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Messages home

This afternoon Helen asked each resident in turn what message they would like to send [...]

18
Nov
Cat therapy

This morning Helen got out Jasper and Clio, our “therapy cats” and went round asking [...]

18
Nov
Hook-a-duck

We had such a fun morning, playing Hook-a-duck together! Vicky brought the hook-a-duck game around [...]

17
Nov
Sing along session

This afternoon Vicky did two sing-a-long sessions, one in the small lounge, and one in [...]

16
Nov
Memory games

This morning Vicky did two sessions of memory games. One session in the quiet lounge, [...]

16
Nov
Movie afternoon

This afternoon whilst Vicky was doing assisted visits, we watched a musical in the main, [...]

15
Nov
Inhouse church

This morning Vicky led two in-house church services, One in the main lounge, and one [...]

15
Nov
Bingo

This afternoon Vicky led a Bingo session in the dining room. We had quite a [...]

14
Nov
Photo sharing

This morning Vicky took the trolley around with her and gathered a photo album or [...]

14
Nov
Edith’s Birthday Party

We had our first birthday party, since having the visiting nook. Kevin Kitchen came to [...]

14
Nov
Sewing, weaving, and threading

This afternoon whilst Vicky was assisting a visit, we did some sewing, weaving and threading [...]

10
Nov
“Baby” therapy

This morning Vicky brought baby Sienna to see us. We enjoyed cuddles. Vicky likes to [...]

10
Nov
Songbirds

This afternoon we had a Songbirds session, led by Yo Tozer-Loft. The last session was [...]

09
Nov
Week 2 of our visiting Nook

We have just had our second week of using our new visiting Nook. The Nook [...]

09
Nov
Active minds books

This morning Vicky handed around some books for us to look at and read together. [...]

09
Nov
Marek’s Birthday

Today is Marek’s birthday. Marek is one of our Domestic staff. We celebrated by singing [...]

09
Nov
Tabletop activities and puzzles

This afternoon, whilst assisted visits were happening, Helen left a variety of table top activities [...]

08
Nov
Remembrance day service

This morning we watched some of the Remembrance day service on television and marked the [...]

08
Nov
Cat therapy

This morning Helen got out our Jasper and Clio, our “therapy cats” and asked who [...]

07
Nov
Autumn leaf wreaths

This afternoon for Nature Club, Helen collected a variety of autumn leaves from our beautiful [...]

07
Nov
Poppy arts and crafts

This morning we did an arts and crafts session in the dining room with Vicky. [...]

06
Nov
Reminiscence

This afternoon Vicky set up a reminiscence interest table in the dining room, got out [...]

05
Nov
Bonfire and firework themed activities

This morning Vicky put on Youtube, a Disney World fireworks display called Happily Ever after, [...]

05
Nov
Bonfire cup-cakes

This morning Vicky showed us how to decorate cup-cakes to look like little bonfires. We [...]

05
Nov
Bonfire night quiz

As we are not able to have a bonfire this year, we had a bonfire [...]

04
Nov
Massage

This morning Helen went round offering massage and concentrating mostly on those residents who are [...]

04
Nov
Active minds books

This afternoon, Vicky went around with the active mind’s books. She read with us, sang [...]

03
Nov
Messages to our loved

This morning Vicky went around asking us how we are, and what messages we would [...]

03
Nov
Motion – Livestream

This afternoon we had a Livestream session with motion, the organisation that used to come [...]

02
Nov
Kim game

This morning Vicky played the Kim game with us, She chose 9 familiar items from [...]

02
Nov
Week 1 of the visiting nook

Well we have come to the end of our fist week of using our new [...]

01
Nov
Pamper day

Today was pamper day. We had a visit from our new hairdressers Julie and Joanne. [...]

01
Nov
Halloween arts and crafts

This afternoon we did some Halloween arts and crafts in the dining room with Vicky. [...]

