Author Archives: Karen Betts

Menu Planning Meeting

Residents and families enjoyed attending the Menu Planning Meeting this morning in the Conservatory led [...]

Beauty and the Beast

Residents and families enjoyed another spectacular pantomime at the Lyceum Theatre. Lots of amazing special [...]

Musicals

Residents enjoyed listening to various Musicals of their choice via a record player. Great to [...]

Fun Afternoon

Residents relaxed watching a film in the main lounge this afternoon. Some chose to take [...]

Fun in the Lounge

Residents chose to do a variety of activities this morning whilst watching, listening and singing [...]

New Years Day Party

Residents enjoyed celebrating the arrival of the new year with a party. They began by [...]

New Years Eve Party

Residents enjoyed a lively New Years Eve party to wave goodbye to 2023 and welcome [...]

YouTube Church

Residents enjoyed an informal YouTube Church service this morning. They began with a lovely online [...]

Birthday Party

Residents enjoyed an early Birthday Party for Bryan this afternoon. (He will be 89 tomorrow!).  [...]

Motion In-Person

Residents enjoyed a fantastic, in-person, Motion session with Zeezy today. They had a great time [...]

Wishing Well

Residents enjoyed answering the age-old question, “If you could do anything in the world, what [...]

Karaoke

Residents enjoyed a lively karaoke session this morning and blew us away with their talent [...]

Water Colours 27.12.23

Residents enjoyed using some water to paint pictures. They applied the water to the pictures [...]

New Years resolutions

Residents enjoyed chatting to staff and telling them about their new years resolutions. There was [...]

City Centre

Norah enjoyed a trip out into the City Centre in a wheelchair to see the [...]

Boxing Day

Residents enjoyed a relaxing Boxing Day with visits from friends and family, WhatsApp calls, family [...]

Christmas Day

Residents enjoyed a morning opening Christmas presents hand delivered by Father Christmas and his Teddy [...]

Carol Singing

Residents enjoyed a festive carol singing activity this morning. They had a fantastic time singing [...]

Interactive Tablet

Residents enjoyed experimenting with our interactive tablet this afternoon. They had a great time using [...]

Favourite Music

Residents enjoyed a lively music session this morning. They had a lovely time getting into [...]

Margaret’s Cake

Residents enjoyed looking at a wonderful Christmas Cake made by our manager, Karen’s mother, Margaret. [...]

Motion

Residents enjoyed a surprise in-person Zeezy Motion this afternoon as he wanted to give out [...]

Golf in Society

Residents enjoyed a lively golf competition with Charles from Golf in Society. We held the [...]

Stanley Xmas Therapy

Residents were listening to Carol play the piano in the Green Lounge when Stanley and [...]

Intergens

Residents enjoyed a visit from Hallam Uni Nursery children this afternoon. We sang carols together, [...]

Holy communion

Residents enjoyed a Christmas holy communion service where they read prayers and took holy communion [...]

Manicures

Residents enjoyed a chat whilst having their nails cleaned and manicured. Christmas songs in the [...]

The Lost Chord

Residents enjoyed a nice performance from The Lost Chord. For this festive performance, they performed [...]

Hand Massages

Residents enjoyed having a relaxing hand soak and massage with scented bath oils and scented [...]

Line Dancing

Residents enjoyed participating and watching line dancing performed by staff, residents and volunteers. They also [...]

Christmas Games

Residents enjoyed a range of Christmas activities this morning that included crafts and fun card [...]

Godly Play

Residents enjoyed singing carols accompanied by Keith on the guitar and Pauline lead singer. We [...]

Motion

Residents enjoyed an in-person Motion session with Zeezy today. They had a great time working [...]

Cycling Without Age

David and Sarah enjoyed a lovely bike ride around Sheffield, curtesy of Cycling without Age. [...]

Christmas Fair and Pantomime

Residents enjoyed a great pantomime of Alice in Wonderland from North-East Productions, performed by the [...]

Lunch & Lights

Residents enjoyed going out for lunch at Moor Fisheries, residents walking into town in a [...]

St-Marks Carollers

Residents enjoyed a performance of carol singing by St-Marks church this evening. They enjoyed joining [...]

Crucible Tea Dance

Residents and families had an amazing Christmas-themed teadance this morning, using a different room this [...]

Glass Painting

Residents were helped to paint some tealights to use as Christmas gifts for relatives or [...]

Xmas cards

Residents enjoyed receiving festive Christmas cards from St Marks Church which included a lovely Christmas [...]

Bannercross Church Choir

Residents enjoyed a wonderful performance from the Bannercross Choir, invited to help us celebrate Sheila’s [...]

Garden Walks

Bryan enjoyed a lovely refreshing walk out in the garden and was pleased to catch [...]

YouTube Church

Residents enjoyed a relaxing YouTube church service. They had a lovely time celebrating the second [...]

Christmas Crafts

Residents enjoyed putting their creative hats on today and doing some Christmas crafts. They had [...]

Bingo

Residents enjoyed playing a couple of friendly games of Bingo. They had a great time [...]

Motion

Residents enjoyed a portal chair exercise experience with the very popular Zeezy from Motion. We [...]

Cycling Without Age

Anne enjoyed a bike ride around Weston Park with Peter as her pilot. Peter was [...]

Nightingale Choir

Residents enjoyed another enthusiastic choir session, this time led by relative, Keith (on guitar) and [...]

Elf Day Party

Residents, staff and families enjoyed taking part in the Elf Day Party this afternoon with [...]

