Some of us spent a pleasant afternoon doing some dried flower arranging with grasses and [...]
We had another enjoyable Friday afternoon seated exercise class with Zeezy from Motion. Good to [...]
Some of our keen bakers were happy to help make apple pies this morning ready [...]
Today we had our monthly outing to the Crucible Theatre for the tea dance. We [...]
Penny enjoyed her birthday party very much, as did the rest of the residents. What [...]
We had a lovely morning looking at old photos from the 1930’s, old movie stars, [...]
Residents enjoyed a lovely time in the Conservatory this morning having a special Memory Cafe [...]
Residents loved the Motion exercise class with Zeezy on the TV portal this afternoon. Lots [...]
We spent a lovely morning reminiscing about household chores whilst polishing brasses, matching up socks, [...]
We had a wonderful day out in Bridlington with two minibuses and two cars travelling [...]
Staff and Jenny’s grandchildren helped pick and water runner beans this afternoon. Folk in the [...]
We had two church services in the care home this morning. One in the Conservatory [...]
We spent an enjoyable morning playing memory games today in the main lounge. Lots of [...]
We enjoyed another exciting Motion chair exercise class this afternoon. The residents were very lively [...]
We decided to have a longer journey to Endcliffe Park today with Carolyn as our [...]
We had a very lively “disco” in the main lounge over teatime and into the [...]
Some residents chose to do some jewellery making with wooden painted beads and were very [...]
Folk enjoyed reminiscing about the Motion Sports Day, reading the Star newspaper article (A3 laminated) [...]
This afternoon Janet had a birthday party, we had Phil Lawrence come to sing some [...]
We had another excellent Motion exercise class with our friend Zeezy. Great to have so [...]
We invited our old friends (past volunteers) Rita and Betty over for a doggy morning. [...]
Residents were encouraged to take part in the famous “Alphabet Game” this morning in the [...]
It was wonderful to have Suzi join us for some very interactive singalongs encouraged by [...]
Some residents chose to sit in the patio area this morning and started chatting about [...]
Quite a few residents were keen to get involved in our baking activity this morning. [...]
Following on from the church service, we were encouraged to play a few garden games [...]
We decided to have our weekly church service in the garden this morning to make [...]
We changed the Gardening Club to the morning to try and avoid the excessively hot [...]
We had another enjoyable Motion exercise session with Zeezy leading via the TV portal. He [...]
Peter our pilot was happy to make three trips around Botanical Gardens on a beautiful, [...]
We had a lovely morning looking at Pictures to Share books, singing, reciting proverbs and [...]
This afternoon John had his birthday party with Ralph singing (the chap who sang at [...]
This afternoon, we got out the “Pictures to share” books. Some of us looked at [...]
This morning we had our monthly nature club. Last month we went for walks in [...]
Today we had our monthly trip to the Crucible tea dance. We started by eating [...]
We held an impromptu Gardening Club this morning as the weather was so lovely and [...]
We had a joyful Sunday morning service in the Conservatory today with lots of folk [...]
Today we went to the English Institute of Sport for our annual sports day run [...]
This morning Vicky got out the self-esteem sheets and went through them with our newest [...]
This afternoon we had a session of Motion with Zeezy, via portal TV. Our helpers [...]
We enjoyed another exciting Cycling Without Age session with cheerful Peter the pilot and Leonard, [...]
This afternoon we had a visit from Jasper and Cleo, our mechanical cat’s. We enjoyed [...]
This morning we had a clay sculpting workshop with our new friend Natalie. We made [...]
This afternoon we celebrated the birthdays of Leonard and Norah. Our original singer had to [...]
This afternoon Colin and his wife, and family celebrated his sapphire wedding anniversary! We hung [...]
This morning we had some fun with the hook-a-duck game. Some of us used the [...]
This afternoon we had a manicure session. We had the option of having our hands [...]
This morning we had a go at sewing and weaving. Not everyone was interested, and [...]
We celebrated Diana’s Birthday today with Dave the Banjo Man performing lots of old tunes. [...]
