This afternoon Vicky put on The Railway children DVD for us in the main lounge, [...]
This morning Whilst we listened to music, Vicky and Deborah went around asking who would [...]
This afternoon the plan was to have a poetry session followed by jokes but as [...]
This morning we made some chocolate cornflake cakes and those who chose to participate took [...]
This afternoon Vicky put the chairs in a semi-circle and put on a chair exercise [...]
This morning Vicky got out the Bingo machine and asked who would like to join [...]
This afternoon we played the category game, followed by Finish the proverb with Vicky in [...]
This morning we had a lovely calm sing along with Vicky in the main lounge. [...]
Today we enjoyed a delicious fish and chip lunch in the conservatory, from the fish [...]
This morning we received a beautiful display of flowers which we spent the afternoon arranging [...]
Thank you to everyone for your continued love and support. With gratitude from all of [...]
We are on week 4 of gazebo lounge visits. They are going very well and [...]
This morning we had our usual Sunday sharing session where those who chose to sang [...]
This afternoon Vicky got out the “Trolley of fun”. Today was Jenny’s turn to choose [...]
This afternoon we made rainbows together in the main lounge with Vicky. Some of us [...]
We had a movie afternoon today. We watched Calamity Jane in the main lounge, with [...]
This morning Vicky went around asking who would like a manicure. The options were hand [...]
We have noticed some bees that seem to be suffering in the garden, so this [...]
This morning we played the alphabet game but with a difference, trying to think of [...]
This afternoon Vicky played quite a few games of Bingo with us. We enjoyed chocolates [...]
As Brian and Marylin were off on their birthday’s we decided to surprise them today [...]
This morning Vicky came around with the books and sat with us individually or in [...]
This afternoon Vicky got out the Aqua paint mats and asked who would like to [...]
This afternoon Vicky got out “Baby Sienna” and went around asking who would like to [...]
This morning we had the belated birthday party that got cancelled last week, due to [...]
Helen asked residents if they would like to write a letter or send a message [...]
This morning Helen got the song sheets out and we started with a bit of [...]
Today is Father’s Day. We only have two male residents, which are Roy and John [...]
We are on week 3 of gazebo lounge visits. They are going very well and [...]
This morning Vicky went around with the white board, explained that it is Father’s day [...]
This afternoon Vicky got out the Bingo machine and asked who would like to join [...]
This afternoon we received a package from a lovely young lady called Emma, who is [...]
This afternoon we were supposed to have a singer come to sing outside of the [...]
This morning Vicky got out the pampering trolley, went around and asked who would like [...]
Today we are celebrating Deborah’s birthday. We had a singer booked for 2:30 so that [...]
This afternoon Vicky selected 10 objects from around the care home, so that we could [...]
Today is Lois’s birthday. We are having a joint party tomorrow to celebrate Lois, Wendy [...]
This morning Vicky got the dressing up case out. We had fun trying on flat [...]
Today we celebrated Szilvia turning 50. When it is a special birthday the staff have [...]
We celebrated Sandra’s birthday today, by singing happy birthday to her and presenting her with [...]
We’ve had some fantastic Gazebo visits again this week! We’ve had song times going on, [...]
This afternoon Vicky came around with her phone and we had fun together on Snapchat. [...]
This afternoon Vicky got out the weaving set for us to have a go at. [...]
Today it is the queen’s birthday. Vicky put on BBC one for us to watch [...]
This afternoon Whilst Wizard of oz was on the television, I went around asking who [...]
This morning in nature club, we made sun catchers. Vicky walked around the care home [...]
This morning we had a cheery singing session led by Olga and Helen, starting with [...]
This afternoon we had a good session of the alphabet game with everyone thinking of [...]
Well, our first week of gazebo visits have gone successfully I would say! Lots of [...]
We had lots of bananas that were on the turn, so Kirsty had the idea [...]
This morning Vicky put on the new Lost Chord Video entries on YouTube and we [...]
This morning Vicky got out the mechanical cats, which is one of our top 5 [...]
Peter kindly lent us his copy of Singing in the rain, so we put that [...]
This morning Vicky got out some sugar paste icing. The original idea was to make [...]
This afternoon we were meant to be playing active games with Vicky, but a lot [...]
You have all been so generous with gifts for the Home, with a little assistance [...]
After 12 long weeks with little contact, there was tears of joy today and Julie [...]
This afternoon we had a birthday party to celebrate the birthdays of Margaret S, who [...]
This morning we experimented with decorating recycled shampoo bottles with ribbon, glue and tape to [...]
This afternoon we had some fun watching some of the Lost Chord entertainers that usually [...]
This morning we got the Scrabble and other word games out and people had fun [...]
This afternoon Helen brought in the seeds that some of the residents planted a few [...]
This morning Helen asked residents if they would like a bit of pampering in the [...]
Today is Margaret Sounder’s birthday. Vicky went down and sang happy birthday and 21 today [...]
This afternoon we played brain games with Vicky in the main lounge and dining room. [...]
Just a few ways that you have been communicating and blessing your loved ones during [...]
We just want to say a big think you for all of the support we [...]
This morning Vicky went around with the reminiscence books and spent some one to one [...]
This afternoon Helen got a variety of tabletop activities and games out and residents chose [...]
This afternoon Vicky set up an arts and crafts activity in the dining room. We [...]
Whilst out in the garden, Vicky had another round with the Snapchat. We had lots [...]
This afternoon we sat out in the garden for some fresh air, fun and exercise. [...]
Today Vicky came around and offered us manicures. This included hand and nail cleansing, clipping, [...]
This afternoon we played the Category game with Vicky, where we had to think of [...]
Helen decided that everyone needed livening up a bit, so we got the song sheets [...]
This afternoon Helen asked who would like to come in the garden to help with [...]
This afternoon Vicky played a few games of Bingo with us in the dining room. [...]
This morning Vicky went around and introduces some of our residents to Snapchap, and had [...]
As the weather was so lovely, Helen asked residents if they would like to spend [...]
Helen gathered those that wanted to, around the dining room table for a Sunday hymns, [...]
This afternoon we had Russ Elliot come and sing for us, to help us to [...]
This morning Vicky came around with the pampering trolley and offered face cleansing, perfume, hair [...]
Today Vicky went around asking who would like a manicure. The options were hand washing, [...]
This afternoon Deborah put the karaoke on and we had a mixture of sixties and [...]
It was a beautiful morning so Helen asked who would like to sit in the [...]
This morning Vicky got out the Aqua Paint mats and set them up with water [...]
This morning Vicky got out some squares of Aida fabric, wool and plastic sewing needles. [...]
This morning Vicky brought baby Sienna to see us. We enjoyed having cuddles, reminiscing about [...]
This afternoon Helen got the bag of percussion out and everyone who wanted to chose [...]
Helen got some memory games out this morning and we started with the proverb game [...]
This afternoon Vicky got out the cupcakes that we baked yesterday, so that we could [...]
We sometimes have a visit from the musicians from the Lost Chord charity but as [...]
This afternoon we had an unstructured afternoon called Residents Choice. Some of us went for [...]
This morning we baked some cupcakes with Vicky. We all had a turn at adding [...]
This morning Vicky came around encouraging us to sign Jenny’s birthday card. If we couldn’t [...]
This afternoon Helen put the original version of Black Beauty on and this seemed to [...]
This morning Helen went round offering manicures to residents and used this as an opportunity [...]
This morning Vicky got out the Dementia friendly books and handed them around. Some residents [...]
