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Intergenerationals

Residents were delighted to have our first Intergenerationals group this morning in the Green Lounge. [...]

15
Nov
Remembrance Service

We had a lovely Remembrance Service in the Green Lounge using the interactive tablet to [...]

13
Nov
Edith’s Party

Edith enjoyed a special 87th Birthday Party with Paul Barrie entertaining us all with many [...]

11
Nov
Cycling Without Age

Gill enjoyed a wonderful Cycling Without Age experience with her daughter Helen this morning. Travelling [...]

11
Nov
Motion

We were very pleased to have an in-person session with Zeezy this afternoon, all seated [...]

10
Nov
Question Cards

Residents spent an interesting morning looking at Question Cards and talking about all kinds of [...]

10
Nov
Golf In Society

Charles led us in another exciting golfing lesson. We played in the main lounge this [...]

08
Nov
Painting Poppies – Day 2

Residents enjoyed a painting session in the main lounge this morning, using watercolours to paint [...]

08
Nov
Songbirds

Residents enjoyed another singing session with Yo this afternoon. Good to have a few different [...]

07
Nov
Pictures to Share Books

Residents enjoyed looking through Pictures to Share books in small groups together or individually with [...]

07
Nov
Painting Poppies

Residents enjoyed helping to paint poppies this afternoon as part of a painting project for [...]

06
Nov
In-house Church Service

Residents enjoyed a lively church service in the Conservatory this morning. Good to have two [...]

06
Nov
Bonfire Party

Residents enjoyed a wonderful Bonfire Party this afternoon, starting with J J Galway (talented Irish [...]

05
Nov
Motion

We enjoyed another exciting Motion exercise class with Zeezy via the TV portal. Residents seemed [...]

04
Nov
Crucible Tea Dance

Residents enjoyed the ever-popular monthly tea dance event at the Crucible this afternoon, which includes [...]

01
Nov
Halloween Party

Residents enjoyed a colourful, beautifully decorated Halloween Party with some exciting games, including the Spider [...]

31
Oct
Pumpkin Carving

  This morning we had a pumpkin making session in the conservatory, the main lounge [...]

30
Oct
Motion

We had another exciting Motion session this afternoon with lots of residents sat in a [...]

28
Oct
Godly Play

Staff went round residents showing them items from the Godly Play box and this led [...]

27
Oct
Creative Moment

Some residents chose to take part in creative activities this morning.. Edith and Peggy helped [...]

27
Oct
Halloween Baking

We enjoyed a small group baking activity this morning making Rice Crispie Pumpkins. These were [...]

26
Oct
Pamper Time

Residents were pleased to have their hair done, manicures, nails painted, etc. this morning. All [...]

25
Oct
Lost Chord UK Bedside 1-2-1 at The Hallamshire

We were very pleased to have individual Lost Chord performances with three of our residents [...]

24
Oct
Forget Me Not Chorus

Some residents were sat in the main lounge and enjoyed watching and listening to the [...]

24
Oct
Gardening Club

Some chose to replant some of the “babies” from our “Mother of Thousands” plant in [...]

24
Oct
Howard Keel Moment

Residents chose to listen to a Howard Keel CD in the Conservatory this morning. The [...]

24
Oct
Halloween Decorating

Some residents chose to look through the Halloween decorations and activity ideas from last year [...]

23
Oct
Home from Home

Residents chose to help do a few “homely” activities throughout the day, ladies peeling and [...]

21
Oct
Flower Arranging

We had a fun flower arranging activity using fresh flowers and hand decorated jam jars. [...]

18
Oct
Motion 14.10.22

This afternoon we enjoyed another session of motion with Zeezy via portal tv , we [...]

14
Oct
Hobbies and past times 13.10.22

  This afternoon we had a chat about hobbies and pastimes that the residents had [...]

14
Oct
Memory Games 13.10.22

Today we chose to engage our brains in a few memory games. We started with [...]

13
Oct
Balloon tennis 12.10.22

We decided to have a game of balloon tennis this afternoon. This got competitive very [...]

