Activity Booklet April 2020

COVID-19 Home Edition A Guide for the Community, Families and Caregivers

Brought to you by

Mosaic Home Care & Community Resource Centres

If you would like to download the most recent Activity Booklet please visit:

https://www.mosaichomecare.com/news-events/activity-booklet/

Or call our Mosaic offices to send you our most recent copy in the mail

905-597-7000 or 416-322-7002

Website: www.mosaichomecare.com

Note to Our Community

This is a special edition of the Mosaic Activity Booklet. We normally include fun and engaging events

happening around our city but due to COVID-19 and the closing of all public spaces and community events, we

have compiled some things you can try right at home to stay happy, healthy and engaged!

Keeping your mind and body active during self-isolation is imperative, social distancing does not mean not

socializing but instead keeping in touch and engaged in different ways.

If you have any questions regarding the activities or resources in this booklet or having a difficult time and are

needing to talk. Please reach out to Beth at 905-597-7000 Ext. 242.

In-Home Activities These activities do not require a computer and internet access.

Focus on Self Care

Take the time to finally take care of yourself! Take the time to regroup and show love to yourself! What this

might this look like:

- Eating healthy

- Working out

- Taking vitamins (and remembering to take them daily!)

- Practice mindfulness or meditation

Puzzles, Crafts and Art

What a great way to pass the time and stimulate your brain than a puzzles, craft or creating art?

These things are ways to strengthen our cognitive abilities! Next time you feel your brain needs some exercise,

try a jigsaw puzzle.

Create a Routine for Yourself

Your day might not look like what it normally does now but try and maintain some structure in your days. This

might look like creating a “to-do” or “task-list” with things you need to complete. A great place to start is

having at least one goal to accomplish each day!

Try A New Recipe Think of a recipe you’ve been wanting to try but haven’t had the time to do so or make something that you

enjoy eating! If you enjoy cooking, it can be a great stress reliever.

Online Home Activities Require access to a computer or smartphone and internet access.

Connect With Loved Ones

If you have access to a smart phone, tablet or computer this might be the time to use the apps that let you

connect with the people you care about. There are different apps that you can download that are specific to

the device you have (i.e. FaceTime for Apple products) whereas other apps like Skype or Zoom can be

downloaded onto any smartphone or computer.

We are aware that not everyone has the same comfortability level when downloading these apps. If you have

questions about your device and how to set up specific apps, feel free to contact Beth Eshete at Mosaic Home

Care & Community Resource Centres at 905-597-7000 ext. 242! She will walk you through how to do this and

get you started right away!

Emails and text messages are also great ways to stay in touch with loved ones.

Online Museum Tours

Enjoy tours online of your favourite museums online! Google has partnered with over than 2,500 galleries and

museums to make it possible to explore virtually right from your couch. Choose the museum and collection of

your choice from the website and enjoy.

Website: https://artsandculture.google.com/partner?hl=en

Watch A Play Online

1. Globe Player: Shakespeare Productions

Beginning April 6th, 2020 Globe Player is streaming some of their recorded Shakespeare productions like

Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. They will also broadcast a new series called

“Shakespeare & Love in Isolation” that will feature isolating artists reading Shakespeare’s plays on April 23rd,

2020!

Website: https://globeplayer.tv/

2. Humber Theatre Presents: Tomorrow Love, 3rd Year Student Performance

A play written by Rosamund Small and performed by 3rd year Humber college theatre students. This play will

stream online on Friday April 3rd, 2020 from 7pm to 9pm. Tickets are free but registration is required! See

website link below to register and receive the link to the online stream.

Registration: https://bit.ly/2R3D2tn

Listen to Calming Music Organizations like Music Can Heal has curated a “Peace & Calm” playlist in collaboration with some of their

artists for everyone to enjoy. Music is a great escape, you may already have an album or playlist that you love

or you can give this list a listen!

Music Can Heal Playlist:

Brian Katz

www.briankatz.com

I appreciate how "stay safe" has become the communal shared phrase. The inspiration/the metaphor behind

my song, “Leaves Will Speak” is that somehow, when things are extremely tough, we will get through it:

https://briankatz.com/videos/ (1st video)

Steve Koven

www.stevekoven.com

1. Here is an award winning doc on the Steve Koven Trio - https://youtu.be/oo5OQyuplu0

2. Here is Steve Koven Trio at the Ottawa Jazz Festival - https://youtu.be/YPiHrvaNAlE

3. Here is video composition composed by Steve Koven and Sacha Williamson https://youtu.be/ZWof37hFC74

Bartosz Hadala https://m.facebook.com/BartoszHadala/ 1. Here’s my composition “The Way We Were”. My intention was to create a piece of music that brings back memories of being as happy as only kids can be. Hopefully it brings hope to all of us in these troubled times. https://youtu.be/RQToRSyvYSk 2. The second track is a jazz standard by Thelonius Monk “Trinkle Tinkle” featuring myself & Chris Gale on tenor saxophone. https://youtu.be/fQPlEDQaX1w Ori Dagan www.oridagan.com

Tune in Thursday & Sunday evening to enjoy Ori Dagan sing Live!

