Peaceful Pines Senior Living at Brookings

11/30/2025

🧠 Memory Care Tid-Bit 🧠

🎵 Music is a uniquely rich stimulus! Listening to music produces coordinated activity across auditory, motor, emotional, and memory systems in the brain. For example, music:

✨ Helps synchronize neuron firing that improves timing, coordination, and connectivity
✨ Stimulates dopamine production, which supports learning and plasticity of the brain
✨ Lowers stress hormones like cortisol
✨ Encourages the body to engage in light movement like tapping and singing

Keep music in mind to help with you care for those with Alzheimer’s or a related dementia – the benefits are astoundingly positive! 💪🎵

11/29/2025

🌲✨ Coming Up!!! ✨🌲

Join us for our second Annual Christmas Gala to celebrate the holidays and enjoy a festive, warm, entertaining atmosphere! https://bit.ly/4mYkWpm

11/27/2025

Happy Thanksgiving!!! 🍁🦃🥧

We hope you are all able to treasure time with your loved ones and share a hearty meal.

11/21/2025

🦃✨ TURKEY BINGO SUCCESS! ✨🦃
What an incredible night we had at Turkey Bingo! A HUGE thank-you to everyone who came out, played hard, cheered loud, and helped make this event such a heart-warming success!
Thanks to your amazing support, every dollar raised is heading to the VFW, and all the generous food donations are going straight to the Food Pantry to support local families. ❤️

🎉 Goal CRUSHED! We set out to beat last year’s total—and you all blew it out of the water!
💰 $1,505 donated to the VFW (that’s over $500 more than last year!)
🥫 150+ food items heading to the Food Pantry!

None of this would have been possible without our incredible prize sponsors. A HUGE shout-out to these fantastic supporters:

🏆 Perkins Storage and Transfer
🏆 HME Care
🏆 AseraCare Hospice
🏆 Interim Home Health
🏆 Destination Unknown
🏆 Hillyard
🏆 Loren Hansen

You helped bring the fun, the excitement, and the prizes to life!

Thank you again to everyone who made Turkey Bingo such a memorable night. We can’t wait to see what kind of fun we cook up next year! 🦃💛🎉

11/18/2025

This Thursday is our Turkey Bingo Event!!! 🦃🍁

Join us for an evening of 20 bingo games and chance to win a Thanksgiving Turkey, and other prizes! https://www.facebook.com/share/14PbW72Bags/

11/17/2025

At Peaceful Pines, our doors are always open for residents' families to join us for activities, mealtimes, holiday celebrations, and more! Connection is important for everyone, no matter the age!

Read our latest blog to learn about the benefits of familial connections in the lives of our residents, and ways you can stay involved!

Including resident's families at Peaceful Pines Senior Living enhances residents’ well-being through events, education, and tailored care.

11/12/2025

A heartfelt thank you to all who have served and helped preserve the freedoms we cherish every day. Yesterday, we were deeply honored to host a beautiful Veterans Day Program presented by the American Legion.
From the posting of the colors, to the singing of our National Anthem, to the moving words of encouragement and heartfelt prayers—it was a truly inspiring tribute to our veterans. The room was filled with pride, gratitude, and love for those who have worn our nation’s uniform.
We are so thankful to everyone who made this special program possible and to all who joined us in honoring our heroes. Your service and sacrifice will never be forgotten. ❤️🤍💙

11/11/2025

Today we want to recognize our veterans; their sacrifices, efforts, and stories inspire us all.

Read our latest blog about Peaceful Pines works to honor our nation's heroes: https://bit.ly/47RBedk

Thank you for serving our country and our families so well, veterans! 🔴⚪🔵

11/11/2025

Laughter and smiles fill our days — whether we’re celebrating with Birthday Bingo, getting creative during craft time, or simply enjoying each other’s company. 🎨🎂
Every day is another chance to make memories, share stories, and have a great time together! 🥰✨

11/11/2025

Our first-ever Leadership Retreat in Oacoma, South Dakota, brought together our incredible Executive Directors and Directors of Nursing for a week filled with learning, laughter, and connection.

Hosted by the iconic Al's Oasis, our theme, “Howdy, Partners!” perfectly captured the spirit of teamwork and South Dakota pride. From unveiling our new Mission, Vision, and Values to training on crucial conversations and welcoming new onboarding tools, this retreat was all about growth, gratitude, and celebrating the people who make Peaceful Pines feel like home.

💫 Read more about our inspiring week and see why there’s never been a better time to join our team: https://peacefulpines.net/leadership-retreat-2025/