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Local seniors compete in 26th Golden Age Games
Residents of Citizens Memorial Health Care Foundation’s long-term and residential care facilities competed in the Missouri Health Care Association (MHCA) District IV’s 26th Golden Age Games Friday, Oct. 9, on the campus of Southwest Baptist University in Bolivar.
Participating CMH facilities included Ash Grove Healthcare Facility (AGHCF), Butterfield Residential Care Center (BRCC), Citizens Memorial Healthcare Facility (CMHCF), Colonial Springs Healthcare Center (CSHCC), Community Springs Healthcare Facility (CSHCF) and Parkview Health Care Facility (PVHCF).
The Golden Age Games give seniors living in long-term care facilities a chance to enjoy fun activities and socialize with peers from southwest Missouri. Contests included hog calling, cow milking, cornhole, basketball toss, soccer kick, bingo, quiz bowl and wheelchair races. Residents also competed in craft contests, including painting, yarn, woodworking and handiwork.
Awards
Each facility and its residents had the opportunity to win first through fifth place in each competition. Highlights included:
- AGHCF: First in cow milking, soccer kick and handiwork; second in wheelchair races and woodworking; third in quiz bowl, wheelchair races and painting; and fourth in soccer kick and cornhole.
- BRCC: First in painting; second in hog calling, quiz bowl and soccer kick; third in basketball toss, soccer kick and woodworking; fourth in cow milking and yarn work; and fifth in basketball toss and cornhole.
- CMHCF: Second in basketball toss, cornhole and yarn work; third in bingo; fourth in painting; and fifth in cow milking, bingo, quiz bowl and painting.
- CSHCC: First in hog calling, quiz bowl and wheelchair races; second in bingo; fourth in bingo and woodworking; and fifth in wheelchair races and woodworking.
- CSHCF: First in bingo, third in hog calling and fifth in soccer kick.
- PVHCF: First in woodworking and yarn work; second in painting and handiwork; third in cow milking; and fourth in hog calling, quiz bowl and wheelchair races. PVHCF also had the oldest participant.
The highest team score went to Ash Grove Healthcare Facility, followed by Butterfield Residential Care Center in second and Colonial Springs Healthcare Center in third. The spirit award was presented to Parkview Health Care Facility, with Ash Grove Healthcare Facility in second and Butterfield Residential Care Center in third.
For more information about the MHCA District IV Golden Age Games, contact Roy Pace, Golden Age Games coordinator and Colonial Springs Healthcare Center administrator, at 417-345-2228.
