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Activity Calendars
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Put Your Paws Up for Paws4People!
April 9, 2021
Put Your Paws Up for Paws4People! 🐶
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 person in need. The dogs need to be exposed to different types of environments such as assisted livings.
For the next few months, the dogs in training will be visiting with the residents here at The Kempton. Residents love spending time with these sweet animals and can’t wait until their next visit!
April 8, 2021
How Many Steps Does It Take? 👟 Residents at Brightmore love using the cardio rooms for independent workouts or one on one sessions. Working with Madeline, the Wellness Coordinator is especially rewarding . The most popular machine is the NuStep. Residents typically utilize the machine 30 minutes to an hour, and the best part is …Read More…
We are so honored to be nominated in the 2021 WWAY TV Viewer’s Choice Awards 🎉 Visit the link below to vote for: Brightmore of Wilmington — Best Retirement/Independent Living Community The Kempton — Best Assisted Living/Memory Care Click here to vote! Voting is open from now until May 13th. Happy voting!
April 6, 2021
Spring Has Sprung at The Kempton! 🌸 Spring is a lovely reminder of how beautiful change can truly be. With the return of the warm weather, residents at The Kempton got their hands dirty and planted a tomato plant and herbs for the back porch. Gardening also has some great health benefits such as: it …Read More…
April 2, 2021
Many experts agree that brain games are effective for seniors, particularly those who are at high risk for or are already living with dementia. If our seniors do not use their memory and processing abilities, they can deteriorate quickly. Here at The Commons, our residents engage daily in fun games for cognitive stimulation. Today we …Read More…
April 1, 2021
The Kempton residents love crafting, especially around a holiday! This week’s craft was Easter bunny wreaths and felt bunny magnets. Residents thoroughly enjoyed the time together making them, and they have them on their doors for everyone to see! Hope everyone has a wonderful Easter holiday!
March 31, 2021
Residents utilize 15-minute spots to practice their balance skills on a Wii balance board and TV. Wii Balance teaches them to move their bodies through specific motions and by following the screen’s movements; hence, they are controlling the game. With each move they make, the game registers this, and they are able to complete different …Read More…
March 25, 2021
The residents at Brightmore love to decorate the outside of their doors to reflect each season and holiday. This month, the craft group got together to make a fun and bright Spring wreath. Fun-fur is a yarn to knit sweaters, hats, and scarves, but when used to wrap a foam wreath it looks like beautiful …Read More…
March 24, 2021
Technology is forever changing and growing. Residents at The Kempton enjoy learning about new technology on Tech Tuesday. Yesterday, many residents learned how to use the Echo Show. With the residents in mind, The Kempton was given 10 Echo Shows with Alexa from NCALA and K4Connect to use around the building. They really liked the …Read More…
Join us for a Functional Fitness class. It is taught by Madeline! Participating in Functional Fitness classes utilizes a variety of movements and exercises. Specifically, the class focus is on strength, balance, and endurance. In addition, you will use weights and exercise balls to strengthen your body parts. As a result of hard work, improvements …Read More…