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At The Boulevard Senior Living Wentzville, MO, we will be celebrating by honoring the territory of Guam and the countries of Vietnam and Fiji. The dishes I am making are Chamorro barbeque ribs representing Guam; Che chou, a Vietnamese banana, coconut and tapioca Dessert with truing Nguyen coffee; and from Fiji, kai vacuole, which are […]

National Nurses Week begins each year on May 6th and ends on May 12th, Florence Nightingale’s birthday. These permanent dates enhance planning and position National Nurses Week as an established recognition event. As of 1998, May 8 was designated as National Student Nurses Day, to be celebrated annually. And as of 2003, National School Nurse […]

Mental Health Awareness Month was originally celebrated in 1949. That was 73 years ago! The goals of the sponsoring organization, originally the National Committee for Mental Hygiene (now Mental Health America), were to improve attitudes toward mental health/illness, improve services for mental health clients, and promote mental health. Older adults tend to be more at […]

Gardening is potentially a “long-term” memory for our residents with dementia because many of them have family memories of gardening, either as a child or when they created a family of their own. It is a very rewarding hobby that assists with hand/eye coordination, feeling textures, matching like items, and it gives residents a sense […]