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July 2021
The Carlton Monthly
Love Honor Provide
MC Theme of the Month:
In the month of July, we will celebrate all things related to Independence &
Freedom Residents will be encouraged to join in programming centered around
geography, cultural experiences, food tasting, and travel related to different
experiences with Independence & Freedom. For theme related programs, see the
activities highlighted in red on our monthly calendar.
Join us in celebrating….
Independence & Freedom
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July 2021
The Carlton Monthly
Celebrating the Fourth of July in
Memory Care
Love Honor Provide
by Brooke DeNisco
Many holidays are a mixed blessing in memory care communities. Plenty of people with memory loss still
remember holidays and enjoy the special events and decorations that go with them. Others can feel over-
whelmed and displaced. Social distancing and other safety measures will likely be in place on this July 4, so
it is likely to be more “low-key” than usual. Here are some other things to keep in mind for the holiday.
Decorations
Put up the red, white, and blue streamers and flags no earlier than July 3, and take them down no later than
July 5. People with memory loss are often looking to the environment for clues. If they see American flags
and red, white, and blue bunting, there is a good chance they’ll recognize it’s the Fourth of July. If it’s actual-
ly only July 1, you’ll spend many days explaining that July 4 is in a few days. Correcting people and telling
them that what they are observing in their environment is not accurate is easy to avoid by keeping decora-
tions brief.
Anxiety and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Approximately one in five veterans suffers from PTSD. As more veterans of the Korean and Vietnam Wars
enter old age, the percentage will likely rise. Whether someone has PTSD or not, the loud, gun-like sound of
fireworks can be very startling, especially when they are at random intervals. Keep the windows closed and
play some music if people in the neighborhood are setting off firecrackers or fireworks.
Display images of fireworks or live firework shows on your community television(s). A visual allows people to as-
sociate the sounds they hear with a picture of something that is non-threatening and even enjoyable to watch.
PBS broadcasts and streams fireworks from several locations. Their website also includes quizzes, trivia, and
behind-the-scenes extras from fireworks displays. The Macy’s fireworks in New York City (still taking place this
year) are on TV at 8 p.m. EDT (or 5 p.m. PDT) on the Fourth. There are plenty of DVDs featuring fireworks and
music and free streaming sources.
Routine
Don’t ditch all your usual activities because it’s a holiday. Routine is an anchor that will enable people to en-
MC
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the Fourth falls on a Saturday. Keep some of your regular Saturday activi-
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experiences
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Join us inpeople
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to go outdoors in small groups and to be flexible. If people are overheated, overwhelmed,
Independence & Freedom
or tired, gracefully cut the outdoor activity short.
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Carlton Senior Living Management
Lisa Schumann Olivia Sterba Misty Charles Trudy Parker
Director of New Sales Director of Memory
Executive Director Executive Assistant Care
