Word games

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

Stephen’s birthday party

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

Messages home

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

Zoom gardening club

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

Kim game

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

Fun and games

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

Tilt and turn tablet

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

Roy’s birthday

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

Pampering

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

Jane’s birthday

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

Friday film afternoon

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

Manicures

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

Weaving, threading and sewing

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

Massage

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

Autumn leaves

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

Paula’s birthday

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

Memory games

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

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

Baking

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

Songbirds

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

Gazebo visits

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

Active Minds books

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

Sunday prayers and singing

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

Reminiscing

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

Table games

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

Movie afternoon

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

Manicures

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

Arts and crafts

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

Bingo

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

Exercise with Deborah

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

Seaside sensory fun

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

Comet game

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

Sing along session

Vicky bought a new Wurlitzer sing along CD and DVD, so she put that on [...]

Fun and games

This afternoon, Helen initiated a game of balloons and nearly everyone enjoyed playing with them, [...]

Cat therapy

This morning Helen went around the residents with our “therapy cats” Cleo and Jasper to [...]

Inhouse church

This morning Vicky did two in-house church sessions. One in the conservatory, and one in [...]

Photo sharing and reminiscing

This afternoon, Vicky retrieved some photo’s from our rooms and spent a little time looking [...]

Wool art

This morning Vicky set up a wool art activity for us. She printed out some [...]

Friday film afternoon

This afternoon we had our usual HCH cinema experience, with everyone sitting around and the [...]

Manicures

Friday is usually manicure day to make sure that everyone’s hands and nails are looking [...]

Memory games

We played some of our memory games this afternoon starting with the alphabet game and [...]

Gardening club

This morning we planted up some spring bulbs in pots ready to brighten up the [...]

Bingo

This afternoon we had a few games of bingo in the dining room with Vicky. [...]

Book sharing

This morning Vicky took the active mind books around to each person and read, sang, [...]

Karaoke session

This afternoon Vicky got out the karaoke machine and set it up for us. We [...]

Fresh air and garden fun

This morning I asked anyone that was on the 1st floor or ground floor, if [...]

“Baby” therapy

This morning I went around with the baby doll, and asked who would like a [...]

Week 13 and 14 Gazebo lounge visits

We are going into week 15 of our gazebo lounge visits. They are going very [...]

What’s in the bag?

Helen put some common objects in a bag and went around the residents asking them [...]

One to one time

This morning Helen spent some quality one to one time with those residents who were [...]

Games, puzzles and jigsaws

This afternoon Helen got out a range of games, puzzles and jigsaws and those who [...]

Sunday sharing

We had our usual Sunday sharing session this morning with a few traditional  hymns, prayers [...]

Reminiscing

This afternoon Helen got out some old items donated by a friend of our volunteer [...]

Making bracelets

This morning Helen tied three different coloured wools around a chair and asked if people [...]

Movie afternoon

Vicky’s husband lent us his box set of musicals DVD’s, so we had a movie [...]

Antics with Debbie

This morning Debbie did some activities in the conservatory, whilst Vicky was upstairs doing manicures. [...]

Manicures

This morning whilst listening to Lost Chord on YouTube, Vicky went around offering manicures. The [...]

Sing along session

This afternoon Vicky lead two sing along sessions, one in the main lounge, and one [...]

Cat therapy

This morning Vicky brought Jasper and Cleo to see us. These are mechanical cats that [...]

Seaside sensory fun

This afternoon Vicky got out the sand and beach toys and set up at the [...]

Hook-a-duck and water bead therapy

This morning Vicky set up the hook-a-duck and went around each table with it. We [...]

Bingo

This afternoon we had a few games of bingo in the downstairs lounge with Helen [...]

Mini olympics

This morning we had a mini Olympics in the upstairs lounge. Those who wanted to [...]

Songbirds

This afternoon Yo Tozer came to lead our songbirds session. We put our new camping [...]

Kim Game

This morning was scheduled for memory games. Vicky decided to do the Kim game, which [...]

Penny’s birthday party

This afternoon Sarah from Razzle Dazzle came to help us celebrate Penny’s 72nd birthday. We [...]

Inhouse church

This morning Vicky lead the inhouse church session. We prayed together, read scriptures, reminisced about [...]

Arts and crafts

This afternoon Vicky set up a painting project for us. She put on some classical [...]

Baking

This morning Vicky and Deborah helped us to bake some lemon cupcakes together. We will [...]

Jenny and Alan’s Golden wedding party

Congratulations Jenny and Alan Glossop from everyone at the Hallamshire care Home! Tomorrow will be [...]

Friday film afternoon

For Friday film afternoon Helen put on an St Trinian’s video – The Great Train [...]

Nature club – bird feeders

Now that autumn is approaching, we made our first bird feeders of the season to [...]

Alphabet memory game

We had a good session with the alphabet memory game this morning. Helen chose a [...]

Communion service

This afternoon, Jennifer came to lead the Holy Communion service in the gazebo, although due [...]

Active mind books

This morning we had the picture books out and those who were able to chose [...]

Bingo

This afternoon, Vicky put on a few games of Bingo for us in the dining [...]

Dress up fun

This morning Vicky got out the dressing up suitcase. She went around with a trolley [...]

Week 10 gazebo lounge visits

Here are a few pictures from our gazebo lounge visits, from the last week or [...]

Karaoke session

This afternoon we had a little karaoke session with the residents that were upstairs. We [...]

Advice to the younger generation

This morning Vicky asked what advice we would give to the younger generation. If we [...]

Games and puzzles

This afternoon Helen got out a variety of games and jigsaw puzzles and people chose [...]

Rolling Stones concert

Penny said she would like to listen to the Rolling Stones, which Helen was pleased [...]

Sunday sharing

  We had a short Sunday sharing session in the downstairs conservatory this morning led [...]

Exercise and ” Balloonercise”

This afternoon Helen asked who’d like to join in with a bit of stretching and [...]

Book sharing

We had a very relaxing morning in the lounge with music in the background and [...]

Arts and crafts

This afternoon we did card making and decorating gift tags, in the conservatory with Vicky. [...]

Pampering

This morning Vicky did some pampering. Both our ladies and gents were offered Face cleansing, [...]

Table top games

This afternoon Vicky set up some table top games for us in the dining room. [...]

Cupcake decorating

This morning we decorated cupcakes with Vicky. She made some coloured Royal icing and put [...]

Sing along session

The second half of the morning, Vicky did a sing a long session with us [...]

Knit and natter

The first half of the morning we had a knit and natter session. Vicky’s mother-in-law [...]

Bingo

This afternoon Helen played a few games of bingo in the downstairs conservatory which everyone [...]

Babies!

This morning Helen got our second baby doll out who is called Charlotte and visited [...]

Memory games

This afternoon we had a few games of pairs, with the bird matching cards. We [...]

Seasise sensory session

This morning Vicky set up a beach themed table in the conservatory with sand, seashells [...]

Massage Therapy

This afternoon Helen offered massage to those residents who aren’t able to join in with [...]

Sunday prayers and singing

This morning we had our usual Sunday singing and prayers which we often run a [...]

Arts and crafts

We had some spare polystyrene cups that couldn’t be used in the kitchen so Vicky [...]

Fun and games

This morning Vicky got out the fun trolley and brought it into the main lounge [...]

Resident’s choice

This afternoon we did resident’s choice. We have started doing this at least once a [...]