Geer Village Activities May 2017 · Geer Village Activities May 2017 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1...

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9:15 World Events: Pub

10:30 Strength Training:

Hollenbeck Room

1:15 Reminiscing Discus-

sion Group “The History

of May Day” Pub

3:00 Scrabble: Pub

7:00 Word Scramble: Ac-

tivity Room

2 9:15 World Events: Pub 10:00 What’s On Your Mind? Chapel 10:30 Brain Gym 1 :15 Wi i Bow l in g—Penthouse 2:00 “Words and Conversa-tion” 2nd Floor Conference Room 3:00 Concert Practice with Josh Stone:Hollenbeck Room 4:00 Understanding Medi-care– Chapel

3

9:15 World Events: Pub 10:00 Northwest CT Historical Forum: “Spanish Influenza” Hollenbeck Room 1:30 Resident Associa-tion: Hollenbeck Room 3:00 Ice Cream Sundae Social: Pub

7:00 Boggle: Pub

4

9:15 World Events: Pub 10:30 Out Trip to The Norman Rockwell Mu-seum 1:00 SVNA Matter of Balance: Penthouse 1:30 Chapel with Debra Tyler 3:00 Adult Coloring– Art Studio 4:30 Canine Link Dog Training Classes: Chapel

7:00 Dime Bingo:

Activity Room

5


10:30 Strength Training: Hol-

lenbeck Room

1:15 Knit or Knot Knitting

Club: Media Room

2:30 Margarita Party to Cele-

brate the 14th Anniversary of

Geer Village –Courtyard

7:00 Happy Hour: Pub

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9:15 World Events: Pub 10:00 Bridge Club: Media Room 10:30 Morning Stretch: HR 1:15 Tea & Chat in the Pub 2:30 Memorial Day Clay Pot Painting (Part 1) AR 7:00 Saturday Eve-ning Movie

7

10:30 Catholic

Services with

Communion:

Chapel

1:15 Trivia Quiz:

Activity Room

3:00 Memorial

Day : Flower Ar-

ranging (Part 2)

Activity Room

7:00 Dime Bingo:

Activity Room

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Chapel

1:15 Activities Feedback

Committee: Activity Room

2:30 Jeffrey Engle Presents

“Keep on Dancing” Part 1

Chapel

7:00 Checkers: Pub

9


10:00 What’s On Your

Mind? Chapel

10:30 Brain Gym Media Room

1:15 Out Trip to perform at

NCES with Josh Stone

2:00 Movie Matinee “Lion”

Penthouse

7:00 Dime Bingo: Activity

10

9:15 World Events: Pub 10:30 Strength Training: Hollenbeck Room 1:15 Gardening Club: Planting Window Boxes in the Courtyard 3:00 Music Appreciation “Big Band” Courtyard

7:00 Salisbury Hand Bell Choir—Hollenbeck Room

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9:15 World Events: Pub 10:30 Swim Club: Meet in the YMCA 1:00 SVNA Matter of Balance: Penthouse 1:30 Chapel with Heidi Truax: Chapel 2:30 Country Cook “Chocolate Macaroons Squares” CK 4:30 Canine Link Dog Training Classes: Chapel

7:00 Dime Bingo:

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10:30 Strength Training: Hol-

lenbeck Room

1:15 New Word Game

“Joe Name It” AR

3:00 Crafters Guild

“Paper Birds” Activity

Room

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9:15 World

Events: Pub

10:00 Bridge

Club:

Media Room

10:30 Outing to

The Time Out

Foundation

3:00 Cross Word

Puzzle Challenge

Activity Room

7:00 Saturday Eve-

ning Movie

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10:30 Catholic

Services : Chapel

1:15 History of

Mothers Day and

Fun Facts : AR

3:00 Wine and

Cheese Social in

the Courtyard

7:00 Dime Bingo:

