Forest View Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing

Therapeutic Recreation

When you come into Forest View, look around the walls – you will see pictures, photos, and crafts all attractively arranged by our first-rate recreation department. Creating a warm, inviting facility is just one of the many things that the recreational department does for our residents and their visitors.

At Forest View, we work hard to improve the social and emotional well-being of our patients. We provide dynamic, interesting, and meaningful recreational activities for our residents. Our activities engage our residents and are always visually appealing and motivating. Patients have a chance to interact with each other and express their creativity. We also work closely with the other therapy departments to help residents get full therapeutic benefits from recreational activities.

Our recreation department is located in our large activity room in the penthouse, overlooking a beautiful rooftop patio filled with flowers and a wonderful New York skyline.

We plan a different theme each month, and we highlight the theme with educational activities, music, games, decorations, art history and music history. We hold month-long celebrations of familiar celebrities’ birthdays where we show the movies and/or play the music of the celebrity of the month.

Other activities include crafts, summertime rooftop barbeques, holiday parties, and a fashion show. We are very community-oriented and have an excellent reputation within our community. We host an annual block party, where community members join us, and give our residents the opportunity to meet new people, enjoy the neighborhood children, and have a relaxing, enjoyable time. We also offer weekly barber and beauty parlor services.

Members of the recreation staff at Forest View speak several languages, including English, Spanish, Russian, and Hebrew.

More About Therapeutic Recreation..

Calendar of Events Computer Lab Lending Library Beauty Parlor Trips