Hampshire House

Welcome to the New Year

2011-01-03T11:56:00.004-05:00

Happy New Year everyone!

We welcomed in the New Year with a great dinner from the kitchen staff and a fun program on New Year's Day at snack time. We sang Auld Lang Syne and toasted with a glass of wine.

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Christmas at Hampshire House

2010-12-27T08:37:00.003-05:00

I hope everyone had a great Christmas. We sure had a lot of fun here at Hampshire House. We attended many programs centered around a Christmas theme. We played Christmas song bingo and Christmas bingo, sang "Must Be Santa", learned about raindeer and more. One of the most popular things to do was to ride around town and see the Christmas lights. We had many groups in to sing Christmas carols and we watched a video of the Radio City Rocketts performing the Christmas show.
Our Christmas party was great! Santa came and gave everyone a present. Then we had drawings for special gifts and everyone got one of those too. The party ended with two young boys who read "The Night Before Christmas" to us. What a fun day.

Christmas fun.

2010-12-13T11:35:00.002-05:00

Christmas is just around the corner and we have many special programs we are looking forward to. Several groups are scheduled to come in and sing to us. We always enjoy them so much, especially the school groups. Oh, we won third prized with our gingerbread house of Lincoln Logs. We were so proud! There were many very nice entries.

We visited the Festival of Trees. It was such a fun evening. We took our supper with us and sat and ate it down there. We not only got to see all the beautiful trees and vote on the one we liked the best but we also decorated cookies (we ate them for dessert) and made center pieces that we got to bring home. We had our pictures taken with Santa Clause and Mrs Clause read us a story.

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Getting ready for Christmas

2010-12-06T11:41:00.006-05:00

Hi everyone!

Here at Hampshire House we are getting ready for Christmas as I imagine you are all doing the same. Last Monday evening we made gingerbread houses. What fun we had doing that. We made several little ones out of graham crackers.

Some folks worked on a big one that we entered into the contest down town. The theme this year was classic toys. We chose to Lincoln Logs as our project. Many folks remembered playing with them as children. We used tootsie rolls as the lincoln logs. The rest of the gingerbread was made from gingerbread and decorated with lots and lots of candy.

Saturday we decorated the facility. Many of our friends and family came in to help us. We decorated four trees, one for each living room. After the decorating was complete we had a snack and then sang Christmas carols. It was such a fun day!

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2010-11-24T08:49:00.003-05:00

Happy Thanksgiving everyone. Here at Hampshire House we have much to be thankful for. We hope your day will be a good one.

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Thanksgiving Craft

2010-11-17T13:20:00.002-05:00

We are getting in the spirit of Thanksgiving. We decorated the bulletin board with all things to do with Thanksgiving and wrote what we are thankful for.

The residents wrote the following:

"We are most thankful for our families and friends and all they do for us. We have great children-great! They are thoughtful and caring. They phone, come by and take us on outings. We are thankful to be living here at Hampshire House where we have no worries. We are thankful for the staff, who are caring and helpful. We are grateful for each new day and all that it brings."

I have included some pictures of some of the residents working on a craft. Please visit us at www.hampsirehouseacf.com.

Veteran's Day

2010-11-12T08:49:00.004-05:00

We had a great time celebrating Veteran's Day. We have 6 residents who are veterans. We honored the veterans by name and mentioned the branch of service that they were in and then we talked a little about what they did during the war. Next we all shared the cupcakes that were decorated by the residents in red, white and blue sprinkles. We then had special music that featured, what else, patriotic songs.

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Halloween Fun

2010-11-02T11:46:00.003-04:00

What a great time we had at our Halloween Party! We danced until the "cows came home" as one resident put it. Everyone dressed up in a costume, even the staff.

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2010-10-25T13:14:00.002-04:00

Hi everyone,

We had a great time decorating pumpkins Saturday. After we got them decorated we placed them around the facility. Hope you enjoy the pictures.

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Puppies Visit

2010-10-17T14:10:00.001-04:00

Puppies came to visit! How we loved them. It was fun holding them and just watching them run around on the grass in the back courtyard.

