{"id":863,"date":"2014-05-22T14:18:02","date_gmt":"2014-05-22T19:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/arcaregiving.org\/jonesboro\/?p=863"},"modified":"2014-05-22T14:18:02","modified_gmt":"2014-05-22T19:18:02","slug":"memorial-day-fun-for-senior-adults","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/jonesboro\/2014\/05\/22\/memorial-day-fun-for-senior-adults\/","title":{"rendered":"Memorial Day Fun for Senior Adults"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright\" id=\"irc_mi\" style=\"border: 2px solid black;margin: 8px\" alt=\"Memorial day, veterans, careviger, parade\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.partyearth.com\/photos\/fbb51d48fa395783c6d12a4362d64e66\/memorial-day_s345x230.jpg?1375213577\" width=\"311\" height=\"207\" \/>Celebrate Memorial Day in a fun way with your aging loved one.\u00a0 Consider what activities they may be physically able to participate in and make this holiday a special, stress-free time for both of you.\u00a0 Some ideas to consider are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fly the US Flag at half-staff- get them engaged with putting up the flag and taking it down.<\/li>\n<li>Visit cemeteries and place flags or flowers on the graves of our fallen heroes<\/li>\n<li>Have a red, white and blue themed picnic.<\/li>\n<li>Participate in a \u201cNational Moment of Remembrance\u201d at 3 p.m. to pause and think upon the true meaning of the day, and find a rendition of Taps to be played.<\/li>\n<li>Watch local parades if possible or travel a short distance to an area that hosts one.<\/li>\n<li>Renew a pledge to aid the widows, widowers, orphans of our fallen dead, and to aid the disabled veterans.<\/li>\n<li>Be mindful of the weather and plan accordingly with items such as\u00a0 sunscreen, water, sunglasses, etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Celebrate Memorial Day in a fun way with your aging loved one.\u00a0 Consider what activities they may be physically able to participate in and make this holiday a special, stress-free time for both of you.\u00a0 Some ideas to consider are: Fly the US Flag at half-staff- get them engaged with putting up the flag and&#8230;<\/p>\n<div><a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/jonesboro\/2014\/05\/22\/memorial-day-fun-for-senior-adults\/\">Read more<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"author":364,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/jonesboro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/863"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/jonesboro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/jonesboro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/jonesboro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/364"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/jonesboro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=863"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/jonesboro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/863\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/jonesboro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/jonesboro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/jonesboro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}