Bettie Hamilton Shearin has lived at Brightmore for a little over a year, and we just found out a really neat fact about her…she was Miss Raleigh in 1948! Bettie grew up in Raleigh, NC, and after high school she modeled for Lewis Sporting Goods. The owner convinced Bettie to enter the Miss Raleigh Pageant. …Read More…
The class is very close to the end of their 12-week series on “Optimizing Brain Fitness”. One more course to go and they will have learned everything there is on ways to optimize learning as they age. Today’s course focused on “Emotional Memory & Deliberate Thinking”. Despite its importance, most of us have lost touch …Read More…
The ladies of Brightmore enjoyed a beautiful day ferrying over to Southport! Spending time with your friends and neighbors that you share a community with is so very important. Each month, we provide not only the ladies, but also the men, a day out together. It’s a chance to learn more about each other and …Read More…
Brightmore University brought to the community a very important topic all seniors should know about: “Operation Protect Veterans and Your Family”. This was presented by Members of The AARP Fraud Watch Network, Carole LaBlanc and Beth Fortunado. Carole and Beth presented on two topics, scammers seeking seniors and scammers seeking Veterans. In 2016, 15.4 million …Read More…
The Paws4People foundation raises, trains, and places Assistance Dogs with children, veterans, military dependents, and civilians living with disabilities. The organization provides certification, insurance, and support for the client/dog teams for the duration of their career. Paws4people works with UNCW to offer a course on training the dogs that will later be placed with a …Read More…
Guard Your Card…Protect Your Benefits… Brightmore University brought some very important information to the residents of our community regarding their new Medicare Card that will soon be coming to them. Stephanie Bias with the NC Department of Insurance and NC Senior Medicare Patrol, Program Director, presented a very thorough and concise program detailing the “10 …Read More…
Brightmore University held its second session this past week, “Mrs. Hudson’s Olympic Triumph” Book Review & Signing: Author Series Part 1 presented by Barry Brown, Author. Barry Brown is a retired local author who lives in Carolina Beach and has written 5 novels in his Mrs. Hudson series. Today we joined Mrs. Hudson and her …Read More…
For the month of May, we are featuring two residents at Brightmore of Wilmington, Clara Hodges & Tom Craven, who are both in the musical group “Wings on the Mountain!” Wings on the Mountain performed at the 2018 New Hanover County Sr. Games Arts & Follies Showcase in the musical instrument portion this past May …Read More…
Brightmore’s Wellness Director Madeline Woodard, LRT/CTRS, went in January 2018 to get certified to bring a new program to the building, “Ageless Grace”. Ageless Grace is a cutting-edge brain fitness program based on neuroplasticity that activates all 5 functions of the brain – analytical, strategic, kinesthetic learning, memory/recall, creativity and imagination – and simultaneously addresses …Read More…
On Thursday May 24th, the Kempton Assisted Living had a Summer Kickoff Cookout in front of the building. The weather cleared up and the afternoon was wonderful! The residents and family members enjoyed hotdogs and cheeseburgers with all the fixings. El Jaye Johnson, the “Entertainer Extraordinaire”, entertained the guests with his one-man band. Everyone had …Read More…
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