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fall fun

2010-10-13T11:33:00.004-04:00

Hi everyone!
We have been very busy lately. We took a couple of fall rides to see the leaves, although this year they have not been very pretty. It was nice to get out and ride around the countryside.
Saturday we made snacks that looked like lady bugs. We used apples, raisins, pretzel sticks and peanut butter for glue. They were fun to make and were healthy to eat.
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Bowling Tournament

2010-10-05T09:35:00.003-04:00

We had a great time bowling with and against students from Hartwick College on Saturday. At the end of the day the residents were declared the winners with the score: Hampshire House 697 and Hartwick 644.
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2010-09-21T15:00:00.003-04:00

During Assisted Living week we played Rock, Paper, Scissors. Several of the staff joined in. We used buttons that advertised the Assisted Living week. Everyone started out with 3 buttons. The resident that collected the most buttons at the end of the game won a t-shirt. We gave out the prize at our fondue party.

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Grandparents' Brunch

2010-09-13T15:15:00.004-04:00

I hope you all enjoyed the video we posted last time. The residents made up the words and we had some grandchildren sing them to the tune of "Hello Dolly". We had fun making up the song. The pictures were donated by some of the residents and some we took of visiting grandchildren.

We showed the video at our Grandparents' Brunch. The food was so good at the brunch, especially the french toast. The residents made it the day before. What a great start we have had to the Assisted Living Week.

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2010-09-09T15:39:00.000-04:00

2010-09-08T15:03:00.002-04:00

Hi everyone,

I hope you all had a great Labor Day weekend. On Saturday we spent time playing the Wii Play and playing the reminiscing game. Monday we learned all about Labor Day and where it came from. We had two bowlers hit a high of 278! More on that later. I'll get a picture for you.

On Tuesday we had a visit from Pastor Pallatta and his great harmonica band. I have posted some pictures of that for you. One of our residents who also plays the harmonica was asked to join the band! What fun.

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s'mores

2010-08-30T12:03:00.003-04:00

Hi everyone!

The summer is coming to an end. We are still enjoying what is left of it. We made s'mores last week and reminisced about camping and making the s'mores over the campfire. It was fun making them but it was more fun eating them!

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A fun week

2010-08-16T08:52:00.004-04:00

Tuesday we went blueberry picking. There were a lot of berries. While we picked we talked about how we used to pick berries and all the good things we made with them. We picked 13 lbs in an hour. We brought them back to Hampshire House and everyone enjoyed the "fruits of our labor". We ate them fresh in a dish and the kitchen also made blueberry coffee cake. They were so good!
Thursday we had some very special entertainment. Joe Trionfero came and presented his game show for seniors, "Thanks for the Memories". It was a lot of fun.
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a fun day

2010-08-09T08:36:00.005-04:00

Last Thursday we had a very busy day. It was Mexican Day! The kitchen served Mexican food and the activities in the afternoon were all centered around a Mexican theme. We did the hat dance, passed the hot jalapeno pepper to Mexican music, guessed how many beans there were in the jar as well as pulled the ribbons on the Pinata.

In the evening we went to the concert in the park. It was a great one. Sidney Community Band played. They have won many prizes around the area with their playing and we sure could see why.

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picnic fun

2010-08-05T09:24:00.005-04:00

On Tuesday we made fans to wave and keep us cool on these hot days. We had a lot of fun coloring them. Now we are ready to "Beat the Heat".

What a geat time we had yesterday at our August picnic! We were at Wilber Park. That was a great place to be on such a hot day. It was cool with a gentle breeze there under the pavilian surrounded by the beautiful trees. Matt Wahl and his friend entertained us with some special music while we dined on grilled london broil with macaroni and fruit salad. We were glad some of our families could join us.

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2010-07-26T08:49:00.004-04:00

Hi everyone!

We had a great week last week. On Tuesday we had special music by Elliot and friends. It was great! On Thursday we made ice cream. It was delicious but very messy. Some ended up with a milkshake, others had real ice cream. On Saturday we made special snacks for everyone.

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2010-07-18T11:41:00.002-04:00

Last week we enjoyed our new pool table. Several of the residents came down and we played a game. We found we have some pool sharks among us. We are going to make this a regular program. Please check us out at http://www.hampshirehouseacf.com/.

2010-07-12T08:35:00.002-04:00

Hi everyone,

Summer is really here! We have formed a gardening club. Our first job was to plant some flowers in pots that we placed around the facility. It was fun to get our hands in the dirt again. We are meeting twice a month through the summer. We will be weeding in our raised garden outside the dining room and pinching the dead heads from the flowers around the facility.

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2010-07-06T12:52:00.002-04:00

I hope you all enjoyed your 4th of July. We did here! On Friday Carol played all our old favorite patriotic songs and we sang along. On Saturday we made a special patriotic snack for all the residents to enjoy and played a quiz game about America. On Sunday we again got to sing the patriotic songs. On Monday we continued the fun with a game called star toss.

