Menorah Park auditorium
and more than 50 residents
displayed their works. Menorah
Park is constantly encouraging
creativity through various art
and painting programs offered
throughout its campus.
as a Community Awareness-Raising and Education Site (C.A.R.E.S.)
with the Alzheimer's Foundation of America.
ties, memory-status assessments, and our brain health information
resource center," stated the Center's director, Krystal Culler.
engage in a brain-healthy lifestyle."
memory screenings from 1 - 4 pm on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thurs-
day (Nov. 10, 11 and 12). Appointments are available and walk-ins are
welcome for the November screenings. (Free memory screenings are
also available by appointment throughout the year.)
into everyday activities, each class will address a different area of
brain health and wellness. For example, the "Mind Spa" class will
provide experiential exercises, education, and discussions intended
to reduce stress. The Center's full Winter 2016 schedule will start on
Monday, Jan. 4, and will offer eight different brain aerobics classes,
along with monthly special events such as a Bright Minds adult
coloring book club.
brain health," Culler said. "We have the ability to make a difference
in the everyday lives of adults. I look forward to the opportunity to
provide innovative, quality services to our community."
Health, at 216.839.6685 or kculler@menorahpark.org.
Distance Learning Programs Open to the Community
"So You Know the Election?"
by the Creative Learning Factory
at the Ohio Historical Society
(Columbus, Ohio)
"Arctic Discoveries:
Polar Bears 101"
by the Alaska Zoo
(Anchorage, Alaska)
"Music of Inner Asia"
by the Inner Asian and Uralic
National Resource Center
(Indiana University
Bloomington, Indiana)
"A Day of Infamy: The Japanese
Attack on Pearl Harbor"
by The National WWII Museum
(New Orleans, Louisiana)
Menorah Park Campus. Made possible through a grant from the
Phyllis and Debra Ann November Children's Fund of the Jewish
Federation of Clevleand, the childcare outdoor playgrounds were
completely rebuilt and transformed into a vibrant educational and
intergenerational classroom with state-of-the-art climbing and
exercise equipment for preschoolers and toddlers, and tricycle and
wagon paths that accommodate wheelchairs. This new physical
activity and outdoor classroom, a gift of Mort and Iris November, is
the first of its kind in a nursing home in the state.
After danc-
ing in the
sunshine and
singing "Let
it Go" as a
group, all the
FUNdamen-
tals children
enjoyed the
photo op with
Iris November.
began offering Wine and Paint
classes with instructor Jamie
Cohen-Kiraly.
tions of the painting that were
being taught and everyone
seemed to have such a great
time!," Cohen-Kiraly said.
Rosenbluth pose by one of Anne's
beautiful paintings.
tic ability of Phil Sugerman.