Snapchat fun

This morning Vicky went around and introduces some of our residents to Snapchap, and had [...]

27
May
Spending time in the garden

As the weather was so lovely, Helen asked residents if they would like to spend [...]

25
May
Hymns, prayers and sharing.

Helen gathered those that wanted to, around the dining room table for a Sunday hymns, [...]

24
May
Jenny’s Birthday party

This afternoon we had Russ Elliot come and sing for us, to help us to [...]

23
May
Pampering

This morning Vicky came around with the pampering trolley and offered face cleansing, perfume, hair [...]

23
May
Manicures

Today Vicky went around asking who would like a manicure. The options were hand washing, [...]

22
May
Karaoke sing along

This afternoon Deborah put the karaoke on and we had a mixture of sixties and [...]

21
May
Fresh air in the garden

It was a beautiful morning so Helen asked who would like to sit in the [...]

21
May
Aqua painting

This morning Vicky got out the Aqua Paint mats and set them up with water [...]

20
May
Sewing

This morning Vicky got out some squares of Aida fabric, wool and plastic sewing needles. [...]

20
May
Doll Therapy

This morning Vicky brought baby Sienna to see us. We enjoyed having cuddles, reminiscing about [...]

20
May
Music and percussion session

This afternoon Helen got the bag of percussion out and everyone who wanted to chose [...]

19
May
Proverbs and the alphabet game

Helen got some memory games out this morning and we started with the proverb game [...]

19
May
Decorating cupcakes

This afternoon Vicky got out the cupcakes that we baked yesterday, so that we could [...]

17
May
Lost Chord

We sometimes have a visit from the musicians from the Lost Chord charity but as [...]

16
May
Residents choice

This afternoon we had an unstructured afternoon called Residents Choice. Some of us went for [...]

16
May
Baking

This morning we baked some cupcakes with Vicky. We all had a turn at adding [...]

16
May
Signing Birthday cards

This morning Vicky came around encouraging us to sign Jenny’s birthday card. If we couldn’t [...]

16
May
Friday film afternoon

This afternoon Helen put the original version of Black Beauty on  and this seemed to [...]

15
May
Manicures and hand massage

This morning Helen went round offering manicures to residents and used this as an opportunity [...]

15
May
Books sharing

This morning Vicky got out the Dementia friendly books and handed them around. Some residents [...]

14
May
Cat therapy

Thank you to Glenn and Rosey Somerset who have sent us a card and two [...]

14
May
Fun and games in the main lounge

This afternoon Vicky got out the “Trolley of fun” and put on some jolly Irish [...]

13
May
Memory games

This morning Vicky played the category game and finish the proverbs game with us in [...]

13
May
Photo sharing, reminiscing and dancing

Helen asked residents if they would like to share some of their photographs with other [...]

12
May
Letter writing

Residents have received so many nice cards and letters from family and friends so this [...]

12
May
One to ones

This morning Helen spent some quality time with those residents who were in their rooms [...]

11
May
Painting

This afternoon Helen got out the simple painting, where residents just need to paint the [...]

11
May
Chair exercise, balloons and dancing

This morning Helen led some chair exercise in the lounge. We started with some quiet [...]

11
May
Table games

It was a bit chilly for walks in the garden as planned so as everyone [...]

10
May
Hymns, prayers and sharing

This morning, Helen asked residents if they would like be part of the hymns, prayers [...]

10
May
Toss the teabag

This afternoon Vicky made a game of toss the tea bags in the dining room. [...]

09
May
Karaoke

This morning Vicky got out the karaoke machine. Everyone was sleepy so we had some [...]

09
May
75th anniversary V.E Day celebrations

This afternoon Annie helped us to celebrate the 75th Anniversary of V.E Day by singing [...]

08
May
Lunch in the garden

Because it was V.E Day and the weather was beautiful we had the option of [...]

08
May
Pin the cigar on Winston Churchill

Vicky made a game for us to play. It was a spin on pin the [...]

08
May
Photo booth

Vicky made a union jack photo booth and went round taking photos of those who [...]

08
May
Pampering

This morning Vicky went around offering, make overs, perfume and jewellery. Some residents declined, some [...]

08
May
Dominoes

This afternoon Debra played dominoes in the dining room. Olga, Mary and Pam played the [...]

07
May
Manicures

This afternoon Vicky went round offering manicures, including hand and nail cleansing, clipping, filing, painting [...]

07
May
Thank you, Matthew Laurie!

This morning Matthew Laurie (Roy’s son) kindly came and played his Ukulele and Penny whistle [...]

07
May
Bingo

This morning Vicky set up the Bingo game for us in the dining room. We [...]

06
May
Thank you to Westfield School children and Rachel Dixon!

We were sent a wonderful package from Rachel Dixon that the children of Westfield school [...]

06
May
Gardening group

This afternoon, those residents who wanted to helped to plant seeds that have been donated [...]

05
May
Ball and hoop games

This morning we got the table tennis out as well as an array of ball [...]

05
May
Book sharing

This afternoon we got the lovely picture books out to share but most people preferred [...]

04
May
Memory games

This morning Helen played the ever popular alphabet game with residents and a lot of [...]

04
May
Piano session

This after Margaret and Mildred had a tinkle on the piano. Margaret and Vicky spontaneously [...]

03
May
Biscuit decorating

This afternoon we decorated biscuits together with icing pens. Vicky is going to bring in [...]

03
May
Inhouse church service

This morning Vicky lead us in a small church service in the main lounge. Vicky [...]

03
May
Card making

Rather than buying birthday cards we decided to try making our own using pictures cut [...]

02
May
Nature session

Today Helen brought in some bits that she has collected such as feathers, cones and [...]

