What a great day to be loved by God! Always a pleasure to have pastor Greg in our building to do bible study. We had a great morning turn out that set us up for an incredibly happy day. It was so nice to see one of our furry friends join us too! What a great group! I hope everyone’s day was just as amazing as ours :)

Happy May Day everyone! We made some beautiful May Day baskets with some delicious treats stuffed inside! We had a full fun packed day of having a Meet n Greet for our new nurse Sara as well (more pictures to come.) Also took a resident to get her nails done today and boy oh boy do they look lovely! I hope everyone had as fabulous of a day as we did here at Bickford

Happy International Jazz Day!! We enjoyed this Tuesday with a lovely performance from K & L Duo. What kind, talented, fun people! So happy we could celebrate with some jazz music and enjoy their company this afternoon. Today we celebrated April birthdays as well, a huge happy birthday shout out to Carolyn and Dick! Everyone loved the cookie cakes and to have such a great turn out and lots of smiling faces, what more could you ask for?

Mondays are meant for Bingo but, that doesn’t mean we can’t move manicures up a day as well! I hope everyone enjoyed the sunshine we’re having today! Let’s have a great week :)

Happy FriYAY!! We didn’t let the rain and gloom bring us down here at Bickford. We celebrated with happy hour and crafts to honor Arbor Day! Of course we had a few snacks as well. I hope everyone has a great weekend and stays warm and dry with all this rain we’re suppose to get!

Late night chit chat, coffee and dot to dot :)

Happy World Penguin Day! We started today off right by having bible study and saying the lords daily prayer. Lunch service was yummy as always and to follow it up we did Penguin facts and activity sheets. I baked some cookies with the help of our cook to mimic a s’mores and let’s just say there were no left overs because they were just that good! Love seeing all of the smiling faces here at Bickford. We’re almost to weekend (YAY.) I hope everyone had a great day!

A day without bingo is like… just kidding we don’t know that around here! Everyone was a bingo winner today :) We also planted some succulents today for an upcoming event, which was an absolute blast!

April is Occupational Therapists Month! Bickford Senior Living's collaboration with FOX Rehab has allowed us to bring Occupational Therapist, Kelly Wilhelmi on board to assist in keeping each of our residents on the HigherPath. Kelly's personality and drive for his profession are admirable. Not only does he help with making every day tasks a little easier, he speaks to the hearts of each resident and makes them feel home. Bickford of Ames is so thankful for you, Kelly! "Life takes on meaning in the minute-by-minute reality in which we experience ourselves achieving ordinary things." -Gary Kielhofner

Manicures and whole some conversations fulfilled our Tuesday. We were so happy the sun came out to shine today, but wow was the wind crazy! Happy to report nobody blew away haha