31
Oct
Halloween selfie fun

This morning Vicky put together some Halloween selfie props and made a selfie booth for [...]

31
Oct
Pin the smile on the pumpkin

This morning Vicky did a session of pin the smile on the pumpkin with us. [...]

31
Oct
Cookie decorating

This afternoon Vicky set up a cookie decorating activity in the dining room. We didn’t [...]

27
Oct
Halloween activities

This morning Vicky did some Halloween themed activities with us in the dining. We played [...]

27
Oct
Sing along session

This afternoon we had a sing-along session with Vicky in the main lounge. We started [...]

26
Oct
Dress up fun

This morning we had some dressing up fun with a Halloween twist. Vicky got out [...]

26
Oct
Movie afternoon

This afternoon Vicky brought in the DVD Hocus Pocus for us to watch. With Halloween [...]

23
Oct
Manicures –

Today whilst watching Faulty towers Vicky went around asking who would like a manicure. The [...]

23
Oct
Halloween arts and crafts

This afternoon Vicky set up a Halloween arts and crafts project for us. The project [...]

22
Oct
Bingo

This morning we played quite a few games of Bingo in the dining room. We [...]

22
Oct
Fun and games

This afternoon Vicky got out the fun and games box. We played comet target, frisbee [...]

20
Oct
Cat therapy

This morning Vicky brought Jasper and Cleo (our mechanical cats) to see us. We enjoyed [...]

20
Oct
Songbirds

This afternoon Yo-Tozer Loft came to lead our Songbirds session in the gazebo. It will [...]

19
Oct
Brain games

This morning Vicky played brain games with us. We played the category game, followed by [...]

19
Oct
Halloween arts and crafts

This afternoon Vicky did some Halloween arts and crafts projects with us. The first one [...]

18
Oct
Deborah’s birthday

This morning we celebrated the birthday of Deborah, one of our seniors. We sang happy [...]

18
Oct
Harvest festival service

Vicky led our in-house church this morning. Our Harvest Festival service was cancelled, so Vicky [...]

18
Oct
Karen’s birthday

It was recently Karen’s birthday but she was on annual leave, so we surprised her [...]

17
Oct
Bingo

This afternoon we played Bingo with Vicky in the conservatory. We had four games. Susan [...]

17
Oct
Photo sharing

This morning every resident had the opportunity to look at their photo albums and photo’s, [...]

17
Oct
Friday film afternoon

This afternoon we chose Young at Heart with Frank Sinatra and Doris Day for Friday [...]

16
Oct
Manicures

Friday is usually our manicure day and Helen went around asking who would like their [...]

16
Oct
Valerie’s birthday party

Today is Valerie Loft’s birthday and Yo Tozer Loft came to sing a lovely mix [...]

15
Oct
Music and singing

This afternoon we had a music and sing along session with Vicky. At first everyone [...]

13
Oct
Tilt and turn tablet

This morning Vicky got out the tilt and turn tablet for us to have a [...]

13
Oct
Baby Sienna

This morning Vicky brought Baby Sienna to see us. We had cuddles and chats and [...]

13
Oct
Week 16 Gazebo lounge visits

Here are a few pictures from week 16 of our gazebo lounge visits. We only [...]

12
Oct
What’s in the bag?

This afternoon we played what’s in the bag. Vicky collect the following items that she [...]

12
Oct
Decorating for Halloween

This morning Vicky made a start on decorating the care home for Halloween. We enjoyed [...]

12
Oct
Balloons and hoops

Helen decided that everyone needed livening up a bit so we had a game of [...]

11
Oct
Sunday prayers and singing

This morning Helen led a short Sunday prayers and songs session in the conservatory and [...]

11
Oct
Halloween colouring upstairs

There must have been something in the air today because everyone seemed excessively sleepy all [...]

10
Oct
Bunting for Halloween

This morning Helen got out some Halloween decorations so that we could start making some [...]