Activity Room

Happy

Mothers Day

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10:30 Strength Train-

ing:Chapel

1:30 Beth Miller “Bell

Wind Chimes” Art Studio

3:00 Corn Hole in the

courtyard with Jane

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9:15 World Events: Pub 10:00 What’s On Your Mind? Chapel 10:30 Brain Gym Media Room 1:15 Computers Made Easy: Media Room 2:00 “Words and Conversa-tion” 2nd Floor Conference Room

3:00 Wii Bowling:

Penthouse


Activity Room

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10:30 Strength Training :

Hollenbeck Room

11:00 Bea Smith Cloth-

ing Sale: Great Hall

1:15 Bocce : Courtyard

2:00 & 7:00 Managing

Dignity with End of Life

Decisions– HR

3:00 Flower Arranging

with Gail– Activity Room

7:00 Word Games:

Activity Room

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10:30 Swim Club:

Meet in YMCA

1:00 SVNA Matter of

Balance: Penthouse

2:30 Music Appreciation

“Jazz” Activity Room

4:30 Canine Link Dog

Training Classes:

Chapel

7:00 Dime Bingo:

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Hollenbeck Room

1:15 Mary Sullivan plays the

piano in the Great Hall

2:00 Adult Coloring : Art Stu-

dio


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9:15 World Events: Pub 10:00 Bridge Club: Media Room 10:30 Morning Stretch: HR 1:15 Tea & Chat in the Pub 2:30 Crafters Guild : Self Hard-ening Clay AR

7:00 Saturday Eve-

ning Movie

21

10:30 Catholic

Services with

Communion:

Chapel

1:15 Crafters

Guild: Oil Diffus-

ers Activity Room

2:30 Country

Cookers : Fruit

Smoothies Pub

7:00 Dime Bingo:

Activity Room

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Chapel

1:15 Left, Right,

Center Dice Game: Activity

Room

2:30 Jeffrey Engle Presents

“Keep on Dancing” Part 2

Chapel

7:00 Scrabble: Pub

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10:00 What’s On Your

Mind? Chapel

10:30 Brain Gym

Media Room

1:15 Computers Made Easy:

Media Room

3:00 Wii Bowling:

Penthouse

7:00 Dime Bingo:

Activity Room

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9:15 World Events: Pub 10:30 Strength Training: Hollenbeck Room 1:15 Antiques & Collecti-bles Discussion: Media Room 2:30 Richard Dagenais in Concert– Chapel 4:00 Dr Mike Mangini will present a lecture on “Lower Back Pain”- Hol-lenbeck Room

7:00 Yahtzee: Pub

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9:30 Intergenerational with NCES: Hollenbeck Room 1:00 SVNA Matter of Balance: Penthouse 1:15 Rite Aid Bingo: Activity Room 2:30 Gardening Club “Planting upside down tomatoes and herbs”-Courtyard 4:30 Canine Link Dog Training Classes: Chapel 7:00 Dime Bingo:

Activity Room

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9:15 World Events : Pub


Hollenbeck Room

2:00 Movie Matinee “ Patriots

Day” -Penthouse


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9:15 World Events: Pub 10:00 Bridge Club: Media Room 10:30 Morning Stretch: HR 1:15 Tea & Chat in the Pub 2:30 Jewelry Mak-ing Activity Room

7:00 Saturday

Evening Movie

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10:30 Catholic

Services w/ Com-

munion: Chapel

1:15 Scrabble :

Pub

3:00 Ice Cream

Social : Pub

7:00 Dime Bingo:

Activity Room

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9:15 World Events: Pub 10:00 What’s On Your Mind? Chapel 10:30 Brain Gym Media Room 1:15 Computers Made Easy: Media Room 2:00 “Words and Conversa-tion” 2nd Floor Conference Room 3:00 Wii Bowling: Penthouse


Activity Room

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Hollenbeck Room

1:15 Dishing with

Dawn– Pub

2:30 May Wine and

Cheese Birthday Social :

Pub

7:00 Boggle: Pub

“What’s on Your

Mind?”

