Resident Spotlight

ALICE BELFIE

Alice is French Canadian and was raised as one of seven daughters . A focus on health and fitness started early- she was cross country skiing to school in Montreal by the 1st grade! She started taking ballet classes at a young age and her creativity flourished . She met her husband at the University in Quebec while she was studying education, and they eventually had three sons and one daughter together . After a career as a gradeschool teacher, she went back to school in the 1980s and got her Masters degree at Wayne State University in Detroit in Exercise Physiolgy and Gerontolgy . She designed and taught a unique form of fitness for older people combining yoga, dance, aerobics and weight training .

Today, Alice is 92 and she is many things - talented painter, teacher, dancer, neighbor, and friend to the fortunate staff and residents here at All Seasons Rochester Hills .

PUZZLING COMPETITION

Throughout August, hone in on your puzzling skills for the first-ever communitywide Puzzling competition! Sign up to be randomly placed with a teammate and race againt the other team to finish as much of the puzzle as possible in 2 hours! Did you know? Researchers from the University of Michigan, led by Dr . Susanne Jäggi, found that spending 25 minutes a day solving puzzles and riddles can raise your IQ by 4 points . Also, puzzling strengthens neural connections and increases the generation of new connections . This increases mental speed and thought processes, helping to maintain and improve short-term memory .