Posted on 4/6/2020

Let's Send Some Cheer to the Staff and Residents at Crystal Bluffs

For the last month, the residents at our local rehabilitation center, Crystal Bluffs, have been without visitors. They have not been able to visit with their families, spouses, children, grandchildren and friends. One of those families affected by the new protocols to protect these residents is Allison Bernauer, one of our Realtors in our Atlantic Beach office. Allison and her mother Anita have been focusing on mailed letters and FaceTime to stay connected.
 
 
We hope that you will help make these beloved people within our community feel a part of our community. We hope that you will make them feel loved. We hope that you will take a moment of your day to say hello, write them some uplifting words, share a piece of art from your children or send them a funny joke.
 
 
 
Crystal Bluffs provides annual residential nursing care and short and annual residential rehabilitation services.  Respite care for those who normally live at home is also offered as a service; this gives caregivers a period of rest.Built in 2008, Crystal Bluffs' 92 beds and Rehabilitation Suite are located minutes from the hospital and the medical office park.  They offer a warm, inviting, home-like and comfortable environment, with a commitment to meeting the wants, needs and wishes of all who walk through our doors.Discover our experienced and caring staff, our activities, and our high standard for customer service in a place where we want you to feel welcome from your very first visit.
Crystal BluffsATTN: Residents and Staff at Crystal Bluffs4010 Bridges StreetMorehead City, NC 28557A letter for each day the residents at Crystal Bluffs have not had visitors from loved ones.
Anita Hardesty enjoying some quality time with her children and grandchildren prior to the COVID-19 outbreak.Anita Hardesty enjoying some quality time with her children and grandchildren prior to the COVID-19 outbreak.Anita Hardesty grandchildren visiting on Easter Sunday.Adding balloons to the outdoor windows has been a way families have been bringing cheer to the Crystal Bluffs residents.
My mother Anita and I are extremely close. In September she had a massive stroke. Our world has been turned upside down since then. She has been a resident at Crystal Bluffs in Morehead City since October and I couldn't ask for better care for her. Everyone there is very helpful and all the residents receive personal attention and extra loving care. I have gotten to know the staff and many of the residents over the last 6 months.I visited my mother almost every day and many of her friends visited weekly. We felt that if we could have someone there she loved every day it would make her days a little brighter. Once Covid-19 came into the picture Crystal Bluffs was very pro-active and, as normal, thought about what was best for the residents there. They stopped visitors weeks before other places of business. I will forever be grateful for their attention to this crisis and for putting their residents and staff first. Although I was crushed and my mother was so sad, we have made it work by FaceTiming.Many of her friends and family have been sending cards and letters to help make her days without visitors better. She mentions these often, always with a smile on her face. My mother is lucky to have so many family and friends to care for her and send her cards but there are many people who could use some of that same love and kindness shown to them.Please join me and Bluewater by sending cards, kids drawings and letters of encouragement to the residents at Crystal Bluffs. I also want to personally ask you to send some to the amazing staff there thanking them for caring for our loved ones during this crisis. Together we can make someone's day by showing love and gratitude to those that need to know that we, as a community, have not forgotten them.Thoughtfulness, Peace and Love is what the world needs right now...... Let's start with our neighbors.

sincerely,

Allison

Crystal BluffsATTN: Residents and Staff at Crystal Bluffs4010 Bridges StreetMorehead City, NC 28557
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