Southbrooke residents and staff prepare for prom
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Residents at Southbrooke Manor are in for a treat on June 31. The nursing home is giving them a prom, and local businesses and volunteers have banded together to make it an amazing experience.
Activities director Kelvin Turner said an employee saw on the news that another nursing home had thrown one for their residents, and brought the idea to him.
“Our theme is Hollywood, a night on the red carpet,” he said.
Quite a bit of planning and preparation went into this particular activity, and Turner said he is grateful for everyone who helped.
“I’d like to thank the Parlour,” he said, “They were a big, big help. They gave us a big tote full of prom dresses. We have a DJ and a photographer coming also. We have someone coming to do hair, and hopefully someone coming to do makeup. Helping Hands, too – we went there and found some clothes.”
The staff is arranging a “spa day” to precede the prom, where they’ll do the residents’ nails and treat them to drinks.
“Some of us are even taking the residents to the prom. We asked them, or they asked us,” said Turner.
The night on the red carpet event is just one of many activities Turner tries to arrange for the residents, as he likes to keep their lives interesting.
“We do a calendar every month and each day is something different,” he said, “Basically we just try to enhance the lives of the residents. We take them shopping, on outings, movies, sometimes, we go to Bingo Palace. Just stuff they used to do – I try to still do it here.”
The prom starts at 6:30 p.m., following today’s spa day.
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