13
Oct
Musical theatres 12.10.22

This morning we enjoyed a musical theatre session. We handed around old musical programmes and [...]

12
Oct
Golf in society 11.10.22

  11.10.2022 Today we had a golf session with Golf in society, we were shown [...]

12
Oct
Painting

Some residents chose to paint a sunset today on textured wallpaper. Great fun and a [...]

10
Oct
Dementia TV Channel

Residents were pleased to watch a new Dementia TV film about a school trip to [...]

10
Oct
Baking

We enjoyed a baking activity in the Green Lounge this morning whilst listening to some [...]

10
Oct
Motion

Residents enjoyed an in-person Motion experience with Zeezy this afternoon. A great way of working [...]

09
Oct
Church

Residents had a lively in-house church service using percussion instruments and the guitar. Great exercise [...]

09
Oct
Resident’s Choice

There were a lot of visits and outings with family this weekend which was very [...]

08
Oct
Percussion Singalong

Residents chose to have a percussion singalong session in the main lounge. We sang some [...]

07
Oct
Autumn Leaves

We had an enjoyable time creating an Autumn masterpiece using pressed and laminated leaves. Some [...]

07
Oct
Crucible Tea Dance

We had another wonderful time at the Crucible Tea Dance this afternoon. The room was [...]

04
Oct
Songbirds

Residents enjoyed another relaxing Songbirds session in the Conservatory this afternoon, using shakey eggs and [...]

03
Oct
Yoga

A large group of residents enjoyed today’s Yoga session with Sherry. This was her first [...]

03
Oct
Alphabet Game

Some residents enjoyed playing the very popular Alphabet Game this morning and both Marion and [...]

30
Sep
Motion

Residents had fun at this week’s Motion session with lots of us seated in a [...]

30
Sep
Art Appreciation

Residents enjoyed looking at three large cross stitch pictures of three ladies. It was hard [...]

30
Sep
1980’s Themed Party

Residents enjoyed a 1980’s themed party in the main lounge, celebrating the wonderful music of [...]

29
Sep
Hillsborough Park Outing

We enjoyed a Hillsborough Park tram outing on a bright, sunny day taking six residents [...]

27
Sep
Interactive Tablet

Some residents in the main lounge chose to look at different videos from the Dementia [...]

26
Sep
Book Sharing

Residents enjoyed a reminiscence activity, looking through picture books and focusing on memories of the [...]

26
Sep
Resident’s Choice

Over the weekend, residents chose to do all kinds of activities, including picking a musical [...]

25
Sep
Lavender Bags

Over the weekend, most of the residents chose to help make lavender bag for themselves, [...]

25
Sep
Dressing Up Fun

Residents enjoyed some dressing up fun using old scarves, men’s accessories, hats and costume jewellery. [...]

24
Sep
Cycling Without Age

  Residents were pleased to go on a cycle ride to the General Cemetery or [...]

23
Sep
Motion

We enjoyed another exciting Motion session with Zeezy via the portal TV. The lounge was [...]

23
Sep
1-1 Sessions

Some of our residents had 1-1 sessions throughout the day today.  Bert enjoyed helping cut [...]

22
Sep
Holy Communion Service

  Residents enjoyed a Holy Communion Service with visiting choir members (Jennifer and Francis) from [...]

21
Sep
Tea Tasting Session

  Residents enjoyed this sensory herbal tea tasting session this morning. We had jugs of [...]

21
Sep
Spontaneous Fun

Residents chose to have a fun afternoon together in the main lounge. Staff read out [...]

20
Sep
Book Sharing

Residents enjoyed looking through some of their favourite books this morning and sharing some of [...]

20
Sep
Motion

We had a lovely Motion exercise class with Zeezy in person. Lots of folk wanted [...]

16
Sep
Sewing

We continued with our apron embroidery project this morning and found this very relaxing. Staff [...]

16
Sep
Gents Afternoon

We had an enjoyable “Men Only” (apart from the female photographer) afternoon in the Green [...]