A few of the ladies in the lounge agreed to help with a baking activity [...]
Some of our residents had their hair done today by our lovely hairdresser, Debbie. To [...]
Residents in the Conservatory chose an apron for an ongoing embroidery activity. Lilian was pleased [...]
Pam and Christine were keen to have their nails manicures and painted this afternoon and [...]
We enjoyed a relaxed church service in the Conservatory and a separate one in the [...]
We had a glorious Summer Fair experience in the garden on a gorgeous, hot summers [...]
We had another invigorating video Motion session with Zeezy this afternoon. Good to have so [...]
We had another wonderful cycling adventure with our pilot Clare. For a change, she gave [...]
Edith and Lilian were very keen to help bake for the Summer Fair today. We [...]
This afternoon we went to the Crucible tea dance taking along John , Elisabeth , [...]
Bert had a lovely birthday receiving cards and phone calls from family. He loved his [...]
This afternoon we Paul Barrie came to help us celebrate the birthday of Marion, Lilian, [...]
This morning we had a session of darts, followed by archery. We had some really [...]
Residents and staff were pleased to sing Happy Birthday to Marion today. She was thrilled [...]
We spent a lovely Sunday afternoon enjoying sitting in the garden eating ice lollies and [...]
We had a small informal church service in the Conservatory this morning. John read out [...]
We had another exciting Motion session this week with John joining us for the first [...]
We enjoyed a few games of Bingo this morning. Keith, Susan and Christine were all [...]
We sat out in the garden under the sun canopy enjoying our beautiful garden and [...]
We enjoyed a baking activity this morning and we used gluten free flour to be [...]
Some flowers were donated to the care home from a neighbour and we had fun [...]
We had another lovely Songbirds session with Yo this afternoon which put us all in [...]
We had fun playing with and talking to puppets and empathy dolls this morning. Many [...]
We had two in-house church services this morning, one in the Conservatory and one in [...]
Residents were invited for a walk round the garden or the local area and those [...]
We had a lovely Gardening Club session on the back decking this afternoon and fortunately, [...]
Elisabeth and Christine both chose to play the piano this morning whilst listening to some [...]
Andy Greaves came to entertain this afternoon. We were very impressed with his magic tricks, [...]
This morning we had a session of k’nex with Vicky in the conservatory. We first [...]
This afternoon we had a Motion style session with Vicky. Every movement that we did [...]
This morning Vicky went around and told everyone about our new make a wish project. [...]
This afternoon we had a Hallamshire Olympics session. We are going to have a break [...]
This morning we had part 1 of our nature club session. We went for walks [...]
This afternoon Vicky got out the multi-sensory bag, and aqua beads. We got to rummage [...]
This morning we had two sessions of brain games. One in the main lounge, and [...]
We had a lovely guitar singalong session this afternoon performing a variety of popular songs [...]
A few of us had a go at using watercolours this morning, even those who [...]
This afternoon we had two sessions of in-house church with Vicky. One in the main [...]
This morning we had a mocktail making session with Vicky. We kept it simple, so [...]
Well, today was meant to be our Hawaiian garden party. Vicky and Chelsea spent all [...]
We had another enjoyable cycling session with Peter as our pilot today. He did three [...]
Zeezy came over in person to help run an outdoor Motion event in the garden. [...]
We had a lovely morning listening to the delightful songs from the musical South Pacific [...]
This afternoon we had our third session of Hallamshire Olympics. Today’s challenges were, throwing and [...]
This morning we had two sessions of Bingo. One session in the Dining room, and [...]
This afternoon we had Rosie, James, and Matt, from the Dovetail Trio, Folk Band come [...]
We made most of the gorgeous weather and headed out on tram to town. We [...]
We made most of the beautiful weather today and sat outside under the gazebos for [...]
We had a wonderful Fathers Day Garden Party with outdoor games – green bowling, tin [...]
Rain appeared to be looming so we went out individually and in small groups to [...]
This afternoon we had a birthday party in the garden for Christine’s birthday. We had [...]
