Active Mind Games and One on One

This evening we decided to play some Mind Games and of course our favourite was [...]

17
May
Manicures

This morning Sonia took the Manicures trolley out and while we were enjoying a film [...]

17
May
Arts and crafts

This afternoon Vicky and Katie helped us to make some hanging flower decorations together. They [...]

15
May
Interactive table

This morning Vicky got out the interactive table/Giant tablet, for us to use. Vicky went [...]

15
May
Motion

This afternoon we had a Motion Livestream session with Zeezy, using the Portal TV. Vicky [...]

14
May
Manicures

This morning Vicky went around, offering manicures. This included hand and nail cleansing, nail trimming, [...]

14
May
Cats Therapy

This evening Sonia took the Therapy cats out – Jasper and Cleo were the stars [...]

13
May
Photo Sharing

This morning Sonia organised a Photo Sharing session for us. Most of us had a [...]

13
May
Sand fun

This afternoon we had two sessions of sand fun. One with regular sand, in the [...]

12
May
Dress up fun

This morning we had some dress up fun with Vicky. Vicky got out the suitcase [...]

12
May
Bingo

This afternoon Vicky set up the dining room ready for Bingo. We had seven willing [...]

11
May
Making confectionary

This morning’s agenda was baking/confectionary making. Vicky wanted us to have a go at making [...]

11
May
Table top games

This afternoon Table top games were on the agenda. Vicky set up table tennis, air [...]

10
May
Sing along

This morning Vicky did two sing along sessions, one in the conservatory, and one in [...]

10
May
Film Afternoon

This evening we had a relaxing time watching a film which is dear to us [...]

09
May
Knitting and Plaiting

This morning Sonia organised a Knitting and Plaiting session for us and we had great [...]

09
May
VE Day party

This afternoon Anne Padget came to sing for us, and help us to celebrate VE [...]

08
May
Pampering

This morning Vicky asked if anyone would like some pampering. This included cleansing, moisturising, perfume, [...]

08
May
Pin the cigar on Winston Churchill

This morning Vicky played Pin the cigar on Winston Churchill with us, that she made [...]

08
May
Motion Livestream

This afternoon we had a Motion Livestream session with Zeezy, using the Portal TV. Vicky [...]

07
May
Icing cupcakes

This morning we helped to decorate some cupcakes ready for tomorrows V.E day party. Vicky [...]

07
May
Arts and Crafts – VE Day – 06.05.2021

This evening Sonia organised a session of Arts and Crafts for us with the theme [...]

06
May
Hallamshire Tattoo Parlour – 06.05.2021

This morning Sonia set up a tattoo parlour for us. The theme of the day [...]

06
May
Messages to friends and family –

This afternoon Vicky asked who would like to write a message to friends or family. [...]

05
May
Manicures

This morning Vicky went around, offering manicures. This included hand and nail cleansing, nail trimming, [...]

05
May
Fishing game

This afternoon Vicky got out the new fishing game. This is similar to the hook-a-duck [...]

04
May
Brain games

This morning Vicky did two sessions of brain games, one in the main lounge and [...]

04
May
Multi-sensory

Vicky has been trying to gather different multi-sensory things, over the last couple of weeks, [...]

02
May
In-house church

Today is International Dawn Chorus, so as soon as Vicky arrived at the care home [...]

02
May
Modelling clay and pairing socks

This afternoon Olive sat and paired up some brightly coloured socks, which she quite enjoyed. [...]

01
May
Resident’s meeting

Today is the 1st of the month, so Vicky hosted the residents meeting this morning. [...]

01
May
Motion – 30.04.2021

This afternoon we had a great Motion session led by Zeezy and assisted by Sonia, [...]

30
Apr
Manicures – 30.04.2021

This morning we had a manicures session in plan and a bit of one to [...]

30
Apr
Nature club

This morning in nature club we made some bird feeders with Vicky. She put on [...]