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walking in the park

2010-06-30T15:21:00.002-04:00

Above you see a few pictures I took on one of our early morning walks in Neahwa Park. A beautiful memorial walkway was just added to this lovely park. Two mornings a week at 8:30am we go and walk along this walkway. It is so nice to get out and just breathe the fresh air.

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2010-06-28T08:32:00.003-04:00

Whenever the weather is nice the residents enjoy sitting outside. We have such a beautiful view.

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Flag Day

2010-06-22T08:43:00.004-04:00

Hi everyone,

Hampshire House has a new flag! The old one was getting a little tattered and torn so we decided to get a new one and put up a flag pole. We had a great time learning flag etiquette. We dedicated the flag on Flag Day, June 14th with a ceremony where we sang many of the patriotic songs, finishing with "It's a Grand Old Flag". We shared cupcakes for snack that the residents had decorated with strawberries and blueberries. We then had a great time playing Flag Bingo. It was a fun day and now our new flag waves proudly in the breeze at the front of our facility.

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Pie in the Sky visits

2010-06-14T08:59:00.003-04:00

We have begun our every monday, once a week trips, to Pie in the Sky for ice cream. They make the best homemade ice cream. The hardest part is choosing a flavor. They have so many! Please check us out at http://www.hampshirehouseacf.com/.

making butter

2010-06-04T11:36:00.004-04:00

June is Dairy month. We made butter and then served it to all the residents on a delicious multigrain bread. We were surprised at how good the butter tasted. We decided it was probably because it was so fresh!

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2010-06-01T12:00:00.002-04:00

We had a great Memorial Day Celebration. We decorated the cake that we shared as a snack on Monday. In the morning some of us went down to watch the parade. In the afternoon we had a special program.

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2010-05-28T08:46:00.002-04:00

On Wednesday seven of us traveled to Walton. We went to lunch at McDonald's and then to the Walton theatre on Gardiner Place which held an exhibit detailing the life of Anne Frank. The exhibit was very interesting. It told the young teenager's story of hope amid horror during the Holocaust and included photographs of the Frank family and the other occupants of the secret Annex. It was a great day out!

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2010-05-24T12:05:00.002-04:00

What a great time we had Saturday! We decorated kites and then we went out and flew them. The weather was perfect for kite flying, warm and windy. We had some trouble actually getting them to fly but we decided that was our own fault. We all tried to remember where to tie the string to the kite. Many remembered flying kites when they were young but most remembered helping their children fly them.

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clothes closet

2010-05-17T08:43:00.002-04:00

Last week we held our semiannual clothes closet. Folks were able to donate clothes they no longer wanted and pick up some new ones free of charge.

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2010-05-10T12:08:00.003-04:00

A group of residents, staff and families attended the walk put on by the Alzheimer's Association. They were walking for friends and family who suffer from the disease.

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Mother's Tea

2010-05-10T09:31:00.002-04:00

On Friday we celebrated Mother's Day with a special tea. Bette brought in her collection of fine china tea cups, saucers and tea pots. It was a lot of fun seeing the various china patterns. Some of the residents even remembered owning china with the same patterns. We had some very special cookies, eclairs and etc to enjoy with the tea. Various kinds of herbal tea was served, orange, lemon , cranberry to name a few. Carol played the piano for us and some even danced to the old familiar tunes. What a great time it was. On Sunday morning we were all surprised with a carnation and a Mother's Day card at our breakfast place. Please check us out at wwwhampshirehouseacf.com.

Celebrating Cinco de Mayo

2010-05-07T08:51:00.003-04:00

We celebrated Cinco de Mayo by mixing up and baking tortillas. We had a lot of fun rolling out the dough while we learned all about this Mexican Holiday that the United States has come to celebrate. We then enjoyed eating the tortillas with some salsa. They were very good!

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art project

2010-05-03T14:34:00.004-04:00

Last week we had a great time working on an art project. We took coffee filters and dipped them in food coloring. Next we made beautiful designs on art paper. We didn't know we were such great artists! To see more about our great facility please check us out at http://www.hampshirehouseacf.com/

Flowers

2010-04-26T08:40:00.002-04:00

We are welcoming spring. We made tissue flowers to wear and planted some flowers so we could watch them grow. When big enough we will plant them in our raised garden outside the dining room windows so we can enjoy them every day.

