Going above and beyond during National Assisted Living Week!

The final presentation during the National Assisted Living week was a "heartfelt" one on our heart day here at Clark Meadows. We had recognized staff, and our program manager, and now it was time to recognize eight of our residents for the help that they offer to us and other residents. Presented by Jody Wilbur....

" We have four men and 4 women who have gone above and beyond to help make our assisted living experience the best it can be. They've shown kindness, patience, and consideration for their neighbors and for the staff. These folks have helped with managing the book cart, creating some of our programming, acting as ambassadors, helped with happy hours by singing, smiling and encouraging. They help other residents by engaging them with fun conversation with jokes, laughter and singing. The list goes on and on. Your positivity and participation fulfill our lives and we thank you."

Thank you Mary, Bev, Margaret, Jane, Sam, Al G., Joe and Al J.!

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Patrick has a passion for baking and it shows in everything he does!

When the calendar says, "Baking Demo: Cookies with Patrick," folks gather around. Today, Patrick Boylan, a baker at Thompson Senior Living Communities, shared his family recipe for the favorite molasses cookies! Patrick did his training at Le Cordon Bleu in New Hampshire and has quite some skills in the baking department. He demostrated how he assembles a batch of the molasses cookies and while he prepared the dough in his very own orange kitchenaid mixer (a gift from his Mom) he told us about the baked goods he prefers to make in our kitchen. He loves to decorate cakes and cookies. One of his other family recipes that he prepares for the residents is a raspberry cheesecake. He enjoys baking and decorating wedding cakes and says that his passion came from his mother's love of baking. it was a special treat to meet one of our talented cooks and to hear some of his personal story. Thank you Patrick!