Motion In-Person

Residents enjoyed completing an in-person motion class with Zeezy. They enjoyed the different exercises using [...]

Autumn Arts and Crafts and Jigsaws

Residents enjoyed doing some autumnal arts and crafts. They had fun cutting out laminated, leaves [...]

Singalong

Residents enjoyed getting together to sing a selection of different songs and a couple of [...]

Stanley Therapy

Residents enjoyed a lovely visit from our therapy dog, Stanley. They had a wonderful time [...]

Holy Communion

Residents enjoyed a wonderful service from St. Mark’s Church where hey partook in hymn singing [...]

Jokes and Poems

Residents enjoyed reading aloud and thumbing through a nature themed anthology of poems and reading [...]

The Lost Chord

Residents enjoyed watching a powerful performance by Jenny Rust and the lost chord. They loved [...]

Makeovers

Residents enjoyed getting dolled up and glamorous with some makeup. They enjoyed picking out different [...]

Memory Games

Residents enjoyed tossing around our musical, memory ball, covered in music trivia questions. They had [...]

Lord Mayor Visit

Residents enjoyed a lovely visit with the Lord Mayor where they drank tea and discussed [...]

Books and Poetry

Residents enjoyed looking through an anthology of seasonal poetry. They enjoyed saying their favourite seasons [...]

Home from Home

Residents enjoyed looking through a collection of vintage, household objects such as Wright’s soap, a [...]

Indoor Football

Residents enjoyed a game of indoor football from the comfort of their arm chairs, as [...]

Therapy Dolls

Residents enjoyed holding and cuddling our two reborn therapy dolls. They loved getting to talk [...]

Motion

Residents enjoyed a Zeezy portal Motion experience in the main lounge, seated in a large [...]

Card Making

Esme chose to take part in a card making activity with most residents more interested [...]

Memory Cafe

Residents in the Conservatory enjoyed a Memory Café event with a guitar singalong time acting [...]

Baking

Residents enjoyed taking part in a baking activity this morning. They were offered a choice [...]

Autumn Arts and Crafts

Residents enjoyed choosing different dried, laminated leaves to glue onto a big picture of a [...]

Sensory Activity

Residents enjoyed experimenting with a range of different sensory toys and fidget items as well [...]

Balloon Tennis

Residents enjoyed several, lengthy games of balloon tennis as a group. They greatly enjoyed of [...]

Manicures

Residents enjoyed having their nails cleaned, clipped and filed. They liked looking through the various [...]

Theatre Deli

Residents, family and staff enjoyed a trip out to the Theatre Deli to a Dementia [...]

Sunday Afternoon

Residents chose to do a variety of things this afternoon, from watching a film, listening [...]

Godly Play

Residents were treated to a Godly Play story this morning about “Creation” as part of [...]

Gardening Club

Residents enjoyed a creative Gardening Club this afternoon with some choosing to help out with [...]

Birthday Party

Residents enjoyed a birthday party this afternoon with the wonderful J J Galway returning to [...]

Cycling Without Age

Residents enjoyed a trip round Botanical Gardens with Maggie as their pilot. Carol enjoyed showing [...]

Motion

Residents enjoyed completing an in-person motion class with Zeezy. They enjoyed the different exercises using [...]

Bingo

Residents enjoyed playing a game of group Bingo in the conservatory. They enjoyed the friendly [...]

Interactive Tablet

Residents enjoyed completing various general knowledge and music quizzes as a group and playing different [...]

Favourite Music

Residents enjoyed looking through all the different song sheets and singing together as well as [...]

Film Afternoon

Residents enjoyed discussing their favourite film genres and banding together to choose what DVD to [...]

Crucible Theatre Tea Dance

Residents enjoyed a trip out to the Crucible Theatre for a tea dance. They enjoyed [...]

Sensory Activity

Residents enjoyed trying out the different sensory toys and testing their different functions. They also [...]

MacMillan Coffee Morning

Residents enjoyed getting together to raise money for MacMillan by participating in a coffee morning. [...]

Golf in Society

Residents enjoyed another Golf lesson with Charles from the charity “Gold in Society”. All those [...]

Book Sharing

Residents enjoyed looking through the different picture-to-share books filled with nostalgic images, quotes and poems. [...]

Garden Walks

Residents enjoyed going out for walks around the gardens and looking at all the different [...]

Favourite Films

Residents enjoyed sorting through our DVD collection and reading the different synopsise and discussing their [...]

Holidays Reminiscence

Residents enjoyed reminiscing on their holidays and time spent travelling, this sparked interesting conversations about [...]

Memory Boxes

Residents enjoyed looking through their memory boxes and/or photos as part of a reminiscence activity. [...]

Cocktail Party

Residents enjoyed listening to Jazz and drinking cocktails/mocktails at our Themed Party this afternoon. Some [...]

Golf in Society

Residents enjoyed seeing Charles again for their monthly Golf lesson. We held the event in [...]

Motion

Residents enjoyed taking part in the motion exercise class this afternoon with the help of [...]

Flower Arranging

Residents enjoyed spending some time arranging some flowers, that were generously donated to us. They [...]

Interactive Tablet

Residents enjoyed some time doing quizzes on the interactive tablet in the main lounge. We [...]

Wise-Owl Visit

Residents enjoyed a visit from the Wise-Owl Rescue. They all had great fun stroking and [...]

Motion Community Games

Residents enjoyed another fabulous Motion Community Games, this time at Hillsborough Leisure Centre, smaller gym [...]