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spring visit

2010-04-20T15:10:00.003-04:00

We had a visit from the youth from St Mary's church. They brought some daffodils with them. It was so nice to receive those bright. yellow flowers - a little bit of sunshine.

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2010-04-01T08:55:00.003-04:00

We are getting ready for Easter. We cannot believe it is upon us. We have some children coming in on Saturday to help us dye Easter eggs. We will then play some special games with them. Here you see some residents making a special snack for the children. Be sure and check us out next week. We will be sharing some pictures with you of the time spent with the children.

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presentation of plaque

2010-04-01T08:50:00.003-04:00

Hampshire House presented Joe Briand and his daughter Noel with a plaque for donating the pool table. The plaque will be proudly hung over the table in our exercise room.

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Brook's BBQ

2010-03-29T08:47:00.003-04:00

We went out to lunch at Oneonta's favorite restaurant, Brook's BBQ. If you go out of town and mention you are from Oneonta people always ask, "Isn't that where they have that great chicken place?" It sure is. We had a great time and of course, really enjoyed the food!

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Bowling Fun

2010-03-23T08:52:00.004-04:00

Saturday, March 20th we invited a group of children to come and bowl with us. We wore our bowling shirts and they made some special t-shirts that they wore. We paired up, one resident and one student. What a great time we had. After the tournament we had a banquet with a special cake made by the kitchen. Ribbons and trophies were awarded. Then we went back and bowled some more - just for fun!

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Keeping fit.

2010-03-19T08:37:00.003-04:00

We keep pretty busy here at Hampshire House. Above you see Joe Briand enjoying the new pool table. Because our old one needed to be replaced he and his family donated this one. We are very happy with it. Below you see some of our ladies working out in our fitness center.

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grand opening of our ice cream corner

2010-03-15T08:46:00.002-04:00

We had a grand opening of our new ice cream corner. Everyone enjoyed an ice cream cone on the house. Please check us out at www.hampshirehouseacf.com

St Patrick's Day Decorations

2010-03-12T10:56:00.002-05:00

We made decorations to hang on our door for St Patrick's Day. It was such a lot of fun and a great social activity.

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Happy Hour

2010-03-08T09:54:00.002-05:00

Hi everyone,

We had a great week last week. We especially enjoyed Happy Hour on Friday.

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making pretzels

2010-03-01T10:51:00.002-05:00

Hi everyone,

We made pretzels! First we learned all about them. Did you know that many years ago they were given as prizes to those students who memorized their Bible verses? This is why they are shaped the way they are. What fun it was to roll them out and to learn about them. We also got to eat them! Please visit our web site at www.hampshirehouseacf.com

Fun with Mardi Gras

2010-02-18T08:18:00.003-05:00

What a lot of fun we had celebrating Mardi Gras. We made the most delicious candy and on fat Tuesday we flipped pancakes! The winners of the most flips won Mardi Gras necklaces.

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Celebrating Valentine's Day

2010-02-14T15:04:00.003-05:00

Hi,

We had a great time celebrating Valentine's Day. We made Valentine cards to share, had a great time playing Valentine Bingo and danced to all our favorite sweetheart songs at our very own Valentine Dance! We especially liked the Elvis songs.

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Knitting Helmet Liners

2010-02-08T08:31:00.005-05:00

Hi Everyone,

I wanted to share with you what some of our residents, staff and friends have been doing recently. We have been busy knitting helmet liners for the soldiers in the NY Army National Guard's 827th Engineer Company. These soldiers will be leaving for training on February 15th and then will leave for Afghanistan in April where the wool helmet liners will provide much needed and appreciated warmth.

Some folks who could not knit donated money to buy the yarn. In all, we were able to knit 18 of the liners.

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Snowmen

2010-02-01T13:03:00.004-05:00

Hi,

Saturday we had a great time building snowmen. Yes, building snowmen! They were made from marshmellows and candy. Once made, unlike the real snowmen, they were delicious and we all enjoyed eating them. As you can see in the top picture even our administrator had a great time.

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What a great week!

2010-01-25T08:36:00.004-05:00

We had a great week at Hampshire House. We went shopping at Walmart on Tuesday and out to lunch on Wednesday. We enjoyed the buffet at the Ponderosa and of course the dessert bar was our favorite spot! After lunch we arrived home in time to take a dip in the pool. It is 90 degrees and felt so good.

One of the many programs that we enjoyed last week was playing the kazoos. We learned all about this childhood favorite toy and had a lot of fun trying to play a tune.