With Dr. Corey Kalser

Every Tuesday

Morning at 10:00am

Geer Village Chapel

Activities and

Program

Locations

Subject to Change

The Douglas

Library

Presents

“Words

&

Conversations”

Hosted by Norma Haight

Colman

Every Other Tuesday @

2:00PM in the 2nd Floor

Conference Room

WEEKLY

SHOPPING

TRIPS TO

SUPER STOP &

SHOP

EVERY TUES-

DAY @ 1:15

(Bus Departs from

the Great Hall)

THE NEWSLETTER OF THE

GEER VILLAGE CAMPUS

Phone: (8

60) 8

24-8133

Fax: (8

60) 8

24-7024

E-m

ail: www.geercares.o

rg

77 So. C

anaan

Rd.

Can

aan, C

T

06018

GEER M

ATTERS

The Newsletter of th

e Geer Villa

ge Campus

A Senior Living Community

Jeffre

y Engel presents “

Keep on Dancing”

May 2

01

7

Special Points o

f Interest

• W

este

rn C

T A

gency o

n

Agin

g. “U

ndersta

ndin

g

Medica

re 2

017” W

ednes-

day, M

ay 2

nd 4

-5:3

0pm

What’s O

n Y

our M

ind?

Every T

uesd

ay @

10:0

0am

•The D

ouglas L

ibra

ry Pre

sents “W

ord

s & C

on-

versa

tions” h

oste

d b

y Norm

a H

aight C

olm

an:

5/2, 5

/16 &

5/30

•W

ednesd

ay, M

ay 2

4 at

4pm

: Dr. M

ike M

angin

i will p

rese

nt a

lectu

re o

n

lower b

ack

pain

.

•SVNA M

atte

r of

Balance

: Every T

hursd

ay

1-2pm

• “Dignity o

f Life

; M

anagin

g E

nd o

f Life

Decisio

ns”

Wednesd

ay, M

ay 1

7th

@

2pm

& 7

pm

.

Special Events fo

r May

N.W

. CT H

istorical F

oru

m

“Span

ish In

fluen

za” w/

Cath

y Bougfh

ton

5/03

“Keep

on dan

cing” w

/

Jeffrey Engel

5/08

&

5/22

Rich

ard D

agenais in

concert: C

hap

el

5/24

Salisb

ury H

and B

ell

Choir: H

ollen

beck

Rm.

5/10

Pe

rmit #

62

Fa

lls Villa

ge

, CT

06

03

1

No

n P

rofit

Pau

line M

iller is a Licen

sed C

linical S

ocial W

ork

er who w

ill pro

-

vide co

unselin

g services to th

e residen

ts of G

eer Village, o

n T

ues-

days, b

eginnin

g May 2

, 20017.

As a L

icensed

Clin

ical Social W

ork

er in th

e Litch

field C

ounty,

Pau

line h

as over 2

5 years o

f experien

ce work

ing in

the field

of

Geriatrics, in

cludin

g long term

care, hosp

ital and home h

ealth

care.

Pau

line o

ffers a wide variety o

f skills to

enhan

ce quality o

f life,

decrease stress, im

pro

ve copin

g, empowerin

g clients to

take an

active role in

their d

aily life, resultin

g in positive o

utco

mes. M

eet-

ing w

ith clien

ts in th

eir homes ad

ds co

nven

ience, w

hich

enhan

ces

comfort.

Pau

line is also

a Med

icare pro

vider. F

or q

uestio

ns an

d ap

poin

t-

men

ts, please call 8

60-605-4855.

For More In

formation Contact

Jill Simmons

Directo

r of Recreatio

n

& Programming

Phone: (8

60)824-3831

Email: jasim

[email protected]

rg

Western

CT

Agency o

n Aging

“Understan

ding M

edicare 2

017”

This in

formational presen

tation will co

ver the following:

• Transitio

n to Medicare-W

hat yo

u need know.

• Medicare E

nrollment Perio

ds

• Traditional M

edicare (P

arts A and B)

• Medicare P

art C (Medicare A

dvantage)

• Medicare P

art D (Prescrip

tion Drugs)

• Medicare S

upplemental In

surance (a.k

.a. Medigap

)

• How Medicare W

orks with Other H

ealth Ins.

