Author Archives: Karen Betts

Pen Pals

This afternoon we decided to write a letter to the nursery children to thank them [...]

Intergenerationals

This morning we had a lovely visit from Hallam University Nursery children. We had a [...]

Pamper Time

Residents enjoyed being pampered by the hairdresser this morning and later having their nails manicured [...]

Crucible Tea Dance

Residents enjoyed a trip out to Crucible Tea Dance. Beki Austin sang some wonderful songs [...]

Sensory Fun

Residents enjoyed taking part in some sensory games this afternoon involving either guessing different smells [...]

Royal Cake

Residents enjoyed admiring a Coronation Cake kindly made and donated by Margaret Holland (Karen’s mum). [...]

Sunday Activities

Residents chose to do a variety of activities today –  looking at A3 laminated pictures [...]

In-house Church

Residents enjoyed an informal church service in the Conservatory this morning. Good to have William [...]

Coronation Party

Residents enjoyed a lovely Coronation afternoon tea party, watching the King’s Coronation on TV and [...]

Royal Memories

Residents enjoyed watching the King’s Coronation today on the big screen. We also enjoyed looking [...]

Motion

Residents enjoyed another TV portal session with Zeezy this afternoon. We had lots of residents [...]

Cat Therapy

Residents enjoyed a cat therapy session this morning. They were amazed how the cats can [...]

Cycling Without Age

Carol enjoyed a wonderful Cycling Without Age experience this morning at the Botanical Gardens with [...]

Reminiscence Pics

Residents enjoyed looking at laminated pictures of Elvis, old photos, etc. which led to conversations [...]

Friendship Lunch

We were invited to try out a new Friendship Event Called “No-one Alone” at the [...]

Indoor football 1.05.23

  This morning we enjoyed a game of indoor football , We practiced and then [...]

Afternoon tea and pamper 29.04.23

This afternoon we all enjoyed a lovely afternoon tea in the conservatory and main lounge [...]

Motion

Residents enjoyed a wonderful Motion session in the main lounge this afternoon. We warmed up [...]

Cycling Without Age

Edith and Bryan chose to go out on the tri-bike today with Maggie as our [...]

Record Time

Residents enjoyed choosing some of their favourite records to play in the main lounge this [...]

Memory Ball Game

Residents enjoyed the Memory Ball Game this morning. They were encouraged to catch the ball [...]

Diamond Therapy Dogs

Residents and staff enjoyed a visit from Emma and Paul who brought along Lou Lou [...]

Canine Memories

Residents enjoyed a reminiscing opportunity looking at laminated pictures of dogs and some played a [...]

Karaoke

Residents enjoyed a Karaoke time in the main lounge this afternoon. Some using the mic [...]

Book Sharing

Residents enjoyed the opportunity to look at Pictures to Share books either independently or with [...]

Walk in the Garden

Bert requested a walk around the garden so staff obliged. He thoroughly enjoyed the fresh [...]

Sunday Afternoon

Residents enjoyed a variety of Sunday afternoon activities today. Some chose to have a manicure [...]

In-house Church Service

Residents enjoyed a contemplative church this morning in the Conservatory. We started with a guitar [...]

Golf in Society

Residents enjoyed a very exciting golf lesson with Charles this afternoon. Good to have Gill, [...]

Gardening Club

Residents enjoyed the gardening club session this morning. Avril was pleased to plant some seeds [...]

Pen Pals

Residents were encouraged to read a letter from two children who live in France sent [...]

Motion

Residents enjoyed a more intimate in-person Motion experience in the Conservatory with Zeezy and our [...]

Holy Communion Service

Residents enjoyed a Holy Communion Service led by Jennifer and Francis from St Marks Church, [...]

Lost Chord

Everyone enjoyed a wonderful Lost Chord performance from Maria on keyboard and Rachel on Soprano. [...]

Puppet Fun

Residents and staff had a great time with the puppets this morning. Good to say [...]

Balloon Tennis

This afternoon we enjoyed a game of balloon tennis in the main lounge and conservatory. [...]

Motion Community Games

Residents, staff and family members enjoyed a wonderful Motion Community Games event at the English [...]

Happy B’day Nat

We celebrated Nat’s belated birthday today with a cake decorated by residents yesterday. We surprised [...]

Motion

Residents enjoyed another lively Motion seated exercise class with Zeezy via the TV portal. Good [...]

Cycling Without Age

Gill and Helen booked a ride on the tri-bike this morning and although it was [...]

Cake Decorating

Carol, Edith, Lilian and Clarice all volunteered to help decorate a birthday cake for our [...]

Farewell Chicks

Residents and staff said a final Farewell to our lovely chicks. We will try and [...]

Old Calendar Pictures

Residents chose to look at a couple of old calendars and admiring the beautiful photos [...]

Indoor Football

Residents and staff enjoyed a fun time of indoor football in the Conservatory using a [...]

Guitar Singalong & Karaoke

Residents enjoyed a spontaneous guitar singalong in the main lounge – special request from Susan. [...]

More Chick Pics

Sadly, our chicks will be moving on to pastures new tomorrow (Friday) so staff decided [...]

Baking

Residents enjoyed baking scones this afternoon. We had two small groups taking part. Good to [...]

Flower Arranging

Avril received some flowers today in the post and had fun arranging them in a [...]

Chicks

Our chicks are now one week old and growing at a phenomenal rate. We took [...]

Sewing

Residents enjoyed doing a sewing activity this afternoon. Avril, Monica, Edith and Marky were all [...]