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Remnant

2010-01-18T09:14:00.003-05:00

Hi everyone,

We had some very special music on Saturday. A trio of community singers called Remnant came and sang for us. They perform contemporary Christian music through-out Central New York. We really enjoyed their music and thank them for sharing it with us.

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Bowling Tournament

2010-01-11T11:59:00.005-05:00

Hampshire House had a bowling tournament on Saturday! The residents challenged the staff to a bowling game and guess what - they won! They are getting really good. We gave out ribbons to the winners and to the person on each team with the most strikes. Dick Schlafer got the most strikes for the residents and his son got the most for the staff. Joe Schlafer is Santa Clause at our Christmas party so we let him bowl for the staff. We had a banquet after the bowling and gave out the awards. We served a special cake made by the kitchen. Everyone had such a great time.

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New Year's Day

2010-01-05T11:26:00.002-05:00

Happy New Year to you all!

We had a very quiet New Year's Day here. It seemed nice after the hustle and bustle of Christmas. I hope you all had a very good day. We raised our glasses of sparkling grape juice and wished everyone here a Happy New Year and then we sang Old Lang Syne. We also enjoyed a snack of cheese and crackers. May you all have a wonderful 2010.

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Assistance for veterans

2009-12-30T10:58:00.004-05:00

We have a deep respect for those who have served our country. Hampshire House will assist residents and families in the application process for Veterans' benefits. For more information about our facility please call Hampshire House at (6070 432-6171.

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Christmas Fun

2009-12-24T09:55:00.005-05:00

We have had a lot of fun leading up to Christmas. Several groups have come in to sing and we have enjoyed some wonderful, fun Christmas programs. We cut out sugar cookies and baked them. Then we decorated them for the Christmas party. And what a great party we had! The west wing sang Christmas songs to us and the east wing did a special presentation of "It Must Be Santa". Santa arrived with presents for all and he even brought his elf to help.

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A Visit from Big Chuck

2009-12-21T15:20:00.003-05:00

Hi everyone,

We had a great visit from Chuck D'Imperio, the DJ from WDOS radio station. He joined us during our Happy Hour on Friday and talked about local history and happenings in the area. What a great speaker he is! He had us all spellbound. Before he left he put on his Santa hat and read us the story "The Night Before Christmas".

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Cleo came to visit.

2009-12-18T13:29:00.004-05:00

Monday we had a visit from Cleo, a bulldog/boxer mix loaded with charm and personality. Cleo comes to see us on a regular basis and the residents have gotten very fond of her. She lives at the Delaware Valley Humane Society shelter in Sidney, NY. Hampshire House has "adopted" the shelter and makes donations of bedding and other necessities. We just donated a handmade quilt to them to raffle off. Karen Crawford, the shelter manager, says they have the capacity for 37 dogs and 75 to 80 cats and usually they are nearly full, especially with cats. Anyone interested in donating or adopting can learn more about the shelter at: http://www.delawarevalleyhumane.org/. And oh, sorry folks, Cleo is not available for adoption!

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Fun at the YMCA

2009-12-15T14:03:00.006-05:00

We were invited to the YMCA to play Bingo and have lunch. What a wonderful time everyone had!

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Visiting with the students

2009-12-11T12:45:00.005-05:00

Hi everyone,

We are continuing our partnership with Hartwick College Nursing program again this year. The gerontology class comes in to work on their communication skills with our residents. This will continue through December. Our residents are happy to share their knowledge and life history, then they give them a tour of their home.

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2009-12-08T08:26:00.005-05:00

Hi everyone,

We have been so busy getting ready for Christmas but we still found time to enter the downtown gingerbread contest again this year. What fun that was! The theme was favorite children's books. What a great idea. We decided to make our gingerbread house around everyone's favorite Christmas story, "The Night Before Christmas". We made the house like a doll house where you could look inside from the back and see "the children all nestled snug in their beds", the fireplace, Christmas tree and other furniture. The residents had a great time putting the green gum on the sides and front of the house for the siding as well as the wafers on the roof for the shingles. Santa and the eight tiny raindeer were placed on the front lawn.

All our hard work paid off as we again placed 3rd in the competion. Everyone felt very happy with the judges' decision.

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What a Thanksgiving meal!

2009-11-29T12:48:00.003-05:00

What a great Thanksgiving meal we had here at Hampshire House. The menu contained all our old favorites and the kitchen prepared them all with such care. We really are very thankful for all our blessings.

