Calabash

10050 Beach Dr. SW Calabash, NC 28467

910-754-7427 ~An NC Certified Senior Center of Excellence~ Courtney Bledsoe, Director Holley Norris, Assistant Director Hours of Operation:

Monday - Friday

7:00a.m. - 3:00p.m.

Our Volunteers, MaryBeth Ribar & Pat Moore, will be starting the Caregiver Support Group back up beginning this month. Until the centers reopen, this program will be offered virtually on Zoom the 2nd Wednesday of each month at 2:00. If you would like to join the Support Group, please give us a call at (910) 754-7427 to be added to receive notifications specific to Support Groups. This is how we will keep you informed & give you the info you need to join the virtual group.

WE DID IT!! The Brunswick Center at Calabash has been awarded Senior Center of Excellence! We want to first thank our SCOPE Volunteer, Mary Norris, for assisting our team in this process. We are so grateful for all of the time and effort she so happily put in to ensure the Brunswick Calabash Center received this outstanding award. A big “thank you” to each of our instructors, volunteers, staff, and participants for all that they have done to truly make this place EXCELLENT! It is always our goal is to make the Brunswick Center at Calabash a place where all feel welcome and leave happier, healthier, and stronger. We couldn’t have done any of this without you and your support!

Coping with Stress During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Older people are at higher risk for severe illness about your concerns and how you are feeling. from COVID-19, which may result in increased  Call your healthcare provider if stress gets in the stress during a crisis. Here are a few things you can do way of your daily activities for to cope with that stress: several days in a row. Take breaks from watching, reading, or listening to If you, or someone you care about, news stories and social media. Hearing about the are feeling overwhelmed with pandemic repeatedly can be upsetting. emotions like sadness, depression,  Take care of your body. Take deep breaths, stretch, or anxiety, or feel like you want to or meditate. Try to eat healthy, well-balanced meals, harm yourself or others, call the Substance Abuse and exercise regularly, get plenty of sleep, and avoid Mental Health Services Administration’s Disaster alcohol and drugs. Distress Helpline at 1-800-985-5990, or text TalkWithUs  Make time to unwind. Try to do some other to 66746 (TTY: 1-800-846-8517). activities you enjoy. Submitted by R. Tarquinio,  Connect with others. Talk with people you trust as taken from the Medicare.gov website

These Five Lifestyle Changes Can Boost Your Brain Health

Feel better and improve your  light-to-moderate alcohol memory! Combining healthy consumption lifestyle behaviors was associated  a high-quality diet with substantially lower risk for Alzheimer’s disease in a study  cognitive activities that included nearly 3,000 Funded by the National Institute research participants. on Aging, part of the National Those who adhered to four or all five healthy behaviors had a 60 percent lower risk of Alzheimer’s. The behaviors were: Institutes of Health, this research was published in the June 17, 2020, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.  physical activity —from the June issue of NC  not smoking Registry for Brain Health

121 Town Hall Drive NE Leland, NC 28451 910-754-7701

~An NC Certified Senior Center of Excellence~ Veronica Lett-McGee, Director Jade Robinson, Assistant Director

Center Hours Mondays 8a - 5p Tues - Fri 8a - 4p

Join us for some Virtual Fun!

Interested in Keeping Fit? Join Us for WORK IT OUT WEDNESDAY!

Tune in to Jade, CerƟfied TherapeuƟc RecreaƟon Specialist, every Wednesday to learn a new exercise that will be incorporated into that week’s Fun Fit Friday workout that will be posted on our BSRI YouTube Channel, Facebook page and also on the BSRI website, www.bsrinc.org!

Join Us for FUN FIT FRIDAY!

Tune in to Jade, CerƟfied TherapeuƟc RecreaƟon Specialist, every Friday for a 30‐minute exercise that will be posted on our BSRI YouTube Channel, Facebook page and also on the BSRI website, www.bsrinc.org!

Interested in Mindfulness? Join Us for MINDFULNESS MEDITATION!

The term ‘mindfulness’ has been used to refer to a moment‐to‐moment awareness of one’s experience without judgment. Mindfulness pracƟce is known reduce stress, boost working memory, and increase focus and cogniƟve flexibility. Tune in to Jade, CerƟfied TherapeuƟc RecreaƟon Specialist, every Tuesday to pracƟce this art, posted on our BSRI YouTube Channel, Facebook page and also on the BSRI website, www.bsrinc.org!