10
Oct
Harvest festival activities

This morning Vicky did some Harvest festival activities with us. She did a session in [...]

09
Oct
Nature club

This afternoon Helen set up a table in the conservatory with pictures cut from wildlife [...]

08
Oct
Word games

This morning Helen played some word games with us. Helen wrote some letters on a [...]

08
Oct
Stephen’s birthday party

This afternoon we celebrated Stephens birthday, with the help of Alan Turner, one of our [...]

06
Oct
Messages home

This morning Vicky went around asking everyone what message they would like to send to [...]

06
Oct
Zoom gardening club

This afternoon, we had a zoom gardening club with Caroline. We have missed her very [...]

05
Oct
Kim game

This morning we played a memory game with Vicky called the Kim game. She gathered [...]

05
Oct
Fun and games

This afternoon we had a variety of things going on, due to two assisted visits [...]

04
Oct
Tilt and turn tablet

Today Vicky got out our new state of the art tilt and turn tablet and [...]

04
Oct
Roy’s birthday

Today we celebrated Roy’s 92nd birthday. Unfortunately, the rain was relentless, so Vicky took Roy [...]

03
Oct
Pampering

Today Vicky did a pampering session. She offered hair brushing and styling, face cleansing and [...]

03
Oct
Jane’s birthday

We celebrated the birthday of Jane (night staff) Vicky baked and decorated a chocolate cake [...]

03
Oct
Friday film afternoon

It was a dull afternoon outside so watching films seemed like the perfect thing to [...]

02
Oct
Manicures

Friday is usually manicure day here at the Hallamshire and Helen went around the residents [...]

02
Oct
Weaving, threading and sewing

This afternoon, Helen set up a table in the conservatory with sewing, weaving and threading [...]

01
Oct
Massage

This morning Helen offered massage to some of the residents who are unable to participate [...]

01
Oct
Autumn leaves

This afternoon Helen bought some autumn leaves in so that everyone could have a look, [...]

30
Sep
Paula’s birthday

Today we celebrated Paula’s birthday a day late because she was off yesterday. Vicky had [...]

30
Sep
Memory games

This morning Helen led the alphabet game in the main lounge. We had a good [...]

30
Sep

This afternoon, Vicky led a game of Bingo in the dining room. We had quite [...]

29
Sep
Baking

This morning Vicky went around and asked who would like to make some cornflake buns. [...]

29
Sep
Songbirds

This afternoon Yo ran our Songbirds session in the gazebo lounge. It was lovely and [...]

28
Sep
Gazebo visits

We can confirm that we now have the gazebo until the end of October! We [...]

28
Sep
Active Minds books

This morning Vicky went around with the Active mind’s books. Starting in the main lounge [...]

28
Sep
Sunday prayers and singing

This morning Helen led a Sunday prayer and singing session in the upstairs lounge. John, [...]

27
Sep
Reminiscing

This afternoon Helen and Sandra asked who would like a game of Ludo. Penny, Peggy, [...]

26
Sep
Table games

This morning Helen got out a variety of games play, starting with the Tea bag [...]

26
Sep
Movie afternoon

This afternoon while Vicky carried on doing manicures, we watched a film called Jonny English. [...]

25
Sep
Manicures

Today whilst listening to some Golden Oldies music, Vicky went around asking who would like [...]

25
Sep
Arts and crafts

This afternoon Vicky cut off some celery hearts for us to use as flower stampers. [...]

24
Sep
Bingo

This morning, we had quite a few games of Bingo in the conservatory with Vicky. [...]

24
Sep
Exercise with Deborah

This morning Deborah did a short exercise session in the downstairs session, inviting everyone to [...]

24
Sep
Seaside sensory fun

This afternoon Vicky put on some seaside music on YouTube, set up a sand/beach themed [...]

23
Sep
Comet game

This morning Vicky got out the new comet game and ring toss game, set them [...]

23
Sep
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