Regal Palms is Ready for the New Year!

For the New Year, we had a party in the afternoon on New Year's Eve. We had entertainment with Dori, a resident favorite. She gets everyone singing and doing the conga! Dining Services provided a wonder assortment of munchies. (Coconut fried shrimp, quiche, cheese and crackers, cranberry & white chocolate scones, brownies and pizza bites!) We had N/A champagne spritzers to toast with, too.

2009 Resolutions...After speaking with our Executive Director, we are going to do a few subtle changes in Memory Care. Since our folks are changing, I need to take that into consideration, and change with them from a programming point of view. I will be working hard on that. I know our folks don't get into a change in their routine, so I thought I would target the activities that some of our folks were able to do, and there are folks that still can, and make a smaller group of the folks who need a little more attention. I can take care of the smaller group instead of having to eliminate a program that used to be fun for some or that is still fun for others, the small group setting will still enable them to function without the help of other residents, and everyone can enjoy it better. I sat with three ladies this morning during Bingo. Two of these ladies were able to play just fine on their own in the past, and one lady is new...we had a ball. One of the ladies used to be assisted by another resident who I felt was frustrated when she had to help. So hopefully we have solved that problem. I am going to be more available to the residents on a small group way or more one on ones. So I guess one of my targets is more hands on.

Tammy Dunlap (Life Enrichment Director)
Regal Palms
Largo, FL