Wild Rose Newsletter September 2022

Posted on September 15th, 2022

We’ve been enjoying the end of our summer here at Wild Rose, hosting patio gatherings to enjoy the nice weather. Lately, many of our residents have been enjoying gathering at the front of the building to enjoy social time and watch the community happenings. We do ask that you take extra caution when driving up to the entrance at Wild Rose and watch for our seniors.

Residents have been enjoying some live music with performances from Larry Renn and Richard Jollymore, a resident's friend, who traveled from Calgary to entertain us for a couple of days.

From all of the staff and residents here at Wild Rose, we wish you a great rest of the summer! Here’s to warm days, cool evenings and great times with family and friends.


man in a sombrero with a maraca in a senior living community

The Wild Rose bus will head to the Mayfield to watch the matinee showing of 2 Pianos 4 Hands. If you are interested, tickets can still be purchased. Talk to Erin Keith, Lifestyle and Programs Manager, for more information. 

Stay tuned for more details on our Open House on October 1st from 2:00-4:00 PM. You won't want to miss it! Refreshments and our signature Wild Rose cookies will be available for all guests.

Plans are afoot to take our residents back to the 1950s and have our own version of Grease here at Wild Rose! Watch the September activity calendar for more details! 


Wild Rose bus outside elderly care home with a description saying,

On September 2nd for National Food Bank Day, we had an incredible time with our local community as we collected 748 lbs of food for the Strathcona Food Bank. We celebrated with live music, face painting, and games, as this day reminded us of all we have to be grateful for. Our staff and residents were proud to be giving back to the community that we so proudly call home. Thank you to everyone who came and brought donations!

Two residents of senior living smiling together outdoors in the sun while wearing Hawaiian Lei's.

Women dancing outside retirement home in Hawaiian dresses and flowers.
A table full of food bank donations, both canned and boxed donated by Wild Rose Senior living community

Residents and staff smiling together in their Hawaiian outfits outside a retirement home.

Louis Bloom demonstrating to our senior living residents some essentials of safety training.

Two women practicing with a fire extinguisher outside a retirement home
Woman displaying how to use a fire extinguisher for the residents of an elderly care home

During the second week of August, residents and staff did some Emergency Preparedness training that included water fights and a fun day of Wizard of Oz themed activities. Residents were whisked away to the Land of Oz, but in the end, we all discovered that there’s no place like home at Wild Rose.

Wild Rose retirement home staff dressed up as characters from the Wizard of Oz.
Wild Rose went all out and had a tornado of a time with our Wizard of Oz characters working the way down the yellow brick road to safety!
Wild Rose retirement home staff in their Wizard of Oz costumes posing with a smiling resident.
Wizard of Oz characters posing in front of senior living residents while they're eating.

Optima Living TV

Optima Living supports seniors to embrace an active and healthy lifestyle. To that end, we are launching Optima Living TV: regular monthly episodes of easily digestible content full of useful and interesting information for seniors and the people who love them. Look out for the first episode, launching on our YouTube channel, October 7th at 2:30 PM MTN.

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