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Life is Still Beautiful at The GreenFields
The GreenFields Continuing Care Community has suspended visitation until further
notice and social distancing has altered the way meals are served and resident activities
are presented. Even in the wake of these changes, life is still beautiful at The GreenFields.
“The changes in routine have been proactive and well planned,”
wrote Paul & Judy Kroll, GreenField Manor residents. “Group
activities, limited to the first ten residents to show up, are still
going on…staff members take orders and do limited grocery
shopping for residents.
Grace’s Place Cafe is still offering its daily specials, which
are delivered. A huge effort is being put forth by the kitchen
and dining room staff, with dinners being delivered to each
apartment. The GreenFields staff’s efforts are certainly what
we would deem above-and-beyond-the-call-of duty!”
In addition, The GreenFields Activities and Creative Arts
departments are assisting residents with communicating
with their family members through a variety of methods,
including phone, Skype, FaceTime and Zoom. Resident birthdays are
being celebrated in earnest — including one celebrating 105 years and another celebrating
101 years. GreenFields drivers have been taking residents for “joy rides” around the area
to help combat cabin fever. A number of residents have also presented various forms of
entertainment, including DVDs and CDs, to other residents.
The GreenFields has also received an overwhelming amount of community support. The
Niagara Lutheran Health System Board of Directors, residents’ families and patients have
supplied employees with many lunches, snacks, and desserts. The employees and children
of The GreenFields Childcare Center, Imagination Station, welcomed employees to their
facilities with chalk drawings and thank you messages. Hundreds of masks have come in
from all over the state, as well as headbands designed to take pressure off employees’ ears
from their masks. Try-It Distributing, on behalf of Anheuser-Busch, donated energy drinks
for all employees.
Residents have received handmade cards from the children of Marilla Primary School
and flower arrangements from local florists and families.
The GreenFields Continuing Care Community is also continuing
to hire, including restaurant, hospitality, and retail workers
who may have been displaced as a result of COVID-19. Please
visit thegreenfields.org/careers/ for a list of open positions
and ways to apply.
The Niagara Lutheran Health System is a not-for-profit
organization that provides for the physical, social, and spiritual
needs of the individuals we serve, in a Christian environment. The
GreenFields Continuing Care Community on Broadway in Lancaster
provides residential living at GreenField Manor and assisted living
at GreenField Court. GreenField Terrace provides memory care and
enhanced assisted living. GreenField Health & Rehabilitation Center
provides 24-hour skilled nursing care, dementia care, respite care and
myriad rehabilitation services.
42 Adviser a publication of LeadingAge New York | Summer 2020