Russell Meadows Retirement Community
475 Church St K4R 0A9 Russell, ON, Canada

( part 2) Today was international Hat Day! Our residents came down and had fun showing off their hats. In the afternoon our residents enjoyed some Waffle Fruit Bowls delivered to their suites

We had lots of fun and some good laughs today! Residents came down to play a game of Deer Hunting with nerf guns and some of our staff were good sports and played reindeer trying to dodge bullets!

Merry Christmas & A very Happy New Year from all of us here @ Russell Meadows Retirement Community.We would like to thank all of our school friends in our community who sent in hundreds of beautiful Christmas cards for all of our residents & made us santa table centerpieces.You really brightend the holiday season and created lots of smiles.Thank you to our amazing staff who worked hard through the holidays & our awsome kitchen staff who worked hard and made sure our residents got to enjoy a lovley Christmas dinner. Many thanks to all of our families & friends for making our Christmas special during these uncertain times.Wishing everyone near and far A Very Happy 2021 !

Residents came down to do a little Deer Hunting Lots of laughs and so much fun!

This year was different without being able to have our yearly bazzarr so we decided to have a Christmas bake sale on friday for our residents and staff. It turned out so nice. Christmas music playing and some shopping for some of our favorite Christmas treats!!! Thank you so much to all of the bakers in our amazing community who donated their delicious treats and their time and staff who donated so many wonderful treats for us to beable to shop for as well. A huge thank you ...to Pat Staal one of our awsome volunteers who rounded up all the bakers from the outside!! You are amazing!! We also had 2 draws one for a basket FULL of treats and gifts donated by the community.Thank you Charlotte Scharf and everyone who helped with it! Congratulations Verna on winning the basket and Sharron for winning a Christmas Bear. We ended our day with delivering baked goods and Baily's and coffee to all of our residents in their suites.Thank you liliane and Lynn for your helping hands. See more

Christmas is in the house ! Hot chocolate and snowballs, Christmas card making, Russell Meadows had Elves going around today handing out candy canes and taking some fun christmas pics & finished the day today with Christmas Bingo! Thank you to Betty Kingsbury and her family for sharing their homemade gingerbread house for our residents to look at and enjoy!! Congratulations to David for winning our guess how many candycanes? He guessed 105 and there was a 106!!!!

Residents came down dressed in their best to enjoy some hors d'oeuvres, A Christmas punch and a beautiful lunch prepared by our kitchen staff. After lunch residents got their picture taken with Santa. We also had a draw for some Christmas bags full of goodies. Congratulations Keith and Loretta for having the winning numbers! Thank you Don for entertaining the residents with your guitar and Thank you to our AMAZING team for making today so special for our residents. Also a big Thank You to Passiflora Floral Boutique in embrun for helping us out with the fresh flowers so the residents could wear beautiful corsages for their special lunch.

Wishing everyone a very Safe & Happy Halloween from all of us here at Russell Meadows Retirement Community! Residents & staff had fun dressing up for our Costume contest! Coco the clown went around handing out Tricks & Treats!

Wishing you all a very Happy Thanksgiving!! From all of us here at Russell Meadows Retirement Community!

Wishing you all a very Happy Thanksgiving from all of us here at Russell Meadows Retirement Community.

Some of our residents came down to help us paint all the pegs for our Thanksgiving Thankful Wreath. Then ALL of our residents told us some of the things they are Thankful for in their lives and we wrote them on the pegs . We found the perfect place to hang it in our front lobby for everyone to see and read!

Residents came down to enjoy a fun night of painting. Our theme was a beautiful Sunflower and our residents really showed us how talented they are while having a lot of fun!

I wear a mask because I want to show you that I care about you and your safety.

Residents have been having lots of fun with some of our new activities such as Drum Fit Classes ,Axe Throwing and our new snack cart that comes around in the afternoons with Baked goods,Fresh Fruit,Coffee and Tea!

Some of our residents came down today to make some Beautiful Fall flower arrangements for their rooms.

Residents had fun playing Bocce Trump and Darts.

We said Good Bye and Happy Retirement to one of our valued employees Doreen . Doreen will me missed greatly by our staff and by our residents.Over the years Doreen has been a very dedicated employee who has been so caring and compassionate with all of our residents.We wish her a very happy retirement!

Hello everyone we would like you to meet May! May was born and raised in Mason Quebec and came to live at Russell Meadows just over 4 years ago. When we asked May what she loves most about living at Russell Meadows she said "theres too many things to list" but if she had to choose just one it would be all the fun activities such as playing all the games, doing puzzles and our fun theme days!

From all of us at Russell Meadows Retirement Community, wed like to wish you all a Happy Canada Day!!!

This past sat we celebrated our 7 special graduates who work here at Russell Meadows Retirement Community. We got the chance to see their beautiful gowns and wish them well into their future.

Our residents enjoyed coming out for our mini Farmers Market today here at Russell Meadows Retirement Community! They also got to enjoy some fresh berries from our local strawberry farm .

Residents had a nice day making sea glass art and spending time outside enjoying the fresh air and beautiful flowers around the house!

Yesterday was International Smile Day and some of our residents and staff here at Russell Meadows Retirement Community celebrated by showing off all their beautiful smiles!!

We had a very busy week last week! We had a special Super Hero day for our employees.They all had their capes on! And a very special Italian lunch for our residents followed by a beautiful court yard concert. A huge THANK YOU to Emilie one of our employees who plays professional violin and offered to play for our residents!

We cant go to the chip wagon so Kim brought the chip wagon to us!! Fun BBQ chip wagon lunch and a beautiful day so we had our Ice cream outside.

