We all sang “Happy Birthday” to Scott (his birthday being yesterday) as we gave him [...]
Pam, Norah, Margaret P, Mary and Nicole all enjoyed completing some individual or group jigsaws. [...]
We had fun playing small group games of the Alphabet Game (Helen with Mary, Nicole, [...]
We made the most of the glorious weather for a second day running and ventured [...]
Pam, Mary, Margaret Pashley and Mildred chose to be involved in the baking activity in [...]
Tracy set up a paddling pool full of sand and various outdoor games to help [...]
We had an enjoyable game of bingo in the main lounge this morning, with Mary, [...]
This afternoon Helen gave out some picture books to share, though most people looked at [...]
Helen asked residents if they would like to write a letter to their family or [...]
We had a fun time of reminiscence during the Hallamshire Memory Cafe event this morning. [...]
Mary, Jenny, John and Margaret P chose to play dominoes together this afternoon and seemed [...]
We enjoyed an Easter Party this afternoon, involving a colouring in competition and making and/or [...]
Most residents were happy to attend the In-house church service in the main lounge this [...]
Helen went around some of the residents helping them open/read Easter cards, letters, etc. Win [...]
Margaret P, Mary, Margaret S and Pam all enjoyed a few games of dominoes this [...]
This morning Helen got the new Easter tree and some Easter baubles and decorations out [...]
Yo, Steve and Nate came to play and sing to us outside of the main [...]
Olga and Valerie L agreed to help with the baking activity this morning. We were [...]
Helen brought in some trailing geraniums and some recycled plastic bottles that had been turned [...]
This morning Helen got the table tennis out which Nicole and Olga enjoyed and I [...]
This morning Helen brought in some recycled plastic containers from the home and of her [...]
This afternoon we had a lot of mail arrive for residents so Helen spent time [...]
A few residents received cards and letters this morning and Tracy read them out where [...]
Margaret S, Jenny, Olga and Susan all chose to sit out in the garden this [...]
Natalie enjoyed her surprise celebration this afternoon, with singing, birthday cake and lots of gifts [...]
Tracy visited individuals and groups of people this morning with her tablet asking for requests [...]
This afternoon Vicky and Tracy went to people who were in their rooms or in [...]
This morning Vicky got the song sheets out and Tracy got out the guitar and [...]
This morning Vicky went around the lounge, dining room and bedrooms sharing books together. We [...]
We had fun baking a lemon birthday cake in the lounge this morning. Mary, Lois [...]
Now more than ever we are trying to support our resident’s and their families by [...]
This afternoon we celebrated Marjorie’s birthday. Vicky asked our tea dance singer Heather Kass to [...]
Helen and Vicky gathered residents together in the main lounge today to sing hymns and [...]
This afternoon Vicky played various games with us in the main lounge and in our [...]
This morning Vicky got out some Easter egg baubles for us to fill. We had [...]
This morning Vicky got out some little paper egg decorations for us to decorate. We [...]
Mary, Jenny, Margaret and Pam chose to do some jigsaws this afternoon. Produced by Active [...]
We had an interesting time reminiscing about our children this afternoon, prompted by looking at [...]
We had fun making chocolate muffins in the lounge this morning. Pam C, John and [...]
Some post arrived for a few of our residents today, mostly for Mildred, but one [...]
Many enjoyed listening to Les Misérables and West Side Story today and some were keen [...]
Tracy brought in her empathy dolls today – Tom and Joy, and they were well [...]
Many wanted to read the lovely card Betty had made and sent to us today, [...]
Tracy brought in her puppets to the care home this morning, much to the delight [...]
This morning Helen and some of our residents had a really good game of scrabble [...]
This afternoon Vicky had quite a few games of Bingo with the residents who were [...]
This afternoon Vicky got out the table tennis set and had a few games between [...]
This morning Vicky and Tracy brought in their wedding photos and went around the care [...]
We had a lovely time this afternoon, energised by a guitar sing-a-long activity led by [...]
This morning Vicky went around with Marjory’s birthday card and asked the residents to sign [...]
This afternoon Vicky came around with the beauty trolley offering hand washing and nail cleaning, [...]
