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    King and queen crowned for Valentines Day

    Tom Mansfield, Deseret Healthand Rehab|Feb 19, 2014

    At Deseret Health and Rehab, residents enjoyed many activities throughout the week. The Activity Department offers a wide variety of activities each week to meet the residents' interests, as well as the physical, mental and psychological well-being of each resident. On Friday afternoon before Bingo, we had the crowning of Valentine King and Queen. Winning the vote were Helen Schmitt and Sam Kelly. The Queen received flowers, candy, and a Valentine helium balloon. The King received a Valentine te...

  • Airplanes fly in the dining room

    Tom Mansfield|Feb 12, 2014

    At Deseret Health and Rehab, residents enjoyed many activities throughout the week. The Activity Department offers a wide variety of activities each week to meet the residents’ interests, as well as the physical, mental and psychological well-being of each resident. The staff at the facility are dedicated to giving the very best quality of care and quality of life to all of our residents. One group of employees are often unsung heroines (or heroes). They are our Certified Nursing Assistants who are there for our residents throughout the day 24/...

  • Movies, music, mirth and more

    Tom Mansfield|Feb 5, 2014

    At Deseret Health and Rehab, residents enjoyed many activities throughout the week. The Activity Department offers a wide variety of activities each week to meet the residents’ interests, as well as the physical, mental and psychological well-being of each resident. Each night during the week, residents watched Turner Classic Movies in the evening. On Sunday morning, four residents watched the VCR movie, “The Virginian”. On Tuesday afternoon, five residents watched the VCR movie, “Cat Ballou”. On Saturday morning, residents watched the VCR m...

  • Residents enjoy movies, games and ice cream

    Tom Mansfield|Jan 29, 2014

    Residents at Deseret Health and Rehab watched Turner Classic Movies in the evening. Games throughout the week provided fun and laughter. On Sunday afternoon, four residents played Dominoes with Truth Karstoft winning. On Tuesday morning, five residents played Yahtzee with Charlotte Cross winning. On Wednesday afternoon, 10 residents played Bingo, and on Friday afternoon, 10 residents played Bingo. Carol Higby won Four Corners. Carol Higby won Blackouts. Our Bingo helpers were Joy Hamilton, Lila Worden, Dawna Erickson, and Gloria Rakness. On...

  • Residents enjoy myriad activities

    Tom Mansfield|Jan 22, 2014

    At Deseret Health and Rehab, residents enjoyed many activities throughout the week. The Activity Department offers a wide variety of activities each week to meet the residents’ interests, as well as the physical, mental and psychological well-being of each resident. Each night during the week, residents watched Turner Classic Movies” in the evening. On Sunday morning, five residents watched the VCR movie, “Tall in the Saddle. On Tuesday afternoon, six residents watched the VCR movie, “The Client”. On Saturday morning, residents watched the VCR...

  • Volunteers enhance care at Deseret

    Tom Mansfield|Jan 15, 2014

    At Deseret Health and Rehab, residents enjoyed many activities throughout the week. The Activity Department offers a wide variety of activities each week to meet the residents’ interests, as well as the physical, mental and psychological well-being of each resident. Each night during the week, residents watched Turner Classic Movies in the evening. On Sunday morning, five residents watched the VCR movie, “The Cheyenne Social Club”. On Tuesday afternoon, six residents watch the VCR movie, “Batman”. On Saturday morning, residents watched the VCR...

  • Residents celebrate new year

    Tom Mansfield|Jan 8, 2014

    At Deseret Health and Rehab, residents enjoyed many activities throughout the week. Each night during the week, residents watched Turner Classic Movies in the evening. Games throughout the week provided fun and laughter. On Sunday afternoon, four residents played Dominoes with Dora Martin winning. On Monday afternoon, three residents played Yahtzee with Dora Martin winning. On Wednesday morning, four residents elected to play Yahtzee. On Wednesday afternoon, eight residents played Bingo, and on Friday afternoon, 10 residents played Bingo....

  • VFW gives carnations

    Tom Mansfield|Jan 1, 2014

    At Deseret Health and Rehab, residents enjoyed many activities last week. On Christmas Day, residents enjoyed a sumptuous dinner of roast turkey, mashed potatoes, green beans, dinner roll, cranberry sauce, and apple pie. The turkey was donated by Suzie Cox. Our administrator, Tim Monroe, dressed as Santa Claus and passed out Christmas presents to residents after breakfast. Dick Ament from the Veterans of Foreign Wars passed out carnations to every resident after the Christmas presents were passed. Residents chose to watch the John Wayne movies...

