Author Archives: Karen Betts

Dominoes

Margaret P, Mary, Margaret S and Pam all enjoyed a few games of dominoes this [...]

Easter Decorations

This morning Helen got the new Easter tree and some Easter baubles and decorations out [...]

Easter Songs

Yo, Steve and Nate came to play and sing to us outside of the main [...]

Baking

Olga and Valerie L agreed to help with the baking activity this morning. We were [...]

Gardening Session

Helen brought in some trailing geraniums and some recycled plastic bottles that had been turned [...]

Fun and games plus daily communication

This morning Helen got the table tennis out which Nicole and Olga enjoyed and I [...]

Decorating Plant Containers

This morning Helen brought in some recycled plastic containers from the home and of her [...]

One to one time

This afternoon we had a lot of mail arrive for residents so Helen spent time [...]

Communication

A few residents received cards and letters this morning and Tracy read them out where [...]

In the Garden

Margaret S, Jenny, Olga and Susan all chose to sit out in the garden this [...]

Natalie’s Birthday Celebration

Natalie enjoyed her surprise celebration this afternoon, with singing, birthday cake and lots of gifts [...]

Our Favourite Music

Tracy visited individuals and groups of people this morning with her tablet asking for requests [...]

“Serenading” people in their rooms

This afternoon Vicky and Tracy went to people who were in their rooms or in [...]

Guitar sing along

This morning Vicky got the song sheets out and Tracy got out the guitar and [...]

Book to share

This morning Vicky went around the lounge, dining room and bedrooms sharing books together. We [...]

Baking

We had fun baking a lemon birthday cake in the lounge this morning. Mary, Lois [...]

Communications

Now more than ever we are trying to support our resident’s and their families by [...]

Marjorie’s birthday party

This afternoon we celebrated Marjorie’s birthday. Vicky asked our tea dance singer Heather Kass to [...]

Inhouse church

Helen and Vicky gathered residents together in the main lounge today to sing hymns and [...]

Fun and games in the lounge

This afternoon Vicky played various games with us in the main lounge and in our [...]

Making Easter egg baubles

This morning Vicky got out some Easter egg baubles for us to fill. We had [...]

Easter egg “painting”

This morning Vicky got out some little paper egg decorations for us to decorate. We [...]

Jigsaws

Mary, Jenny, Margaret and Pam chose to do some jigsaws this afternoon. Produced by Active [...]

Reminiscing

We had an interesting time reminiscing about our children this afternoon, prompted by looking at [...]

Baking

We had fun making chocolate muffins in the lounge this morning. Pam C, John and [...]

Post

Some post arrived for a few of our residents today, mostly for Mildred, but one [...]

The Shows

Many enjoyed listening to Les Misérables and West Side Story today and some were keen [...]

Empathy Dolls

Tracy brought in her empathy dolls today – Tom and Joy, and they were well [...]

Card from Betty & Ebony

Many wanted to read the lovely card Betty had made and sent to us today, [...]

Puppet Fun

Tracy brought in her puppets to the care home this morning, much to the delight [...]

Scrabble

This morning Helen and some of our residents had a really good game of scrabble [...]

Bingo, Jokes, riddles and tounge twisters

This afternoon Vicky had quite a few games of Bingo with the residents who were [...]

Table tennis

This afternoon Vicky got out the table tennis set and had a few games between [...]

Photo Sharing

This morning Vicky and Tracy brought in their wedding photos and went around the care [...]

Guitar Sing-a-long

We had a lovely time this afternoon, energised by a guitar sing-a-long activity led by [...]

Writing Birthday Cards

This morning Vicky went around with Marjory’s birthday card and asked the residents to sign [...]

Manicures and hand massage

This afternoon Vicky came around with the beauty trolley offering hand washing and nail cleaning, [...]

Easter crafts

This afternoon Vicky got out the Easter card decorating kit, Easter egg decorating kit and [...]

Bingo

This morning we played quite a few games of Bingo in the main lounge. We [...]

Karaoke session

This afternoon was meant to be a Songbirds session, so instead Vicky did a karaoke [...]

Pampering session and live concert

This morning Vicky put on a live show of Terry Morgan, on YouTube. He a [...]

Arts and crafts

I set up an arts and crafts activity in the dining room and asked who [...]

Opening Mother’s Day cards and gifts

Opening Mother’s Day cards and gifts together – 22nd March 2020 This morning Vicky handed [...]

Messages home

This morning Vicky went aproached the residents and explained the reason that we aren’t allowing [...]

J J Galway

We had a lovely time with J J Galway this afternoon for a joint birthday [...]

In-house Church Service

We held a lovely, peaceful church service in the small lounge this morning. We started [...]

Baking

Margaret P, Pam C and Mary all offered to help bake a lemon birthday cake [...]

Cycling without age

This afternoon we had a volunteer called Peter offering to do a few trips out [...]

Light Cinema – “Whisky Galore”

We had a wonderful trip out to the Light cinema to see Whisky Galore. The [...]

Irish Tea dance

Five of us squeezed into Steve’s car today and headed off to the Irish Tea [...]

Gardening Club

We had a very enjoyable gardening club this afternoon with Caroline. The residents and day [...]

