Catch the last performance of The Buckingham Cardio Drummers on August 11 at Amazing Place What: The Buckingham’s cardio drummers, also known as STIX, are wrapping up their summer tour with a final perfomance at Amazing Place on Friday, August 11. As part of the tour, STIX also performed at The Nottingham and Parkway Place. STIX grew out of The Buckingham’s popular drumming class, one of several unique fitness classes offered at the senior living community. STIX […]
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The Buckingham’s Smile Squad Brightens the Day for Skilled Nursing Residents
The Buckingham, a premier senior living community, is committed to providing its residents with a strong sense of community. Recently, residents at The Buckingham launched the Smile Squad – a group of 20 independent living residents who wear red aprons and visit skilled nursing residents to lift their spirits, bring them items they may need, participate in activities and provide friendship. After two years of planning and preparation, The Smile Squad officially started in January […]
Buckingham Residents Form Lifelong Friendship in Retirement
June 8 marks National Best Friends Day. This is a special day to celebrate the unbreakable bond between best friends. Friendship comes at all stages of your life; some meet their best friend as a kid, whereas others meet them later in life. Gail Borgen, 82, and Jill Bott, 87, both met each other in retirement and will be celebrating National Best Friends Day at The Buckingham, a premier senior living community, in Houston. Their […]
Buckingham Residents Form Lifelong Friendship in Retirement
June 8 marks National Best Friends Day. This is a special day to celebrate the unbreakable bond between best friends. Friendship comes at all stages of your life; some meet their best friend as a kid, whereas others meet them later in life. Gail Borgen, 82, and Jill Bott, 87, both met each other in retirement and will be celebrating National Best Friends Day at The Buckingham, a premier senior living community, in Houston. Their […]
Dr. Ed Fann on the Importance of Teaching Poetry to Medical School Students
It’s National Poetry Month. One typically doesn’t think about poetry and medicine together, but for William Edwin Fann, MD, both have been lifelong passions. Dr. Fann, a resident at The Buckingham, a premier senior living community, recently retired from Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) at 92 years of age. He was a professor at BCM for 47 years and taught poetry there for 30 years. The idea of a poetry class was introduced when, during […]
Seniors March to the Beat of their Own Drums at The Buckingham
Seniors experience health benefits from the popular drumming class If you walk into the fitness room at The Buckingham on Tuesday and Friday mornings, you will catch people drumming to different genres of music. But it’s not just any group of people, they are independent living seniors who call The Buckingham, a premier senior living community, home. The popular class brings out dozens of residents who are reaping the health benefits from the 30-minute fitness […]
The Buckingham Names Cynthia Lamison as Healthcare Administrator
The Buckingham, a premier senior living community in Houston, is pleased to announce Cynthia Lamison, LNFA, RN BSN, as its new healthcare administrator. As the healthcare administrator for The Buckingham, she is tasked with ensuring safety, compliance and best care practices for the assisted living, memory care and skilled nursing levels of living at The Buckingham. Lamison brings nearly 30 years of healthcare-related experience to her new role. She began her career as a licensed […]