Jenny Cung Amani Kyubwa Rajvansh Martin Melissa Start
Plant Operations Dining Room
Medication Manager Manager Personal Care Manager
Manager
Anali Grove Yuvi Diaz Cynthia Lipford Conrad
Resident Liasion Director of Resident Personal Expressions Caguimbal
Services Manager Chef
Resident Spotlight Staff Spotlight
Sunday, February 1 Thursday, July 1
9:00 Walking Club 9:30 Walking Club
10:00 Morning Exercise 10:00 Morning Exercise
11:00 Current Events & Daily Extra 11:00 Daily Chronicles
1:00 Nail & Massage Spa 1:00 Flower Arrangements
2:00 Creative Hour 2:00 Creative Hour
3:00 Sort & Match 3:00 Coupon Clipping
4:00 Junk Drawer Detectives 4:00 Music Hour
5:00 Sunset Theater 5:00 Sunset Theater
Monday, February 1 Friday,
Friday,July
July22
9:00 Walking Club 9:30 Walking Club
10:00 Morning Exercise 10:00 Fabulous Fitness
11:00 Current Events & Daily Extra 11:00 Daily Chronicles
1:00 Nail & Massage Spa 1:00 Bird Feeders
2:00 Valentine Card Making 2:00 Gardening Club
3:00 Sort & Match 3:00 Creative Hour
4:00 Junk Drawer Detectives 4:00 Junk Drawer Detectives
5:00 Sunset Theater 5:00 Sunset Theater
Tuesday, June 1 Saturday,July
Saturday, July33
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9:00 Walking Club 9:30 Walking Club
10:00 Fabulous Fitness 10:00 Music & Movement
Hydrated
11:00 Daily Chronicles
1:00 SingFit
11:00 Daily Chronicles
1:00 Bowling
2:00 Fishing 2:00 Music Hour
3:00 Puzzle Hour 3:00 Garden Club
4:00 Advice Circle 4:00 Junk Drawer Detectives
5:00 Sunset Theater 5:00 Sunset Theater
Wednesday, June 2 RoomKey
Room Key
9:00 Walking Club (LR) Living Room
10:00 Music & Movement
11:00 Daily Chronicle ( (DR) Dining Room
1:00 Jewelry Making
2:00 Painting ( (CY) Courtyard
3:00 Puzzles
(PE) Personal Expressions
4:00 Timeslips
5:00 Sunset Theater
Sunday, July 4 Thursday, July 8
9:30 Walking Club 9:30 Walking Club
10:00 Morning Exercise 10:00 Music & Movement
11:00 Virtual Church Service 11:00 Current Events & Daily Extra
1:00 Creative Hour 1:00 Sand Art
2:00 Gardening Club 2:00 Painting
3:00 Puzzles 3:00 Puzzles
4:00 Junk Drawer Detectives 4:00 Sing Along
5:00 Sunset Theater 5:00 Sunset Theater
Monday, July 5 Friday, July 9
9:30 Walking Club 9:30 Walking Club
10:00 Fabulous Fitness 10:00 Fabulous Fitness
11:00 Daily Chronicles 11:00 Daily Chronicles
1:00 Sing Along 1:00 Junk Drawer Detective
2:00 Flower Arranging 2:00 Bird Feeders
3:00 Creative Hour 3:00 Puzzles
4:00 Junk Drawer Detective 4:00 Flower Arrangements
5:00 Sunset Theater 5:00 Sunset Theater
Tuesday, July 6 Saturday, July 10
9:30 Walking Club 9:30 Walking Club
10:00 Music & Movement 10:00 Morning Exercise
11:00 Daily Chronicle 11:00 Daily Chronicle
1:00 Sing Along 1:00 Ball Toss
2:00 Creative Hour 2:00 Connect the Dots
3:00 Coupon Clipping 3:00 Puzzles
4:00 Junk Drawer Detectives 4:00 Coupon Clipping
5:00 Sunset Theater 5:00 Sunset Theater
Wednesday, July 7 Room Key
9:30 Walking Club (LR) Living Room
10:00 Morning Exercise
11:00 Daily Chronicles ( (DR) Dining Room
1:00 Flower Arrangements
2:00 Creative Hour
( (CY) Courtyard
3:00 Jewelry Making (PE) Personal Expressions
4:00 Puzzles
5:00 Sunset Theater
Sunday, July 11 Thursday, July 15
9:30 Walking Club 9:30 Walking Club
10:00 Morning Exercise 10:00 Music & Movement
11:00 Virtual Church Service 11:00 Current Events & Daily Extra
1:00 Creative Hour 1:00 Sand Art
2:00 Sort & Match 2:00 Gardening Club
3:00 Puzzles 3:00 Puzzles
4:00 Junk Drawer Detectives 4:00 Sing Along
5:00 Sunset Theater 5:00 Sunset Theater
Monday, July 12 Friday, July 16
9:30 Walking Club 9:30 Walking Club
10:00 Fabulous Fitness 10:00 Fabulous Fitness
11:00 Daily Chronicles 11:00 Daily Chronicles
