LAKE PLACID — Mercy Care for the Adirondacks hosted their Friendship Volunteers, Elder Friends and St. Bernard’s 5th Grade students for a multigenerational Game Day Tuesday, Jan. 23.
Guests enjoyed refreshments and played newly reimagined multigenerational versions of the classic board games Trivial Pursuit and Scrabble at First Presbyterian Church in Saranac Lake.
The goal of the event was to ease the isolation and loneliness people of all ages are experiencing in the aftermath of COVID-19.
Mercy Care’s mission is to enhance in every dimension the fullness of life of Elders living in our community.
“Creativity in Aging events are designed to offer Elders we serve the opportunity to stay connected to their community,” Lexi Bevilacqua, Mercy Care program director, said.
“We cherish these multigenerational engagement opportunities as they provide the chance to connect across generational lines.”
Mercy Care hosts Creativity in Aging programs throughout the year in the Tri-Lakes area, open to all Mercy Care volunteers, parish nurses, Elder Friends, as well as Mercy Care’s Mission Extension Partners’ Volunteers and Elder Friends.
Katherine Rhodes, Mercy Care’s Elder Care Manager, is excited to see how, “something as simple as a board game can bring together the youngest and oldest members of our community.”
Those interested in becoming a Mercy Care Friendship Volunteer or Parish Nurse or if you are an elder and need the services of a Mercy Care Volunteer, call Katherine Rhodes at 518-523-5585, contact her by e-mail at krhodes@adkmercy.org, or visit Mercy Care’s Website at www.adkmercy.org.