Author Archives: Karen Betts
Racing Grannies
Tracy brought in two wind up Racing Grannies. Brought a smile to many faces today. [...]
Apr
Hymns, prayers and inspiration
This morning Helen led the hymns, prayers and inspiration session in the main lounge where [...]
Apr
Painting and looking at photos.
I got the easy painting pictures out and a few people enjoyed relaxing after dinner [...]
Apr
Chair exercise, balloon play and hoopla.
Helen led some residents through some chair exercise including gentle stretching and some exercises for [...]
Apr
Scott’s Birthday
We all sang “Happy Birthday” to Scott (his birthday being yesterday) as we gave him [...]
Apr
Jigsaws
Pam, Norah, Margaret P, Mary and Nicole all enjoyed completing some individual or group jigsaws. [...]
Apr
Diamond Club Fun and Games
We had fun playing small group games of the Alphabet Game (Helen with Mary, Nicole, [...]
Apr
Garden Beach Day 2
We made the most of the glorious weather for a second day running and ventured [...]
Apr
Baking
Pam, Mary, Margaret Pashley and Mildred chose to be involved in the baking activity in [...]
Apr
Garden Beach Day
Tracy set up a paddling pool full of sand and various outdoor games to help [...]
Apr
Pictures to Share Books
This afternoon Helen gave out some picture books to share, though most people looked at [...]
Apr
Communication
Helen asked residents if they would like to write a letter to their family or [...]
Apr
Memory Cafe
We had a fun time of reminiscence during the Hallamshire Memory Cafe event this morning. [...]
Apr
Dominoes
Mary, Jenny, John and Margaret P chose to play dominoes together this afternoon and seemed [...]
Apr
Easter Party
We enjoyed an Easter Party this afternoon, involving a colouring in competition and making and/or [...]
Apr
Easter Service
Most residents were happy to attend the In-house church service in the main lounge this [...]
Apr
Communication
Helen went around some of the residents helping them open/read Easter cards, letters, etc. Win [...]
Apr
Easter Decorations
This morning Helen got the new Easter tree and some Easter baubles and decorations out [...]
Apr
Baking
Olga and Valerie L agreed to help with the baking activity this morning. We were [...]
Apr
Gardening Session
Helen brought in some trailing geraniums and some recycled plastic bottles that had been turned [...]
Apr
Fun and games plus daily communication
This morning Helen got the table tennis out which Nicole and Olga enjoyed and I [...]
Apr
Decorating Plant Containers
This morning Helen brought in some recycled plastic containers from the home and of her [...]
Apr
One to one time
This afternoon we had a lot of mail arrive for residents so Helen spent time [...]
Apr
Communication
A few residents received cards and letters this morning and Tracy read them out where [...]
Apr
In the Garden
Margaret S, Jenny, Olga and Susan all chose to sit out in the garden this [...]
Apr
Natalie’s Birthday Celebration
Natalie enjoyed her surprise celebration this afternoon, with singing, birthday cake and lots of gifts [...]
Apr
Our Favourite Music
Tracy visited individuals and groups of people this morning with her tablet asking for requests [...]
Apr
“Serenading” people in their rooms
This afternoon Vicky and Tracy went to people who were in their rooms or in [...]
Apr
Guitar sing along
This morning Vicky got the song sheets out and Tracy got out the guitar and [...]
Apr
Book to share
This morning Vicky went around the lounge, dining room and bedrooms sharing books together. We [...]
Apr
Communications
Now more than ever we are trying to support our resident’s and their families by [...]
Apr
Marjorie’s birthday party
This afternoon we celebrated Marjorie’s birthday. Vicky asked our tea dance singer Heather Kass to [...]
Apr
Inhouse church
Helen and Vicky gathered residents together in the main lounge today to sing hymns and [...]
Apr
Fun and games in the lounge
This afternoon Vicky played various games with us in the main lounge and in our [...]
Apr
Making Easter egg baubles
This morning Vicky got out some Easter egg baubles for us to fill. We had [...]
Apr
Easter egg “painting”
This morning Vicky got out some little paper egg decorations for us to decorate. We [...]
Apr
Jigsaws
Mary, Jenny, Margaret and Pam chose to do some jigsaws this afternoon. Produced by Active [...]
Apr
Reminiscing
We had an interesting time reminiscing about our children this afternoon, prompted by looking at [...]
Apr
The Shows
Many enjoyed listening to Les Misérables and West Side Story today and some were keen [...]
Apr
Empathy Dolls
Tracy brought in her empathy dolls today – Tom and Joy, and they were well [...]
Apr
Card from Betty & Ebony
Many wanted to read the lovely card Betty had made and sent to us today, [...]
Apr
Puppet Fun
Tracy brought in her puppets to the care home this morning, much to the delight [...]
Apr
Scrabble
This morning Helen and some of our residents had a really good game of scrabble [...]
Mar
Bingo, Jokes, riddles and tounge twisters
This afternoon Vicky had quite a few games of Bingo with the residents who were [...]
Mar
Table tennis
This afternoon Vicky got out the table tennis set and had a few games between [...]