Elf Day Morning Fun

Residents enjoyed a morning of fun and creativity to help celebrate our Elf Day (fundraising [...]

Manicures

Residents enjoyed having their nails cleaned, trimmed and painted. They enjoyed relaxing and choosing between [...]

Christmas Decorating

Residents enjoyed watching the home being decorated for Christmas. They had fun watching the Christmas [...]

Writing Christmas Cards

Residents enjoyed choosing and writing Christmas cards to their loved ones whilst watching and listening [...]

Creativity

Residents enjoyed being creative this morning with some choosing to take part in a flower [...]

Motion

Residents enjoyed an in-person Motion exercise class with Zeezy giving encouragement and direct support. Such [...]

Indoor Golf

Residents enjoyed a great indoor golf session with Charles from the GolfIn Society. They had [...]

Interactive Table

Residents enjoyed a session with our interactive tablet. They put their general knowledge to the [...]

Bingo

Residents enjoyed playing bingo in the main lounge and in the conservatory. They played for [...]

Reminiscence

Residents enjoyed looking through old, nostalgic pictures and leafing through articles about highlights of the [...]

Jewellery Making

Residents enjoyed handmaking little bracelets and necklaces with our large collection of beads. They had [...]

Cat Therapy

Residents enjoyed some relaxing cat therapy with our realistic cat dolls. They had a nice [...]

Memory Games

Residents enjoyed an intellectually stimulating game of Finish the Proverb where they were prompted with [...]

Aqua Painting

Some residents chose to take part in an aqua painting activity this morning with the [...]

Fresh Air

  Residents enjoyed taking a leisurely stroll around the garden. They wrapped up warm in [...]

YouTube Church

Residents enjoyed an informal online church service this morning. They kicked it off by watching [...]

Darts

Residents enjoyed playing several friendly games of darts this afternoon. They had fun using all [...]

Jigsaws

Residents enjoyed putting together a 150-piece jigsaw of the United Kingdom. They had a good [...]

Motion

Residents enjoyed a seated Motion exercise class with Zeezy via the TV portal. We had [...]

Cycling Without Age

John enjoyed a ride out into town to capture all the Christmas decorations and new [...]

Around the World

Residents and some of their family members enjoyed looking at a map of the world [...]

Stanley Therapy

Residents and staff enjoyed a chat with Rita and our much-loved dog, Stanley, this morning. [...]

Knit and Knatter

The residents enjoyed welcoming a knitting and sewing group from the University of Sheffield. They [...]

Bingo

Residents enjoyed playing some bingo in the conservatory this afternoon. There was some friendly competition [...]

One to One Reminiscence

Residents enjoyed looking at some books about music and the countryside which encouraged residents to [...]

Lost Chord

Residents enjoyed a spirited performance from The Lost Chord. They sang a variety of songs [...]

Makeovers

Residents enjoyed getting makeovers done this morning. They had a lovely time getting glammed up [...]

Memory Games

Residents enjoyed an intellectually stimulating session of playing memory games where we would throw a [...]

In-house Church

Residents enjoyed being part of a small congregation to celebrate the life of Jesus. We [...]

Gents Afternoon

Some of our male residents enjoyed a Gentleman’s afternoon where they played table top football [...]

Scrapbooking

Residents enjoyed looking at scrapbooks about their time at the care home with lots of [...]

Favourite Musicals

Residents enjoyed looking through programmes from a variety of modern musicals, as well as looking [...]

Painting Pottery

Residents enjoyed a relaxing creative experience painting various items of pottery. Great to see residents [...]

Motion In Person

Residents enjoyed a lively in-person Motion session with Zeezy. They had fun doing pom-pom exercises [...]

Cycling Without Age

Carol enjoyed a wonderful trip around the Botanical Gardens. She had a lovely time looking [...]

Manicures/Hand Massage

Residents enjoyed some pamper time this morning. They had their nails soaked and cleaned, trimmed [...]

Holy Communion

Residents enjoyed a lovely Holy Communion Service with Jennifer and Frances this afternoon. We sang [...]

Reborn-Doll Therapy

Residents enjoyed holding and cuddling our two reborn therapy dolls. They had a lovely getting [...]

Home from Home

Residents enjoyed a relaxing home from home session where they looked at nostalgic cleaning items [...]

Theatre Deli Trip

Residents enjoyed a great outing to Theatre Deli for screening of the 1935 classic film [...]

Remembrance Sunday Service

Residents enjoyed a small Remembrance Day service in the conservatory. They read out some psalms [...]

One-to-One

Residents enjoyed some relaxing one on one time where they had a good laugh at [...]

Edith’s Birthday Party

Residents enjoyed a fabulous performance from Paul Barrie where wowed us all with his lovely [...]

Make-Overs

Residents enjoyed getting makeovers done this morning. They had a lovely time getting dolled up [...]

Motion

Residents enjoyed another portal TV Motion experience with Zeezy, this time coming from London. He [...]

Morning Activities

Residents chose to do a variety of activities this morning, from completing jigsaws, reading newspapers, [...]

Cycling Without Age

Derek enjoyed a “Cycling Without Age” carriage experience with Chris as our pilot. It was [...]

Poppies

Residents chose to help staff make some paper poppies this morning. We used scissors to [...]

Favourite Records

Residents chose an album from our record collection. We decided upon “South Pacific” and had [...]

Scrap Booking

Carol enjoyed helping to stick photos in her scrap book of Hallamshire Care Home activities. [...]

Memory Cafe

Residents enjoyed an afternoon doing a Memory Café. They had fun singing along to a [...]