1:00 Sing Along 1:00 Junk Drawer Detective
2:00 Flower Arranging 2:00 Bird Feeders
3:00 Connect the Dots 3:00 Puzzles
4:00 Junk Drawer Detective 4:00 Flower Arrangements
5:00 Sunset Theater 5:00 Sunset Theater
Tuesday, July 13 Saturday, July 17
9:30 Walking Club 9:30 Walking Club
10:00 Music & Movement 10:00 Morning Exercise
11:00 Daily Chronicle 11:00 Daily Chronicle
1:00 Sing Along 1:00 Ball Toss
2:00 Creative Hour 2:00 Creative Hour
3:00 Coupon Clipping 3:00 Puzzles
4:00 Junk Drawer Detectives 4:00 Coupon Clipping
5:00 Sunset Theater 5:00 Sunset Theater
Wednesday, July 14 Room Key
9:30 Walking Club (LR) Living Room
10:00 Morning Exercise
11:00 Daily Chronicles ( (DR) Dining Room
1:00 Flower Arrangements
2:00 Gardening Club
( (CY) Courtyard
3:00 Jewelry Making (PE) Personal Expressions
4:00 Puzzles
5:00 Sunset Theater
Sunday, July 18 Thursday, July 22
9:30 Walking Club 9:30 Walking Club
10:00 Morning Exercise 10:00 Music & Movement
11:00 Virtual Church Service 11:00 Current Events & Daily Extra
1:00 Creative Hour 1:00 Sand Art
2:00 Gardening Club 2:00 Painting
3:00 Puzzles 3:00 Puzzles
4:00 Junk Drawer Detectives 4:00 Sing Along
5:00 Sunset Theater 5:00 Sunset Theater
Monday, July 19 Friday, July 23
9:30 Walking Club 9:30 Walking Club
10:00 Fabulous Fitness 10:00 Fabulous Fitness
11:00 Daily Chronicles 11:00 Daily Chronicles
1:00 Sing Along 1:00 Junk Drawer Detective
2:00 Flower Arranging 2:00 Bird Feeders
3:00 Connect the Dots 3:00 Creative Hour
4:00 Junk Drawer Detective 4:00 Flower Arrangements
5:00 Sunset Theater 5:00 Sunset Theater
Tuesday, July 20 Saturday, July 24
9:30 Walking Club 9:30 Walking Club
10:00 Music & Movement 10:00 Morning Exercise
11:00 Daily Chronicle 11:00 Daily Chronicle
1:00 Sing Along 1:00 Ball Toss
2:00 Creative Hour 2:00 Connect the Dots
3:00 Coupon Clipping 3:00 Puzzles
4:00 Junk Drawer Detectives 4:00 Coupon Clipping
5:00 Sunset Theater 5:00 Sunset Theater
Wednesday, July 21 Room Key
9:30 Walking Club (LR) Living Room
10:00 Morning Exercise
11:00 Daily Chronicles ( (DR) Dining Room
1:00 Flower Arrangements
2:00 Creative Colors
( (CY) Courtyard
3:00 Jewelry Making (PE) Personal Expressions
4:00 Puzzles
5:00 Sunset Theater
Sunday, July 25 Thursday, July 29
9:30 Walking Club 9:30 Walking Club
10:00 Morning Exercise 10:00 Music & Movement
11:00 Virtual Church Service 11:00 Current Events & Daily Extra
1:00 Creative Colors 1:00 Sand Art
2:00 Gardening Club 2:00 Gardening
3:00 Puzzles 3:00 Puzzles
4:00 Junk Drawer Detectives 4:00 Sing Along
5:00 Sunset Theater 5:00 Sunset Theater
Monday, July 26 Friday, July 30
9:30 Walking Club 9:30 Walking Club
10:00 Fabulous Fitness 10:00 Fabulous Fitness
11:00 Daily Chronicles 11:00 Daily Chronicles
1:00 Sing Along 1:00 Junk Drawer Detective
2:00 Flower Arranging 2:00 Bird Feeders
3:00 Colors and Flags 3:00 Creative Hour
4:00 Junk Drawer Detective 4:00 Flower Arrangements
5:00 Sunset Theater 5:00 Sunset Theater
Tuesday, July 27 Saturday, July 31
9:30 Walking Club 9:30 Walking Club
10:00 Music & Movement 10:00 Morning Exercise
11:00 Daily Chronicle 11:00 Daily Chronicle
1:00 Sing Along 1:00 Ball Toss
2:00 Gardening Club 2:00 Connect the Dots
3:00 Coupon Clipping 3:00 Puzzles
4:00 Junk Drawer Detectives 4:00 Coupon Clipping
5:00 Sunset Theater 5:00 Sunset Theater
Wednesday, July 28 Room Key
9:30 Walking Club (LR) Living Room
10:00 Morning Exercise
11:00 Daily Chronicles ( (DR) Dining Room
1:00 Flower Arrangements
2:00 Creative Hour
( (CY) Courtyard
3:00 Jewelry Making (PE) Personal Expressions
4:00 Puzzles
5:00 Sunset Theater
Wash Your Hands
20
SECONDS
Protect yourself. Prevent disease!