1. Rat Pack - https://m.facebook.com/events/517280389198200

2. Frank Sinatra -https://m.facebook.com/events/2637694166501610/?

Word Search

Skype for Seniors Step by Step by Sunrise Senior Living Step 1: Download the software Depending on which device you plan to use, you'll download a specific version of Skype. To download for your computer, click one of the following links:

• Skype for Windows. • Skype for Mac.

Step 2: Create your username Come up with a username and password you can easily remember. Then, share your name with your family and friends so they're ready to receive your calls and reach out to you on their own. Step 3: Set up your contact list Once you've given out your Skype username, ask your loved ones for their usernames. You can easily add them after logging on by clicking the Contacts tab on the left hand side, then the "Add Contact" button in the top right-hand corner. Step 4: Select your call type After creating your contact list, you'll be ready to make your first Skype call. Select a family member or friend to call by clicking on his or her picture. You'll then see a series of buttons and you'll decide which kind of call you'd like to make. You can choose between:

• Video calls - Click the video button if you want to communicate face-to-face. • Phone calls - Click the phone button if you want to make a call without using the webcam.

You'll notice a "+" button as well, which allows you to add other loved ones to the conversation. This is especially convenient when you're trying to get the whole family together on the call! Step 5: Make sure you're connected If you've made the call and you can't see or hear the other person, there might be an issue with the connection. Click the call quality icon to make sure you and your loved one have strong enough internet connection to interact. Step 6: Talk for as long as you want! Once the connection is strong you'll have a full screen of his or her picture and a small square of your own in the bottom right corner. Now you can talk the day away! Skype makes connecting with your loved ones a simple task, regardless of the distance. Step 7: End the call Once you've finished the call, simply press the red handset icon to end the conversation and close out of the program. Reference: https://www.sunriseseniorliving.com/blog/september-2016/a-stepbystep-guide-on-how-to-use-skype.aspx

Mandalas Colouring Activity

Reference:

https://www.justcolor.net/relaxation/

Mindfulness for Beginners

Reference:

www.modernmind.ca

Recipes Just for You! Mosaic Home Care wanted to provide you with some simple recipes for you to try while we all practice social

distancing at home! These selected recipes are from some of the staff working at Mosaic Home Care,

community organization or from those that have visited Mosaic and have attended many our programs. We

would like to share these wonderful recipes with our readers, front-line caregivers, families and our clients. If

you have a recipe that you would like to share which we can add on our Facebook or next Activity Booklet

please reach out to Beth Eshete at beth@mosaichomecare.com or call 905-597-7000 ext. 242.

Brazilian “French” Bread Recipe Paula Martins Barretto, George Brown Coop Student Paula, our coop student from George Brown had a Brazilian Bread Making Workshop scheduled for our community on March 16th, 2020. Unfortunately, due to the rapidly escalating COVID-19 situation, the workshop had to be cancelled. Paula was kind enough to share a portion of the presentation along with the bread recipe with all of us! If you try it, be sure to let us know how it went!

Why Brazilians call their bread French bread?

Did you know that in Brazil we call our regular bread, like the one in the picture, Pão Francês (French Bread)? At the beginning of the 19th century, it was very fancy for the Brazilian elite to travel to Paris. Upon returning home, those folks would do their best to describe the French bread (baguette) to their neighbourhood baker. Today we would goggle the recipe and snap a picture with our smartphones. But at the time all they could do was try to describe the bread: Was the inside soft or hard? Was it white or brown? How did it taste? The bakers would do their best to replicate the bread. At that time, the popular bread in France was short, cylindrical, with hardcore and gold crust — a precursor of the baguette, which only solidified the long shape in the 20th century. Meanwhile, in Brazil, the common bread was with dark crumb and crust, a tropical version of Italian bread. Later on, this oral description and reproduction of gastronomy originated the “Brazilian French bread” that differs from your source for European inspiration, especially because it has sugar and fat inside the dough.

Finally, one of my fond memories from childhood is eating fresh, out of the oven pão francês with melting butter morning or at the end of the afternoon. This is a habit of many households.

