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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
Gardening Club

We changed the Gardening Club to the morning to try and avoid the excessively hot [...]

13
Aug
Motion

We had another enjoyable Motion exercise session with Zeezy leading via the TV portal. He [...]

12
Aug
Cycling Without Age 12.8.22

Peter our pilot was happy to make three trips around Botanical Gardens on a beautiful, [...]

12
Aug
Pictures to Share Books

We had a lovely morning looking at Pictures to Share books, singing, reciting proverbs and [...]

12
Aug
John’s Birthday Party 5.8.22

This afternoon John had his birthday party with Ralph singing (the chap who sang at [...]

05
Aug
Pictures to share books – 3.8.22

This afternoon, we got out the “Pictures to share” books. Some of us looked at [...]

03
Aug
Nature club – 3.8.22

This morning we had our monthly nature club. Last month we went for walks in [...]

03
Aug
Crucible tea dance – 2.8.22

Today we had our monthly trip to the Crucible tea dance. We started by eating [...]

02
Aug
Gardening Club

We held an impromptu Gardening Club this morning as the weather was so lovely and [...]

01
Aug
In-house Church Service – 31.7.22

We had a joyful Sunday morning service in the Conservatory today with lots of folk [...]

31
Jul
Motion Sports Day

Today we went to the English Institute of Sport for our annual sports day run [...]

30
Jul
How I see myself – 29.7.22

This morning Vicky got out the self-esteem sheets and went through them with our newest [...]

29
Jul
Motion – 29.7.22

This afternoon we had a session of Motion with Zeezy, via portal TV. Our helpers [...]

29
Jul
Cycling Without Age

We enjoyed another exciting Cycling Without Age session with cheerful Peter the pilot and Leonard, [...]

29
Jul
Cat therapy – 28.7.22

This afternoon we had a visit from Jasper and Cleo, our mechanical cat’s. We enjoyed [...]

28
Jul
Clay sculpting workshop – 28.7.22

This morning we had a clay sculpting workshop with our new friend Natalie. We made [...]

28
Jul
Norah and Leonard’s birthday party – 27.7.22

This afternoon we celebrated the birthdays of Leonard and Norah. Our original singer had to [...]

27
Jul
Colin’s sapphire anniversary – 27.7.22

This afternoon Colin and his wife, and family celebrated his sapphire wedding anniversary! We hung [...]

27
Jul
Hook-a-duck – 27.7.22

This morning we had some fun with the hook-a-duck game. Some of us used the [...]

27
Jul
Manicures – 25.7.22

This afternoon we had a manicure session. We had the option of having our hands [...]

25
Jul
Sewing and weaving – 25.7.22

This morning we had a go at sewing and weaving. Not everyone was interested, and [...]

25
Jul
Dave the Banjo Man 23.7.22

We celebrated Diana’s Birthday today with Dave the Banjo Man performing lots of old tunes. [...]

23
Jul
Baking Cookies 21.7.22

A few of the ladies in the lounge agreed to help with a baking activity [...]

21
Jul
Makeover

Some of our residents had their hair done today by our lovely hairdresser, Debbie. To [...]

19
Jul
Embroidery

Residents in the Conservatory chose an apron for an ongoing embroidery activity. Lilian was pleased [...]

18
Jul
Manicures

Pam and Christine were keen to have their nails manicures and painted this afternoon and [...]

18
Jul
In-house Church 17.7.22

We enjoyed a relaxed church service in the Conservatory and a separate one in the [...]

17
Jul
Summer Fair 16.7.22

We had a glorious Summer Fair experience in the garden on a gorgeous, hot summers [...]

16
Jul
Motion 15.7.22

We had another invigorating video Motion session with Zeezy this afternoon. Good to have so [...]

15
Jul
Cycling Without Age 15.7.22

We had another wonderful cycling adventure with our pilot Clare. For a change, she gave [...]

15
Jul
Baking for Summer Fair 14.7.22

Edith and Lilian were very keen to help bake for the Summer Fair today. We [...]

14
Jul
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