Watching the Super Bowl at a Nursing Home Facility NJ

The Green Bay Packers and the Pittsburg Steelers, the two teams in this years' Super Bowl, are football teams with rich histories. The Green Bay Packers joined the National Football League (NFL) in 1921, making the Packers the second oldest franchise in football. The Pittsburgh Steelers joined the NFL in 1933, making the Steelers the oldest football team in the American Football Conference (AFC), one division in the NFL. Based upon their rich histories as well as impressive victories over the years (the Steelers have won more Super Bowls than any other team), it is likely there will be some Pittsburgh or Green Bay fans at a nursing home facility NJ excited to watch this year's Super Bowl.

Entertaining Residents at a Nursing Home Facility NJ on Super Bowl Sunday

Decorations are the first crucial step when decorating for a Super Bowl party at a nursing home facility NJ. Decorate the facility with green and yellow for the Packers and black and yellow for the Steelers. You can purchase colored plates, tablecloths, balloons, and streamers for the television room. Decorate the communal bulletin boards throughout the nursing home facility NJ to remind the residents of the big game approaching. Print out the team’s logos and paste them throughout the building and in the television room to make the nursing home facility NJ seem more festive. Perhaps you can rent or borrow a television projector so many nursing home facility NJ can watch the game.

Entertaining Seniors at a Nursing Home Facility NJ During the Game

First, ask all nursing home facility NJ residents to wear a jersey, t-shirt or the colors of their favorite football team. This will help to encourage all football fans to get excited and will encourage them to come out and watch the Super Bowl later that night.

Prior to the game, have the staff create a football pool and encourage the residents to enter! Devise a ten by ten grid and have the seniors and staff pick boxes. Once filled, randomly assign numbers between 0-9 on each side of the grid to represent the last digit of the game’s score. Designate what side is the Packers and what side is the Steelers. The staff can give away NFL related gear to the winners, who are announced quarterly. Having a prize at stake always makes the game more interesting! Keep the residents engaged by asking various sports related trivia questions and award prizes to the winners.

Invite the resident’s friends and family to come to the nursing home facility NJ to watch the game. The more people there, the more lively the game will be!

Food Service for Residents at a Nursing Home Facility NJ During Super Bowl Sunday

During Super Bowl Sunday, people are looking forward to eating delicious comfort food and appetizers throughout the game. Therefore, the staff at a nursing home facility NJ, should serve snacks throughout the game. Have classic football snacks such as hamburgers, chili, nachos and peanuts available for the residents and their families. Towards the end of the game, serve a football themed cake to residents as a nice deviation from their usual diet. The cake should be the perfect end to a very exciting football game!