Activities at Farmington Square Eugene

At Farmington Square Eugene we tailor our activities to be best suited for our residents needs. Please select one of the care levels below for some examples of the activities that are available at our community.

Assisted Living Activities

We have a variety of activities, exercise classes, social groups, special events, excursions and entertainment choices that are available at our community. Here are just a few examples.

Physical Exercise Classes

  • Putt-putt Golf
  • Wii Bowling Tournaments
  • Strength and balance offers low impact exercises that improve core strength and help to improve balance.
  • Walk Club
  • Sit and Be Fit offers low impact exercise that improves core strength and helps to improve balance.
  • Down the Clowns - hand eye coordination activity.
  • Seated Tai Chi
  • Yoga
  • Laughter-cise: Wellness of the body and spirit.
  • Croquet
  • Volleyball

Social Groups/Activities

  • Gardening Club
  • Craft Projects – Building, painting and decorating things, decorating hats for summer.
  • Men's Club (special trips, breakfast meetings, out to lunch)
  • Women's Club (afternoon tea, lunch outings, shopping excursions)
  • Craft / Sewing Room – quilting, sewing, knitting, crocheting, embroidering
  • Book Club
  • Puzzle Mania Groups
  • Bible Study and Worship/Fellowship
  • Cooking Club
  • Ice Cream Socials with Homemade Ice Cream
  • Sing-a-longs
  • Mocktail Hour
  • Summertime Smoothies & Snow Cones Socials
  • Watermelon Spitting Contest
  • Birthday Bashes- Root beer floats is a favorite!
  • Red Hat Ladies Club
  • Wine & Cheese Social
  • Social Hour
  • Learn to Play Bridge

Themed/Special Events

  • Themed Dances – Sweetheart Ball, Western Hoe Down and Spring Fling
  • Birthday Celebrations
  • Picnics
  • Audubon presentations
  • Painting classes
  • Ladies' Tea – ice tea, coffee, cup cakes, petit fours, tea sandwiches, piano music, Mother's Day poem reading and a flower for each lady in attendance.
  • Fishing Derby for Men
  • Summer Family Barbecues
  • Alzheimer Walk
  • Themed Dinners around holidays

Excursions

  • Bus Trips
  • Lunch Outings
  • Fishing at a Trout Farm
  • Tulip Farm Visits
  • Casino
  • Shopping Trips

Entertainment

  • Movie Matinee with snacks
  • Poetry Readings
  • Live music

Memory Care Activities

We believe that keeping the mind and body active and energized is an important part of a healthy lifestyle at any age. Activities that stimulate brain activity on a daily basis are particularly beneficial to those experiencing memory loss. Here are just a few examples of the activities and classes that we offer as a part of our memory care program.

Cognitive Activities

  • "Kollege of Knowledge" – Brain stimulating activity.
  • Donuts and Dialog – the newspaper is read and discussed with the residents, keeping with the light end of the news.
    • Trivia
    • Comics
    • Horoscope
    • Humorous current events
  • Brain Games
    • Reminiscence groups
    • Puzzle games (crossword puzzles)
    • Memory games (pictures/words)
    • Mazes
    • Strategy games
    • Logic games
    • Finish the phrase/saying
    • Spelling bees
    • Sing-a-longs
    • Trivia Tuesday
    • Word searches
    • Multiple Choice
  • Domino Train – matching colors and numbers.

Sensory Activities

  • Textures: Feeling yarn, felt, silk, etc.
  • Smells: Sniffing cinnamon, vanilla, peppermint scents.
  • Furry Friends: Pets that come to visit for resident therapy.
  • Picture Activity Calendar

Social Groups/Activities

  • Craft Projects
  • Cooking Club
  • Puzzle Mania Groups
  • Gardening Club
  • Worship/Fellowship
  • Sing-a-longs
  • Mocktail Hour
  • Summertime Smoothies & Snow Cones Socials
  • Watermelon Seed Spitting Contest
  • Birthday Bashes - Root beer floats is a favorite!
  • Offer Communion – provided by local churches.
  • Weaver - Brings a loom and spinning wheel and shows the residents how to weave fabric – this time is also used for those who enjoy cross stitching.
  • Care and Comfort – for those residents that would prefer one-on-one activities: mini manicures, talk, read, puzzles and sing silly songs.

Physical Exercise Classes

  • Sit and Fit Class – offers low impact exercise that improves core strength and helps to improve balance.
  • Mini Basketball
  • Therapy Ball
  • Walk-the-loop
  • Beach Ball Toss
  • Ring the Alligator - ring toss game that is moved up and down, side to side to focus the resident on movement in all directions while focusing on the hand eye coordination.
  • Down-the-Clown – helps physical aggression to be released by throwing a bean bag at the clown, while focuses on hand eye coordination too.
  • Laughter-cise – Wellness of the body and spirit.

Themed/Special Events

  • Ladies Tea – ice tea, coffee, cup cakes, petit fours, tea sandwiches, piano music, poem reading and a flower for each lady in attendance.
  • Fishing Derby for Men
  • Summer Family Barbecue
  • Alzheimer Walk – The residents walk one lap, have special honorary seating, hot dogs, cookies and music.
  • Christmas and Holiday Parties

Excursions

  • Bus Trips
  • Lunch Outings

Entertainment

  • Movie Matinee with snacks
  • Live music
  • Inter-generational visits by local school children

Resident activities at Farmington Square Eugene Assisted Living

“The caring, attentive staff is wonderful. Great activities are run by an amazing activities coordinator. Being out of state is much easier with such a great staff taking care of my mom.”

– Shirley M.