Breathe Life Prayer Walk

Brookwood GardensHomestead, FL

Breathe Life Therapy

• Partnering with Spirituality, Respiratory, Restorative,

Nursing Assistants and members of the Rehab Services,

kicked off the event with its first Community Prayer Walk.

Breathe Life Therapy Program• Coordinated by Brookwood Gardens’ Respiratory Nurse, Patty

Ruffin, the prayer walk, lead by Chaplain Eddie

Santana, Brookwood's Director of Spirituality and joined by its

Administrator, Mrs. Lucy Reese, accompanied 10 selected

residents who participated in the activity. The goal of the activity is

centered on increasing the lung capacity of the

participating residents. The Prayer Walk is one of many activities

being implemented in the facility to achieve this goal and incorporate

the Breathe Life Therapy at Brookwood.

Breathe Life Therapy Program • With the help of members of the Restorative, Nursing Assistants and

Rehab team, the walk began with an opening prayer and blessing at the facility's reception area. Given the beautiful 78 degree breezy Florida sunny weather, the residents were then wheeled to four different outdoor areas identified as prayer, praise and stand up stations.

• Encouraged by the team leaders of the different departments, each resident would be brought to a station where one of them would offer a prayer of praise and thanksgiving, while the others lifted their arms in an offertory gesture. After the prayer, those residents who were able, where asked to stand up and take a deep breathe while clapping their hands in praises to the Lord.

Breathe Life Therapy Program

• "By having them lift up their arms, stand up, clap and

take deep breathes, these residents not only were giving

themselves a respiratory, breathing therapy, but also inviting

the Spirit of the Lord into their lives", stated Chaplain Eddie.

• "It felt so refreshing and relaxing just to go outside and be

able to stand and breathe the fresh new air," state one of the

participating residents. "I felt God blowing new life into me"

commented another.

Breathe Life Therapy Program• The Breathe Life Therapy, a program being introduced by

Signature HealthCARE in all of its facilities, hopes to prevent and

help those residents who suffer from breathing problems from

getting any further complications and possible risk of pneumonia.

• The Prayer Walk, which was held on Wednesday, November

30th, will be hosted by the Brookwood Department of

Spirituality and offered on the first Thursday Morning of every

month.

For more information on the

Prayer Walk, please contact:

Director of Spirituality

Signature HealthCARE of Brookwood Gardens

Homestead, FL 33035

Phone 305-246-1200 ext. 3011