Brookestone of Papillion

09/03/2025

Before the long holiday weekend, our residents had the chance to stop by our farmer’s market to grab fresh produce and baked goods 🎋

From pecan pie to fresh tomatoes and cucumber from our courtyard garden, there was something for everyone to enjoy! 🥧🍅🥒🫑🍞🧀🍪🍇🍉🍓

Tip of the cap to our local farmers and gardeners who brought smiles to our community with their delicious treats!

Residents also had an opportunity to put their name in a drawing for a beautiful quilt donated by Angie and the wonderful quilting club at Mangelsen's! Congrats to Helen, who loves it and will be staying cozy this fall!

Even our friendly neighborhood hawk flew in to check on the proceedings! 🐤

08/29/2025

Our trip to the Holy Family Shrine was a success!

The residents enjoyed their time in prayer and meditation while taking in the gorgeous scenery and architecture of the chapel. ✝️

The beautiful sunshine was an added bonus and the views of the Nebraska farmlands were stunning! 🌤🌻

08/28/2025

It’s time to highlight one of our awesome volunteers who recently achieved something incredible! 💫

Megan Hiykel has helped out anywhere from life enrichment to guest relations since her middle school days and was just named this year’s Miss South Dakota USA! 🎉🥳

We wanted to send our congratulations on this amazing accomplishment! She stopped by our community before going back to college at South Dakota State and our residents were astounded and proud to see a familiar face win such a cool honor!

When asked what has made her time at Brookestone of Papillion so special, Megan had this to say:

“I’ve kind of grown up there and (the residents) are like my adopted grandparents in a way. That’s how I view them, so it was so fun to share in that moment with them.”

One of the life lessons Megan has learned while volunteering is this:

“I came to the realization that these are our grandparents, our friends, our uncles, our moms and dads that are in this facility and they deserve all the dignity in life. Just making sure their golden years are just as good as the ones when they weren’t in a nursing home.”

We wish Megan the best of luck during the upcoming Miss USA pageant! Your entire Brookestone family will be pulling for you! 📣

08/23/2025

Check out what a group of our veteran residents were up to in Blair today! 😎✈️🇺🇸

Thanks to KMTV 3 News Now for capturing these amazing moments!

Since 2011, the Dream Flights program has flown nearly 8,000 veterans from airports across the United States.

08/21/2025

Over the last few weeks, our facility went head-to-head against Brookestone Village and Brookestone Meadows in a “Battle of the Buildings” food drive with the goal to raise the most WEIGHT in donations for the Open Door Mission.

After much anticipation…the results are in!

We are proud to announce that after an official weigh-in at the Elkhorn donation center, our building is the champion with 2,434 pounds of items! 🎖 We have an extremely competitive crew who hates to lose, and this challenge proved that!

Win, lose or draw, it was amazing to see the outpouring of support from staff, residents and their families, and other community partners who combined to raise more than 3,500 pounds of food and water! 👏

A major thank you to all who contributed to the massive tower of items in our lobby — your generosity and compassion for our community’s homeless population is inspiring and truly appreciated!

Now, we’ll look forward to our all-shift pizza party that’s paid for by the losing buildings! 😄🍕

08/20/2025

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A friendly competition among our team members broke out at Lucky Bucket Brewing’s Barrel Room!

It was a night of fellowship and showing off jigsaw puzzle-solving skills!

The first team to finish a large pizza, a 12-pack of pop and a 500-piece puzzle were crowned the champions. Congrats goes out to Michelle, Kayleen, Morgan and Kristina for conquering the challenge! 🏆 Amanda, Tina and Mary Jo took home second place 🥈

Fun was had by all, and we wanted to shout out the amazing hospitality we received from the Lucky Bucket Brewing Company staff! Props to Barb and Amy for a delicious charcuterie board as well 👏

08/14/2025

In honor of our president and CEO’s favorite color, Brookestone of Papillion was “pinked out” during a day full of joy and happiness! 🎀

Founders Jack and Eldora Vetter, along with Vetter president/CEO Glenn Van Ekeren and wife Marty, came to celebrate the 50-year legacy of providing quality life and quality care to our aging population.

Our team enjoyed listening to Glenn’s wisdom and passion, as well as amazing insights from Jack and Eldora, and our leadership group was inspired to do more.

We even raised a glass (of pink sparkling juice) to our World Class achievement where we scored the highest rating of any Vetter facility ever! It truly was an incredible (and pink) day in our community! 💖

08/08/2025

📣 Special announcement time! 📣

Our facility was recently recognized by Vetter Senior Living as a World Class Quarterly Quality Award winner for skilled nursing and long-term care!

This award is presented to the VSL facility that has demonstrated outstanding performance and accomplished the highest percentage of World Class Standards for their category.

Congratulations to our entire team for this wonderful accomplishment! Their dedication and commitment to quality care as well as a detail-oriented work ethic has allowed Brookestone of Papillion to exceed expectations of senior living. Together, we are working towards transforming the view of senior health care.

Stay tuned for the celebration that’s in order for all of our incredible staff! 🎊🥳

08/05/2025

Last week, our community celebrated a very special person and wished him well on his retirement with a party on our back patio!

We cannot thank Jon enough for his selfless service and dedication over the past 18 years! He is truly an example of someone who provided quality care and quality life to our residents each and every day he was in our facility.

Our team will miss his friendly smile and his kind and caring personality. Happy retirement, Jon Moore! Enjoy this next chapter of life!

04/01/2025

✨Team Member Spotlight ✨

Jon has been with the Brookestone of Papillion family for 17 years as a Maintenance Assistant. You can always find Jon doing yardwork, making everyone smile, painting walls, and doing anything to make our community pristine. Jon’s favorite parts about working at Brookestone of Papillion are the residents and the family atmosphere.

We appreciate all you do Jon!

03/18/2025

Brookestone of Papillion had two lucky Leprechauns visiting the residents and team yesterday! They shared their pot of gold with all of us too!!

02/19/2025

On Valentine’s Day Bud aka Cupid drew back his bow and touched resident and team member’s hearts. Brookestone of Papillion was overflowing with love and excitement.