  • Lots of good cheer at Deseret for holidays

    Tom Mansfield|Dec 25, 2013

    At Deseret Health and Rehab, residents enjoyed many activities throughout the week. The Activity Department offers a wide variety of activities each week to meet the residents’ interests, as well as the physical, mental and psychological well-being of each resident. We had our annual resident Christmas party on Thursday. Twenty-six family members and visitors attended. The Dietary Department put on a sumptuous spread. Everyone enjoyed the ham, roast beef, twice baked potatoes, the salads, and the desserts. The Dietary Department once more d...

  • Residents enjoy Christmas concert, shopping at thrift store

    Tom Mansfield|Dec 18, 2013

    At Deseret Health and Rehab, residents enjoyed many activities throughout the week. The Activity Department offers a wide variety of activities each week to meet the residents’ interests, as well as the physical, mental and psychological well-being of each resident. A resident, who has been with us since April 1 of this year, will be leaving shortly to go back to her home in Medicine Bow. Pat Sims has lived there for 38 years with her husband, Robert. She says that she has received excellent care and has been treated fairly by staff. She was n...

  • Decorating for Christmas

    Tom Mansfield|Dec 11, 2013

    At Deseret Health and Rehab, residents enjoyed many activities throughout the week. The Activity Department offers a wide variety of activities each week to meet the resident interests, and meet the physical, mental and psychological well-being of each resident. Games throughout the week provided fun and laughter. On Sunday afternoon, four residents played Dominoes and Dora Martin won. On Monday afternoon, four residents played Crazy Eights with Dora Martin. On Wednesday afternoon, nine residents played Bingo, and on Friday afternoon, eight res...

  • Residents enjoy Thanksgiving Day

    Tom Mansfield|Dec 4, 2013

    At Deseret Health and Rehab, residents enjoyed many activities throughout the week. The Activity Department offers a wide variety of activities each week to meet the residents’ interests, as well as the physical, mental and psychological well-being of each resident. On Thanksgiving Day, residents enjoyed a variety of things. In the morning, residents watched the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade on television. For lunch, residents had roast turkey, dressing, yams, mashed potatoes, gravy, green beans, dinner roll, and pumpkin pie. Eve...

  • Movies, books and music

    Tom Mansfield|Nov 27, 2013

    At Deseret Health and Rehab, residents enjoyed many activities throughout the week. The Activity Department offers a wide variety of activities each week to meet the residents’ interests, as well as the physical, mental and psychological well-being of each resident. Games throughout the week provided fun and laughter. On Sunday morning, four residents chose to play Uno with Frank Jereb winning. On Sunday afternoon, four residents played Dominoes with Frank Jereb winning. On Wednesday afternoon, nine residents played Bingo, and on Friday a...

  • Veterans honored at Deseret

    Tom Mansfield|Nov 20, 2013

    At Deseret Health and Rehab, residents enjoyed many activities throughout the week. The Activity Department offers a wide variety of activities each week to meet the residents’ interests, as well as the physical, mental and psychological well-being of each resident. On Monday afternoon, 13 residents attended a Veterans Day party honoring the veterans at the facility. Mayor John Zeiger did the presentation. Several of the female residents attending were wives of veterans. The veterans were Rick Ackerman, Bill Bartlett, Charlie Bartlett, Elmer Co...

  • Getting ready for Veterans Day

    Tom Mansfield|Nov 13, 2013

    At Deseret Health and Rehab, residents enjoyed many activities throughout the week. The Activity Department offers a wide variety of activities each week to meet the residents’ interests, as well as the physical, mental and psychological well-being of each resident. Games throughout the week provided fun and laughter. On Sunday afternoon, three residents played Dominoes with Charlotte Gibbons winning. On Monday afternoon, five residents played Crazy Eights with Dora Martin winning. On Wednesday afternoon, nine residents played Bingo, and on F...

  • A weeks worth of activities at Deseret Health and Rehab

    Tom Mansfield|Nov 6, 2013

    At Deseret Health and Rehab, residents enjoyed many activities throughout the week. The Activity Department offers a wide variety of activities each week to meet the residents’ interests, as well as the physical, mental and psychological well-being of each resident. Games throughout the week provided fun and laughter. On Sunday and Monday afternoons, four residents played Dominoes with Frank Jereb and Dora Martin winning. On Wednesday afternoon, nine residents played Bingo, and on Friday afternoon, eight residents played Bingo. Truth Karstoft a...

  • Families have fun at carnival

    Tom Mansfield|Oct 30, 2013

    We had our Carnival on Oct. 25. It was games, prizes, candy, cookies, and the cake walk for the kids of the Valley. We want to thank all the people who helped us—Janice Kerpan, Connie Patterson, Lila Worden, Jill Martin, Kim Givens, Pastor Gene Smith, Roxie Baldwin, Elder Clay, Elder Young, our Administrator, Dave Doorn, and our staff. In addition, all the individuals and organizations that donated cakes, cookies, etc. helped make the cake walk great. The kids in their costumes with their parents really had a lot of fun. The money from the t...

