Assistant
Freeburg Care Center is looking for a part-time cook. The starting pay is $12/hr with annual pay raises based on satisfactory job performance. Training is provided. We do offer vacation and sick time pay for part-time employees. Please call Nala, the dietary manager, at (618) 539-5856 or stop in to apply. Feel free to share!
FREEBURG CARE CENTER
Part-time Cook
Freeburg Care Center is looking to hire 3 part-time dietary aides. Weekend shifts are required. The starting pay is $10/hr with annual pay raises based on satisfactory job performance. Training is provided. We do offer vacation and sick pay for part time employees. We are looking for dependable team players with great attitudes! Come work for a fun, clean workplace! Call (618) 539-5856 and ask for Nala, the dietary manager with any questions or stop by to apply! Feel free to share!
FREEBURG CARE CENTER
Dietary Manager
Happy birthday Kathryn!
We are wishing a very happy Thanksgiving to all of our residents, families and staff. We are so grateful to our staff who are away from their families today, taking care of our precious residents and ensuring that they have a wonderful Thanksgiving meal and get loving care. We are thankful for our blessings, even while this Thanksgiving looks so different from years past. ๏ฟผ
Freeburg Care Center has many great families to be thankful for! Today we would like to thank the Biekert/Kaiser families for the delicious pizza that fed all shifts for our entire staff! It was definitely enjoyed! Also, we'd like to thank Kathryn B. Family/friend for the many holiday crafts, markers and crayons! These should keep our residents busy for a while! Thank you!
Thank you Hospice of Southern IL for our donated Fidget Socks! These buttons, bows and things to feel are great at keeping them engaged! Our residents will love these!
Thank you Hospice of Southern IL for bringing some cheer to our residents by singing carols outside their windows! They loved this!
We had a special celebration for a special 91 year old! Happy Birthday Betty!
Santa really does check to see if you've been naughty or nice! It appears that everyone at Freeburg Care Center is on the nice list this year ๐
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Thank you to all of our administrative nurses for Covid testing our residents and staff multiple times per week in order to keep everyone safe!
A few more pictures of Santa spreading Christmas cheer this week!
We would like to wish all of our Freeburg Care Center friends and family and very Happy New Year!
Freeburg Care Center is proud to be the 1st skilled nursing facility on this side of the river to have the Covid 19 vaccines given by Walgreens today! For those residents and staff unable to get it today, Walgreens will be back January 20th and February 10th and will give 2nd doses those days. We did our part!!
Thank you to Mederi Home Health and Heartland Hospice for the delicious lunch from Chaddy Daddy's BBQ for our staff!! This was definitely a treat!!
Thank you to Vitas Hospice for the many coloring books and crayons for our residents!
Our Activity Department is at it again...Showing the residents how much they are are loved!
Thank you to the Pinkston family for the pizza for our weekend staff and the delicious fried chicken meal today from Gary's! We appreciate your kindness! What a treat!!
General housekeeping of residents' rooms and facility. If no experience, we are happy to train. Please come in to apply and ask for Connie.
FREEBURG CARE CENTER
Housekeeping/Dayshift
We are crushing Covid at Freeburg Care Center by getting our 2nd vaccines today!!
Happy Friday!! Today we close out Activities Professionals Week. Here are a few of our amazing bingo calling, family face timing, window visiting, multi tasking activity members! We appreciate all you do!
Making bird feeders was a lot of fun for the residents and the staff! ๐ฆ
Love is in the air๐The residents are having fun preparing for Valentine's Day!
Congratulations to our new Valentine's King and Queen! โค We had some fun with a fashion show to kick off off Valentine's Day weekend! Of course there was chocolate involved to make the day complete ๐
These ladies are excited to show off their hats they made for the fashion show on Friday!
Gloria is sporting her hat she made for our upcoming fashion show this Friday!
Celebrating Fat Tuesday Mardi Gras style๐๐
Freeburg Care Center is looking to hire a part-time Activity Assistant. We are looking for fun, energetic, and bubbly people! This position will require you to assist in recreational activities, spend one on one time with residents, and help them with equipment and supplies. The pay rate is $11.00/hour. There is a potential for a pay increase after a year with a satisfactory job performance review. We offer vacation and sick pay. A waiting period does apply for vacation and sick pay. This position will require you to work every other weekend.
FREEBURG CARE CENTER
Activity Assistant
We brought some of the snow inside for the residents to experience...They loved it๐
Happy Valentine's Day! ๐We have some last minute Valentine's Day advice to offer you...
We brought some of the snow inside for the residents to experience...They loved it๐
Happy Valentine's Day! ๐We have some last minute Valentine's Day advice to offer you...
Today we were able to open our doors to families once again!! CMS (Center for Medicare/ Medicaid Services) Phase Two reopening schedule includes the ability to host indoor visits when no mitigation tiers exist and the facility is in compliance with no cases for more than 14 days. We are still keeping 6' apart with some other conditions, but this is a great start! We are so happy to be able to schedule these visits for our residents and families.