• Availab

le State P

rogram

s to Help Pay fo

r Medicare C

osts

• Protectin

g Yourself fro

m Medicare F

raud

Wednesday, May 2

nd 4-5:30pm

Geer V

illage Chapel

RSVP to Deb Pelletier at 8

60-824-2625 or

dpelletier@

geercares.org

Northwest C

onnecticu

t

Historical F

orum

“Spanish Influenza”

Wednesday, May. 3

rd

10:00am

Sponsored in Part b

y the Canaan

History C

enter

Educatio

nal Event!

Free an

d open to the public

“Dignity o

f Life; M

anagin

g Your

End of Life D

ecisions”

This w

ill be a p

rofessio

nal p

anel d

iscus-

sion an

d is b

eing o

ffered at 2

differen

t

times to

accommodate o

ur au

dien

ce.

Wed

nesd

ay, May 1

7th

at 2pm &

7pm in

the

Hollen

beck

Room

Seatin

g is Lim

ited, R

SVP

to D

eb Pelletier at

860-824-2625 or

dpelletier@

geercares.org

Recen

tly, Jeffrey Engel w

as selected by L

itchfield

Magazin

e as one o

f the fifty m

ost in

fluen

tial peo

ple in

Litch

field C

ounty. F

or fifteen

years he h

as been

giving lectu

res devo

ted to

music h

istory in

libraries,

colleges an

d retirem

ent co

mmunities th

rough

out C

onnecticu

t. His p

reference is fo

r 19th

and 20th

centu

ry music ran

ging fro

m th

e wonderfu

l to th

e wack

y in operatic, sym

phonic an

d ch

amber w

ork

s.

Subjects are alw

ays placed

in a h

istorical co

ntext, sh

ow casin

g how non-m

usical d

evelopmen

ts impacted

the lives an

d creativity o

f composers. M

r. Engel b

elieves that m

usic lectu

res should be en

tertaining as

well as in

form

ative. To th

at end, h

is explan

ations are n

ever too tech

nical an

d he in

fuses h

is material

with

amusin

g anecd

otes an

d m

usical illu

strations. M

r. Engel h

as had

an unusu

al back

ground. A

fter

graduatin

g college w

ith a B

achelo

r of A

rts degree (m

ajor in

music), h

e settled in

Paris w

here h

e resided

for fo

urteen

years. There h

e studied

cello, art h

istory (at th

e Sorb

onne) an

d earn

ed diplomas in

the

Fren

ch lan

guage. A

s a cellist, he tau

ght in

municip

al conservato

ries, played

all over F

rance w

ith oper-

atic, symphonic an

d ballet o

rchestras, as w

ell as with

cham

ber m

usic en

sembles. S

ince 2

004, M

r. Engel

has tau

ght classes an

d given

lectures at N

orth

western

Connecticu

t Community C

ollege in

Winsted

,

CT. H

e was a co

ntrib

utor to

the 2

001 ed

ition of T

he N

ew G

rove D

ictionary o

f Music an

d M

usician

s.

On th

e Mondays o

f May 8

th, an

d 22nd, Jeffrey w

ill presen

t “Keep

on D

ancin

g”. The D

ance is th

e

most an

cient an

d an

imated

of all th

e arts. Man

kin

d has b

een dan

cing sin

ce the earliest civiliza-

tions o

f Egyp

t and G

reece. Durin

g the R

enaissan

ce, dan

ces becam

e more fo

rmalized

and began

to

have an

impact o

n th

e oth

er arts. Jeffrey Engel w

ill discu

ss the o

rigins o

f several dan

ces like th

e

polka an

d sh

ow how th

ey transitio

ned

successfu

lly from in

doors an

d outd

oors to

the co

ncert stage.

The p

rogram

s begin

at 2:30pm an

d w

ill be h

eld in

the ch

apel.

Wellness at H

ome with Pauline M

iller

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