Laurelwood Community Living Center

08/08/2025

Left, Center, Right was very exciting today.

08/08/2025

🌟 Employee Spotlight: Donna Hattell 🌟

Meet Donna Hattell, our dedicated Medical Records Nurse at Laurelwood Community Living Center! Donna began her journey with CES as a Baylor Nurse at Meridian Community Living Center and has grown into a vital part of our team. She manages medical records, assists with admissions, and supports resident care with compassion and professionalism.

Donna finds joy in helping her colleagues and caring for residents, and she treasures the strong sense of family within her team. Outside of work, she loves spending time with her family—especially her grandchildren, who are the light of her life. Known for her warm personality, Donna says, “Find a job you love and you will never work a day in your life.”

Thank you, Donna, for your dedication and heart! 💙

Laurelwood Community Living Center

08/07/2025

08/05/2025

After bingo a few ladies wanted to go outside for some fresh air.

08/05/2025

The first Chocolate Chip Cookie was made by accident in Whitman, Massachusetts, in an inn called the Toll House. In 1938, Ruth Graves Wakefield one day planned on making regular chocolate cookies, but got the great idea of adding chunks of a chocolate bar into the mix. Much to her surprise, the chocolate did not mix well with the cookie, and instead, it filled up with tasty chunks of chocolate.

These fortunate turn of events led to the emergence of the Chocolate Chip Cookie and the birth of the Toll House company. As time went on, different versions of the cookie were made using white chocolate or dark chocolate and people wanted a variety of new recipes to enjoy!

Ruth Graves' Chocolate Chip Cookie started getting more famous. Finally, Nestle reached out to her and agreed to add her recipe to their wrapper in exchange for a lifetime of free cookies — and she took it!

Chocolate Chip Cookies have come a long way since the Toll House Inn days, because today it is seen as a staple part of the American home. It is estimated that a person eats around 35,000 cookies in a lifetime which is crazy if you think about it. It is now available to be eaten in places like Europe and Australia, and it will only get bigger from here on out. You never know, it might just get so famous that aliens might just come to Earth — over the smell of some delicious cookies.

Yesterday's baking class was also a history class. The residents enjoyed not only eating cookies but also learning something new.

07/30/2025

A serious game of skipbo

07/30/2025

Nothing is better than sitting around the table eating cheesecake and reminiscing about the good old days. day

07/26/2025

Ms. Johnie won the pot in our monthly Chase the Ace game, which was filled with suspense.

07/26/2025

This morning, Ms. Wanda filled all the bird feeders.

07/26/2025

This morning, Ms. Lawson matched a full basket of socks.

07/25/2025

Christmas in July penny auction with Lauren from Gentiva Hospice. Thank you for showing us a good time.

07/07/2025

National Rock n Roll Day. Today we play trivia and listened to some fun facts about rock n roll.