At Senatobia Healthcare and Rehab we’re all about helping our Residents fulfill their dreams. Learn about our Dreamcatcher Program here!

As people age, the common misconception is that their hopes and dreams age with them. While someone may have once wanted to be an astronaut, the assumption is that they don’t have any desires like that now that they’re in their golden years.

Unfortunately, this assumption is entirely unfounded, and can actually be very damaging to the aging population and the people that love them!

When we treat older people like they don’t have any dreams or aspirations, we deny them an essential part of their humanity, and we do ourselves a disservice in the process. Senatobia Healthcare & Rehab is out to buck that stereotype and take aging care in a new direction.  We believe in honoring the willingness to dream and will take the steps to fulfill them, no matter the age.

What is the Dreamcatcher Program?

The Dreamcatcher is a program that identifies the unfulfilled dreams of our Center’s nursing home residents and works to make them come true. By working with organizations in the community and matching them with seniors pushing toward their goals, we create an environment that focuses on helping peoples’ dreams come true at any age.

Dreamcatcher Success Stories

Wondering what effect the Dreamcatcher program has had? Here are a few recent success stories:

Emma Dean

Local nursing home resident Emma Dean is a retired beautician and a resident at Senatobia Healthcare & Rehab. Recently, she participated in our Dreamcatcher program to spend a day living out her ultimate dream.

Ms. Dean’s biggest dream was to enjoy a day doing what she loved most –  being back in the beauty salon. Our Center’s Dreamcatcher Team heard this, put their heads down, and went to work.

Vanessa Morgan, our Staff Development Coordinator, worked with Veltis Walton of D’z Hair & Beyond Salon in Batesville and together they set out to fulfill Ms. Dean’s dream. Thanks to their efforts and those of the entire Dreamcatcher staff, Ms. Dean spent a full, blissful day socializing and interacting with the salon staff.   She also learned some new hairstyling techniques, like straightening hair using flat irons.

After her visit, Ms. Dean was beaming and happy with her salon experience. “I really enjoyed myself! This is just what I needed. It was like a dose of medicine!”

Kathleen Toliver

Currently a nursing home resident at Senatobia Healthcare and Rehab, Kathleen Toliver had a lifelong dream of recording her own music album. Thanks to our Dreamcatcher Program, she was finally able to fulfill that dream!

Miss Toliver worked with Hernando, Miss., music recording studio operator Danny Childress to record some of Toliver’s favorite tunes, including Orville Frizzell’s “Long Black Veil,” and Tom T. Hall’s “Washed My Face in the Morning Dew.”

A More Compassionate Approach to Senior Health

Senatobia Healthcare & Rehab is focused on rehabilitation, health, and happiness. We are very proud to announce our Dreamcatcher Program and to continue focusing on quality of life and dignity for all residents, their dreams, and their families. Want to learn more? Contact us today.

When Beatrice Milam was ready to return home after a stay at Senatobia Healthcare & Rehab, she faced a new challenge: the front steps of her home. The Dreamcatcher Program at Senatobia rose to the occasion and organized a community-wide effort to help Milam overcome this obstacle.

At Senatobia Healthcare & Rehab, we work hard to help our residents regain as much independence as possible. We show them ways to adapt to new challenges and overcome physical limitations. While our team of rehabilitation specialists helped Milam regain her mobility by using a wheelchair, those steps seemed like an insurmountable challenge.

Adding a wheelchair ramp to her home was the obvious solution, but Milam did not have the resources to make it happen.

“I didn’t know how I was going to get one,” said Milam. “I thought there was no way I would be able to go home.”

The Senatobia Dreamcatcher Program Steps Up

Milam’s situation is exactly the sort of challenge for which the Dreamcatcher Program was designed. Senatobia Healthcare & Rehab started the program to identify the unfulfilled dreams of its short-term and long-term residents. The program matches these residents with individuals and organizations in the local community to help make their dreams come true.

Senatobia’s Laurie Billingsley, a Dreamcatcher team member and licensed social worker, got right to work raising funds and gathering supplies. Two local churches — Olive Branch Fellowship Church in Olive Branch and First United Methodist Church in Senatobia — were major contributors to the effort. Local supplier Puryear Lumber also helped with a big discount on the necessary building materials.

Bringing it All Together

With the building supplies for the ramp taken care of, Senatobia Healthcare & Rehab owner Marty Parrish acquired a new door to help improve Milam’s access to her home. All that remained was the time and effort needed to remove the old steps and build the wheelchair ramp.

A local man, who wished to be known simply as “A Guy with a Hammer,” volunteered his carpentry skills to help Milam.

“If Ms. Beatrice says the only way she can go home is if she has a wheelchair ramp built on her house, then we’re going to build her a wheelchair ramp,” said the Good Samaritan.

A Joyful Return Home

Once the wheelchair ramp was completed, a relieved and excited Milam was finally able to go home.

“I am so grateful for Senatobia’s Dreamcatcher team,” Milam said with a smile.

At Senatobia, these are the moments we live for: when the work of many hands comes together to help our friends and neighbors live the life they deserve.

Senatobia Healthcare & Rehab: A Commitment to Caring

Senatobia Healthcare & Rehab is a 106-bed, fully-certified Medicare and Medicaid center offering award-winning post-acute, short-term rehabilitation services and long-term care. Contact us to schedule a tour of our skilled nursing facility in Senatobia, Miss., serving Tate County and the surrounding areas.

For more information about Senatobia’s Dreamcatcher Program, please contact our Executive Director, Mark Tuggle, at 662-562-5664 or mark.tuggle@sccrsnf.com.