Now that you have all this knowledge, share it with friends and family. Or even better, gather everyone and try to make an original pão francês yourself! Ingredients: 8 cups (1 kg) all-purpose unbleached flour 1 cup ice water 1 1/2 cups warm water 2 Tbsp dry active yeast 1 tsp granulated white sugar 2 tsp salt 1 Tbsp neutral vegetable oil

Directions: Proof the yeast in the 1 1/2 cup warm water, and add the sugar. After about five minutes add the vegetable oil. Slowly Sift together the flour, the sugar and the salt. Place the sifted flour in a large mixing bowl. Slowly add the mixture to the flour in the bowl, mixing in each addition before adding more, using a wooden spoon. Then begin to add the ice water, again in small amounts, incorporating each addition before adding more, using your hands. When the dough becomes smooth and elastic, stop adding water. Turn the dough out onto a floured working surface. Using floured hands, knead for 10 minutes. Alternatively, use a Kitchen-aid or similar home mixer equipped with a dough hook. Stop kneading when the dough is smooth, non-sticky, and springs back when poked with a fingertip. Form the dough into a large ball. Put the dough in a clean large bowl, cover with a clean towel, and leave in a warm, undraughty place for 30 minutes, or until doubles in size. Return the dough to the floured work surface. Divide into 20 equal-size portions. Roll each portion into a ball, then flatten it. Roll the flattened ball into an elongated, spiral shape. When finished, put the rolls on one or two non-stick baking sheets, well-separated, then cover with clean towels and let rise until they have doubled in size (normally about one hour). Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 425F (220C). As soon as the rolls have doubled in size, using a razor blade or very sharp knife, cut into each roll in the long direction. Put them in the hot oven. Fill a clean spray bottle with water. As soon as the rolls begin to brown, about 10-15 minutes, quickly open the oven door, mist the rolls lightly with water, and close the door. Continue to bake the bread until the rolls are nicely browned and, if tapped, sound hollow. About another 3-5 minutes. Remove the rolls from the oven and let them cool on wire racks. Serve warm and enjoy!

Reference: https://www.kyleeskitchen.com/single-post/2018/07/30/P%C3%A3o-Franc%C3%AAs-Brazilian-Style-French-Bread

Leek and Potato Soup Recipe Jane Teasdale, Principal Director of Business at Mosaic Home Care

This velvety smooth soup is a cinch if you have a food processer; If you don’t have one, skip it or go out and buy one. Ingredients:

5 or 6 leeks, the white part only

2 tablespoons butter

3 or 4 medium potatoes

3 cups chicken broth

1 or 2 cups milk or cream

Salt and pepper

Chives and parsley Directions: Mince the leeks and saute’ them in the butter for 3 or 4 minutes; peel and slice the potatoes very thinly, then add to the leeks along with the chicken broth. Simmer the whole bit, covered, for about 15 minutes or until all concerned are very soft. Put several ladlefuls into your food processor and twirl until it is smooth as cream. Keep on till all has been processed. Return to the pot, reheat with the addition of milk or cream – but don’t let it boil. Serve very hot or very cold, garnished with chives or parsley. Serve with crusty bread!

Best Tomato Soup

Gina Cook, Care Manager at Bayshore Home Health

Ingredients: 2 cans of diced tomatoes 1 Onion chopped

Garlic clove chopped or teaspoon of chopped garlic from jar

Herbs - whatever you want - I use pepper, cumin, oregano, basil, cayenne, Mrs dash no salt spicy seasoning Directions:

And all to pan with a little veg oil - soften

Add 2 cans diced chopped tomatoes (salt free)

One carton of veg stock, salt free

Simmer for 20 mins

Cool, then blitz with hand mixer or blender

Put back on heat add one can fat free evaporated milk, mix

Keeps for a week!

Shortbread Cookies with Nuts Bev Crescenzi, Operations Administrator at Mosaic Home Care

Ingredients:

Directions:

Pre-heat oven at 350F.

Mix butter, icing sugar together. Then add vanilla, salt and flour until the dough is well blended.

Stir the nuts into the mixture.

Pour dough onto siran wrap and form into a log shape about 2” tightly wrapped.

Chill for 1 hour or until the dough is firm.

Unwrap and slice bout ½” thickness.

Place on parchment paper.

Bake 350F for approximately 15 min (or less) depending on your oven.

Once cooled, dip half of the cookie in melted good chocolate.

1 cup

½ cup

½ tsp

1 tsp

2 ¼ cup

1 cup

butter – room temperature

Icing sugar

Salt

Vanilla

All purpose flour

Nuts (finely chopped hazelnuts preferred)

COVID-19 Senior Isolation Supports

Pals Program Circle of Care Sinai Health

Circle of Care Sinai Health has a phone pals program for people who are 55 and older and live alone in their

homes. Call for more information.

Phone: 416-635-2860

Toronto’s Senior’s Helpline

The City of Toronto’s seniors helpline provides informational about home care, community care and crisis

services in Toronto.

Phone: 416-217-2077

Neighbour 2 Neighbour (N2N) – Friendly Phone Calls

N2N works with socially isolated seniors who are interested in building new relationships with one another.

Phone: 416-925-4363

Email: info@theneighbouhoodgroup.org