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Knowle Gate residents practised their painting skills and created a wonderful watercolour Halloween scene with fairy lights . The beautiful final product now hangs proudly in the home’s activity room for all to see. We at the Alpine Nursing Home thought a fun Halloween contest was something we could do for the residents and the community. Everyone is coming up with unique ideas to be socially distant and still have a good time on Halloween.
Because of this, some more specialised treatments are offered here. The Netherlands has a reputation for providing a high standard of medical care and its hospitals vary in size and in areas of specialisation. In the Volendams Museum, the typical costume of the fishing village is on display, as well as originally arranged rooms from the last century. Ship models, paintings and other works of art can also be seen.
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At Emerson Grange Care Home, a trolley of pumpkins were delivered for residents to carve and display around the care home. Activity Coordinator, Geoff, who owns over 150 costumes donned his pumpkin suit for the special occasion! Halloween crafts can be completed early in October so you can use them as decorations throughout the rest of the month. The seniors at your assisted living facility can put their mark on the building’s look for a little while and you’ll set the creepy atmosphere for the weeks to come. Use your regular bingo cards, but have fun this holiday by providing residents with candy corn to use as the bingo markers.
Halloween activities can get the group together, encourage camaraderie, and give everyone a chance to enjoy some spooky fun. Today I’m re-sharing a post I wrote a couple of years ago that many of you found helpful. I hope these eight suggestions will inspire you to think outside the box and create new activities that will make the holiday enjoyable for residents and staff. Have fun with residents while educating them with fun facts about Halloween. Take advantage of this pumpkin season by hosting a fun Donuts on a String contest. Purchase (or have your facility’s Baking Club bake) pumpkin donuts for the contest where residents try to eat the donuts without using their hands.
Reclamation of the land
The formation of the Batavian Republic, inspired by the French revolution, led to a more centralised government. Its independence was further reduced by an administrative reform in 1798, in which its territory was divided into several departments called Amstel, Delf, Texel, and part of Schelde en Maas. Initially, Holland was a remote corner of the Holy Roman Empire. Gradually, its regional importance increased until it began to have a decisive, and ultimately dominant, influence on the History of the Netherlands.
The predominance of Holland in the Netherlands has resulted in regionalism on the part of the other provinces, a reaction to the perceived threat that Holland poses to their local culture and identity. On the other hand, some Hollanders take Holland's cultural dominance for granted and treat the concepts of "Holland" and "the Netherlands" as coinciding. Consequently, they see themselves not primarily as Hollanders, but simply as Dutch . From the Frisian side the sea even flooded the area to the east, gradually hollowing Holland out from behind and forming the Zuiderzee .
Wordplay Costumes
Invite a school or daycare center to color Halloween pictures to mail to your nursing home. Better yet, ask them to write notes on the back of their pictures. Dragsholm Slot, Denmark - Originally built in 1215, it is one of the oldest castles in Denmark and supposedly the most haunted in all of Europe. From the 16th-17th century it was used to house prisoners of nobility. Today it is an upscale hotel that hosts a Michelin star restaurant, while reportedly being home to over 100 ghosts including the husband of Mary Queen of Scotts who died as a prisoner there. These decorations will provide a much-needed change of scenery!
Residents got creative with pumpkin carving and made them into flower vases. There was Halloween bingo and a Monster Mash Halloween party with a spooky singalong. On Tuesday’s bake-off, residents created their own themed bakes. Monster moves were incorporated into the weekly exercise sessions and there was plenty of trick or treating and fancy dress.
A welcoming fishing village in every season
Are you wondering how your assisted living community can celebrate Halloween this year? This means abiding by government guidelines and ensuring the health and safety of staff and residents is a top priority for senior care providers. Restrictions make activity planning and holiday celebrating 'trick'ier, but you're in for a 'treat' with these COVID-friendly Halloween activities. Do you have an administrator who’s a bit uneasy about preparing your senior living facility for Halloween?
This inland sea threatened to link up with the "drowned lands" of Zealand in the south, reducing Holland to a series of narrow dune barrier islands in front of a lagoon. Only drastic administrative intervention saved the county from utter destruction. The counts and large monasteries took the lead in these efforts, building the first heavy emergency dikes to bolster critical points.
You can also visit the Alkmaar cheese market, which takes place from April to September inclusive. And if you're in Volendam earlier in the year, combine your trip with a visit to the Keukenhof, where millions of bulbs are in full bloom. As with many other attractive Dutch places, the latest technology has taken hold even in traditional Volendam.
By the early twelfth century, the inhabitants of Holland were called Hollandi in a Latin text. Holland is derived from the Old Dutch term holtlant ('wood-land'). This spelling variation remained in use until around the 14th century, at which time the name stabilised as Holland . A popular but erroneous folk etymology holds that Holland is derived from hol land ('hollow land' in Dutch), purportedly inspired by the low-lying geography of the land.
Afterwards, host a special dinner, which features a delicious meal served in your facility’s Dining Room, in which you can pipe music into the speakers for residents to enjoy during their meal. Finally after dinner, encourage residents to dance the night away to a live band. Halloween is a great opportunity for some holiday-themed activities at your assisted living community.
Within the Burgundian Netherlands, Holland was the dominant province in the north; the political influence of Holland largely determined the extent of Burgundian dominion in that area. The last count of Holland was Philip III, better known as Philip II, king of Spain. He was deposed in 1581 by the Act of Abjuration, although the kings of Spain continued to carry the titular appellation of Count of Holland until the Peace of Münster signed in 1648. The historic village is located by Lake Markermeer, and once had direct access to the North Sea via the Zuider Zee. Because of the good location by the water, many fishermen settled in the village. At Dean Wood, residents painted pumpkins, created face masks and made autumnal arrangements for the tables.
