Author Archives: Karen Betts

Runner beans

Staff and Jenny’s grandchildren helped pick and water runner beans this afternoon. Folk in the [...]

In-house Church Services

We had two church services in the care home this morning. One in the Conservatory [...]

Memory Games

We spent an enjoyable morning playing memory games today in the main lounge. Lots of [...]

Motion

We enjoyed another exciting Motion chair exercise class this afternoon. The residents were very lively [...]

Cycling Without Age

We decided to have a longer journey to Endcliffe Park today with Carolyn as our [...]

1970’s Disco

We had a very lively “disco” in the main lounge over teatime and into the [...]

Jewellery Making

Some residents chose to do some jewellery making with wooden painted beads and were very [...]

Morning Entertainment

Folk enjoyed reminiscing about the Motion Sports Day, reading the Star newspaper article (A3 laminated) [...]

Janet’s Birthday Party

This afternoon Janet had a birthday party, we had Phil Lawrence come to sing some [...]

Motion

We had another excellent Motion exercise class with our friend Zeezy. Great to have so [...]

Doggy Visit

We invited our old friends (past volunteers) Rita and Betty over for a doggy morning. [...]

Alphabet Game

Residents were encouraged to take part in the famous “Alphabet Game” this morning in the [...]

Lost Chord 16.8.22

It was wonderful to have Suzi join us for some very interactive singalongs encouraged by [...]

Garden Conversations

Some residents chose to sit in the patio area this morning and started chatting about [...]

Baking Apple Pies

Quite a few residents were keen to get involved in our baking activity this morning. [...]

Garden Games and Visits 14.8.22

Following on from the church service, we were encouraged to play a few garden games [...]

Church in the Garden

We decided to have our weekly church service in the garden this morning to make [...]

Gardening Club

We changed the Gardening Club to the morning to try and avoid the excessively hot [...]

Motion

We had another enjoyable Motion exercise session with Zeezy leading via the TV portal. He [...]

Cycling Without Age 12.8.22

Peter our pilot was happy to make three trips around Botanical Gardens on a beautiful, [...]

Pictures to Share Books

We had a lovely morning looking at Pictures to Share books, singing, reciting proverbs and [...]

John’s Birthday Party 5.8.22

This afternoon John had his birthday party with Ralph singing (the chap who sang at [...]

Pictures to share books – 3.8.22

This afternoon, we got out the “Pictures to share” books. Some of us looked at [...]

Nature club – 3.8.22

This morning we had our monthly nature club. Last month we went for walks in [...]

Crucible tea dance – 2.8.22

Today we had our monthly trip to the Crucible tea dance. We started by eating [...]

Gardening Club

We held an impromptu Gardening Club this morning as the weather was so lovely and [...]

In-house Church Service – 31.7.22

We had a joyful Sunday morning service in the Conservatory today with lots of folk [...]

Motion Sports Day

Today we went to the English Institute of Sport for our annual sports day run [...]

How I see myself – 29.7.22

This morning Vicky got out the self-esteem sheets and went through them with our newest [...]

Motion – 29.7.22

This afternoon we had a session of Motion with Zeezy, via portal TV. Our helpers [...]

Cycling Without Age

We enjoyed another exciting Cycling Without Age session with cheerful Peter the pilot and Leonard, [...]

Cat therapy – 28.7.22

This afternoon we had a visit from Jasper and Cleo, our mechanical cat’s. We enjoyed [...]

Clay sculpting workshop – 28.7.22

This morning we had a clay sculpting workshop with our new friend Natalie. We made [...]

Norah and Leonard’s birthday party – 27.7.22

This afternoon we celebrated the birthdays of Leonard and Norah. Our original singer had to [...]

Colin’s sapphire anniversary – 27.7.22

This afternoon Colin and his wife, and family celebrated his sapphire wedding anniversary! We hung [...]

Hook-a-duck – 27.7.22

This morning we had some fun with the hook-a-duck game. Some of us used the [...]

Manicures – 25.7.22

This afternoon we had a manicure session. We had the option of having our hands [...]

Sewing and weaving – 25.7.22

This morning we had a go at sewing and weaving. Not everyone was interested, and [...]

Dave the Banjo Man 23.7.22

We celebrated Diana’s Birthday today with Dave the Banjo Man performing lots of old tunes. [...]

Baking Cookies 21.7.22

A few of the ladies in the lounge agreed to help with a baking activity [...]

Makeover

Some of our residents had their hair done today by our lovely hairdresser, Debbie. To [...]

Embroidery

Residents in the Conservatory chose an apron for an ongoing embroidery activity. Lilian was pleased [...]

Manicures

Pam and Christine were keen to have their nails manicures and painted this afternoon and [...]

In-house Church 17.7.22

We enjoyed a relaxed church service in the Conservatory and a separate one in the [...]

Summer Fair 16.7.22

We had a glorious Summer Fair experience in the garden on a gorgeous, hot summers [...]

Motion 15.7.22

We had another invigorating video Motion session with Zeezy this afternoon. Good to have so [...]

Cycling Without Age 15.7.22

We had another wonderful cycling adventure with our pilot Clare. For a change, she gave [...]

Baking for Summer Fair 14.7.22

Edith and Lilian were very keen to help bake for the Summer Fair today. We [...]

Crucible tea dance 12.07.22

This afternoon we went to the Crucible tea dance taking along John , Elisabeth , [...]

Bert’s Birthday 12.7.22

Bert had a lovely birthday receiving cards and phone calls from family. He loved his [...]

Birthday Celebrations 11.7.22

This afternoon we Paul Barrie came to help us celebrate the birthday of Marion, Lilian, [...]

