Kids Invited to Trick-or-Treat at The Neighborhoods on Oct. 30

  • October 17, 2022

Children 12 and younger are invited to trick-or-treat at The Neighborhoods at Brookview skilled nursing home on Sunday, Oct. 30 from 1 to 4 p.m.

Residents in all three neighborhoods will hand out candy to children. For the safety of residents, children and their parents must screen for symptoms of COVID-19 before entering the nursing home. They will also need to perform proper hand hygiene upon entering. All adults must wear masks at all times regardless of COVID-19 vaccination status. Children are also encouraged to mask.

For more information or to donate bagged candy, please contact Activities Coordinator Amanda Uecker at (605) 696-8716.

The Neighborhoods at Brookview skilled nursing home offers short and long-term care to residents. The facility embraces the household model of care which aims to create a homelike, social setting for residents. Staff incorporates the five person-directed values in care: Choice, Dignity, Respect, Self-Determination and Purposeful Living. For more information, please visit brookingshealth.org/Neighborhoods.

About Brookings Health System

Brookings Health System, located in Brookings, South Dakota, includes a 49-bed hospital, the 79-bed The Neighborhoods at Brookview nursing home, Brookhaven Estates senior living apartments, Yorkshire Eye Clinic & Optical, and medical clinics in Arlington, White and Volga, South Dakota. It is a non-profit, city-owned facility that offers the community a full range of inpatient, outpatient, emergency and extended care services. Brookings Hospital provides local access to doctors in Brookings and offers robotic da Vinci surgery and Mako robotic-arm assisted procedures, making it one of the premier rural community hospitals in South Dakota. For more information about the services offered at Brookings Health System, please call (605) 696-9000 or visit us on the Web at brookingshealth.org.