  • Residents to host Fall Carnival

    Tom Mansfield|Oct 23, 2013

    At Deseret Health and Rehab, residents enjoyed many activities this week. The Activity Department offers a variety of activities each week to meet the residents’ interests and needs. We will be having our annual fall carnival from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m., Friday, Oct. 25, 2013. There will be games, prizes, candy, the spook house and the cake walk for kids of the valley. We wish to thank Tim Lamprecht for the kind donation of candy for the kids at the carnival. Games throughout the week provided fun and laughter. On Sunday afternoon, five residents p...

  • Games, movies and activities

    Tom Mansfield|Oct 16, 2013

    At Deseret Health and Rehab, residents enjoyed many activities throughout the week. The Activity Department offers a wide variety of activities each week to meet the residents’ interests, as well as the physical, mental and psychological well-being of each resident. On Friday, Brenda Zeiger and I were away at an Activity workshop in Casper. We had three learning sessions on Alzheimer’s and dementia and two sessions by Wyoming state surveyors on activities in state surveys. Games throughout the week provided fun and laughter. On Sunday aft...

  • Books, movies music and more

    Tom Mansfield|Oct 9, 2013

    At Deseret Health and Rehab, residents enjoyed many activities throughout the week. The Activity Department offers a wide variety of activities each week to meet the residents’ interests, as well as the physical, mental and psychological well-being of each resident. Mother Nature gave us some beautiful scenery on Friday morning, just to let us know the winter is just around the corner. The wet, heavy snow brought down a lot of tree limbs around town. However, residents were warm and snug in the facility inside, despite the snow and colder t...

  • Residents visit Aspen Alley

    Tom Mansfield|Oct 2, 2013

    At Deseret Health and Rehab, residents enjoyed many activities throughout the week. The Activity Department offers a wide variety of activities each week to meet the residents’ interests, as well as the physical, mental and psychological well-being of each resident. With the advent of fall on Sunday, we have begun getting cooler temperatures and some very beautiful days (and some rain, too). On Thursday afternoon, seven residents went on a Van Ride to Aspen Alley to see the fall colors. The month of October will bring our annual Fall C...

  • Birthdays, movies and more

    Tom Mansfield|Sep 25, 2013

    At Deseret Health and Rehab, residents enjoyed many activities throughout the week. The Activity Department offers a wide variety of activities each week to meet the residents’ interests, as well as the physical, mental and psychological well-being of each resident. We had our monthly birthday party at he facility on Thursday afternoon, and 11 residents attended. We celebrated the birthdays of Randy Cross, Ralph Platt, and Gloria Kendrick with ice cream and cake. Residents played one Blackout Bingo with Charlotte Gibbons winning. Six r...

  • Bingo, Blackjack and Uno

    Tom Mansfield|Sep 18, 2013

    At Deseret Health and Rehab, residents enjoyed many activities throughout the week. The Activity Department offers a wide variety of activities each week to meet the residents’ interests, as well as the physical, mental and psychological well-being of each resident. Games throughout the week provided fun and laughter. On Sunday afternoon,three residents played Uno with Charlotte Gibbons winning. On Monday afternoon, four residents played Dominoes. On Wednesday afternoon, 10 residents played Bingo, and on Friday afternoon, nine residents p...

  • Saying goodbye to Jeannette

    Tom Mansfield|Sep 11, 2013

    At Deseret Health and Rehab, residents enjoyed many activities throughout the week. The Activity Department offers a wide variety of activities each week to meet the residents’ interests, as well as the physical, mental and psychological well-being of each resident. Reverend Young offered a memorial service on Tuesday afternoon for long-time resident, Jeanette Baker. It was attended by family members, residents, visitors, and staff. Reverend Young emphasized how Jeanette was so much a part of this facility, and she will be missed by all. Her c...

  • Plenty of activities

    Tom Mansfield|Sep 4, 2013

    At Deseret Health and Rehab, residents enjoyed many activities throughout the week. The Activity Department offers a wide variety of activities each week to meet the residents’ interests, as well as the physical, mental and psychological well-being of each resident. Games throughout the week provided fun and laughter. On Sunday afternoon, four residents played Uno with Truth Karstoft winning. On Wednesday afternoon, nine residents played Bingo, and on Friday afternoon, eight residents played Bingo. Truth Karstoft, Nadine Caleb, Pat Sims, and D...

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