29
Apr
Bingo

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

28
Apr
Empathy doll

This morning Vicky and Imogen brought around, baby Sienna to see us. We took it [...]

28
Apr
Art class

This morning Vicky printed off some pictures from Google images, for us to use as [...]

27
Apr
Manicures

This morning Vicky went around the main lounge and dining area, offering manicures. This included [...]

27
Apr
Songbirds – 26.04.2021

This evening we enjoyed a Songbirds session led by Yo Tozer-Loft and assisted by Sonia [...]

26
Apr
Knitting and Plaiting – 26.04.2021

This morning Sonia organised a Knitting and Plaiting session for us and we had great [...]

26
Apr
Balloon tennis

This afternoon Vicky played a game of balloon tennis with us, in the main lounge. [...]

25
Apr
In-house Church

This morning Vicky did a little in-house church group in the conservatory. We were trying [...]

25
Apr
Memory Games – 24.04.2021

This evening we had a Memory Games activity in plan. The most popular game was [...]

24
Apr
Bingo – 24.04.2021

This morning Sonia organised a fun Bingo session for us. Some of us were tired [...]

24
Apr
Motion Livestream

This afternoon we had a Motion live stream with Zeezy. Zeezy led the exercise session [...]

23
Apr
St Georges Day

This morning We did various St Georges day activities. We started with a game called [...]

23
Apr
Confectionary

This afternoon we made lemon creams together with Vicky.  She did two sessions, one in [...]

22
Apr
Hallamshire Tattoo Parlour

This morning Vicky and Katie set up Hallamshire tattoo parlour. Katie was in her element, [...]

22
Apr
Manicures – 21.04.2021

This morning we had a Manicures session in plan. Sonia took the manicures trolley out [...]

21
Apr
Arts and crafts part 2

This afternoon we carried on with our St Georges Day project. We did the painting [...]

20
Apr
Music session

This afternoon Vicky had a music session with those that were in the main lounge. [...]

20
Apr
Table-top games

This morning I got out a variety of table top games and asked who would [...]

20
Apr
Fresh air and sunshine

This afternoon was glorious weather, so Vicky and Sara asked who would like to come [...]

19
Apr
Arts and crafts part 1

This morning we did some paper mache with Vicky. This is stage 1 of our [...]

19
Apr
Film afternoon and reminiscence

This afternoon whilst assisted visits were going on, some of us watched a musical called [...]

18
Apr
In-house church and Godly meditation

This morning Vicky led two small in-house church services, one in the conservatory, and one [...]

18
Apr
Watching Prince Philips funeral and making bunting for St Georges day

This afternoon we watched the funeral of Prince Philip. We didn’t manage the minutes silence, [...]

17
Apr
Sing along session followed by one-to-one time

This morning Vicky led a sing along session in the main lounge. We started with [...]

17
Apr
Fresh air and vitamin D

This morning Kirsty asked who would like to get some fresh and sunshine. A few [...]

16
Apr
Motion

This afternoon we had a Motion live stream with Zeezy. While we were waiting Vicky [...]

16
Apr
Hook-a-duck

This afternoon Vicky got out the Hook-a-duck game, and asked who would like to join [...]

14
Apr

This morning Vicky played some brain games and memory games with us, both in the [...]

13
Apr
Bingo

This afternoon Vicky played Bingo with us in the dining room. Everyone won at least [...]

12
Apr
Cat therapy

This morning during Cat therapy, Vicky brought Jasper and Cleo around to see us, and [...]

12
Apr
Sunday selection

Today we had a variety of things going on, with a few people choosing to [...]

11
Apr
Gardening, wildlife and plant pot painting

This morning many of us chose to watch tributes to the Duke of Edinburgh on [...]

10
Apr
Manicures

This afternoon those that were in the conservatory had manicures, whilst visits were going on. [...]

09
Apr
Motion

This morning we had a Motion live stream with Zeezy. We usually have this in [...]

