Category Archives: Recent Events
Thank you, Matthew Laurie!
This morning Matthew Laurie (Roy’s son) kindly came and played his Ukulele and Penny whistle [...]
May
Thank you to Westfield School children and Rachel Dixon!
We were sent a wonderful package from Rachel Dixon that the children of Westfield school [...]
May
Gardening group
This afternoon, those residents who wanted to helped to plant seeds that have been donated [...]
May
Ball and hoop games
This morning we got the table tennis out as well as an array of ball [...]
May
Book sharing
This afternoon we got the lovely picture books out to share but most people preferred [...]
May
Memory games
This morning Helen played the ever popular alphabet game with residents and a lot of [...]
May
Piano session
This after Margaret and Mildred had a tinkle on the piano. Margaret and Vicky spontaneously [...]
May
Biscuit decorating
This afternoon we decorated biscuits together with icing pens. Vicky is going to bring in [...]
May
Inhouse church service
This morning Vicky lead us in a small church service in the main lounge. Vicky [...]
May
Card making
Rather than buying birthday cards we decided to try making our own using pictures cut [...]
May
Nature session
Today Helen brought in some bits that she has collected such as feathers, cones and [...]
May
Pictures to Share Books
Tracy brought out our library of Pictures to Share books for residents to look at, [...]
May
Farewell Tracy
Today we said goodbye to Tracy, one of our Activities co-ordinators. Tracy has been given [...]
May
Doll therapy
This morning Vicky brought baby Sienna to see us. We enjoyed having cuddles, reminiscing about [...]
Apr
Messages home
This afternoon Vicky went around the care home, explaining that we can’t have any visitors [...]
Apr
Happy Birthday Vicky
We celebrated Vicky’s birthday today with a lemon cake that was lovingly made by Mary, [...]
Apr
Flower Arranging
We had fun doing some flower arranging in the main lounge this morning, as a [...]
Apr
Guitar Sing-a-long
Tracy asked what activity the residents would like this morning and Susan said a guitar [...]
Apr
Mail, presents and photos
Elsie, Nicole, Margaret S and Mildred all received mail today which they enjoyed opening and [...]
Apr
Alphabet game and proverbs.
This afternoon we had a good session of playing the alphabet game, thinking of things [...]
Apr
Sing along with percussion.
This morning Helen got the percussion and the song sheets out and we had a [...]
Apr
Card Scrabble
Pam C, Susan, Jenny and Nicole chose to play with the Scrabble cards this afternoon. [...]
Apr
Costume jewellery
Olga, Susan, Jenny and Nicole all enjoyed looking at and trying on costume jewellery this [...]
Apr
Making bird feeders
This afternoon Vicky sat with us and showed us how to make simple bird feeders. [...]
Apr
In-house Church Service
We had a full room for our in-house church service today. Tracy led on the [...]
Apr
Freash Air
This morning Vicky and Tracy took Anne, Marjory, Janet and Deborah for a stroll around [...]
Apr
Card from Caroline
Caroline Cook sent us an Easter Card she had made, sending her best wishes to [...]
Apr
In the Garden
Margaret S, Lois and Win all chose to sit out in the garden this afternoon. [...]
Apr
Fun in the sun
This afternoon Vicky set up the garden with lots of fun activities, asked who would [...]
Apr
Phil’s birthday
It was Phil’s birthday on Wednesday, which happened to fall on his day off. He [...]
Apr
one to one time
Today Helen spent some time with some individual residents either just chatting and being with [...]
Apr
Guitar sing-a-long
We had a very enjoyable guitar sing-a-long time this afternoon. Jenny, Olga and Susan all [...]
Apr
Balloon Fun
Tracy went round everyone this morning with a purple balloon. Many were keen to hit [...]
Apr
Karaoke Party
We had another wonderful karaoke time in the main lounge today. Norah, Elsie, Jenny and [...]
Apr
Racing Grannies
Tracy brought in two wind up Racing Grannies. Brought a smile to many faces today. [...]
Apr
Painting and looking at photos.
I got the easy painting pictures out and a few people enjoyed relaxing after dinner [...]
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
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
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