Author Archives: Karen Betts

Bingo

This afternoon, we gathered in the conservatory for a fun game of Bingo! We played [...]

Cat Therapy

This morning, we had a visit from our lifelike therapy cat to give our residents [...]

Lunch Club

Lunch Club Today was our monthly Lunch Club outing. This month Jimmy & David enjoyed [...]

Alphabet Games

This morning, we gathered in the main lounge to play the alphabet game. At random [...]

Valentine’s Crafts

08.02.25 This afternoon we gathered together to some valentine’s day themed crafts. We enjoyed reminisce [...]

Cycling Without Age

  This morning Alice enjoyed a trip out on the Cycling Without Age bike, albeit [...]

Motion

Motion Today we were joined once again by the lovely Zeezy for our weekly Motion [...]

Singalong Session & Walk In The Garden

This afternoon, we took part in a fun singalong session where we sang some favourites [...]

Sensory Session

This morning, residents enjoyed a relaxing sensory yoga session via our interactive tablet. They did [...]

Doll Therapy & Quizzes

This afternoon, we had a visit from our life-like therapy doll to give our residents [...]

Flower Arranging

This morning, we gathered in the green lounge to do some flower arranging to decorate [...]

Musical Quiz

This afternoon, we gathered in the green lounge and the conservatory to take part in [...]

Jigsaw Puzzles

This morning, we gathered in the green lounge to complete a variety of jigsaw puzzles. [...]

Memory ball and walk to the shops

This morning, we enjoyed a range of memory games from the memory ball game where [...]

Cycling Without Age 01/02/2025

  This Morning Joe enjoyed a lovely ride out on the bike they enjoyed a [...]

Oomph Singer

This afternoon We gathered in the conservatory to enjoy a session from Alan’s Golden Classics [...]

Motion

This morning, we were joined by the lovely Zeezy for our weekly Motion session. We [...]

Puzzles & Quizzes

This afternoon, we gathered in the conservatory and main lounge to take part in some [...]

Flower Arranging

This morning, we gathered in the conservatory and main lounge to arrange some flowers that [...]

Hallamshire Social event

This Afternoon we all gathered in the main lounge for the Hallamshire Care Social event. [...]

Oomph Interactive

Oomph Interactive This morning, we enjoyed a virtual Mediterranean Cruise via our interactive tablet. It [...]

Active Games

This afternoon, we gathered in the conservatory and main lounge to take part in some [...]

Intergens Nursery Visit

This morning, we took a trip to see our little friends at Sheffield Hallam Nurseries [...]

Memory Ball Games

This afternoon we enjoyed a range of memory games from the memory ball game where [...]

Burns Night

This afternoon we all enjoyed some Burns Night themed activities. We discussed the life history [...]

Cycling Without Age

  This morning, Geoff enjoyed a ride on the Cycling Without Age bike expertly driven [...]

Oomph Singer

This afternoon, we gathered in the conservatory for another live viewing of the very talented [...]

Motion

This morning, we were joined again by the wonderful Zeezy for our weekly Motion class. [...]

Doll Therapy 23.01.25

    This Afternoon, we were visited by our life-like therapy doll to spend some [...]

Lunch Outing

This afternoon, Cedric and Nicole enjoyed a spot of lunch at the nearby Wetherspoons. We [...]

Alphabet Games

This morning, we had a really fun game of the Alphabet Game! We named as [...]

Music With Motion

This morning, we were joined again by the lovely Kirsty from Music With Motion for [...]

Gents Afternoon

This afternoon, we sat with some of our male residents and played a very intense [...]

Holy Communion

This afternoon, we were joined again by Jennifer and Frances from St. Marks Church to [...]

World Religion Day

This afternoon, residents took part in a variety of different activities to celebrate World Religion [...]

Indoor Football

This morning, residents enjoyed a fun game of Indoor Football using our foam football and [...]

Wish Tree

This afternoon, Norman enjoyed a visit to his favourite Fish and Chip shop, Whitby’s Fish [...]

Karaoke

This afternoon, we gathered in the main lounge and conservatory to have a good old-fashioned [...]

Cycling Without Age

This morning, Cedric enjoyed a ride on the Cycling Without Age bike brilliantly driven by [...]

Oomph Singer

This afternoon, we gathered in the conservatory to listen to a live streamed performance from [...]

Motion

This morning, we were joined again by the lovely Zeezy for our weekly Motion session. [...]

Little shop of horrors show

This afternoon residents enjoyed a fantastic time out to the crucible to watch the little [...]

Memory Games

15.01.25 Memory games This afternoon we enjoyed a range of memory games from the memory [...]

Flower Arranging

15.01.25 Flower Arranging This Morning we were donated some lovely roses so Wendy took great [...]

Quizzes and Singalong

This afternoon, we gathered in the conservatory and main lounge to have a go at [...]

Crucible Tea Dance

This morning, we attended our monthly trip to the Crucible for their Tea Dance! We [...]

Scrapbooking

This morning, we enjoyed reminiscing about past activities and event we have participating in here [...]

Ladies Pamper Session

  This morning, we enjoyed a lovely pampering session. We had hand massages and applied [...]

Oomph Singer & Flower Arranging

  This afternoon some of us enjoyed listening to Alan on our interactive tablet and [...]

Motion

This morning, we were joined again by the wonderful Zeezy for our weekly exercise class. [...]

Zoolab

This afternoon we enjoyed a lovely visit from the zoolab who brought a bunch of [...]