This afternoon Vicky got out the Easter card decorating kit, Easter egg decorating kit and [...]
This morning we played quite a few games of Bingo in the main lounge. We [...]
This afternoon was meant to be a Songbirds session, so instead Vicky did a karaoke [...]
This morning Vicky put on a live show of Terry Morgan, on YouTube. He a [...]
I set up an arts and crafts activity in the dining room and asked who [...]
Opening Mother’s Day cards and gifts together – 22nd March 2020 This morning Vicky handed [...]
This morning Vicky went aproached the residents and explained the reason that we aren’t allowing [...]
We had a lovely time with J J Galway this afternoon for a joint birthday [...]
We held a lovely, peaceful church service in the small lounge this morning. We started [...]
Margaret P, Pam C and Mary all offered to help bake a lemon birthday cake [...]
This afternoon we had a volunteer called Peter offering to do a few trips out [...]
We had a wonderful trip out to the Light cinema to see Whisky Galore. The [...]
Five of us squeezed into Steve’s car today and headed off to the Irish Tea [...]
We had a very enjoyable gardening club this afternoon with Caroline. The residents and day [...]
Pam, Margaret and Mildred all offered to help with baking today. We made chocolate orange [...]
We had a special Little Acorns session this morning! We had Hollie from Pyjama Drama [...]
We all enjoyed Olga and Susan’s birthday party this afternoon, with something for everyone in [...]
Lovely to have Chris on keyboard, Janet as soprano and Pete as volunteer, this morning, [...]
Many of us chose to do some reminiscence jigsaws together – one about Spring and [...]
We had great fun this morning listening to Glenn Miller, George Formby and Vera Lynn [...]
Nicole’s family arranged a private birthday party for Nicole and asked a friend of theirs, [...]
We had to do another Motion promotional video as the first one was spoilt because [...]
We had our first Memory Cafe event at the Hallamshire Care Home today and it [...]
Pam C, Jenny (daycare), Valerie L and Olga all took part in the baking activity [...]
We held a quiet church service in the small lounge this morning. It was good [...]
Norah, Roy and Margaret Pashley all enjoyed a few games of dominoes with Mary in [...]
Today we enjoyed going to the Tea Dance that Vicky runs at the Sheffield Jesus [...]
This morning Vicky got out the song sheets and led a sing-a-long session in the [...]
This morning Vicky got out the vase shapes that we sponge painted last time. We [...]
We had another exciting Godly Play (Stories For the Soul) session today in the Conservatory [...]
We were very pleased to have a visit this morning from the Sheffield University Nursery [...]
We had another enjoyable Holy Communion Service in the Conservatory this afternoon. It was wonderful [...]
Quite a few residents wanted to get involved in the baking activity this morning. We [...]
Today, Caroline brought a lot of different clippings from winter sensory plants for the group [...]
We had great fun in the lounge this afternoon and very pleased to have some [...]
Pam Crossland enjoyed a lovely family time to celebrate her 92nd birthday today. She was [...]
We had another superb Valentines Party this year with lots of family members coming dressed [...]
This afternoon we had a sing along with Vicky in the conservatory. We had Win’s [...]
On Tuesday we baked some heart shaped sugar cookies with Vicky. Today we had a [...]
This afternoon we made some paper rose bouquets with Vicky in the conservatory. We struggled [...]
We had an enjoyable time at our inter-generational toddler group (Little Acorns) this morning, with [...]
We had such a great time celebrating Win Oliver’s birthday today, with the help of [...]
Vicky set up two tables of valentines’ arts and crafts. One table was making heart [...]
We had a wonderful Lost Chord session in the Conservatory today with Terry on keyboard, [...]
Pamela was offered a ride on the tri-bike, Rhubarb, today and she immediately said, “Yes [...]
We had a very interactive Motion event this afternoon with Jess leading the session. She [...]
We had such an enjoyable Songbirds session. Everyone had a great time! We started with [...]
We had a much smaller Memory Cafe event due to a few of our volunteers [...]
We had a double celebration today for the birthdays of Connie and Trisha. Beki Austin [...]
