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A cookout, cool musical vibes, classic cars, and family and friends. That’s what the Father’s Day Celebration is like each year at Village at Proprietors Green. About 200 residents, family members, and friends dropped by to soak up the sun and good times. For the senior living community, the day is always an intergenerational affair!
Your father taught you some of life’s most important lessons, and he knew that the smallest details could make all the difference. He always had your back, and now that he’s getting older you want to make sure that he has the support he needs to enjoy the most of every day.
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Award-winning author and historian Anthony Sammarco talked about a book of great interest to Massachusetts residents, Jordan Marsh: New England’s Largest Store. Sammarco was the latest author invited to engage the Marshfield Council on Aging membership with a fascinating story. Village at Proprietors Green is a frequent host of the COA’s Pub Chat Series.
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Village at Proprietors Green continues to offer timely Consumer Health Education programming on a range of topics. Dr. Kristen Helm, with a specialty in endocrinology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital Harbor Medical Associates and South Shore Hospital, recently gave an informative presentation on the various types of diabetes, current pharmaceutical treatment options, and the treatment of other vascular risk factors.
Diabetes is defined as a group of diseases, affecting the body’s ability to produce or use insulin. Rates of the disease are particularly high among adults 65 and older, with 25 percent of that population living with diabetes. Additionally, it’s estimated that more than 84 million individuals 18 years old and older have pre-diabetes.
Village at Proprietors Green never misses an opportunity to celebrate its residents. Mother’s Day provides the perfect occasion to honor the women in our lives who are mothers. At Village at Proprietors Green the celebration is always multi-generational – just like a big family!
Your mother has always given you a helping hand. She provided the support you needed when you needed it, and she has always helped you negotiate each of life’s transitions. If she is in need of a transition from home to a Senior Living Community, now is the best time to consider a move to Village at Proprietors Green.
There were no ruffled feathers when naturalist Marcia Wilson and her husband, photographer Mark Wilson brought several of their permanently disabled owls to Village at Proprietors Green for an educational visit. The “Eyes on Owls” program allows the residents, staff, and families to learn about the various owls native to New England and their habitats. The owls in the program could not survive on their own in the wild.
Professional colleagues from healthcare, home care, elder law, and the community-at-large were invited to the Bunny Hop, one of several annual Appreciation Events at Village at Proprietors Green. It is the senior living community’s way of saying thank you to the professionals who refer clients to one of the Village at Proprietors Green’s three neighborhoods, independent living, assisted living, or memory care.
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It was a lovely day for a Valentine’s Day Tea at Village at Proprietors Green. Delicious heart-shaped chocolate cookies, steaming tea, pressed linens, trivia, and women in their finest hats were all part of the festive celebration. Valentine’s Day fell on Ash Wednesday this year, marking the beginning of Lent, and many residents, in keeping with their faith tradition, received ashes on their forehead.
With Easter right around the corner, the annual Easter Egg Hunt at Village at Proprietors Green brings families together to celebrate their loved ones and an enduring joy of childhood! The children were delighted and delightful. The residents even had a chance to hug the Easter Bunny.
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