On Tuesday, January 15th, the men’s and women’s Grinnell College track teams came to dinner in the Mayflower Community Buckley Dining Room. Stranded in the dorms during winter break, the young men and women enjoyed Mayflower hospitality and, of course, outstanding food. On the menu for the 62 guests and hosts were zucchini tofu with…
Music Speaks therapy began at The Mayflower Community, Grinnell, Iowa in December 2018. The local music therapist, Kelly Robertson, visits our low-stimulus South neighborhood once a week to conduct a small group therapy session, which is monitored by Mayflower staff. Music therapy is a clinical- and evidenced-based practice conducted by a trained therapist. Non-musical goals…
Residents of The Mayflower Community, Grinnell, Iowa are staying fit and flexible by participating in a twice-weekly exercise class called “Senior Strength.” The class is led by certified Wellness Specialist, Kayley Thompson. Kayley, an employee of UPH-Grinnell Regional Medical Center, spends time each week at Mayflower conducting wellness classes. The Senior Strength class starts with…
The Mayflower Community is not taking any chances against the flu bug lying around in public areas! Our daily routine includes disinfection of all shared surfaces and special cleaning of common areas. The photo above shows Housekeeper Rhonda Rawlins hard at work cleaning and disinfecting chairs in the Buckley Dining Room. (Just to be clear,…
If you are a Grinnell College basketball player living in the empty dorms during winter recess, where do you go for great food? THE MAYFLOWER COMMUNITY! On Wednesday, January 3rd, the men’s and women’s basketball teams joined Mayflower hosts in the Buckley Dining Room to “pasta-pack” for their games at Ripon (Wisconsin) the following Saturday.…
The Mayflower Community is being proactive in attacking flu germs to avoid them getting a foothold. The focus is the entire campus—Health Center, South Neighborhood, Beebe Assisted Living, independent living apartments, meeting rooms, and common areas. This includes a daily routine of stepped-up cleaning, sanitizing, and disinfecting. Assisting Mayflower in this battle is new technology…
Flu season is upon us. It is time to get a head start to avoid flu playing havoc with your life. Information about flu and its treatment is provided by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). What are the symptoms? They could be some or all of these: fever, cough, sore throat, runny or stuffy…
Enhancements have been made in Mayflower’s Health Center, a fully licensed nursing care facility. Now featured in the South community is a low-stimulus environment, specializing in care for residents with chronic and life-limiting conditions. Included is palliative care that provides comfort to residents when their medical conditions cannot be stabilized or improved. Our staff in…
Pictured at the buffet line are (left to right) Wilma Vosburg, Selva Lehman, Pat Groth, Walda Gustafson, Jack Gustafson. Chinese buffet and a movie. Warm and cozy inside. Short walk home afterwards….maybe before 12:00midnight. It doesn’t get any better! Residents and their guests enjoyed Chinese appetizers prepared fresh in the Mayflower kitchen. Then, the movie,…
If you decide to do a New Year’s resolution to walk more, The Mayflower Community is the place to do it…no matter what the weather! As you can see from the map displayed below, there are many places to walk INDOORS. In fact, you can walk four city blocks without backtracking in the hallways, tunnels,…