02
May
Pictures to Share Books

Tracy brought out our library of Pictures to Share books for residents to look at, [...]

01
May
Farewell Tracy

Today we said goodbye to Tracy, one of our Activities co-ordinators. Tracy has been given [...]

01
May
Doll therapy

This morning Vicky brought baby Sienna to see us. We enjoyed having cuddles, reminiscing about [...]

30
Apr
Messages home

This afternoon Vicky went around the care home, explaining that we can’t have any visitors [...]

29
Apr
Happy Birthday Vicky

We celebrated Vicky’s birthday today with a lemon cake that was lovingly made by Mary, [...]

29
Apr
Flower Arranging

We had fun doing some flower arranging in the main lounge this morning, as a [...]

29
Apr
Guitar Sing-a-long

Tracy asked what activity the residents would like this morning and Susan said a guitar [...]

29
Apr
Mail, presents and photos

Elsie, Nicole, Margaret S and Mildred all received mail today which they enjoyed opening and [...]

28
Apr
Alphabet game and proverbs.

This afternoon we had a good session of playing the alphabet game, thinking of things [...]

28
Apr
Sing along with percussion.

This morning Helen got the percussion and the song sheets out and we had a [...]

28
Apr
Card Scrabble

Pam C, Susan, Jenny and Nicole chose to play with the Scrabble cards this afternoon. [...]

27
Apr
Costume jewellery

Olga, Susan, Jenny and Nicole all enjoyed looking at and trying on costume jewellery this [...]

27
Apr
Baking

Anne, Margaret P, Mary and Pam C all chose to help make Vicky’s birthday cake, [...]

27
Apr
Making bird feeders

This afternoon Vicky sat with us and showed us how to make simple bird feeders. [...]

26
Apr
Thank you

All the staff would like to express their heartfelt thanks for all the wonderful gifts, [...]

26
Apr
In-house Church Service

We had a full room for our in-house church service today. Tracy led on the [...]

26
Apr
Freash Air

This morning Vicky and Tracy took Anne, Marjory, Janet and Deborah for a stroll around [...]

26
Apr
Card from Caroline

Caroline Cook sent us an Easter Card she had made, sending her best wishes to [...]

25
Apr
In the Garden

Margaret S, Lois and Win all chose to sit out in the garden this afternoon. [...]

25
Apr
Fun in the sun

This afternoon Vicky set up the garden with lots of fun activities, asked who would [...]

24
Apr
Phil’s birthday

It was Phil’s birthday on Wednesday, which happened to fall on his day off. He [...]

24
Apr
Bingo

This morning Vicky got out the Bingo game and asked who would like to join [...]

24
Apr
one to one time

Today Helen spent some time with some individual residents either just chatting and being with [...]

24
Apr
Scrabble

A few of us played Scrabble this morning and nearly everyone was on the ball [...]

24
Apr
Guitar sing-a-long

We had a very enjoyable guitar sing-a-long time this afternoon. Jenny, Olga and Susan all [...]

22
Apr
Dominoes

Some of us enjoyed a few games of dominoes this afternoon. Mary won 3 games [...]

22
Apr
Post

We received some post again today – a letter for Mary, card for Elsie and [...]

22
Apr
Balloon Fun

Tracy went round everyone this morning with a purple balloon. Many were keen to hit [...]

22
Apr
Gardening group

This afternoon we planted a variety of seeds in the containers that we decorated last [...]

21
Apr
Walks in the garden and smelling apple blossom

It was a lovely sunny day though quite windy and a few people chose to [...]

21
Apr
Celebrating Tracy’s birthday.

Today was Tracy’s birthday so at morning teatime we celebrated by singing Happy Birthday and [...]

20
Apr
Decorating plant pots

We finished decorating the plant pots ready for planting seeds in tomorrow. This time we [...]

20
Apr
Karaoke Party

We had another wonderful karaoke time in the main lounge today. Norah, Elsie, Jenny and [...]

20
Apr
Amy’s Card

We received a card today, hand delivered to the front door. It was from a [...]

20
Apr
Racing Grannies

Tracy brought in two wind up Racing Grannies. Brought a smile to many faces today. [...]

20
Apr
Hymns, prayers and inspiration

This morning Helen led the hymns, prayers and inspiration session in the main lounge where [...]

19
Apr
Painting and looking at photos.

I got the easy painting pictures out and a few people enjoyed relaxing after dinner [...]

18
Apr
Chair exercise, balloon play and hoopla.

Helen led some residents through some chair exercise including gentle stretching and some exercises for [...]

18
Apr
Scott’s Birthday

We all sang “Happy Birthday” to Scott (his birthday being yesterday) as we gave him [...]

17
Apr
Jigsaws

Pam, Norah, Margaret P, Mary and Nicole all enjoyed completing some individual or group jigsaws. [...]

17
Apr
Diamond Club Fun and Games

We had fun playing small group games of the Alphabet Game (Helen with Mary, Nicole, [...]

17
Apr
Garden Beach Day 2

We made the most of the glorious weather for a second day running and ventured [...]

16
Apr
Baking

Pam, Mary, Margaret Pashley and Mildred chose to be involved in the baking activity in [...]

16
Apr
Garden Beach Day

Tracy set up a paddling pool full of sand and various outdoor games to help [...]

15
Apr
Bingo

We had an enjoyable game of bingo in the main lounge this morning, with Mary, [...]

15
Apr
Pictures to Share Books

This afternoon Helen gave out some picture books to share, though most people looked at [...]

14
Apr
Communication

Helen asked residents if they would like to write a letter to their family or [...]

14
Apr
Memory Cafe

We had a fun time of reminiscence during the Hallamshire Memory Cafe event this morning. [...]

13
Apr