Celebrating Fat Tuesday Mardi Gras style๐๐
Freeburg Care Center is looking to hire a part-time Activity Assistant. We are looking for fun, energetic, and bubbly people! This position will require you to assist in recreational activities, spend one on one time with residents, and help them with equipment and supplies. The pay rate is $11.00/hour. There is a potential for a pay increase after a year with a satisfactory job performance review. We offer vacation and sick pay. A waiting period does apply for vacation and sick pay. This position will require you to work every other weekend.
FREEBURG CARE CENTER
Activity Assistant
We brought some of the snow inside for the residents to experience...They loved it๐
Happy Valentine's Day! ๐We have some last minute Valentine's Day advice to offer you...
Today we were able to open our doors to families once again!! CMS (Center for Medicare/ Medicaid Services) Phase Two reopening schedule includes the ability to host indoor visits when no mitigation tiers exist and the facility is in compliance with no cases for more than 14 days. We are still keeping 6' apart with some other conditions, but this is a great start! We are so happy to be able to schedule these visits for our residents and families.
Celebrating Fat Tuesday Mardi Gras style๐๐
Happy Birthday Dorothy! The residents enjoyed mixed berry water with funnel cakes for snack today ๐
Today we were able to open our doors to families once again!! CMS (Center for Medicare/ Medicaid Services) Phase Two reopening schedule includes the ability to host indoor visits when no mitigation tiers exist and the facility is in compliance with no cases for more than 14 days. We are still keeping 6' apart with some other conditions, but this is a great start! We are so happy to be able to schedule these visits for our residents and families.
Celebrating Fat Tuesday Mardi Gras style๐๐
Freeburg Care Center is looking to hire a part-time Activity Assistant. We are looking for fun, energetic, and bubbly people! This position will require you to assist in recreational activities, spend one on one time with residents, and help them with equipment and supplies. The pay rate is $11.00/hour. There is a potential for a pay increase after a year with a satisfactory job performance review. We offer vacation and sick pay. A waiting period does apply for vacation and sick pay. This position will require you to work every other weekend.
FREEBURG CARE CENTER
Activity Assistant
We brought some of the snow inside for the residents to experience...They loved it๐
Happy Valentine's Day! ๐We have some last minute Valentine's Day advice to offer you...
SAT, APR 3 AT 10:00 AM CDT
Easter Egg Hunt
Happy St. Patrick's Day! We celebrated with green beer (NA), pretzels and cheese, a few games and plenty of green! ๐โ
Happy Birthday Dorothy! The residents enjoyed mixed berry water with funnel cakes for snack today ๐
Today we were able to open our doors to families once again!! CMS (Center for Medicare/ Medicaid Services) Phase Two reopening schedule includes the ability to host indoor visits when no mitigation tiers exist and the facility is in compliance with no cases for more than 14 days. We are still keeping 6' apart with some other conditions, but this is a great start! We are so happy to be able to schedule these visits for our residents and families.
Celebrating Fat Tuesday Mardi Gras style๐๐
Thank you to Hospice of Southern IL for cheerleading and singing to our residents today! Here are a few more pictures of our heartwarming reunions, "Get active with Chandler" exercises, and It's National Cheesecake Day!!!!
We would like to welcome back our friends and families of Freeburg Care Center! We have had some amazing reunions these past two daysโค
A fun little ditty about how NOT to wear a mask...made by our Activity staff, with help from our residents of course! โฅ๏ธ
Per the detailed family email we sent out, Freeburg Care Center is excited to announce starting Monday, March 22, 2021, we will allow "contact" visits only for fully vaccinated residents, per the very specific CDC, CMS and State of IL guidelines, which are focused on the residents vaccination status, not the visitors. ๏ฟผFor our residents who are not โfully vaccinatedโ (either because they are waiting to get their second dose, OR they are not 14 out from their final dose, OR their POA chose against them getting the vaccination) the indoor six foot visits are still available to you by appointment, just as they have been for families for a few weeks now. Here are our guidelines for "contact" visits for our fully vaccinated residents:
*You may visit from 10am to 4pm daily, seven days per week, without an appointment, regardless of your own vaccination status.
YOU MUST WEAR A PROPERLY FITTING FACE COVERING OR MASK DURING YOUR ENTIRE VISIT. NO EXCEPTIONS!
*Visitors must be 17 years or older, and up to 4 visitors are allowed per resident at a time.
*There is a box with a screening form at the front door to be filled out. You will be asked to use sanitizer and then led by a staff member to your loved one. Your loved one will then put a mask on and a staff member will sanitize their hands.
*If you are visiting a resident with a roommate, the curtain will be pulled all the way, and the visitor(s) must remain on the side of the room their loved one is on.
*There is to be no wandering throughout the facility or on other halls. The CDC is very specific about this in their official guidance, and about the six foot distance that must be kept from other residents.
*If you are visiting a resident, and decide to visit a second resident while you are here, you must first check with a staff member to make sure the second resident is fully vaccinated. A staff member must escort you to the second resident.
*Non-compliance with with any of these guidelines will result in an escort from the building and a suspension from the facility to be determined by the administrator.
We are so happy to be able to offer this to our families! We can't wait for the reunions!
SAT, APR 3 AT 10:00 AM CDT
Easter Egg Hunt
Happy St. Patrick's Day! We celebrated with green beer (NA), pretzels and cheese, a few games and plenty of green! ๐โ
