The RiverView Foundation recently received a donation from the Wal-Mart Community Grant Program as seed money to support the Foundation’s RiverView Care Center TV Project. The project includes the purchase of new flat screen TVs and wall mounts for RiverView’s Memory Care Unit. “We believe that RiverView Health is providing critical healthcare services to our community,’’ said Crookston Wal-Mart Manager David Olson. “Wal-Mart, its employees and customers, understand the importance of local healthcare in our community and we are committed to lending our support by giving back and investing in the health and wellness of our region.”
The project will allow for Care Center residents to have televisions with closed caption capabilities, the ability to stream Netflix movies for a wider variety of viewing options, and the capability to watch from anywhere in the room as the new units will have full motion tilt and swivel capabilities. “Donor support, like that of Wal-Mart, is so powerful,’’ said Foundation Director Kent Bruun. “It literally allows us to enhance our quality of care which results in a community and environment that has a higher quality of life and safety.”
Specifically, Bruun looks forward to the difference the new Smart TVs will make for residents of RiverView’s Care Center. “Movies make for great memories,’’ Bruun stated. “When seniors or residents with Alzheimer’s watch a favorite movie or television show, it can stir positive memories and inspire good feelings about the caregivers and loved ones in their lives. We often associate a TV show or movie with the good times in our lives. For people with Alzheimer’s, those links between certain movies and memories are not necessarily lost. In fact, movies can help bring back some of the best memories, inspire emotion and even spark conversation. Whether they like black and white films, westerns, musicals or another genre, seniors with Alzheimer’s can benefit from watching movies and TV shows as a regular activity.”
For more information regarding a donation to the Care Center TV Project, contact Bruun at 218-281-9249 or kbruun@riverviewhealth.org.
PHOTO: Crookston Wal-Mart Manager David Olson (center, left) and several of the Crookston Wal-Mart team members present Foundation Director Kent Bruun (center, right) with a check toward the Foundation’s RiverView Care Center TV Project.
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