Bickford of Burlington

Gardeners invited! Bickford of Burlington will have a Tea and Garden Club for our residents and the public. We will host a meeting the 3rd of each Thursday month at 9am, beginning this April. We will have refreshments and talk horticulture. We can use the courtyard to hone our skills! Please RSVP to Lynsey at 754-7500.

I would like to extend an invitation to a few upcoming events in our branch. The first is our annual Easter Egg Hunt, which will be held here at the branch by Carpetland at West and Roosevelt, on Saturday March 30th at 10:00am. We will have over 1000 eggs filled with different candies. These are filled by our Residents who love to have children visit us. The second event is our monthly Lunch Bunch that is held the first Monday of each month. This is an invitation to all to come out to Bickford, enjoy a lunch on us, play some bingo, meet our Family, and see what Bickford is all about. Feel free to bring a friend and enjoy an afternoon with us! Please RSVP to Lynsey our Life Enrichment Coordinator at 319-754-7500. This month Bickford Lunch Bunch is scheduled on Monday, April 1st. We hope to see you there. Our other big news at Bickford is our promotion from within. We would like you to welcome Carrie Reusch to her new position as Assistant Director. Carrie brings with her 17 years Certified Care Giver experience, along with administrative and quality assurance experience. Carrie has been with Bickford of Burlington for four years and has taken on every job with enthusiasm and diligence.

Use it or lose it! That is a common phrase we like to joke about with residents in the halls of Bickford. We often tell our residents this to motivate them to continue their daily walks to meals, encourge their participation in our group exercise programs, and to remind them that bodies who are in motion tend to stay in motion. Bickford family members will often make "deals" with residents to ecourage increased mobilty, such as if they walk to the dining room, we will give them a lift back home afterwards, or attending a group exercise program first, then having coffee and cookies after! Please click on the attached link to read about the 4 types of recommended exercises for seniors, which include strengthening, stretching, endurance, and balance, all of which are incorporated in many different types of programs offered at Bickford. Now, get moving, because you know what we say, Use it or lose it!

Senior Living Excercise