March Activities WHERE THE FUN IS AT ENRICHMENT Everyone is always welcome to every activity! We have several new tenants AND several 2021 new activities! We want to make sure you know that old or new, you are all ALWAYS welcome to join any activity at any time!Life Items listed in red are Tenant lead activities. Book Club, dominoes, podiatrist, blood pressure checks, adult coloring are just some examples of these activities. March Let us know if you need help setting up an area or are in need of supplies. Life Choices, It’s All About Living When participating in activities, for your own health and the health of others please remember… 1. Tenants and staff need to remain socially distant. 2. Room dividers will be added to the room when groups reach a large amount. from the 3. We ask tenants to continue to wear their masks until further notice. Th e K i t c en h 4. Wash your hands when returning to your apartments. 5. We are currently evading activities in which items have to be shared amongst Nurses “players”, i.e. card games. UNLESS they can be easily sanitized in between use. Covid Vaccines: Virtual Church Services Walk to Win The third round of the Pfi zer vaccination will be giv- The Culinary Team is so happy We will have a virtual church services every Sunday at We know how everyone likes a little competition! Starting en on March 8, 2021. THIS IS FOR TENANTS WHO to have the dining rooms open— 9:00am in the Fireside lounge. We apologize for the past in the month of March, we will have a month long MISSED THE SECOND DOSE. even if it is with limited seating! technical diffi culties, HOWEVER we believe the problems WALK-A-THON. Whether you walk in a group or on your We would like to remind you own, we will keep track on the fl oor that puts in the most We will continue with one week Covid testing until have been fi xed and it should be smooth sailing. all, if you want to take leftovers steps for the month AND the individual who puts in the most further notice. Summit Pointe Gives Back back to your apartment, or take steps! The fl oor winners will receive a private pizza party… Vitals will not be taken on Tuesdays. During the week, This month we are trying a big project that WILL definitely The individual will win a gift card good for online shopping your dessert with you, please vitals will be taken in the Fireside lounge BEFORE take some time. Every Monday we will meet for this volun- (of course). SO put on your walking shoes and join us bring your own containers to lunch. If we miss you going into lunch, We’ll try to get teer opportunity. We are using plastic bags to make bags for Thursday mornings to get your miles in! put them in. We have been pro- them taken before your food is served. homeless people. viding containers for some on an Mindful Meditation Movie Theme: Blood pressure checks will take place the fi rst and as needed basis. Just a reminder third Thursday of each month between the times Join us on Tuesday mornings to fi rst, learn the benefi ts you are to furnish your own of mediation, then benefit from the meditation. In attempts Oldies but Goodies of 1pm-3pm. If you would like your blood pressure containers. We try to keep the Remember some of these names; John Wayne, checked please see Brandy or Jessica at the 2nd fl oor to hold it in a quiet environment, we will participate in this Maureen O Hara, Jane Powell, Howard Keel, kitchen dishes, silverware, cups activity in the library. Sandra Dee and James Cagney? Join Us every nurses’ station. and brown napkins from leaving Saturday and Sunday for this month movies the dining rooms. By doing this, DIY Projects featuring Oldies but goodies and get reaquinted we are sure we will have enough We have some impressive DIY projects scheduled in March, with some of these silver screen actors/actresses dishes to feed everyone! If you often times tenants tell us that they do not have room for proj- MARCH 6 & 7 The Quiet Man ects in their homes. These DIYs can/will be used to decorate do have dishes, cups or napkins MARCH 13 & 14 Seven Brides for Seven Brothers our common areas (unless you prefer to keep them, in which in your apartment, please return MARCH 20 & 21 Gidget case, they’re all yours) them to the kitchen. MARCH 27 & 28 Yankee Doodle Dandy Check out the calendar fo r ot her