A message �rom your local health o��icer and
the Cali�ornia Department o� Public Health, Division o� Communicable Disease Control IMM-825(7/19)Stop the spread of germs that can make you and others sick!
Cover your mouth and nose with a
tissue when you cough or sneeze.
Put your used tissue in the
waste basket.
If you don’t have a tissue, cough or
sneeze into your upper sleeve or
elbow, not your hands.
You may be asked to put on
a facemask to protect others.
Wash hands often with soap and
warm water for 20 seconds.
If soap and water are not
available, use an alcohol-based
hand rub. CS208322Summer is in full bloom, and your fruity favorites are ripe and ready to be
picked. Especially the most widely popular summer fruit in the United
States–the blueberry!
July was first introduced as “Blueberry Month” through a joint resolution
of the House and Senate on June 13, 1974. The resolution encouraged
July is National Blueberry Month
then President Nixon to, “issue a proclamation calling upon the people of
the United States … to observe that month with appropriate ceremonies
and activities.” Many years later, the United States Department of
Agriculture decided that July would officially become National Blueberry
Month.
The blueberry has a pretty juicy story of how it came to be. Wild blueberries have been around forever,
but the blueberries we see in our local supermarkets weren’t cultivated until around 1910. Wild
blueberries are not easy to grow and are pretty unpredictable in size and taste, which is why a woman
named Elizabeth White wanted to figure out how to change that and make these factors more linear.
Elizabeth White, the daughter of cranberry farmers in New Jersey, wanted to expand their business
with other crops—particularly the blueberry. Blueberries are usually harvested in July, which falls two
months before the cranberry harvest. While she was a college student at Drexel University in
Philadelphia, her main interest was in figuring out how to grow the best blueberries.
With the help of some friends, White was able to create different strains of the blueberry that could be
grown easily, be plentiful, and be the right size every time. Today, the blueberries we know and love
at the supermarket are available to grow in 35 different states.
Why July? July was chosen as a time to recognize this delicious berry because it is the prime month
to harvest the fruit.
In 2018, there were more than 45 million licensed drivers aged 65 and older in the United States. That means
one and five drivers in the United States are 65 years or older. Driving helps older adults stay mobile and
independent but the risk of being injured or killed in a traffic crash increases as people age. In fact, older
adults are more than twice as likely to report having a medical problem that makes it difficult to drive,
compared with people aged 24-64. Four in five older adults take one or more medicines daily. Also, physical
changes that occur with age can change the way the body reacts to medicines, causing more side effects and
affecting the ability to concentrate and drive safely.
▪ Always wear your seat belt and never drive impaired by alcohol, drugs, or medicines.
▪ Discuss any medical issues with your doctor to determine if they might affect your driving.
▪ Discuss stopping or changing your medicines with your pharmacist or doctor if you experience any side
effects that could interfere with safe driving, such as blurry vision, dizziness,
sleepiness, confusion, fatigue, and/or loss of consciousness.
▪ Have your eyes checked by an eye doctor at least once a year. Wear glasses and
corrective lenses as directed.
▪ Plan your route before you drive.
▪ Drive during daylight and in good weather when possible.
▪ Consider potential alternatives to driving, such as riding with a friend, using
public transit, or using ride share services.You can also read