Chicks

Visitors enjoyed looking at our chicks and some were brave enough to hold them.  

Easter Tea Party

Residents and families enjoyed an Easter Tea Party and Easter Bonnet Parade in the lounge [...]

Easter Bunny Visit

Residents thoroughly enjoyed a surprise Easter Bunny Visit, alias Peter Rabbit. Each resident was given [...]

Easter Service

Residents enjoyed a quiet time of reflection and worship to celebrate Easter this morning. Staff [...]

Gwyneth’s Party

Residents enjoyed another visit from one of our favourite Irish musician and singer, J J [...]

Chicks

Our lovely chicks are growing fast. Visitors enjoyed seeing them today as much as our [...]

Easter Decorations

Residents enjoyed decorating Easter bonnets, the Easter tree and a basket display over the past [...]

Motion

This afternoon we had a very energetic Motion session with Zeezy via portal TV. We [...]

Living Eggs

This afternoon the residents in the conservatory enjoyed having a look, hold and cuddle with [...]

Living Eggs

This morning the residents and staff enjoyed transferring the chicks that are 24 hrs old [...]

Crucible Tea Dance

Residents enjoyed another fabulous Crucible Tea Dance with Becky Austin performing some great songs from [...]

Living Eggs

We had a delivery of eggs and incubators yesterday for an eggciting hatching experience in [...]

Motion

Residents enjoyed another fabulous Motion exercise class this afternoon, led by Zeezy. Staff helped to [...]

Reminiscence

Residents enjoyed looking at various reminiscence pictures this morning. Some of our chaps were very [...]

Reborn Baby Doll

Residents and staff enjoyed a baby doll therapy session this afternoon. Some amazed at how [...]

Clarice’s Birthday

This afternoon we had a lovely party for Clarice with Alan Turner singing for us, [...]

Golden Memories Karaoke 26.3.23

Residents enjoyed a DVD karaoke experience this afternoon. Clear words and beautiful pictures made up [...]

Sensory

Residents spent a fun afternoon enjoying stimulating the senses with sight, sound, touch and smell. [...]

Godly Play (Stories for the Soul)

Residents enjoyed the first half of the “Faces of Easter” story this morning as part [...]

Guitar Singalong

Residents enjoyed a guitar singalong in the main lounge this afternoon. Some were singing, some [...]

Walk in the Garden

Eddie and Avril  enjoyed a walk around the garden, admiring the flowers and bushes and [...]

Golf in Society

Residents enjoyed an early morning golf session in the main lounge after breakfast. Many residents [...]

Motion

We had another exciting Motion session with Zeezy via the TV portal. Good to have [...]

Cycling Without Age

Edith chose to go out on the tri-bike with Maggie as our pilot today. The [...]

Cake Decorating

Edith and Avril volunteered to help decorate a 50th birthday cake for our Deputy Manager, [...]

Anita’s 50th

We enjoyed an early celebration for Anita’s 50th birthday today. She was overjoyed with cards [...]

Lost Chord

This afternoon we had a lovely lively session with Jenny Rust (Soprano) and Maria King [...]

St Marks Church Service

Residents chose to take part in an in-house St Marks Church Service led by Frances. [...]

Book Sharing

Residents enjoyed the opportunity to look at and discuss books together or with staff.   [...]

Peggy’s Birthday

Peggy enjoyed reading her birthday card signed by staff and residents today. She also appreciated [...]

Karaoke

Residents enjoyed a karaoke experience in the Conservatory this afternoon whilst we started to watch [...]

Pamper Morning

Residents enjoyed being pampered this morning with a hairdresser visit, chiropodist and manicure sessions.  

Motion

This afternoon we had another exercise class with Zeezy from motion. Today we used pom [...]

Around the World

Residents enjoyed looking at a large laminated map of the world and talking about their [...]

In-house Church Service

Residents enjoyed an informal church service in the Conservatory this morning. We chose to sing [...]

Residents Meeting

Residents enjoyed a Residents Meeting this afternoon in the Conservatory. Some relatives joined with us [...]

Guitar Singalong

Residents enjoyed a guitar singalong in the main lounge this morning, with some lively singing [...]

Motion

This afternoon we had another exciting Motion exercise class with Zeezy. We did lots of [...]

Birthdays

Residents enjoyed a joint birthday party today for Eddie (90 today), Susan (77 tomorrow) and [...]

Brian’s Leaving Do

Residents and staff were sad to say a very big Goodbye and Good Luck to [...]

Cake Decorating

Residents enjoyed making some icing lettering to decorate 3 cakes this morning. We coloured the [...]

Memory Games

Residents enjoyed an afternoon playing various memory games, comprising a quiz about flowers, Finish the [...]

Crucible Tea Dance

We booked another minibus from the Sheffield Council and was pleased to see our friendly [...]

Songbirds

This afternoon we had a lovely session in Songbirds with lots of lovely singing and [...]

Intergenerationals

This morning we had another lovely exciting visit from Sheffield Hallam University Nursery. The children [...]

Nicole’s Birthday Party

Nicole enjoyed her birthday party in green lounge with a few fellow resident friends, Maree [...]

Motion

Residents enjoyed another lively Motion exercise class with Zeezy on the TV portal. We did [...]

Reminiscing

Residents seemed to enjoy looking at reminiscence pictures this morning, conversation starters, whilst listening to [...]

Musical Memories

Residents were given the choice of which musicals to watch this morning. We enjoyed looking [...]

Baking

We celebrated St David’s Day by watching a St David’s Day concert on YouTube whilst [...]