Brightmore’s Health & Wellness “Live More” was excited to invite UNC-Greensboro Senior, Dominica Norris, to speak at retirement community on the benefits of maintaining “Healthy Hearts!” Dominica Norris, Intern with the American Heart Association, gave a thorough presentation on keeping our lifestyles healthy to prevent heart disease, heart attacks and strokes. Breaking the ice with several “Knock-Knock” …Read More…
Elaine Henson recently visited the Kempton Assisted Living to do a presentation on her collection of postcards. The presentation was called Bathing Beauties in Vintage Postcards Part 1. The presentation features the change the bathing suit has had over the years. All the postcards are part of Mrs. Henson personal collection. The presentation was very …Read More…
Brightmore University started the month of July with a very special guest, Kathryn Watson Quigg, co-author of the book “To Any Soldier: A Novel of Vietnam Letters”. Kathryn provided our group with a very thorough book review that left us all wanting to know the ending of Ashley Beth and Lt. Jay Fox. This epistolary …Read More…
The Residents at The Commons of Brightmore made a delicious patriotic treat for Independence Day! Nothing is better to beat the heat and festive for July the 4th like our Red, White & Blue Cake. Residents chopped berries, made pudding, and we used a butter pound cake to make this yummy dessert that can be …Read More…
The residents at The Commons at Brightmore had another amazing, tasty afternoon with Ryan, as he made the residents banana foster right before their eyes! He is always able to dazzle them with his skills and his charm! Thank you Ryan for all that you do and of course for all the tasty treats! 1 …Read More…
For the Summer session, Brightmore University is presenting a 3-part series in “An Exploration of Dance”. Our first session was exploring Jazz. This expanding style was presented by Ella Rose Hood, International Baccalaureate Student at Hoggard High School. Ella dove into the depths of jazz dance, the different styles which include modern jazz, street-style jazz, …Read More…
Thursday, June 15th 2017, was World Elder Abuse Awareness Day. The Kempton Assisted Living had three guest speakers come in and do a presentation on the different types of Elder Abuse. The guest speakers were Holli Blackwelder the Regional Ombudsman, Regina Anderson an Adult Home Specialist Social Worker and Angela Olson-Boseman an Adult Protective Services …Read More…
On Friday, June 9th our residents took a trip down memory lane to the 1940’s. If you were born before 1940, you were alive before polio shots, antibiotics, credit cards, air conditioners, Big Macs and even disposable diapers. We had snacks that became famous during the 40’s such as M&M’s and Rice Krispy Treats and …Read More…
Monday June 5th, 2017 was National World Environment Day. The Kempton Assisted Living residents had a trash sweep around the campus in honor of this special day. Picking up trash is a great way to help keep our environment clean. After the trash sweep the residents of the Kempton had popsicles on the front porch. …Read More…
The residents of the Brightmore Campus, family and community guests came out to show their support for at-risk youth while enjoying a relaxing afternoon at the campus pond. Everyone sat back while Jerry Powell entertained us with summer beach music and Morrison provided an array of finger foods which included “Egg Rolls with Duck Sauce”, …Read More…
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