Arts and crafts

Residents enjoyed a relaxed morning taking part in some arts and crafts. We made some [...]

Balloon Tennis

08.01.25 Balloon Tennis This morning residents took part in a game of Balloon Tennis , [...]

Snow Day Activities

Today, we were enjoying our snow day by having a relaxed Home from Home activity [...]

Sensory

This afternoon we had a play around with our sensory equipment to help our residents [...]

Doll Therapy

This morning, we were visited by our life-like therapy doll to spend some time with [...]

Little Shop of Horrors Singalong

This afternoon, we attended the Little Shop of Horrors Sing-A-Long at the Crucible, where we [...]

Motion

This morning, we were joined by Zeezy for our first motion session of the year [...]

Snow white panto

Today we enjoyed a trip out to the Lyceum theatre to watch the Snow White [...]

New Years Reminiscence

This afternoon we enjoyed a lovely slide show presentation showing all the things we got [...]

New Years Resolutions

This morning, we all partook in a one-to-one session. We all spent time chatting about [...]

New Years Eve Party

31.12.24 New Years Eve Party. Today we had our New Years eve Party. We were [...]

Bryan and Elisabeth’s Birthday Party

This afternoon we gathered in the lounge to celebrate Bryan & Elisabeth’s Birthday. Bryan is [...]

Hoopla

This morning residents were challenged to a game of Hoopla, where they must throw as [...]

Memory Ball Games

This morning resident’s enjoyed Memory ball games. We had great fun throwing and catching the [...]

Bingo

  28.12.24 This Afternoon residents enjoyed a range of activities , mainly a game of [...]

Motion

This afternoon, residents took part in our final Motion class of 2024! We were joined [...]

Oomph Interactive

This morning, we gathered in the lounge and conservatory to partake in the activities that [...]

Boxing Day

  26.12.24 Boxing day lunch Residents enjoyed a lovely boxing day lunch in the main [...]

Christmas Day

25.12.24 Christmas Day Residents have had a wonderful day, surrounded by family members and enjoying [...]

Christmas Arts and Crafts

  This morning, we had a wonderful time doing some Christmas themed crafts. Some of [...]

Christmas Singalong

This afternoon we gathered in the lounge for a Christmas singalong, where we got out [...]

Indoor Football

This morning, we gathered in the lounge and conservatory for a really fun indoor football [...]

Church

22.12.24 In house church Wendy enjoyed a 1-1 activity for In house church , Wendy [...]

Cat therapy 21.12.24

21.12.24 Cat Therapy This Afternoon Residents enjoyed a cuddle with our Therapy Cat they named [...]

Balloon Tennis 21.12.24

21.12.24 Balloon Tennis This Morning,  residents enjoyed a fun game of Balloon Tennis in the [...]

Winter Wonderland & Oomph Christmas Singer

This afternoon we took residents to visit our outdoor Winter Wonderland to look at the [...]

Motion

This morning, we were joined by the lovely Zeezy for our weekly exercise class. We [...]

In house pantomime

Residents enjoyed watching our final in house panto of the year which was great fun. [...]

Intergens

We had a lovely visit from the Sheffield Hallam university nursery this morning who came [...]

Blackpool illuminations

Residents enjoyed a fun evening out in Blackpool today to see the Blackpool illuminations which [...]

Golf in Society

This afternoon, we were joined again by the wonderful Charles from Golf in Society to [...]

The Crucible Christmas Tea Dance

This morning, we enjoyed a trip to the Crucible for the Christmas Tea Dance. We [...]

Holy Communion

This afternoon, we were joined again by the lovely Jennifer and Francis from St.Marks Church [...]

Christmas Card Decorating

This morning, we gathered in the lounge and conservatory to take part in some Christmas [...]

15.12.24 Relaxing session

15.12.24 Relaxing session This Afternoon residents enjoyed a relaxation session , some enjoyed having there [...]

Christmas Party

14.12.24 Christmas Party Today Residents enjoyed their Christmas Party , we were joined by Families [...]

Carol’s Birthday Party

This afternoon we gathered in the main lounge to celebrate Carol’s birthday. We were brilliantly [...]

Motion

This morning, we were joined again by Zeezy for our weekly Motion class. We practised [...]

Christmas Arts and Crafts

This afternoon, we enjoyed getting creative by painting our own baubles to decorate our miniature [...]

Stanley Therapy

This morning, we were joined again by our four-legged friend Stanley to lighten up our [...]

Carol Concert

This evening, we were visited by members of St Mark’s Church for an in-house Carol [...]

Katie O’Brien’s Pub Outing

Today staff and residents attended Katie O’Brien’s Irish Bar in town for their over 70s [...]

Christmas Biscuit Decorating

This afternoon we gathered in the lounge to decorate our baking creations from this morning. [...]

Christmas Baking

This morning, we gathered in the conservatory to make some delicious gingerbread biscuits. Residents enjoyed [...]

Christmas Karaoke

  This afternoon we all gathered in the main lounge for a Christmas themed karaoke [...]

Oomph Singer

This afternoon we gathered in the conservatory for a sing-song and a dance to the [...]

Motion

This morning, we were joined again by the lovely Zeezy for our weekly Motion session. [...]

Dementia Friendly Project

  This afternoon we enjoyed a trip out to the Crucible to attend a catch-up [...]

Christmas Quizzes

This morning, we all took part in a Christmas Quiz. We had great fun while [...]