In-house Church

Residents enjoyed a fun-filled informal church service in the Conservatory this morning. Some chose to [...]

Card Making

Residents enjoyed a card making activity. Lots of designing, sticking down and satisfaction from such [...]

Jigsaws

Residents chose to complete some Beatrix Potter jigsaws.

Resident’s Meeting

Residents enjoyed a Resident’s Meeting in the Conservatory with lots of family members supporting this. [...]

Motion In-Person

Residents enjoyed doing an in-person Motion class with Zeezy. Lots of fun was had with [...]

Cycling Without Age

  Residents enjoyed going for a bike ride around the Botanical Gardens and taking in [...]

Interactive Tablet

Residents enjoyed some time doing quizzes on the interactive tablet in the main lounge. We [...]

Pictures to Share

Residents enjoyed a pleasant trip down memory lane by going through family photos and sharing [...]

Holy Communion

Residents enjoyed participating in a harvest festival service from a local church. Residents also took [...]

Bingo

Residents enjoyed bingo sessions in the main lounge and conservatory. The fun environment sparked friendly [...]

Lost Chord

Residents enjoyed a nostalgic trip down Memory Lane with Liz (soprano) and Maria (keyboard) from [...]

New-born Doll Therapy

Residents enjoyed a cuddle with our three new-born therapy dolls. Residents helped to name them [...]

Home-from-Home

Residents enjoyed checking out and using a selection of household items and nostalgic objects such [...]

Garden One to One

Bryan enjoyed going out for a walk in the gardens to take in the sunlight [...]

Sing Along

Residents enjoyed some fun musical time where they read from music sheets and joined in [...]

Aqua-Paints

Residents enjoyed experimenting with aqua-paints and watching pictures get revealed by the water. The seaside [...]

Pete’s Music

Residents enjoyed a joint birthday performance this afternoon with family attending too. Pete sang a [...]

Home from Home

Residents enjoyed examining and using a selection of household items and nostalgic objects such as [...]

Theatre Deli

Residents enjoyed a trip out to the Theatre Deli for a lunch and drinks in [...]

In-House Church

Residents enjoyed an informal church service this morning with a guitar singalong, listening to readings [...]

Baking

Residents enjoyed baking a crumble for the apples they peeled yesterday, whilst wearing personalised aprons [...]

Around The World

Residents enjoyed reminiscing on their holidays and time spent travelling, this sparked interesting conversations about [...]

Afternoon Tea

Residents enjoyed a journey out in cars with staff and relatives for Afternoon Tea at [...]

Interactive Tablet

Residents enjoyed some time doing quizzes on the interactive tablet in the main lounge. We [...]

Apple Peeling

Residents enjoyed peeling some apples which were picked from the garden where they have been [...]

Gardening Club

Residents enjoyed picking a variety of tomatoes and looking at some flowers that they have [...]

Motion 8.9.23

Residents enjoyed participating in a virtual Motion class together. This encouraged residents to exercise their [...]

Karaoke

Residents enjoyed some sing-along fun with the karaoke machine. This encouraged them to laugh and [...]

Bingo

Residents enjoyed a fun filled game of bingo which inspired some friendly competition and socialisation [...]

Memory Cafe

Residents enjoyed a Memory Café event in the main lounge, starting off with a guitar [...]

Crucible Tea Dance

Residents, staff and family members all enjoyed a wonderful Crucible Tea Dance extravaganza with Russ [...]

Memory picture books

Residents enjoyed one to one time looking at the picture to share books which included [...]

Motion

Residents enjoyed an in-person Chair based exercise extravaganza with the Wonderful Zeezy. He successfully motivated [...]

Games

Residents enjoyed playing the Finish the Proverb Game and taking part in a Quiz this [...]

Memory Games

Residents enjoyed group games of Finish the Proverb and the Alphabet Game and enjoyed a [...]

Stanley Therapy

Residents enjoyed another visit from Rita and Stanley, our own personal therapy dog. We did [...]

Indoor Football

Residents enjoyed some time playing sat-down football in the main lounge. This gave them mobility [...]

Flower arranging 30.8.23

Residents enjoyed arranging flowers into a variety of vases with a range of styles of [...]

Pictures to Share Books

Residents enjoyed looking at some Pictures to Share books of various topics which have amazing [...]

Spirituality

Residents enjoyed one to one chats in their rooms reading some “Good News” booklets on [...]

Golf in Society

Residents enjoyed another golf session with our friendly Charles who teaches folk to play golf [...]

Motion

Residents enjoyed a warm up session playing Catch with a beachball and doing a spot [...]

Cycling without age

Residents enjoyed a ride out on Rhubarb which was piloted by Chris. They enjoyed the [...]

Memory cafe

Residents enjoyed reminiscing in a nostalgic café experience. We started off with a sing along [...]

Watercolours

Residents enjoyed a creative time this afternoon painting watercolours. Some new to this and some [...]

In the Garden

Bert enjoyed a stroll round the garden, admiring our new shed and picking and eating [...]

Rabbit Therapy

Residents were very excited to have a visit from Oscar and Milo this morning, along [...]

Pen Pal

Residents enjoyed a lovely postcard from their pen pal. It included a nice poem about [...]

Food Prep

Residents enjoyed helping decorate some buns to sell at the Summer Fair and to chop [...]

Summer Fair

Residents, friends and families enjoyed a marvellous Hallamshire Summer Party this year. We were blessed [...]

Motion

Residents had a fun time with Zeezy and lots of staff helping to support the [...]