15
Sep
Guitar Singalong

Residents enjoyed a guitar singalong this morning using song sheets. Definite favourites being “Oh What [...]

15
Sep
Party Time

We had a superb joint Birthday celebration for Monica (90 today) and Colin (who will [...]

13
Sep
My Life TV

We have a new subscription to My Life TV (a dementia friendly TV channel) and [...]

13
Sep
Songbirds

We had another lively Songbirds session with our beautiful Yo and her gorgeous soprano voice. [...]

12
Sep
Rocky Road

A few residents chose to help staff make some Rocky Road this morning for a [...]

12
Sep
In-house Church Service

We had an enjoyable church service this morning with a select few as many of [...]

11
Sep
Our Queen

We spent a pleasant morning looking through our Royal Family memorabilia and talking about the [...]

10
Sep
Flower Arranging

Some of us spent a pleasant afternoon doing some dried flower arranging with grasses and [...]

10
Sep
Motion

We had another enjoyable Friday afternoon seated exercise class with Zeezy from Motion. Good to [...]

09
Sep
More apples, more pies

Some of our keen bakers were happy to help make apple pies this morning ready [...]

09
Sep
Crucible Tea Dance

Today we had our monthly outing to the Crucible Theatre for the tea dance. We [...]

06
Sep
Penny’s Birthday Party

Penny enjoyed her birthday party very much, as did the rest of the residents. What [...]

05
Sep
Photo Sharing

We had a lovely morning looking at old photos from the 1930’s, old movie stars, [...]

05
Sep
Memory Cafe

Residents enjoyed a lovely time in the Conservatory this morning having a special Memory Cafe [...]

02
Sep
Motion

Residents loved the Motion exercise class with Zeezy on the TV portal this afternoon. Lots [...]

02
Sep
Home from Home

We spent a lovely morning reminiscing about household chores whilst polishing brasses, matching up socks, [...]

01
Sep
Bridlington

We had a wonderful day out in Bridlington with two minibuses and two cars travelling [...]

30
Aug
Runner beans

Staff and Jenny’s grandchildren helped pick and water runner beans this afternoon. Folk in the [...]

28
Aug
In-house Church Services

We had two church services in the care home this morning. One in the Conservatory [...]

28
Aug
Memory Games

We spent an enjoyable morning playing memory games today in the main lounge. Lots of [...]

27
Aug
Motion

We enjoyed another exciting Motion chair exercise class this afternoon. The residents were very lively [...]

26
Aug
Cycling Without Age

We decided to have a longer journey to Endcliffe Park today with Carolyn as our [...]

26
Aug
1970’s Disco

We had a very lively “disco” in the main lounge over teatime and into the [...]

23
Aug
Jewellery Making

Some residents chose to do some jewellery making with wooden painted beads and were very [...]

20
Aug
Morning Entertainment

Folk enjoyed reminiscing about the Motion Sports Day, reading the Star newspaper article (A3 laminated) [...]

20
Aug
Janet’s Birthday Party

This afternoon Janet had a birthday party, we had Phil Lawrence come to sing some [...]

19
Aug
Motion

We had another excellent Motion exercise class with our friend Zeezy. Great to have so [...]

18
Aug
Doggy Visit

We invited our old friends (past volunteers) Rita and Betty over for a doggy morning. [...]

18
Aug
Alphabet Game

Residents were encouraged to take part in the famous “Alphabet Game” this morning in the [...]

18
Aug
Lost Chord 16.8.22

It was wonderful to have Suzi join us for some very interactive singalongs encouraged by [...]

16
Aug
Garden Conversations

Some residents chose to sit in the patio area this morning and started chatting about [...]

15
Aug
Baking Apple Pies

Quite a few residents were keen to get involved in our baking activity this morning. [...]

15
Aug
Garden Games and Visits 14.8.22

Following on from the church service, we were encouraged to play a few garden games [...]

14
Aug
Church in the Garden

We decided to have our weekly church service in the garden this morning to make [...]

14
Aug
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