Car Hop

Wow, amazing, what a great time we had were the comments from our Father’s Day Car Hop at Juniper Village at Aurora.  Family members, car club members and motorcycle members were just delighted and reminisced about the vintage cars.  One family member said to her husband, “look honey, this car is as old as you are”. The 10 motorcycles and their riders were a wonderful addition to our car hop this year. Shelvis and The Roustabouts performed a “sell out” show as usual while residents, family members and friends danced to the tunes such as You Ain’t Nothing But A Hound Dog and other famous Elvis songs.

We are so excited for next year’s show as it will grow and grow with more excitement, cars and motorcycles.

The Power of Music & Memory

“Music, what a joy it brought to my heart on this day!” Krystal Ryan, Connections Director remarked as she focused her attention on Ronnie sitting in the back of our room enjoying live entertainment and wanted to find a way to engage her. Krystal began to sing and dance beside her, her eyes filled with joy, heart and happiness. Ronnie’s mood changed to pure happiness and delight as she came to life through the music. As you can see, she began to dance, clap and play the piano with her hands.

Music is something that we all take for granted, but if you take the time to listen, you’ll find yourself enchanted!

Music is for everyone, the young, the old, and those in between. Now, take some time to listen and find what music means to you!

June 2017 Events in Aurora, CO: Live In Wellness

“You are what you eat.” The old adage is now truer than ever. Good health is largely dependent on good nutrition, so much so that doctors trace many physical and emotional ailments back to a diet deficient in vitamins and minerals. Eating a well-balanced diet is a major part of encouraging long life, lowering the incidence of disease, and helping sick people recover. On the flip side, inadequate nutrition and poor quality foods can generally cut life span and open us up to many illnesses and disease. In effect, food is medicine per Webster's definition of medicine: "The science and art dealing with the maintenance of health and the prevention, alleviation, or cure of disease." Food acts as medicine - to maintain, prevent, and treat disease.

With this month’s Alive in All Seasons focus on food, we’d like to give you a prescription for a healthy diet: breakfast daily (do not skip); meals x3 (at least) daily; foods from each of the food groups per meal daily. The food pyramid defines the food groups as grains, vegetables, fruits, dairy and proteins. The amounts vary according to age, sex, height, weight, and physical activity level. Here’s a good guideline to start you on your way. Make half your plate fruits and vegetables. Make half your grains whole grains. Move to low-fat and fat-free dairy. Vary your protein routine and eat and drink the right amount for you.

Join us as we continue our focus on healthy aging by shedding light on our hydration program with healthy snacks and juices, and demonstrate how food and nutrition help us to Live in Wellness from a dietitian’s point of view.

Our fabulous June 2017 events in Aurora, CO at Juniper Village at Aurora include our:

§  Annual Father’s Day Car Hop & Car Show to celebrate Father’s Day 1950s style with a good old fashioned classic car show as we join the Juniper Car Hops for an afternoon of fun, fun, fun ‘til your daddy takes the T-Bird away with “Shelvis and The Roustabouts” who will entertain you with their classic rock and roll tunes on June 10^th from 11:30 am to 1:00 pm.

§  The Alzheimer’s Association and Juniper Present The Basics Class because Alzheimer’s Disease is not a normal part of aging, and if you or someone you know is affected by Alzheimer’s Disease or Dementia it’s time to learn the facts, so the Colorado Alzheimer’s Association presents “Understanding the Basics and Fundamentals of Dementia” with this program held at Juniper Village of Aurora that provides information, detection, causes and risk factors, stages of the disease, treatments, and much more, as Caregivers, Family Members and Professionals are all welcome, and light refreshments will be served on June 17^th from 10:00 am to noon. (RSVP to 800-272-3900 or email holden@alz.org.)

§  Kick Off To Summer Luau to pull out your grass skirt, dust off your coconut shells, grab your lei because it is time to kick off summer with tropical drinks and eats, entertainment and fun for all, so come get on your Limbo on June 21^st from 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm.

We look forward to sharing our June 2017 events in Aurora, CO at Juniper Village at Aurora with you as you Live In Wellness.