Heritage Manor News: Creative thoughts

(Editor’s Note: The following article was submitted by Patricia Duplechin, resident activity director at Heritage Manor Nursing Home in Ville Platte. This column runs every Sunday in The Gazette.)
Each day, without knowing it, we experience thought provoking moments. We all do this as we look at a painting, smell a campfire, share a hug or hold a newborn baby. For the low-functioning residents, enhancing their sensory experience is a great way to do this. The aroma of food, as when we do our monthly cookie baking with residents, is an example. Nature is another great way of making us stop to take notice, as when we go on our monthly rides in the park with the dementia unit residents. Sharing photographs or a story of their lives, places visited or achievements of their past is a great way to get to know them more personally and make them feel loved and appreciated. We learn so much at our happy hour of reminiscing time and make each other laugh. There is always one more story to tell or one more idea to share. We love spending time together in the activity room and getting to know our residents on a personal level. It makes not only their day brighter, but ours as well.
The staff of Heritage Manor sends get-well wishes to Mary Tizeno, Celeze Doucet and Joseph Johnson.
The staff of Heritage Manor welcomes Mary Gallow to the facility.
The staff of Heritage Manor extends its deepest sympathy to the family of Marion Riggs and Silton Arvie.
The staff of Heritage Manor wishes a Happy Birthday this week to J.D. Fruge, Ammich Stagg and Isabella Rodgers.
Activities this week include Community Prayer Line service, pokeno, bingo sponsored by the Ville Platte Rotary Club, domino games, Come Lord Jesus group, bookmobile, exercise, in-room visits, mass, pizza party and bingo sponsored by Guardian Hospice.
This month is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month and we will have a pink dress out day on Friday, October 24.