Author Archives: Karen Betts

Manicures and other activities.

This morning Helen went round giving manicures to some of us in the main lounge. [...]

Photo Sharing – 11.03.2021

This evening Sonia organised a Photo Sharing session for us. We had a look at [...]

Cat Therapy – 10.03.2021

This evening Sonia took Jasper and Cleo out to have a bit of quality time [...]

Resident’s choice

This morning Helen took jigsaws and Scrabble letters into the main lounge and offered them [...]

Olga and Susan’s birthday party

This afternoon Alan Turner came to sing for us, and help us to celebrate the [...]

Knit and natter

This morning Vicky got out the wool and knitting needles, and we had a knit [...]

Pampering for international women’s day

These afternoons plans were fresh air and walks around the garden, but it was drizzling [...]

Postcards from Sheffield Museum – 08.03.2021

Sheffield Museums kindly sent to all our residents personalised postcards which we enjoyed reading out [...]

Tin Can Alley – 08.03.2021

This morning Vicky took out the Tin Can Alley game. We had a great morning [...]

Musicals and film afternoon

After a lovely big Sunday dinner, most of us were happy to settle down in [...]

Sunday prayers and sharing

We had a short Sunday prayers and sharing session in the lounge and the conservatory [...]

Singalong

This afternoon Helen put Sing along Golden Oldies into You tube and it came up [...]

Painting freestyle

Last week we painted plant pots and planted daffodils in them and today we had [...]

Motion

This afternoon we had a great Motion session led by Zeezy, Using the Portal Tv. [...]

Manicures

This morning Vicky, Sonia, Deborah and Cameron were offering manicures. The options were hand washing, [...]

Nicole’s 85th Birthday celebration

This afternoon we had a lovely party for Nicole’s birthday. Rebekah Austin came to sing [...]

Home from home

Vicky has started doing a session called Home from home. Where we will be having [...]

A gift from Krystal

Peggy’s granddaughter Krystal, kindly made cross stitch keyrings for all of our residents. We handed [...]

Bingo

This afternoon Vicky and Sonia organised a few sessions of Bingo. We had great fun [...]

Sewing, weaving, and threading – 03.03.2021

This morning Vicky and Sonia organised a sewing, weaving and threading session for us. In [...]

Hook a Duck – 02.03.2021

This evening Sonia organised a Hook a Duck session for us. We all had great [...]

Memory Games – 02.03.2021

This morning we chose to play some memory games. We had quite a lazy morning [...]

Songbirds

This afternoon we had a Songbirds session led by Yo Tozer-Loft and assisted by Vicky. [...]

Planting daffodils

This morning Helen brought in a selection of different daffodils and asked who would like [...]

Painting plant pots and walks in the garden.

This afternoon Helen bought in some terracotta pots and bright coloured paints and asked who [...]

Massages, Walks in the Garden and Classical Music Therapy – 27.02.2021

This morning Helen and Sonia organised a massage session for us. Because the weather was [...]

Weekly exercise with Motion

We had our ever popular exercise session this afternoon with Zee Zee from Motion exercise. [...]

Manicures

This morning Helen went around some of us and asked who would like a manicure. [...]

Bingo and fresh air

This afternoon Vicky played Bingo with us in the dining room. We had chocolates for [...]

Arts and crafts

This morning Vicky led two arts and craft sessions, one in the conservatory, and one [...]

Fun and games

This afternoon Vicky and Sonia led a fun and games session in the main lounge. [...]

Sing along with Vicky and Sonia

This morning we had a Song time with Vicky and Sonia. Vicky made us some [...]

Nice n Easy Activity show and reminiscing

Today’s afternoon plans were fresh air in garden, but as it was like a hurricane [...]

Brain games

This morning Vicky played some brain games and memory games with us, in the main [...]

Jigsaw Puzzles – 22.02.2021

This afternoon Sonia took out the Jigsaw Puzzles for us. Norah, Olive, Jenny, Edith, George, [...]

Cats Therapy – 22.02.2021

This morning Sonia took the Therapy Cats out. We all had a cuddle with Jasper [...]

Film afternoon

This evening we watched a nice movie in the big lounge. While the film My [...]

Photo Sharing

This morning Sonia organised a Photo Sharing session. Most of us had a great time [...]

Dressing up fun

This afternoon Helen got out the big suitcase full of dressing up clothes and asked [...]

One to one time

Having two Activity Coordinators on some days means that everyone can have a little bit [...]

Inhouse church

This morning Vicky led two inhouse church sessions, one in the conservatory, and one in [...]

Motion

This afternoon we had a wonderful Motion session led by Zeezy, Using the Portal Tv. [...]

Manicures

This morning Sonia got the Manicures trolley out and organised a nails cleaning and cutting [...]

Brilliant birds.

For the nature group today we had another look at birds. Keith and Stephen chose [...]

Hoopy fun

This morning we had great fun playing Roll the hoop. Although we have a big [...]

Bingo

This afternoon Vicky played two kinds of Bingo with us. First, we played flower Picture [...]

Card making

This morning Vicky set up two tables of activities. One table was colouring Easter cards [...]

Pam’s Birthday Party

This afternoon Anne Padget came to sing for us and help us to celebrate the [...]

Table Top Games and Jigsaw Puzzle

This morning Sonia organised a session of Table Top Games and Jigsaw Puzzle. Stephen, Roy, [...]

