LIFE ENRICHMENT
Recreational Activities
Congregational Home has Recreational Activities
7 Days a Week and up to 5 Nights a Week
Exercise • Yoga • Tai Chi • Massage & Aroma Therapy • Manicures
Cocktail Happy Hour • Sports Team-Backing Parties • Movies • Music • Live Entertainment • Board & Card Games • Arts & Crafts • Baking • Gardening • Cookouts • Socials & Parties • Men’s Groups • Women’s Groups • Resident Council Meetings • Outings to Restaurants, Theaters, Sporting Events, Shopping Excursions & Scenic Drives • Creative Poetry & Story Telling • Reminiscing & Sharing Fun Memories • Hot Topic Discussions • Trivia • Life-Long Learning Education Series • Armchair Travel
Wellness Center
Our “Lilly Pad” Wellness Center is available to all Congregational Home residents and includes a fitness & yoga gym, community center, coffee lounge & theater. Come join us on the Lilly Pad!
Tai Chi
Congregational Home residents can experience the relaxing & rejuvenating effects of Tai Chi, either standing or sitting in a chair, with one of our certified Tai Chi instructors. Tai Chi is meditation in motion and a gentle form of exercise through graceful, flowing movements.
Pet Therapy
Dogs, with their unconditional love & acceptance, can be a wonderful source of joy for anyone, but especially for seniors. That’s why Congregational Home is so proud to have our 20+ year partnership with Pets Helping People, a non-profit organization that specializes in training dogs for pet therapy or AAI, Animal Assisted Interventions. PHP holds classes onsite at Congregational Home for pet therapy dogs-in-training & their human parents; our residents get to watch the classes & become part of the learning process –how fun! We also encourage residents’ families and friends to bring in their own pets for visits; pets should have a good temperament & updated vaccination records.
Inter-Generational Programming
Local schools & students of all ages come to Congregational Home for visits, learning & fun. Toddlers & infants from the Barcel Babies Group also come to Congregational Home for their onsite weekly class. The class is an interactive educational experience for children <12 months to 4 years old and their parents. Our residents get to enjoy watching the children, parents & teachers interact through singing, instrument playing, dancing & story telling.
MEMORY CARE-SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES:
Music & Memory®
Congregational Home is a certified provider of the Music & Memory Program. This internationally recognized personalized music program was approved by the state & federal government to help improve quality of life & reduce anti-psychotic medication use in dementia residents through the use of iPods with personalized play lists of favorite music. The music helps to reduce anxiety & trigger pleasant memories of the past.
Alzheimer’s Poetry Project
Congregational Home is one of 25 Wisconsin facilities trained in the Alzheimer’s Poetry Project. The APP is an internationally recognized project that provides a non-pharmacological intervention for dementia residents where trained facilitators use poetry to inspire creative self-expression and provide social & intellectual stimulation.
TimeSlips™ Story Telling Project
Congregational Home is a certified provider of the TimeSlips Story Telling Program. The TimeSlips Program is recognized as an Innovative Project by the federal government’s Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality. The program’s creative storytelling helps those with dementia to enhance verbal skills & connect with others. TimeSlips opens storytelling to everyone by replacing the pressure to remember with the freedom to imagine.
