American Health Care Academy Volunteers at St. Joseph's Residence.

The American Health Care Academy believes that caretaking provides a purpose in life. Volunteers from the AHCA spent an afternoon at the senior care center at St. Joseph’s Residence on October 17, 2008 to bring good will and companionships to the residents. n nSt. Joseph’s Residence, www.stjr.org, is an assisted living facility in Dallas that has been operating for 50 years. Run by the Bethlemite Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus They are one of America’s best long term care providers and work with residents to provide assisted living for single men, women and married couples over the age 65. The Sisters pride themselves on giving a high quality of life that includes annual field trips, daily activities and programs and social gatherings in a beautiful park-like setting.nnThe staff of American Health Care Academy began a volunteer program as a way of giving back to the community. The residents at St. Joseph’s started the afternoon with a rousing, hour long game of BINGO! Everyone loves to play and high participation kept everyone laughing and having a good time. Winners were given prizes which they treasured.nnAfter BINGO, the staff set up a craft activity and assisted residents in preparing and decorating picture frames. The idea was to actively engage the seniors in helping to make a gift they could give to loved ones or family members. Many residents worked closely with American Health Care Academy volunteers to create special works of art to give as gifts to the sisters who run St. Joseph’s Residence or keep and put pictures of their loved one in them. The Bethlemite Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus were very appreciative of the thoughtfulness of the residents and of the participation of AHCA volunteers.nnThe American Health Care Academy offers nationally certified Online CPR classes. Online training allows flexibility and paced learning that many people respond well to. When the CPR certification class is complete, people have a stronger ability to respond to emergency situations.nnAmerican Health Care Academy at nwww.CPRAEDCourse.com help prepare people to respond during a crisis. CPR classes are specifically designed to deliver quality education and training through an online format that can be applied to work with adult, children, or infants.nnn