Integrity Healthcare of Cobden – Daily Life

Daily life at Integrity Healthcare of Cobden is filled with games, movies, special foods and treats, outings and visits from community partners.   We know how important it is to keep our residents busy and engaged.  All the staff work together as a team to accomplish these goals.  Many employees join together to host parties and holiday celebrations.  We are located in an agricultural region of Illinois, so we are blessed with orchards and growers.  We make sure that our residents celebrate the seasons with local fruits.  When the weather is fair, we take small and larger groups on outings so they can enjoy farms, parks and special places for refreshments!  When it is time for the county fair, we celebrate the fair in our facility.  When it is strawberry season, we have strawberries.  When autumn arrives, we take nature hikes and collect leaves.

This is the kind of care we provide.   Care you Can Trust.

Every holiday is a time for a special event at Integrity Healthcare of Cobden, but it doesn’t require a holiday to host an event!  A day was recently dedicated to making lemon shake-ups for the residents.  When the decorations come out, the residents know something special is about to happen.  What a beautiful setting for a special treat.

That is the kind of care we like to provide … Care You Can Trust!

It is vitally important to engage the residents in our facility in as much activity as possible.  We do our best to keep them involved in trivia games and history quizzes that keep their minds focused on remembering, as well as, learning new things.

The people who work at Integrity Healthcare of Cobden are very special because they take care of very special residents.  Recently, staff have hosted more than one party to entertain our residents.  Celebrating is important.

There are several pets that visit the facility frequently.  Meet Rex, the lizard; Valentine, the goat; and Gus, the very popular Basset Hound.  Staff created a “happy place” for residents to join the pet of the choice.  They were able to pet them and cuddle with the.  Yes, even the lizard likes to be loved!

Is there something fishy about this trophy wining fish?  The gentlemen at Integrity Healthcare of Cobden enjoy their fishing trips, and they enjoy having lots of fun at the lake!  The fish were biting on this sunshiny day and the joke was on us!

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There have been countless studies on the importance of the human-animal bond with residents in nursing homes.  There is no doubt that the presence of an animal in a facility helps reduce tension among the residents.  Many of these studies reveal that there is a significant decrease in depression and restlessness.  At Integrity Healthcare of Cobden, we strongly believe in the positive impact of pet therapy.

We also believe in the importance of taking our residents on field trips.  There are so many places we can go, and we are fortunate to have staff who are willing to spend their time helping do this.  Field trips keep residents from being bored.  Going to new places generates all kinds of conversation.  Going to old places generates memories that are always fun to share.  Sunshine or a cool breeze makes us happy to be outside in the fresh air.

Combine pet therapy and a field trip and what do you have?  You have a trip to an area farm filled with horses and pretty chickens.  Our residents loved this adventure.

 This is just another one of those ways that we provide Care You Can Trust!

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