Mar
Photo Sharing
This morning Vicky and Tracy brought in their wedding photos and went around the care [...]
Mar
Guitar Sing-a-long
We had a lovely time this afternoon, energised by a guitar sing-a-long activity led by [...]
Mar
Writing Birthday Cards
This morning Vicky went around with Marjory’s birthday card and asked the residents to sign [...]
Mar
Manicures and hand massage
This afternoon Vicky came around with the beauty trolley offering hand washing and nail cleaning, [...]
Mar
Easter crafts
This afternoon Vicky got out the Easter card decorating kit, Easter egg decorating kit and [...]
Mar
Karaoke session
This afternoon was meant to be a Songbirds session, so instead Vicky did a karaoke [...]
Mar
Pampering session and live concert
This morning Vicky put on a live show of Terry Morgan, on YouTube. He a [...]
Mar
Opening Mother’s Day cards and gifts
Opening Mother’s Day cards and gifts together – 22nd March 2020 This morning Vicky handed [...]
Mar
Messages home
This morning Vicky went aproached the residents and explained the reason that we aren’t allowing [...]
Mar
In-house Church Service
We held a lovely, peaceful church service in the small lounge this morning. We started [...]
Mar
Cycling without age
This afternoon we had a volunteer called Peter offering to do a few trips out [...]
Mar
Light Cinema – “Whisky Galore”
We had a wonderful trip out to the Light cinema to see Whisky Galore. The [...]
Mar
Irish Tea dance
Five of us squeezed into Steve’s car today and headed off to the Irish Tea [...]
Mar
Gardening Club
We had a very enjoyable gardening club this afternoon with Caroline. The residents and day [...]
Mar
Baking
Pam, Margaret and Mildred all offered to help with baking today. We made chocolate orange [...]
Mar
Little Acorns toddler group
We had a special Little Acorns session this morning! We had Hollie from Pyjama Drama [...]
Mar
Graeme Cox
We all enjoyed Olga and Susan’s birthday party this afternoon, with something for everyone in [...]
Mar
Lost Chord
Lovely to have Chris on keyboard, Janet as soprano and Pete as volunteer, this morning, [...]
Mar
Afternoon Pastimes
Many of us chose to do some reminiscence jigsaws together – one about Spring and [...]
Mar
War-time Hits
We had great fun this morning listening to Glenn Miller, George Formby and Vera Lynn [...]
Mar
Nicole’s Birthday Party
Nicole’s family arranged a private birthday party for Nicole and asked a friend of theirs, [...]
Mar
Motion Promotional Video
We had to do another Motion promotional video as the first one was spoilt because [...]
Mar
HCH Memory Cafe
We had our first Memory Cafe event at the Hallamshire Care Home today and it [...]
Mar
In-house Church Service
We held a quiet church service in the small lounge this morning. It was good [...]
Mar
Dominoes
Norah, Roy and Margaret Pashley all enjoyed a few games of dominoes with Mary in [...]
Feb
Jesus Centre Teadance
Today we enjoyed going to the Tea Dance that Vicky runs at the Sheffield Jesus [...]
Feb
Sing-a-long Session
This morning Vicky got out the song sheets and led a sing-a-long session in the [...]
Feb
Arts and Crafts
This morning Vicky got out the vase shapes that we sponge painted last time. We [...]
Feb
Godly Play
We had another exciting Godly Play (Stories For the Soul) session today in the Conservatory [...]
Feb
Kindness Week
We were very pleased to have a visit this morning from the Sheffield University Nursery [...]
Feb
Holy Communion
We had another enjoyable Holy Communion Service in the Conservatory this afternoon. It was wonderful [...]
Feb
Baking
Quite a few residents wanted to get involved in the baking activity this morning. We [...]
Feb
Gardening Club
Today, Caroline brought a lot of different clippings from winter sensory plants for the group [...]
Feb
Diamond Club Fun and Games
We had great fun in the lounge this afternoon and very pleased to have some [...]
Feb
Pam’s Birthday
Pam Crossland enjoyed a lovely family time to celebrate her 92nd birthday today. She was [...]
Feb
Valentines Party
We had another superb Valentines Party this year with lots of family members coming dressed [...]
Feb
Violin sing along
This afternoon we had a sing along with Vicky in the conservatory. We had Win’s [...]
Feb
Cookie decorating
On Tuesday we baked some heart shaped sugar cookies with Vicky. Today we had a [...]
Feb
Valentines arts and crafts
This afternoon we made some paper rose bouquets with Vicky in the conservatory. We struggled [...]
Feb
Little Acorns
We had an enjoyable time at our inter-generational toddler group (Little Acorns) this morning, with [...]
Feb
Win’s Birthday Celebration
We had such a great time celebrating Win Oliver’s birthday today, with the help of [...]
Feb
Valentines arts and crafts
Vicky set up two tables of valentines’ arts and crafts. One table was making heart [...]
Feb
Lost Chord
We had a wonderful Lost Chord session in the Conservatory today with Terry on keyboard, [...]
Feb
Cycling Without Age
Pamela was offered a ride on the tri-bike, Rhubarb, today and she immediately said, “Yes [...]
Feb