new opp ortu nit ies! Th ank you for your cooperation Thank you! St. Patrick’s Day Social Toga Tuesday & Greek Mythology A Murder Mystery Event Massages • • • Terrie • Help with Technology • Pancake Bar • Learning Opportunities • Cup of Brew & News PAGE 8 The Summit Pointe Family is intentionally enhancing the lives of everyone. Celerations! Kylie Kavanagh, an associate professor of pathology–comparative med- icine at the Wake Forest School of Medicine and an author on the leaky gut study. Over time, that response can increase your risk of dementia. Tenant Birthday And bad gut bacteria can produce chemicals that directly hinder MARCH 4 your ability to think. “Th ere’s more nervous tissue in the GI tract than Sharon Easler anywhere else in the body, aside from the brain,” says Michael Pezzone, Tom Gaddie M.D., chief of gastroenterology at the University of Pittsburgh’s UPMC Mercy. “So, some bacterial by-products can make you feel foggy.” 5‘Gut-Healthy’ MARCH 5 ENJOY WATCHING Options That Aren’t William Hartwig You’ll sleep better Sweetened yogurt MARCH 12 sports at the pointe Recently, 474 people ages 18 to 94 fi lled out sleep questionnaires. Th en they submit-ted stool samples. Researchers found that participants The bacterial cultures in fermented Winona Lown-Richardson Hawkeye Men’s Basketball with more microbiome diversity slept more deeply than did those with dairy are absolutely good for your gut, Roland Raim Nebraska vs Iowa 3/4/21 TBD less. Another study showed that people with mi-crobiome diversity but the add-ed sugars are not. Sugar feeds bad bacteria, causing more MARCH 14 Wisconsin vs Iowa 3/7/21TBD fall asleep faster and perform better on cognitive tests — just as you’d expect from rested brains. harm than good, says Wake Forest Jean Krusie 2021 March Madness: University’s Kylie Kavanagh. Marlys Knott ROUND DATES LOCATIONS You’ll ease belly woes Wheat bread According to the Cleveland Clinic, some people may be helped by MARCH 17 Selection Sunday Sunday, March 14 Emulsifi ers found in shelf-stable super- taking probiotics (through diet or supplements), the common name Shirley Mincey Thursday, Mackey Arena, Simon market breads may cause damage to First Four for active bacteria or yeast that helps break down food in the gut. MARCH 24 March 18 Skjodt Assembly Hall the walls of the gut, and many “wheat” Probiotics seem to help, these researchers say, with diarrhea, consti- breads aren’t whole grain. Look for Sharon Easton Mackey Arena, Simon pation, infl ammatory bowel disease, irritable bowel syndrome, yeast Skjodt Assembly Hall, “100% whole wheat” bread with a MARCH 26 Friday, March 19 Bankers Life infections, urinary tract infections and even gum disease. Th e National minimum of chemical additives. David “Dave” Malatek First Round and Saturday, Fieldhouse, Hinkle Institutes of Health notes that “there is some evidence that probiotics March 20 Field-house, Indiana may be helpful” in treating acute diarrhea or diarrhea associated with Herbal-laxative tea MARCH 29 Farmers Coliseum, the use of antibiotics in adults. If you’re thinking about taking one of Long-term laxative use, even the herbal Evelyn “Evie” McLeod Lucas Oil Stadium these popular supplements, medical experts’ advice is to talk to your kind, can interfere with intestinal nerve Bankers Life doctor or other health care provider. func-tion, the Cleveland Clinic notes. Sunday, March 21 Fieldhouse, Hinkle Of particular concern is an herb called Staff Birthday Second Round and Monday, Fieldhouse, Indiana You’ll catch fewer colds senna, which irritates the bowel walls March 22 Farmers Coliseum, Two-thirds of the body’s immune cells live in and around the gut, and and can cause liver damage. MARCH 9 Lucas Oil Stadium they take cues from the microbiome, says Dawn Bowdish, a professor Alee Doneson Saturday, March Bankers Life of molecular medicine at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario. ‘Light’ prune juice MARCH 10 Sweet 16 27 and Sunday, Fieldhouse, “As gut microbes change with age, some of that immune education Noncaloric sweeteners found in “light” Rosalynn Carter March 28 Hinkle Fieldhouse starts to fall apart.” Changes in the microbiome off er a partial explana- juices can throw off your microbiome. 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