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The Calming Affect of Jigsaw Puzzles on Seniors


Research indicates that jigsaw puzzling has a calming affect on seniors. Better yet, some research shows it can keep the brain active and possibly ward off Alzheimers disease. Problem-solving skills are incorporated and, especially with the more difficult puzzles, logical and spatial thinking is required. This mental focus naturally decreases anxiety. Puzzling is to the brain what a gym workout is to the body: exertion that makes you feel good!

Benefits of Jigsaw Puzzles for Seniors with Alzheimer’s

Source: Clarity Pointe

  1. Slower decline of cognitive functioning
  2. Powerful brain workout
  3. Increased visual perception and memory
  4. Improved interactions with others
  5. Therapeutic meditation
  6. Better physical health
  7. Feel-good chemicals
  8. Purposeful activities

If you’re ever cleaning out and getting rid of jigsaw puzzles, we’d be glad to take them off your hands. Residents enjoy all levels of difficulty! And if you love puzzling yourself, plan a visit with us – we’d love to have you!

Spring Is On Its Way!

We had Garden Club yesterday and now we’ve got the itch for Spring! Rain and warmer temps are making us feel like it might not be that far off. Of course, Michigan is always good for a surprise or two, though!

Our Sweethearts

What’s a Valentines party without conversation hearts and games and treats and music and a little bit of dancing! We even crowned a King and Queen from resident and staff votes! Lots of fun for all of us.

Movie Highlight: Gone With The Wind


Playing this Week at The Village: January 25-26

10 Interesting Facts About Gone With The Wind, 1939

  1. Scarlett was cast after filming began.
  2. Leigh almost lost the part after her first test reading.
  3. The first director was fired. In all, the film had three directors.
  4. Leslie Howard absolutely despised playing Ashley.
  5. Gable begged not to be shown crying on camera.
  6. There weren’t enough extras in the entire Screen Actors Guild to shoot the Confederate Wounded scene.
  7. Atlanta went crazy for the film’s premiere and then Georgia governor declared it a state holiday
  8. Hattie McDaniel became the first African-American to win an Oscar, but was banned from the premiere.
  9. Author Margaret Mitchell, heading to watch a movie with her husband, was fatally struck by a car 10 years after the film’s release.
  10. It took 16 different writers to make the screenplay a viable length.

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New Tables and Chairs


Take a look at our new dining room tables and chairs. These were provided by gifts from the Morley Foundation, the Wickson-Link Memorial Foundation, the Allen & Marie Nickless Foundation, and another foundation that desires to remain anonymous. Funds included an allowance for new laminate table top surfaces that were expertly installed by the Community Village maintenance staff. The new look not only enhances the dining room appearance, but has taken safety and comfort to new levels. A few days after the new chairs arrived, one of our board members shifted the wrong way in one of our old chairs, causing it to collapse. That event truly made us appreciate the great safety improvement of the new indestructible chairs.