"The Treasure Within"

As we have moved along in the Month of March, residents were delighted with our "Alive In All Seasons" Theme of: Performance: "Your Treasure is Within"! Residents, families, associates and friends throughout the community have enjoyed a wide variety of performances!  We explored our "spicy" treasures with our "Hot Cajun/Louisiana Dancing" performance and everyone had a blast and joined in the dancing fun! As we continued on by special resident request we hosted a "Country" Day and had the "Real McCoy" with cowboys and country music and all! Residents were so enamored with our Country Western Cowboy singer they even knocked his hat clear off his head trying to get an old fashioned Country Hug!  And of course, we could not celebrate our Treasures without the great Irish Cultural Celebration Event.  We even had our very own Leprechaun show up!  We kissed the Blarney Stone and had a wonderful time with "Green Near Beer", Shamrocks, Irish Traditional Refreshments and of course the great Treasure of Irish Music!

Join us next month as we continue to "Nurture the Spirit of Life" in all we do here at Juniper Village of Williamstown!

Treasuring The Little Things!

This month here at Williamstown, we celebrate our "Alive in All Seasons" theme of: Performance: "Your Treasure is Within".  To kick off this month, we were surprised by a long time resident's family who sent in an extravagant luncheon spread for all of Our Juniper Team to extend their heartfelt gratitude for the care their father has received during his years here in our community!  As we all celebrated, we focused on the treasure of friendship & always giving in excellence!

As we proceeded on, residents, families and friends attended a wonderful presentation by our Partner's in Caring Genesis, on the treasure of our bodies and staying in "Peak Performance" & incorporating "Stress Reduction.  It was educational & very informative.  Residents also engaged in their bowling activity and got their groove back.  We also celebrated and recognized a job done in excellence by one of our Nursing Team, Mari-Carroll Weidner who has navigated us through this season along with our wonderful nursing & care team.  If that wasn't enough we also treasured the special occasion of our Business Office Manager, Ellen Richardson.

Join us as we enjoy wonderful and joyful music, dance and other performances coming up in this month and remember to treasure all of life's most precious moments!

Juniper Communities Introduces Theralink for Onsite Integrated Therapy at Juniper Village at Williamstown

Juniper Communities, a national owner-operator of Juniper Village senior living communities, is rolling out Theralink in all its facilities, and locally at Juniper Village at Williamstown. Theralink is an on-site program designed to help residents regain and maintain independence, fitness and overall wellbeing. It is being implemented through a newly established partnership between Juniper Communities and Genesis Rehab Services.

“Rehabilitation, restorative services, and fitness are vital to healthy aging and whole person wellness,” explains Lynne Katzmann, CEO and Founder of Juniper Communities. “Coordinated with other clinical services permits, Juniper will be able to provide integrated post-acute care onsite at the communities through Theralink. This is especially important for Juniper’s residents who want and need more intensive rehabilitation services in their ‘home’.”

Grant Welson, Area Director for Genesis Rehab Services states, “Juniper is taking an industry lead by creating Theralink to offer onsite therapy services where they are integrated into everyday patient care. Feedback from preliminary implementation from Juniper’s residents has been overwhelmingly positive.”

The Theralink program will provide physical, occupational, speech, and when needed respiratory therapy that is integrated into the care Juniper currently delivers. Elements of Theralink include special balance and strength training, and fall prevention programs; technology and apps that facilitate and record personal fitness training; dementia management programs that integrate cognitive and occupational therapies; cardiopulmonary management; and monthly assessment reports.

March 2015 Events in Williamstown, NJ: Your Treasure Is Within

Treasure hunting has been around forever! The search for riches has evolved from archaeological digs revealing lost treasure to present day treasure hunts such as television’s “The Amazing Race”. Much has been written about the allure of treasure, but one thing that we’ve come to realize is that the treasure within is the most valuable of all. Each one of us has a treasure within and through our March 2015 events in Williamstown, NJ we will be exploring that treasure at Juniper Village at Williamstown - be it your ability to sing, play a musical instrument, recite dramatic prose or balance a spoon at the end of your nose. No treasure is too small! In the immortal words of Captain Jack Sparrow, “Not all treasure’s silver and gold, mate.”

With our March 2015 events in Williamstown, NJ at Juniper Village at Williamstown we end our Creative Expressions Series with a focus on Performance. Please join us during our March 2015 events in Williamstown, NJ while we recognize “Your Treasure is Within” as we provide opportunities to express yourself through our weekly drama clubs and by attending theatrical performances. If step dancing and corned beef and cabbage is more your thing, sample all that is Irish with our annual St. Patrick’s Day party or walk the red carpet and share your movie trivia skills at our Oscar Party.

Our fabulous March 2015 events in Williamstown, NJ include our Peak Performance and Stress Reduction educational and inspiring presentation by Gosia Kaczmarski, O.T. R./L. of Genesis Rehab, who will share her expertise with everyone on March 3^rd at 3:00 pm; our Celebrate Dance Performance featuring the Dance Zydaco dancers as we discover the hidden treasure of dance on March 12^th at 3:00pm; or our Irish Cultural Experience Event as we celebrate the rich Irish history, culture, food, dance, music and more in style with Irish Pub Brews, Cultural Refreshments, Irish Music and humor on March 17^th at 2:30 pm.  

We hope to see you at one or more of our March 2015 events in Williamstown, NJ, so check out our calendar for more!