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Thanksgiving Turkey Centerpieces

2009-11-24T10:44:00.004-05:00

Hi,

Last week we made turkeys for our Thanksgiving tables. We had a great time reminiscing about our family traditions at Thanksgiving.

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Fun and Games

2009-11-17T08:41:00.003-05:00

Here at Hampshire House everyone enjoys playing games. They're fun and help keep our residents active.

Can you catch the balloon?

Yes, I can!

I can too!

We also enjoy music. Carol comes in often and plays the piano. She plays many of the old songs so everyone can sing along and some even dance.

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Veterans' Day Celebration

2009-11-12T09:28:00.004-05:00

Hampshire House celebrated Veterans' Day by doing a program on this special day. Many residents shared their stories about World War II and other wars they and/or their loved ones participated in. We then all gathered in the dining room where we sang many of the patriotic songs, including the songs from each branch of the service. All of our veterans received red, white and blue balloons hung on their doors with a special sign that designated them as veterans.

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Baking Monster Cookies

2009-11-09T11:33:00.005-05:00

Hi Everyone,

We had a fun time last week joining in in many various activities. One that we really enjoyed celebrating was Cookie Monster's birthday. He was designed by Jim Henson in 1966. We made cookie monster cookies. They sure were fun to make and even more fun to eat. For those of you who are not familiar with them they do not contain any flour. Instead they are made up of good things to eat like peanut butter and oatmeal. Of course, they also contain lots of M&M's and chocolate chips! We had help from a couple of students from Oneonta State College. They not only helped us bake them but they enjoyed helping us eat the cookies too.

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2009-11-02T13:11:00.004-05:00

Hi Everyone,

What a busy, wonderful week we had last week. We celebrated Halloween in a big way this year because we had an added bonus. One of our residents reached her 100th birthday on Halloween day!

Friday evening we had some children come in to sing for us, show us their costumes and make a Halloween craft with us. What fun that was!

On Saturday we had a dance. Yes, a dance! The staff dressed in costumes and we all danced to Halloween music. Thank you Peggy Davis, for making the dance happen. Then came the birthday party. We sang Happy Birthday to Marion French and all enjoyed the cake that Sue Harp made. Not only was it all decorated in a Halloween theme but it was S0000 good. Thanks Sue, and Marion, we wish you many more birthdays.

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Halloween Bingo

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This afternoon we played Halloween Bingo. We had to spell out the word WITCH instead of Bingo to win. We had fun trying to remember to call out WITCH instead of BINGO!

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Visit to the Butterfly Conservatory

2009-10-26T09:00:00.006-04:00

The residents at hampshire enjoyed a visit to the Joseph Popp Butterfly Conservatory. They walked among hundreds of live, free flying butterflies and over twenty species of tropical birds from around the world in the 3,00 sq.ft. indoor conservatory herbarium. They also spotted some free-ranging tortoises, chamelions, frogs, and lizards hiding among the exotic plants. What a fun experience!

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Decorating Pumpkins

2009-10-20T09:04:00.004-04:00

With members of the St. Mary’s youth group, residents here at Hampshire House decorated pumpkins on Saturday to get ready for Halloween. It was a great bonding experience for the residents and the members of the youth group and both enjoyed it immensely.

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fondue party

2009-10-18T14:11:00.003-04:00

Hampshire House had a great time last week. We enjoyed a program about Switzerland. We sure learned a lot of things about this country that we did not know. Then we enjoyed their favorite food - chocolate fondue. We tried bananas, strawberries, angel food cake and marshmellows dipped in the chocolate. They were all so good we could not decide which was better.

Fun with Crafts

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One of our more popular activities here at Hampshire House is doing crafts. Residents get to enjoy a hands-on project that they can keep when they are done. They use them to decorate their rooms/doors. Many of the crafts residents make are also used to decorate the facility for seasonal occasions.

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About Us

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We are a state-of-the-art community overlooking the beautiful, rolling mountains and lush green valleys of upstate New York. Our comfortable atmosphere is coupled with excellent care provided by dedicated, compassionate staff. We promote independence and enhance the quality of life with a variety of activities. We plan our activities so that they meet the spiritual, social, physical and emotional needs of our residents.

We have been busy this month taking fall foliage trips to enjoy the colorful leaves in the hills that surround us. We also have some fun programs such as a fondue party coming soon. Many of our programs at the end of the month will be centered around Halloween. We also have a resident turning 100 on, would you believe, Halloween. So we are in the process of planning a really special birthday party.