AHCA established the week-long celebration in 1967. Please visit their Official Website for additional information and resources.

"Bring on the Fiesta" is the 2015 theme for National Nursing Home Week. It spotlights nursing home residents and staff and encourages all to celebrate those that make a positive difference in their lives every day. A supportive and caring environment, such as a nursing home, provides enrichment for residents and families to continue growing, learning and teaching through various ways. The week also provides an opportunity to honor all those who contribute to our nation’s nursing homes – residents, family members, employees and volunteers.

The week’s subtheme is Familia, Vida and Amor (Family, Life, Love). This is a special time for everyone to celebrate with residents and patients, enjoying the crowds, the activities, and the feelings engendered by the theme.

We strongly suggest that you send a Public Service Announcement (PSA) to the local and national radio, TV, and newspaper media. We have developed the one below. Please feel free to use it and to modify it with your local information. You could send it by email, regular mail, or hand deliver it to local facilities.

PSA: National Nursing Home Week, May 10-16, 2015
From: Faithful Friends Nursing Home Ministry, Address
Contact: Larry Wasserman, Founder
Phone: XXX-XXX-XXXX
For Use: May 10- May 16
Length: 30 seconds

May 10th marks the start of National Nursing Home Week, which has been celebrated since 1967 after being established by the American Health Care Association (ACHA).

"Bring on the Fiesta"is the 2015 theme for National Nursing Home Week. NNHW spotlights nursing home residents and staff and encourages all to celebrate those that make a positive difference in their lives every day. A supportive and caring environment, such as a nursing home, provides enrichment for residents and families to continue growing, learning and teaching through various ways. The week also provides an opportunity to honor all those who contribute to our nation’s nursing homes – residents, family members, employees and volunteers.

The week’s subtheme is Familia, Vida and Amor (Family, Life, Love). This is a special time for everyone to celebrate with residents and patients, enjoying the crowds, the activities, and the feelings engendered by the theme.

Over the last 23 years, our lives have been blessed by visiting the elderly and "celebrating their journey".

James M. Borrie, author of "Peter Pan", said " Those who bring sunshine into the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves." This quote has rung true time and time again.

We have prepared a special web page for this event on our extensive Faithful Friends web site.

http://www.faithfulfriends.org/NNHW.html

You may also request our trifold ministry brochure by clicking on the "Contact" Button on our Home Page.

Please feel free to call us at XXX-XXX-XXXX for more information or for a short telephone interview.

Faithful Friends is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization that serves the public by promoting the needs of the elderly in Care Facilities and by encouraging and equipping individuals and groups to make caring visits to them.

Larry & Sandy Wasserman
Faithful Friends Nursing Home Ministry
http://www.faithfulfriends.org/

Here is a Microsoft Word file for this PSA.

Here are some things you can do:

• You can get more information from the Official National Nursing Home Week Web Site.
• For assistance in developing a PSA, visit this web site.
• Visit The National Nursing Home Web Page from the Sonshine Society
• Request time for a Ministry Moment during a church service
• Place a related insert in a church bulletin
• Utilize a Ministry Table at the rear of the church
• Send a Public Service Announcement to a local radio station and suggest an interview
• Plan a special visit to a Care Facility on Mother's Day
• Take a look at our Bulletin Insert Page and consider doing something similar.
• Print out the "Letter From An 80 Year Old Woman To Her Children" and make available at church along with info about your ministry. You may use a Microsoft Word File that can be directly printed.
• Read "Comments by Mother Teresa About Nursing Homes" and consider using some of the content in an article.
• You can check out resources at Annie's Mother's Day Links Page.
• You can read this Mother's Day Devotional from Daily Guideposts.