09
Apr
Pampering

This afternoon Vicky was offering pampering, including face masks, cleansing, moisturising, make up, perfume/cologne, and [...]

07
Apr
Gwyneth’s birthday party

This afternoon Russ Weaver came to sing for us, and help us to celebrate Gwyneth’s [...]

06
Apr
Messages to our friends and family

This morning Vicky came around and asked us all if we would like to send [...]

06
Apr
Bingo

This afternoon Vicky played two sessions of Bingo. One game in the conservatory, and one [...]

05
Apr
Resident’s meeting

This morning Vicky did a residents meeting. Today was a general one, asking the following [...]

05
Apr
Easter Sunday

Today we had a full day of Easter activities. We watched the Easter Service from [...]

04
Apr
Easter eggs

This morning our kitchen manager Kirsty, went around, handing out chocolate eggs to everyone, before [...]

04
Apr
Sewing, weaving, threading – 03.04.2021

This evening Sonia organised a Sewing, weaving and threading activity for us. Our gentlemen refused [...]

03
Apr
Multi – sensory – 03.04.2021

This morning Sonia took out the multi-sensory box out with loads of poppers. Sonia came [...]

03
Apr
Motion

This afternoon we had a motion session. Zeezy led the session using the Portal TV. [...]

02
Apr
Manicures

This morning Vicky and Helen went around the main lounge and dining area, offering manicures. [...]

02
Apr
Interactive Table

This morning Vicky got out the interactive table and brought it round and let everyone [...]

01
Apr
Arts and crafts

This afternoon Vicky set up two arts and crafts session, one in the dining room, [...]

31
Mar
Pin the tail on the bunny

Vicky painted a canvas last week, and made a game for us called “Pin the [...]

31
Mar
Making Easter bonnets

This afternoon Vicky did Easter bonnet decorating with us. We had a session in the [...]

30
Mar
Easter Bingo – 30.03.2021

This morning Sonia organised a session of Easter Bingo for us. Very similar to normal [...]

30
Mar
Memory Games – 29.03.2021

This evening Sonia organised a Memory Games session for us. The most appealing game was [...]

29
Mar
Active Minds Books

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

29
Mar
Movie afternoon

This afternoon we watched movies in the main lounge, whilst an assisted visit was going [...]

28
Mar
Easter cards from St Marks

St Marks church kindly sent every resident an Easter card, and a card for the [...]

28
Mar
In-house church

Today is Palm Sunday so this was the theme for our in-house church services this [...]

28
Mar
Sing along session

This afternoon Vicky led two song sessions, one in the main lounge, and one in [...]

27
Mar
Baking

This morning we were scheduled for a baking session with Vicky. As it is only [...]

27
Mar
Motion livestream

This afternoon we had a motion session. Zeezy led the session using the Portal TV. [...]

26
Mar
Hook-a-duck

This morning Vicky got out the hook-a-duck game for us to play. We had lots [...]

26
Mar
Quiz Day – 25.03.2021

This evening we organised a Spring Quiz game. John, George, Stephen and Olive were happy [...]

25
Mar
Manicures

This morning Sonia took the manicures trolley out and offered to clean, cut and polish [...]

25
Mar
Decorating Easter egg baubles

In this afternoon’s arts and crafts session, Vicky showed us how to decorate some Easter [...]

23
Mar
Rabbit ring toss

This morning Vicky introduced us to a new game called Rabbit ring toss. Vicky bought [...]

23
Mar
Jigsaw Puzzles Day – 22.03.2021

This morning Sonia organised a Jigsaw Puzzles session for us. Not everyone was keen on [...]

22
Mar
Afternoon Film – 21.03.2021

This evening, after the lovely Sunday dinner, we put a film on. This week’s choice [...]

21
Mar
Therapy Cats – 21.03.2021

This morning Sonia took out the therapy cats – Jasper and Cleo – to bring [...]

21
Mar