The 2015 “Indiana State Nursing Home & Assisted Living Games” took place on Wednesday, June 17th in Chandler, Indiana.  We had ten residents participate in this annual community event.  Participants from our facility included:  Sue Burke,  Mary White, Edna Keller, Amy Young, Maxine Porter, Patricia Woolen, Dorothy Amos, Patricia Hamilton, Helen Sparks, and Christine Alvey.

Our residents competed against other residents from various Warrick County health care facilities in events such as washers, ball toss, bean bag toss, fishing, ring toss, and wheelchair races.

The highlight of the Senior Games is always the wheelchair races!

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Five of our residents were able to bring home medals this year!  The winners from Newburgh Healthcare are as follows:

Edna Keller: Placed 3rd in Women’s Wheelchair Race (Heat 1)

Helen “Sparky” Sparks:  Placed 3rd in Women’s Wheelchair Race (Heat 2)

Patricia Woolen: Placed 3rd in Women’s Washer Toss

Amy Young: Placed 3rd in Women’s Ring Toss

Patricia Hamilton:  Placed 2nd in Women’s Bean Bag Toss

First place winners were awarded with a gold medal, second a silver, and third a bronze medal.  All residents who participated received a ribbon.

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We would like to congratulate all of our residents who participated in this event and we thank all of our staff and family members who attended to assist during this community activity.  Newburgh Healthcare would also like to thank the Town of Chandler for hosting the Olympics at the Chandler Community Center and SWIRCA for organizing the event.