Category Archives: Recent Events

Alphabet game and proverbs.

This afternoon we had a good session of playing the alphabet game, thinking of things [...]

Sing along with percussion.

This morning Helen got the percussion and the song sheets out and we had a [...]

Card Scrabble

Pam C, Susan, Jenny and Nicole chose to play with the Scrabble cards this afternoon. [...]

Costume jewellery

Olga, Susan, Jenny and Nicole all enjoyed looking at and trying on costume jewellery this [...]

Baking

Anne, Margaret P, Mary and Pam C all chose to help make Vicky’s birthday cake, [...]

Making bird feeders

This afternoon Vicky sat with us and showed us how to make simple bird feeders. [...]

In-house Church Service

We had a full room for our in-house church service today. Tracy led on the [...]

Freash Air

This morning Vicky and Tracy took Anne, Marjory, Janet and Deborah for a stroll around [...]

Card from Caroline

Caroline Cook sent us an Easter Card she had made, sending her best wishes to [...]

In the Garden

Margaret S, Lois and Win all chose to sit out in the garden this afternoon. [...]

Fun in the sun

This afternoon Vicky set up the garden with lots of fun activities, asked who would [...]

Phil’s birthday

It was Phil’s birthday on Wednesday, which happened to fall on his day off. He [...]

Bingo

This morning Vicky got out the Bingo game and asked who would like to join [...]

one to one time

Today Helen spent some time with some individual residents either just chatting and being with [...]

Scrabble

A few of us played Scrabble this morning and nearly everyone was on the ball [...]

Guitar sing-a-long

We had a very enjoyable guitar sing-a-long time this afternoon. Jenny, Olga and Susan all [...]

Dominoes

Some of us enjoyed a few games of dominoes this afternoon. Mary won 3 games [...]

Post

We received some post again today – a letter for Mary, card for Elsie and [...]

Balloon Fun

Tracy went round everyone this morning with a purple balloon. Many were keen to hit [...]

Karaoke Party

We had another wonderful karaoke time in the main lounge today. Norah, Elsie, Jenny and [...]

Amy’s Card

We received a card today, hand delivered to the front door. It was from a [...]

Racing Grannies

Tracy brought in two wind up Racing Grannies. Brought a smile to many faces today. [...]

Painting and looking at photos.

I got the easy painting pictures out and a few people enjoyed relaxing after dinner [...]

Scott’s Birthday

We all sang “Happy Birthday” to Scott (his birthday being yesterday) as we gave him [...]

Jigsaws

Pam, Norah, Margaret P, Mary and Nicole all enjoyed completing some individual or group jigsaws. [...]

Diamond Club Fun and Games

We had fun playing small group games of the Alphabet Game (Helen with Mary, Nicole, [...]

Garden Beach Day 2

We made the most of the glorious weather for a second day running and ventured [...]

Baking

Pam, Mary, Margaret Pashley and Mildred chose to be involved in the baking activity in [...]

Garden Beach Day

Tracy set up a paddling pool full of sand and various outdoor games to help [...]

Bingo

We had an enjoyable game of bingo in the main lounge this morning, with Mary, [...]

Pictures to Share Books

This afternoon Helen gave out some picture books to share, though most people looked at [...]

Memory Cafe

We had a fun time of reminiscence during the Hallamshire Memory Cafe event this morning. [...]

Dominoes

Mary, Jenny, John and Margaret P chose to play dominoes together this afternoon and seemed [...]

Easter Party

We enjoyed an Easter Party this afternoon, involving a colouring in competition and making and/or [...]

Easter Service

Most residents were happy to attend the In-house church service in the main lounge this [...]

Communication

Helen went around some of the residents helping them open/read Easter cards, letters, etc. Win [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]