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So I knock on a door and ask if I can come in. If the
answer is yes, or perhaps no response, I enter the room
and approach the occupant, who is either in a chair or in
bed. The smile on my face and my relaxed body indicates
I am not a threat! That immediately puts me in a different
light, and generally arouses their curiosity. What is this
strange looking person doing in my room?, they are
probably thinking. In my experience, unless the resident
is really not feeling well, they are pleasantly surprised
by the happy face, cheerful voice and the possibility of
a pleasant distraction.

On behalf of The Club at Boca Pointe
we would like to remind our
residents that NO walking,
running, bicycle riding or All eyes on Juggles at the Milagros Center
dog walking is permitted
on the golf course or golf During the next 5-8 minutes it’s my “show”, and I have Florabelle, CutiePie, Juggles and J.J. at the Achievement
cart paths. For safety many shticks at my disposal. We all have props that we can Center in Delray Beach
use to elicit a positive response including simple magic, silly
reasons, the paths are jokes or puns, familiar songs, items we can give out like and the resident is aware they were able to answer a question
for golf carts only. stickers or paper roses, or we can rely on our own skills and correctly often when they can’t remember their own name.
repertoire to elicit a positive response and make this a brief Of course these types of techniques can be used by
Thank you for cooperating with The Club's but worthwhile interlude. Whatever works both for the clown therapists of various disciplines, but when it is part of a clown’s
policy.  and the resident, the feeling of satisfaction and “do good” are repertoire, with no threat or criticism or disappointment, it
truly enlightening! makes a huge difference. Some of my most positive memories
Bringing a smile, a hug, or a laugh to an elderly individual of nursing home visits are when staff or family will comment
in this type of setting is very different than an interaction with how they haven’t seen a smile or a reaction to anyone in a long
Vehicle Information a child. These seniors are our contemporaries and they share time, and I was successful!
If anyone reading this has any thoughts or comments they

our memories of earlier times, which are often easy to access,
even with more severe dementia patients. For example, reciting would like to share, please feel free to contact me, or write
If you have purchased a new vehicle within the nursery rhymes and letting them fill-in words, singing familiar them and submit to the Viewpointe please.
past 6 months, please make sure the Boca Pointe songs like “You are my sunshine”. (Just as an aside, when we We did have one event in November at The Achievement
Community Association management office has a copy do our “Wiggles and Giggles” performance and we play our Center in Delray Beach. This is a very active after school
of your current vehicle registration on file. Your gate silly kazoos, that song is one of our regulars; however if we program and we were asked to do balloons and face painting
transponder is linked to your vehicle so it is important have a kids audience, they don’t know it, so we have to do for a volunteer event. We were very impressed with the facility
that we have accurate information in our system. “Wheels on the Bus”, which of course the elderly don’t really and the wonderful kids who were very polite and remembered
Please fax it to (561) 395-5936 or email it to admin@ know well.) to say “thank you” with little prompting! On Dec. 3rd we are
bocapointe.com. I can’t tell you how frequently I have asked questions like going to a Christmas Brunch sponsored by the Coconut Creek
Thank you for your “do you remember the ice man who delivered ice to your Women’s Club. Our magician, Candy Bar and our newest
cooperation! house” and what did he use to pick up the ice”? The words “ice clown, Doc are planning to join us, so it should be great!
BPCA Management team  pick” will come out 90% of the time. It is really remarkable Happy Chanukah, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
how certain areas of long long term memory can be elicited, Wave when you see us on campus!

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