A couple residents at a time came out to the court yard today to enjoy the fresh air, sunshine and take home some Fresh fruits ,Vegetables, cheese curds & homemade baking. They also enjoyed some ice cold lemonade from the lemonade stand!

We would like to thank everyone who has made donations and sent Thank yous to all of our staff in the past couple months. Your generosity and thoughtfulness is beyond kind and we cant Thank you enough for thinking of us during these uncertain times and always it is very much appreciated! THANK YOU Kevin James for the Timmies gift cards for each of our staff, Joan Goyette and Lawrie Hamilton for puzzels,Kadence Scrivener and friends for all the pictures and drawings,Bonnie ...Frost for the Tim hortons gift cards for staff, Leah and Marc for the lunch donation for staff from Latin Table resturant,Lexa,Ryan,logan& Kara Hendley for the pictures,Heather Mahaffey for the letters from her grade 7 class at North Grenville High School,Heather for the beautiful door wreaths,Headbands from Renee Patenaude,Francine Beaudin,Francoise Bertrand,Ginette Bertrand,Mireille Schippers,Fabric Masks- Norah Martel,Canada Sews, Connie Johnstone, Stephanie Knight,Lynn Stirban,Ray & Joy Scraf,Cindy Anthony,Regeanne Sylvain Thain,Helen McDonald, Lorraine Nyenkamp,Kathleen,Terri Radix,Debbie Brink,Kalyn Mom & gramma,Winnie,Barb Agar,Joanne Haffmon. Face Sheilds- Laurent Leblanc.Pizza lunch for all the staff - Anonymous donor,Chocolates for staff-Sheila and Ash,Fierro Rocher chocolates for all the staff-Pat Cole, Tupperwear and treats for all the staff-The Aubrey Family,Crochet Hearts-Linda Duhamel,Earbands & Masks -Dorris Leclerc,Larrissa DeQuimper,Loom bands-Taiya, Petro Canada Gas station on Boundry Rd for the bucket full of goodies for our staff,Donna Nordenstorm & Friends for the Horse parade, Community First Responders -Parade for staff, Tim Hortons Coffee &Donuts for all our staff -Margret Helmers family,Gloves-Linda Lapointe,Sue Smith for all the PPE (gloves,masks,booties,goggles ect...)Masks-Susan Kelly, Ken Carcasdew from Russell Homehardware for all the masks,Knitted ear relief bands and 3D printer bands-Loretta Roper,Bird House for our garden-Mike & Jordan Field, Tim Hortons in Russell and Susan Mack for the coffee and donuts for all the staff. See more

On April 24th our staff and residents wore red and had a moment of silence to pay tribute to the victims in Nova Scotia. Our thoughts and prayers are with Nova Scotia and the families of the victims.

WOW !! I cannot stop thanking this Community! We had some very kind people from our community walk over with their horses today and do a little horse parade outside for our residents. Oh and of course we had to have ice cream with our fresh air and horse parade! We had amazing weather too!! What a beautiful day Many thanks to Donna Nordenstorm and friends!

Residents had so much fun with a Mexican themed day accompanied by a special Mexican lunch with homemade salsa and deep fried Taquitos for appys. Lots of Mexican music , and even a little beach time! Thanks to our amazing team for helping to make this day such a success!

What a beautiful tribute parade made for our front line workers here at Russell Meadows by our very own community First Responders. We are so touched by your thoughtfulness & Russell Meadows Retirement Community Staff and Seniors cannot Thank You enough for all you do for our commmunity as well ! We are all in this together!!

I would like to send out a HUGE THANK YOU to Linda Duhamel for you kind and thoughtful hearts you knitted for all of our seniors! They put smiles from ear to ear on everyones faces!

We surprised everyone with Ice cream Cones delivered to their rooms today! Needless to say we got lots of smiles in return!

We had so much fun and so many laughs today walking around with our crazy hair!

Some of our residents letting our family and friends know we are all doing great here at Russell Meadows Retirement Community!! Stay safe !!

We are seeking to increase our inventory of PPE. (surgical masks, N95 masks, visors, googles, hand sanitizers, wipes, non-latex gloves and disposable gowns). We are grateful for those who have already donated these essential items to protect our residents and staff. Homemade fabric mask are also accepted. Please: - ensure all the items are sanitized and are in a carton box, no plastic bags please... - items will be stored for 72 hours before entering the residence - Indicate date and time of delivery outside the box..Please leave us your name and contact information. - drop off at the retirement home shelves installed outside. Monday to Friday 8:30am to 4:30pm. - do not enter the retirement home and interact with staff and residents while delivering. - a mask is required to be worn at all times when entering the property Alternatively, send us an email at [email protected] or [email protected] and we will arrange pick up. See more

What a special moment for one of our residents today who was celebrating her 95th b day. Her family came to wish her a happy birthday! SOOOO AWSOME!!Happy birthday Sheila!!!!

The health and safety of our residents, their families and our staff are our first priority and a duty we take seriously. As the situation with COVID-19 evolves, we are taking more stringent precautionary measures to assist in the prevention of transmission of the virus and to comply with new recommendations from government officials and public health experts. Essential Visitors Only (Emergencies only) Effective immediately, we are requiring that only essential visitors (Emer...gencies) be permitted into our residences. Emergency visits are defined as relatives who have a loved one who is critically ill. Essential visitors must comply with active screening measures, and those who fail screening or who refuse screening will not be permitted to enter. No other visitors will be permitted to enter our residences; instead they will be asked to keep in touch with loved ones by phone or other technologies, as available. See more