Decorating for Christmas

Keeping up the Christmas Cheer

Although it wasn’t a normal Christmas here at MVNRC, the staff, families, as well as a local business’s helped spread some Holiday cheer with different decorations throughout the facility inside and outside. The residents and staff alike enjoyed looking outside each day to see what new decoration was added. A huge SHOUT OUT to all the people that had a hand in helping with this.

Staff Karen Klotz has been making a Gingerbread House now for many years to share with the residents and staff. This year she thought it would be great to make a replica of our facility. It took her many weeks to finish this project. For a complete story scroll back on our Facebook page to see more pictures and read her story here.

A few more pictures from this Christmas.

Special Memory Tree

This year the Mahoning Valley Nursing and Rehabilitation Center (MVNRC) placed a “Special Christmas Tree” our version of a Memory Tree in the Crystal Alcove. (What is a memory tree you ask? This is a place to capture special memories of a loved one by tying a note remembering a loved one to a tree celebrating them.) We used ornaments to decorate a tree with these special memories.

The memory ornaments were placed on the tree by our staff in memory of our loved ones who passed away throughout the year.

Christmas Crafts

In-room Christmas Crafting

Although we are still not having group activities within the facility, we are doing small individual activities in each resident’s room (as accepted).

Here are some video clips and pictures of residents who participated in a Christmas Craft. They enjoyed making Christmas Trees and/or snowflakes. It was a fun time as well as good therapy for their fingers.

Christmas was different this year

What is the importance of celebrating Christmas?

For many Christmas holds a very special place in our hearts, with a powerful religious significance drawing us closer to one another in a cheerful and happy celebration.

It’s also a great time of the year to enjoy the social aspects of the holiday. Parties, family gatherings, group meals, and gift exchanges all come to mind. A time to just enjoy each other and time spent with one another.

While Christmas was definitely different this year due to the pandemic, staff at MVNRC still wanted to share some Christmas joy and cheer with our Residents.

We had staff dress up and paraded up and down the wings playing and singing Christmas music.

We even had the Jolly old man “Saint Nick” himself come and wave to residents and staff. Please click through the pictures and videos that the staff captured on Christmas Eve afternoon while they were singing and dancing through the halls.