We sure are missing our resident families, friends, volunteers, and entertainers here at Trinity Homes.

Residents and staff have received many uplifting cards, letters, flowers, and treats which have put a big smile on their faces.

We have setup Facetime, Skype, Duo-google, Zoom and regularly scheduled phone visits to family with residents to keep in touch with loved ones. Thanks to Plant Operations staff we now have an enclosed visitation area approved by State Health Dept. with plexiglass and open on top area for residents & families to see and visit with each other.

We have tried to keep somewhat of a normal routine with small groups of residents spaced more than 6 feet apart with exercise, news update, trivia/reminiscing, table games/cards, sing-a-longs, or armchair travels to name a few along with church on TV. Individual visits are provided daily with trips downstairs to see the birds or outside for fresh air.

Activities wanted to spice things up with a fun Carnival held in two different open areas. The following games spaced at least 10+ feet apart with residents brought individually to games throughout the day using the 6-foot rule for everyone as they came of course. There was the duck pond with two different prizes for picking out a marked or unmarked duck, the fishing pond using bamboo poles with clothespin on end to clip a prize, spinning the wheel for prizes.

The prizes were left out of sight behind the games so each resident got the prize immediately. The rest of the games were there just for fun and to show off their skills: lawn darts, bean bag toss, horse shoes, and adapted basketball.

Other activities that were a hit was passing out root beer floats one afternoon and homemade baked cookies in each area. On Easter Monday, one of the Activities staff dressed up as the Easter bunny and handed out chocolate egg candies to each resident from a basket she carried. On May 1, each resident was given a May Day basket made out of a cupcake holder with pipe stem handle and three different candies in it, including a Dumdum sucker. It was a big hit with the individual visits that day!

Our staff have been working hard to keep COVID-19 out of the building by a screening prior to clocking in for work including handwashing (a lot during the day!) checking temperatures, answering questions regarding symptoms, social distancing, and wearing face masks while in the building. The first testing of all residents and staff in April resulted in no positive cases.

We will all get through this and are looking forward to seeing everyone back again making more possible at Trinity Homes.