Latest News from San Carlos Elms and Grove

 Residents are excited to be back in the dining room and enjoying some activities with their friends too. We are also happy to have Amparo back styling hair.  Joan was so happy to have Amparo back. She sat back read her paper and her weekly prayers from Rev. Sue Ann from Spirit Care .   Bill was so excited to bowl a 216 this week. Tillie was proud of her 182 too! Helen was receiving some great books to look at from her Current Events discussion with our fabulous volunteer Carol!

 Sydney is a Sophomore volunteer from Carlmont High School . This is Sydney's third month delivering a gift to some of our residents, with a monthly booklet with fun facts about the month. Thank you, Sydney, for all your hard work and dedication during this time. From the pictures below you can see how much Sydney's hard work is appreciated.   Thank you Sydney for starting our Easter weekend with a smile.

 

 Special thanks to Harvard G.S.A.S (Graduate School of Arts and Sciences ) and San Carlos Adult Community Center for creating such beautiful cards for us to share with our Residents. It really put a smile on their faces. They enjoyed decorating their shelves with your cards.

 Dawn from Kindred Hospice wanted to congratulate San Carlos Elms on their award from Bay Area Parent for being recognized as the Best Senior Assisted Living in the Peninsula . Today Dawn dropped off individually wrapped cookies for all our hardworking and dedicated staff. Kindred Hospice has been very supportive for all our residents & staff during this time. They have shared coloring books, word searches, popcorn, crayons, cookies, hand sanitizer, lotion and pens.   Thank you Dawn and Kindred Hospice for recognizing us during this time.

 We would like to share some of the activities that our residents in our Memory Program partake in, please enjoy!  We encourage all of our Residents to showcase their humor during this time.

 Just because we are socially distancing, doesn't mean we can't have a little fun! This afternoon we celebrated St. Patrick's Day with Irish Dancing in the Dining Room with the Activity Director and the Servers backing her up. Then we had fun delivering drinks and goodies to each apartment while the Residents listened to St. Patrick's Day music on our internal house channel. The Residents are going to enjoy a tasty dinner tonight their choices are Bangers & Mash or Corn Beef Stew. A special thanks to Arbor Bay School for making each of our Residents a St. Patrick's Day card with a lucky penny!! Happy St. Patrick's Day!  Margarita wanted a picture with the tallest leprechaun for the day. All ready to go room to room. Sue and Muriel raised their cups to celebrate making it through the year! Shirley always gets into the holiday spirit. Fina was so happy! Thank you to all of the staff that made this day so special!