The Hamlets at Vernon
3050 29 Ave V1t 9Y9 Vernon, BC, Canada

Our residents enjoyed a virtual visit with Santa yesterday. So many smiles, laughs and stories to be shared between them. Thank you Santa for the visits. #hamletsfamily #hamletsholidays #santavisit #thehamletsatvernon

When our Dietitian shows up to work with the most appropriate shirt, you just need to take a photo and share. Olean, this is the perfect shirt for you. You are an AWESOME dietitian!

We received a very special delivery from Marlene's family (Assisted Living Resident). This beautifully prepared gingerbread house, was given to us for display throughout the holiday season. We have it on display in the lobby for all to enjoy. Thank you for this wonderful gift. #holidaysatthehamlets #hamletsfamily

Today we are taking a virtual trip to Italy. Armchair travel is put on by our Recreation team and is a fun afternoon event of themed food and facts for our residents. What are your favorite Italian things? Let us know in the comments!

Fun Christmas Crafts completed and up on display on the suite doors. Have you been doing Christmas crafts this year? Share a photo in the comments below so we can share with our Hamlets family. #holidaysatthehamlets #hamletsfamily

Mulled wine and roasted chestnuts were enjoyed at our afternoon social, with our Assisted Living residents. We shared Christmas memories and talked about holiday traditions. We really enjoy this time with our Hamlets family. #hamletsfamily , #HolidaysAtTheHamlets , #thehamletsatvernon

Remembrance Day is a day for all Canadians to remember the men and women who served and sacrificed for our country. It is a day we encourage every individual, young and old, to pause, to give thanks and to remember.

Wonderful news story within our community.

A Vernon man appears to have discovered a piece of forgotten local history when he came across a trophy from a mysterious skiing competition on Silver Star Mountain, which dates back more than 80 years. https://www.vernonmorningstar.com//vernon-mans-trophy-fin/

See what we have planned this month! Click the link to check out this month's activity calendar! https://thehamletsatvernon.ca/news-res/activities-calendar/

Help us to honour our Veterans on Remembrance Day. We are looking to collect photos of our residents (Veterans) in their uniform and share these photos within The Hamlets. Do you have a photo that you would like to share with us? You can submit your photos by sending them in email to [email protected] or by leaving the photo in the comments below. ... Make sure to include the name, rank/ position and years of service with the photo, so that we can include these details in our service. Thank you for your support.

In honour of Breast Cancer Awareness month, our hamlets family (residents and team members) wore pink today.

Our residents always enjoy seeing friends and family dressed up in Halloween costumes. This year, things are going to be a little different and unfortunately, we will not be able to welcome trick or treaters into The Hamlets. We don’t want to miss out on all the Halloween fun, so we are asking family and friends to send us photos of themselves and children (and pets) dressed up in their costume. You can submit your photos by sending them in email to [email protected] or by leaving the photo in the comments below. Make sure to include the names of all people (pets) in photo as well as letting us know if you are related to anyone here at The Hamlets. We will print the photos and post them within the hamlets for residents and team members to enjoy. We look forward to seeing all your photos.

Happy Thanksgiving day!! Wishing you and yours all the best.

Thanks-a-latte! Our Coffee Cart was busy delivering delicious lattes to our Hamlet family.

Our "tree of thanks" has been hung and residents and team members are encouraged to include a message of thanks, over the Thanksgiving weekends. It didn't take long for the leaves to appear. We are excited to see what will come over the weekend. What are you thankful for during this Thanksgiving weekend?

We love our neighbours at Little Miracles Preschool- LMP and are so thankful they stopped by for a window visit with our residents today. We loved seeing all the smiles and waves (from both the children and our residents).

October is Breast Cancer Awareness month. On Tuesday, October 13th, we are asking all residents, team members, contractors, designated visitors, friends and family members to wear pink in honour of Breast Cancer awareness. Don't forget to share your photos with us on our Facebook page.

Have you ever considered turning your love and compassion for our vulnerable elders into action by becoming a Care Aide in BC? Was the impossibility of taking time off work or taking on a student loan simply something that has prevented you from taking that step? The Government of BC announced a new program where you will get paid during your training to become a care aide! The program will take approximately a year to complete, but at the end, you will be a registered and fully trained care aide that is able to work anywhere in BC. If you or anyone you know are even remotely interested, check out more about this incredible offer at the link below: https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov /content/economic-recovery/work-in-health-care

Hello Facebook Friends and family, Our Recreation team is looking for donation for Halloween items to help us with our resident costume parties. Items of interest are wigs, hats, masks, gloves, capes, senior friendly costumes, décor and similar such items. Our team will be hosting individual costume parties on each hamlet and we would like to be able to offer items to every residents. ... We ask that all donations be delivered in a plastic bag with Attention Recreation noted on the bag. Donations can be dropped off to reception between 9am-3pm daily. To allow proper time to sanitize and prepare all donations, we ask that these items are delivered prior to October 23rd, 2020. Any questions, please contact our Recreation team.

What a great excuse to share some cute animal pictures - share yours in the comments below! Researchers from the University of Leeds and Tourism Western Australia asked participants to watch cute animal videos as part of a study; after the clips ended, researchers noticed that volunteers' blood pressure dropped to healthy levels and their stress decreased by up to 50 percent. https://www.marthastewart.com//watching-animal-videos-can-

This weekend is a great weekend to visit downtown Vernon and support your favourite local shops and explore new stores. Please remember to keep your social distance, ensuring proper hand hygiene practices and wear your masks. In the words of Dr. Bonnie Henry - "Be kind, be calm and be safe"... #lovethelocal , #togetherwewillgetthroughthis #downtownvernon

Armchair Travel is a fun activity that our residents have been enjoying over the summer. Each month our Recreation team (with the help of the residents) selects a country to virtually visit and creates an afternoon event. This month our residents visited Germany. We thought we would share a couple of photos of the food they sampled, and some the information they learned along their journey. A special Thank you to HOT BREAD Shoppe for their delicious pretzels and Helmut's Sausage Kitchen for the Bratwurst, both were featured as our menu items for this event.