Services
Activities
A healthy life is an active life. We have a vibrant activity program that is geared
toward the interest and needs of our seniors. some are sponsored and conducted by
the neighboring Notre Dame Sisters or other neighborhood volunteers; some have been
created by the residents themselves.
- Exercise Class
- Outings on our Bus- Target, De Soto Bend, Apple Orchard etc.
- Weekly grocery store trips
- Two movies a month on our Big Screen TV, with popcorn and pop
- Health Seminars- nutrition, diabetes, healthy eating
- Bingo once a month hosted by Sr. Dorothy Pluhacek at Notre Dame
- Tuesday morning "Coffee and Conversation" in the Community Room
- Resident's Council monthly meeting
- Resident Singing Group- A group of residents who enjoy singing get together to practice
various songs and hymns.
- Ceramics with Sr. Mary Beth Kubesh - the Ceramics room is available for individual
use at other times. Residents create centerpieces for the tables in the Common Room
for holidays. Residents have also created ceramics to sell as a fundraiser for their
other projects.
Services
We offer a variety of services for our residents. One thing that makes us unique
is our full- time Service Coordinator. The Service Coordinator helps residents obtain
the supportive services necessary to allow them to live independently for as long
as possible with dignity and respect. Some of the services residents receive include
housekeeping, medication set-up, help with bathing and transportation, and Meals
on Wheels. Services offered directly at Seven Oaks include:
- Community Room for residents and their families
- Coin-operated laundry in the common areas
- Elevators to all areas of the building
- Computer Room with free high speed internet service and volunteer instruction for
new computer users
- Outside walking areas, with gardens and a fish pond
- Close parking at the door
- Trash removal
- Apartment maintenance and repair
- Noon meal- Monday through Friday in the central dining room.
- Craft and Ceramic Room
- Weekly Transportation to two local grocery stores
Special Services
- A fully-equipped Beauty Shop is open two days a week
- Our Library has many books and 150 Large Print Books from the Omaha Public
Library that is supplied with new books every three months.
- A weekly Health Clinic, staffed by a nurse. The clinic focuses on health maintenance,
offering blood pressure checks and other preventive health services.
- Frequent workshops on a variety of topics such as nutrition, wellness, prescription
drugs, exercise, etc.
- Those who wish are welcome to worship in the Notre Dame Sisters' Chapel where a
Catholic Mass is offered daily.
- Interdenominational Prayer Groups
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