Joyeux Mois National des Langues Étrangères!

Fröhlicher Nationaler Fremdsprachenmonat! (With the help of Google translate) we want to wish you a happy National Foreign Language Week! Observed this year on March 3-9, National Foreign Language Week dates back to 1957 when it was launched by Alpha Mu Gamma, the largest national collegiate foreign language honor society. The observance was introduced to Joyeux Mois National des Langues Étrangères!

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Riding Out the Polar Vortex

“Baby it’s cold outside!” Whether you agree or disagree with the controversy about the song by that name, there can be no debate about the veracity of that statement since the start of the new year in general, and the last several weeks in particular. Baby, it has been cold…in fact, it’s been a veritable Riding Out the Polar Vortex

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Daily Herald Award

For the seventh and tenth time respectively, Friendship Senior Options’ senior retirement communities GreenFields of Geneva and Friendship Village of Schaumburg were named “Best Retirement/Assisted Living Facility” in the Chicagoland area’s Daily Herald Readers’ Choice Awards. With the number of senior living options growing all the time, it is a strong testament to GreenFields and Daily Herald Award

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Sing It Out!

It can be done in the shower (or the bath), while exercising or resting, in the sun or, as the iconic movie suggests, in the rain. There are few if any places that are wrong, and ability or the lack thereof is highly over-rated. Singing…better yet, belting it out, is not only easy and fun, Sing It Out!

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GreenFields Earns Five-Star Rating from CMS

Friendship Senior Options is proud to announce that Briarwood Healthcare Centers at both of its senior living communities—GreenFields of Geneva and Friendship Village of Schaumburg—have received the highly esteemed five-star rating from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). CMS created the Five-Star Quality Rating System to help older adults, their families, and caregivers GreenFields Earns Five-Star Rating from CMS

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GreenFields’ Pen Pals Forge Friendships for the Ages

Facebook was blowing up with excitement over the pen pals program atGreenFields of Geneva. “This makes my heart so happy!“; “Wonderful for all generations! “; ” The art of a handwritten note hasn’t gone wasted on these children ” were just some of the comments from followers of GreenFields’ page last month. Established in 2012 GreenFields’ Pen Pals Forge Friendships for the Ages

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GreenFields’ Fireside Chats Kindle New Friendships

A man nicknamed Lucky as a baby shared how luck has touched every aspect of his life. A couple revealed the four phone calls that changed their lives. A former lawyer questioned one of the area’s first female judges. These are just some of the one-on-one, interview-style “fireside chats” residents at GreenFields of Geneva are GreenFields’ Fireside Chats Kindle New Friendships

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GreenFields Hosted 5th Annual Wellness Fair

GreenFields of Geneva teamed up with approximately 50 area businesses, organizations, and associations to share important health and fitness information at the 5th Annual Wellness Fair on May 15th. More than 350 residents, associates, family members, marketing prospects, and other guests from the community attended the event which was open to the public. Attendees had GreenFields Hosted 5th Annual Wellness Fair

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Our “Picture Perfect” Adventure Makes News!

Move over Millennials. GreenFields seniors are now officially members of the ‘Selfie” generation. And reporter Erin Ivory of WGN-TV was there to capture the moment, which was later broadcast on the WGN Evening News. The “picture-perfect” event took place at the ClubPhotoBooth Selfie Studio in nearby Bloomingdale, where our residents first took a quick lesson Our “Picture Perfect” Adventure Makes News!

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Inaptly Named ‘Retirement’

What does the term retirement community have in common with koala bear, funny bone, and two-toed sloth? The answer is, they’re all ‘misnomers.’ A koala bear is really a marsupial, not a bear. The funny bone, which is not a bone, is actually the ulnar nerve and it’s anything but funny when you hit it Inaptly Named ‘Retirement’

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