Darts and archery – 11.7.22

This morning we had a session of darts, followed by archery. We had some really [...]

Marion’s Birthday 10.7.22

Residents and staff were pleased to sing Happy Birthday to Marion today. She was thrilled [...]

Garden Dominoes 10.7.22

We spent a lovely Sunday afternoon enjoying sitting in the garden eating ice lollies and [...]

In-house Church 10.7.22

We had a small informal church service in the Conservatory this morning. John read out [...]

Motion 8.7.22

We had another exciting Motion session this week with John joining us for the first [...]

Bingo

We enjoyed a few games of Bingo this morning. Keith, Susan and Christine were all [...]

Memory Games in the Garden 7.7.22

We sat out in the garden under the sun canopy enjoying our beautiful garden and [...]

Gluten Free Baking 7.7.22

We enjoyed a baking activity this morning and we used gluten free flour to be [...]

Flower Arranging 4.7.22

Some flowers were donated to the care home from a neighbour and we had fun [...]

Songbirds 4.7.22

We had another lovely Songbirds session with Yo this afternoon which put us all in [...]

Puppets and Dolls 4.7.22

We had fun playing with and talking to puppets and empathy dolls this morning. Many [...]

In-house Church Services 3.7.22

We had two in-house church services this morning, one in the Conservatory and one in [...]

Fresh Air – 3.7.22

Residents were invited for a walk round the garden or the local area and those [...]

Gardening Club 2.7.22

We had a lovely Gardening Club session on the back decking this afternoon and fortunately, [...]

Piano

Elisabeth and Christine both chose to play the piano this morning whilst listening to some [...]

Andy Greaves 1.7.22

Andy Greaves came to entertain this afternoon. We were very impressed with his magic tricks, [...]

K’NEX – 1.7.22

This morning we had a session of k’nex with Vicky in the conservatory. We first [...]

Hallamshire Olympics finals – 30.6.22

This afternoon we had a Motion style session with Vicky. Every movement that we did [...]

Wishing well project – 30.6 22

This morning Vicky went around and told everyone about our new make a wish project. [...]

Hallamshire Olympics – 29.6.22

This afternoon we had a Hallamshire Olympics session. We are going to have a break [...]

Nature club part 1 – 29.6.22

This morning we had part 1 of our nature club session. We went for walks [...]

Multi-sensory – 28.6.22

This afternoon Vicky got out the multi-sensory bag, and aqua beads. We got to rummage [...]

Brain games – 28.6.22

This morning we had two sessions of brain games. One in the main lounge, and [...]

Guitar Sing-a-long 27.6.22

We had a lovely guitar singalong session this afternoon performing a variety of popular songs [...]

Watercolours 27.6.22

A few of us had a go at using watercolours this morning, even those who [...]

In-house church – 26.6.22

This afternoon we had two sessions of in-house church with Vicky. One in the main [...]

Mocktail making – 26.6.22

This morning we had a mocktail making session with Vicky. We kept it simple, so [...]

Hawaiian party – 25.6.22

Well, today was meant to be our Hawaiian garden party. Vicky and Chelsea spent all [...]

Cycling Without Age 24.6.22

We had another enjoyable cycling session with Peter as our pilot today. He did three [...]

Motion – 24.6.22

Zeezy came over in person to help run an outdoor Motion event in the garden. [...]

Favourite Records – 23.6.22

We had a lovely morning listening to the delightful songs from the musical South Pacific [...]

Hallamshire Olympics – 22.6.22

This afternoon we had our third session of Hallamshire Olympics. Today’s challenges were, throwing and [...]

Bingo – 22.6.22

This morning we had two sessions of Bingo. One session in the Dining room, and [...]

Dovetail Trio – 21.6.22

This afternoon we had Rosie, James, and Matt, from the Dovetail Trio, Folk Band come [...]

Town Outing 21.6.22

We made most of the gorgeous weather and headed out on tram to town. We [...]

Outdoor Memory Cafe 20.6.22

We made most of the beautiful weather today and sat outside under the gazebos for [...]

Father’s Day Garden Party – 19.6.22

We had a wonderful Fathers Day Garden Party with outdoor games – green bowling, tin [...]

Gardening Club 18.6.22

Rain appeared to be looming so we went out individually and in small groups to [...]

Christine’s birthday party – 17.6.22

This afternoon we had a birthday party in the garden for Christine’s birthday. We had [...]

Cycling without age – 17.6.22

This morning we had our Cycling without age sessions. Today’s pilot was Peter. The first [...]

Motion – 16.6.2

This afternoon we had a session of Motion with Zeezy, via Portal TV. We used [...]

Archery – 16.6.22

This morning we did some archery on the patio. Everyone had the chance to come [...]

Sandra’s birthday – 15.6.22

Happy Birthday to one of our lovely care staff, Sandra! Sandra is very caring, considerate, [...]

Hallamshire Olympics week 2 – 15.6.22

This afternoon had our Hallamshire care home Olympics, session 2. The residents are competing against [...]

Interactive table – 15.6.22

This morning we had the interactive table out. Each person was given the chance, to [...]

Szilvia’s Birthday – 15.6.22

We would like to wish a very happy birthday to one of our domestic and [...]

Brian’s birthday – 15.6.22

We want to wish our handyman, groundskeeper, and general Jack of all trades, Brain, a [...]

Music Session – 14.6.22

This afternoon, we had a lively music session with residents accompanying a guitar, Susan on [...]

Baking 14.6.22

We had a lovely baking activity this morning with lots of folk taking part in [...]