Baking

Pam, Margaret and Mildred all offered to help with baking today. We made chocolate orange [...]

Little Acorns toddler group

We had a special Little Acorns session this morning! We had Hollie from Pyjama Drama [...]

Graeme Cox

We all enjoyed Olga and Susan’s birthday party this afternoon, with something for everyone in [...]

Lost Chord

Lovely to have Chris on keyboard, Janet as soprano and Pete as volunteer, this morning, [...]

Afternoon Pastimes

Many of us chose to do some reminiscence jigsaws together – one about Spring and [...]

War-time Hits

We had great fun this morning listening to Glenn Miller, George Formby and Vera Lynn [...]

Nicole’s Birthday Party

Nicole’s family arranged a private birthday party for Nicole and asked a friend of theirs, [...]

Motion Promotional Video

We had to do another Motion promotional video as the first one was spoilt because [...]

HCH Memory Cafe

We had our first Memory Cafe event at the Hallamshire Care Home today and it [...]

Baking

Pam C, Jenny (daycare), Valerie L and Olga all took part in the baking activity [...]

In-house Church Service

We held a quiet church service in the small lounge this morning. It was good [...]

Dominoes

Norah, Roy and Margaret Pashley all enjoyed a few games of dominoes with Mary in [...]

Jesus Centre Teadance

Today we enjoyed going to the Tea Dance that Vicky runs at the Sheffield Jesus [...]

Sing-a-long Session

This morning Vicky got out the song sheets and led a sing-a-long session in the [...]

Arts and Crafts

This morning Vicky got out the vase shapes that we sponge painted last time. We [...]

Godly Play

We had another exciting Godly Play (Stories For the Soul) session today in the Conservatory [...]

Kindness Week

We were very pleased to have a visit this morning from the Sheffield University Nursery [...]

Holy Communion

We had another enjoyable Holy Communion Service in the Conservatory this afternoon. It was wonderful [...]

Baking

Quite a few residents wanted to get involved in the baking activity this morning. We [...]

Gardening Club

Today, Caroline brought a lot of different clippings from winter sensory plants for the group [...]

Diamond Club Fun and Games

We had great fun in the lounge this afternoon and very pleased to have some [...]

Pam’s Birthday

Pam Crossland enjoyed a lovely family time to celebrate her 92nd birthday today. She was [...]

Valentines Party

We had another superb Valentines Party this year with lots of family members coming dressed [...]

Violin sing along

This afternoon we had a sing along with Vicky in the conservatory. We had Win’s [...]

Cookie decorating

On Tuesday we baked some heart shaped sugar cookies with Vicky. Today we had a [...]

Valentines arts and crafts

This afternoon we made some paper rose bouquets with Vicky in the conservatory. We struggled [...]

Little Acorns

We had an enjoyable time at our inter-generational toddler group (Little Acorns) this morning, with [...]

Win’s Birthday Celebration

We had such a great time celebrating Win Oliver’s birthday today, with the help of [...]

Valentines arts and crafts

Vicky set up two tables of valentines’ arts and crafts. One table was making heart [...]

Lost Chord

We had a wonderful Lost Chord session in the Conservatory today with Terry on keyboard, [...]

Cycling Without Age

Pamela was offered a ride on the tri-bike, Rhubarb, today and she immediately said, “Yes [...]

Motion

We had a very interactive Motion event this afternoon with Jess leading the session. She [...]

Songbirds

We had such an enjoyable Songbirds session. Everyone had a great time!  We started with [...]

Memory Cafe

We had a much smaller Memory Cafe event due to a few of our volunteers [...]

Birthday Celebration

We had a double celebration today for the birthdays of Connie and Trisha. Beki Austin [...]

Jesus Centre Tea Dance

We had a fantastic time at the Jesus Centre Tea Dance today! We had a [...]

Little Women Movie

We had a pleasant trip out to the Showroom Cinema with Vicky to see Little [...]

Little Acorns Toddler session

We had a very enjoyable toddler group session this morning. We had eight residents attend, [...]

Arts and crafts

This afternoon I cut out some vase shapes and cut up some sponge. We sat [...]

Cycling Without Age

Olga jumped at the chance to go to the Botanical Gardens on the front of [...]

Godly Play

There was a smaller group of us today for Godly Play as some of our [...]

RSPB Bird Watch

Today Helen and Tracy encouraged residents to sit in the window to do the Big [...]

Songs From the Musicals

We spent a lovely afternoon in the main lounge today listening to our favourite songs [...]

Motion Filming

Motion asked us if we would take part in a promotional film for the Motion [...]

Songbirds

We had a fab Songbirds session this morning, led by Yo. The residents who took [...]

Memory Cafe

We enjoyed a walk out on a cold, sunny day to the Parlour Cafe at [...]

Baking

Olga, Margaret Saunders, Pam Crossland and Nicole all enjoyed baking coffee and walnut muffins today. [...]

Cycling Without Age

This afternoon we participated in the Cycling Without Age initiative. The volunteer today was called [...]

Holy Communion Service

We very much appreciated having Frances and Jenny come to the Home to give Holy [...]