Jasper and Clio

Jasper and Clio are our “ therapy cats” and although not real, are very realistic, [...]

Drumming and percussion

This morning Helen put some African drumming music on You tube and handed out drums [...]

Painting

This afternoon whilst the assisted visits and supervisions were going on, we sat and did [...]

Valentine’s day activities

Today is Valentines Day. Vicky set out a few activities on the tables, such a [...]

Messages home

This afternoon Vicky helped us to do messages home. We could do Valentines messages, or [...]

Pampering

This morning Vicky went around with the pampers trolley. The options were to have a [...]

Motion

This afternoon our friend Zeezy led us in a Motion session, via Portal TV. We [...]

Chinese New Year activities

Today is the start of Chinese New Year. This morning Vicky put up some decorations [...]

Manicures

This evening Sonia organised a manicures evening for us. While Mary, Marion, Mildred and Zuandi [...]

Jigsaw and Puzzle Day

This morning Sonia took out the Jigsaw Puzzles for us. We had a great time [...]

Zuandi’s Birthday Party

This afternoon we had a great time celebrating Zuandi’s Birthday. We had an entertainer coming [...]

Bingo

This morning Sonia organised some Bingo sessions for us for whoever wanted to join. Everyone [...]

Therapy Doll – 09.02.2021

This evening Sonia organised a Therapy Doll session for us. While some of us enjoyed [...]

Songbirds

This afternoon we had a Songbirds session led by yo-Tozer Loft. Yo brought song sheets, [...]

Making Chinese lanterns

This morning Vicky led an arts and crafts session in the dining room. We made [...]

Movie afternoon

This afternoon we watched a movie together in the main lounge. We enjoyed a hot [...]

Flowers Day

This morning Sonia organised a Flowers Day for us. We tried to create some beautiful [...]

One to One

This evening Sonia spent some quality time with us individually, which is so important for [...]

Book Sharing

This morning Sonia organised a Book Sharing session for us. We all had a great [...]

Jigsaws and a Royal Variety Performance

Mary, Edith, Peggy, Olive and Pam had a happy afternoon doing some lovely jigsaws. The [...]

Weekly keep fit session

We had our weekly exercise session with Zee Zee from Motion via the webcam this [...]

Craft afternoon

This afternoon some of the ladies downstairs chose to finish the lovely Chinese fans that [...]

Bingo, music and family contact

This morning, Helen called some Bingo games in the upstairs lounge for whoever wanted to [...]

Reminiscing

This afternoon Helen got out some old photographs and gave them to us to look [...]

Balloon tennis and fun

We had a game of balloon tennis this morning using “ pool noodles”  as rackets [...]

Arts & Crafts

This evening Sonia organised for us a session of Arts & Crafts. We enjoyed an [...]

Pampering

This morning Sonia organised a pampering session for us. While Olive, Susan, Margaret, Janet, John [...]

Memory Games

This afternoon Sonia organised a session of Memory Games for us. Jean, Penny and Sue [...]

Books and Selfies Day

This morning Sonia got out some lovely books to keep our minds and eyes occupied [...]

Sunday prayers and sharing, followed by a Singalong

This morning we had a short Sunday prayer and sharing session in each lounge. Helen [...]

Massage

This afternoon Helen offered massage and concentrated on those of us who may be unable [...]

Big Garden Birdwatch

This morning seven of us chose to join Helen with the Big Garden Birdwatch. We [...]

Chinese fans

This afternoon Helen asked who would like to join in with making some Chinese fans [...]

Exercise session

Our weekly exercise session has become part of our routine and most of us really [...]

Pasta Necklace and Tie the Knots Evening – 28.01.2021

This evening Sonia organised a session of creating some necklaces out of pasta for the [...]

Bingo and Jig Saw Day

This morning Sonia organised for us a Bingo session while some of us chose to [...]

Pampering – 27.01.2021

This evening we decided we want a bit of pampering and nail cutting. While Mary, [...]

Sewing and Games Day – 27.01.2021

This morning few of us decided to have a go at sewing. Meanwhile the gents [...]

Hook a Duck – 26.01.2021

This afternoon some of us chose to play Hook a duck and we really enjoyed [...]

Flowers Day – 26.01.2021

This morning Sonia organised a Flowers day for us. Most of us had great fun [...]

Burns afternoon

It is Burns night tonight so we had an afternoon of Scottish music and Burns [...]

Reminiscing

This morning Helen got out a bag of old mixed items and let us choose [...]

Movie afternoon

This afternoon we watched a movie together in the main lounge. We enjoyed hot chocolate [...]

Inhouse church

This morning Vicky led us in a small church service. One service in the small [...]

Biscuit decorating

This afternoon we had a go at decorating biscuits, using chocolate frosting. Vicky learnt to [...]

Resident’s meeting

This morning Vicky led the residents meeting. We did this in three separate groups, and [...]

Bird feeders

It is soon going to be the Big Garden Birdwatch so we decided to make [...]

Exercise with Motion

This morning we had our weekly exercise session with Zee Zee from Motion Exercise, which [...]

Fun and games

This morning Helen got a few games out and asked us if we would like [...]

Aqua painting

This morning Helen offered the Aqua painting to us ladies downstairs whilst visits were going [...]

Empathy doll

This afternoon, Sonia went round with the “ empathy doll” and asked who would like [...]