Motion

We had another exciting Motion session this afternoon with lots of residents sat in a [...]

Godly Play

Staff went round residents showing them items from the Godly Play box and this led [...]

Creative Moment

Some residents chose to take part in creative activities this morning.. Edith and Peggy helped [...]

Halloween Baking

We enjoyed a small group baking activity this morning making Rice Crispie Pumpkins. These were [...]

Pamper Time

Residents were pleased to have their hair done, manicures, nails painted, etc. this morning. All [...]

Lost Chord UK Bedside 1-2-1 at The Hallamshire

We were very pleased to have individual Lost Chord performances with three of our residents [...]

Forget Me Not Chorus

Some residents were sat in the main lounge and enjoyed watching and listening to the [...]

Gardening Club

Some chose to replant some of the “babies” from our “Mother of Thousands” plant in [...]

Howard Keel Moment

Residents chose to listen to a Howard Keel CD in the Conservatory this morning. The [...]

Halloween Decorating

Some residents chose to look through the Halloween decorations and activity ideas from last year [...]

Home from Home

Residents chose to help do a few “homely” activities throughout the day, ladies peeling and [...]

Flower Arranging

We had a fun flower arranging activity using fresh flowers and hand decorated jam jars. [...]

Motion 14.10.22

This afternoon we enjoyed another session of motion with Zeezy via portal tv , we [...]

Hobbies and past times 13.10.22

  This afternoon we had a chat about hobbies and pastimes that the residents had [...]

Memory Games 13.10.22

Today we chose to engage our brains in a few memory games. We started with [...]

Balloon tennis 12.10.22

We decided to have a game of balloon tennis this afternoon. This got competitive very [...]

Musical theatres 12.10.22

This morning we enjoyed a musical theatre session. We handed around old musical programmes and [...]

Golf in society 11.10.22

  11.10.2022 Today we had a golf session with Golf in society, we were shown [...]

Painting

Some residents chose to paint a sunset today on textured wallpaper. Great fun and a [...]

Dementia TV Channel

Residents were pleased to watch a new Dementia TV film about a school trip to [...]

Baking

We enjoyed a baking activity in the Green Lounge this morning whilst listening to some [...]

Motion

Residents enjoyed an in-person Motion experience with Zeezy this afternoon. A great way of working [...]

Church

Residents had a lively in-house church service using percussion instruments and the guitar. Great exercise [...]

Resident’s Choice

There were a lot of visits and outings with family this weekend which was very [...]

Percussion Singalong

Residents chose to have a percussion singalong session in the main lounge. We sang some [...]

Autumn Leaves

We had an enjoyable time creating an Autumn masterpiece using pressed and laminated leaves. Some [...]

Crucible Tea Dance

We had another wonderful time at the Crucible Tea Dance this afternoon. The room was [...]

Songbirds

Residents enjoyed another relaxing Songbirds session in the Conservatory this afternoon, using shakey eggs and [...]

Yoga

A large group of residents enjoyed today’s Yoga session with Sherry. This was her first [...]

Alphabet Game

Some residents enjoyed playing the very popular Alphabet Game this morning and both Marion and [...]

Motion

Residents had fun at this week’s Motion session with lots of us seated in a [...]

Art Appreciation

Residents enjoyed looking at three large cross stitch pictures of three ladies. It was hard [...]

1980’s Themed Party

Residents enjoyed a 1980’s themed party in the main lounge, celebrating the wonderful music of [...]

Hillsborough Park Outing

We enjoyed a Hillsborough Park tram outing on a bright, sunny day taking six residents [...]

Interactive Tablet

Some residents in the main lounge chose to look at different videos from the Dementia [...]

Book Sharing

Residents enjoyed a reminiscence activity, looking through picture books and focusing on memories of the [...]

Resident’s Choice

Over the weekend, residents chose to do all kinds of activities, including picking a musical [...]

Lavender Bags

Over the weekend, most of the residents chose to help make lavender bag for themselves, [...]

Dressing Up Fun

Residents enjoyed some dressing up fun using old scarves, men’s accessories, hats and costume jewellery. [...]

Cycling Without Age

  Residents were pleased to go on a cycle ride to the General Cemetery or [...]

Motion

We enjoyed another exciting Motion session with Zeezy via the portal TV. The lounge was [...]

1-1 Sessions

Some of our residents had 1-1 sessions throughout the day today.  Bert enjoyed helping cut [...]

Holy Communion Service

  Residents enjoyed a Holy Communion Service with visiting choir members (Jennifer and Francis) from [...]

Tea Tasting Session

  Residents enjoyed this sensory herbal tea tasting session this morning. We had jugs of [...]

Spontaneous Fun

Residents chose to have a fun afternoon together in the main lounge. Staff read out [...]

Book Sharing

Residents enjoyed looking through some of their favourite books this morning and sharing some of [...]

Motion

We had a lovely Motion exercise class with Zeezy in person. Lots of folk wanted [...]

Sewing

We continued with our apron embroidery project this morning and found this very relaxing. Staff [...]

Gents Afternoon

We had an enjoyable “Men Only” (apart from the female photographer) afternoon in the Green [...]

Guitar Singalong

Residents enjoyed a guitar singalong this morning using song sheets. Definite favourites being “Oh What [...]

Party Time

We had a superb joint Birthday celebration for Monica (90 today) and Colin (who will [...]

My Life TV

We have a new subscription to My Life TV (a dementia friendly TV channel) and [...]

Songbirds

We had another lively Songbirds session with our beautiful Yo and her gorgeous soprano voice. [...]

Rocky Road

A few residents chose to help staff make some Rocky Road this morning for a [...]

In-house Church Service

We had an enjoyable church service this morning with a select few as many of [...]

Our Queen

We spent a pleasant morning looking through our Royal Family memorabilia and talking about the [...]

Flower Arranging

Some of us spent a pleasant afternoon doing some dried flower arranging with grasses and [...]

Motion

We had another enjoyable Friday afternoon seated exercise class with Zeezy from Motion. Good to [...]

More apples, more pies

Some of our keen bakers were happy to help make apple pies this morning ready [...]

Crucible Tea Dance

Today we had our monthly outing to the Crucible Theatre for the tea dance. We [...]

Penny’s Birthday Party

Penny enjoyed her birthday party very much, as did the rest of the residents. What [...]

Photo Sharing

We had a lovely morning looking at old photos from the 1930’s, old movie stars, [...]

Memory Cafe

Residents enjoyed a lovely time in the Conservatory this morning having a special Memory Cafe [...]

Motion

Residents loved the Motion exercise class with Zeezy on the TV portal this afternoon. Lots [...]

Home from Home

We spent a lovely morning reminiscing about household chores whilst polishing brasses, matching up socks, [...]

Bridlington

We had a wonderful day out in Bridlington with two minibuses and two cars travelling [...]

Runner beans

Staff and Jenny’s grandchildren helped pick and water runner beans this afternoon. Folk in the [...]

In-house Church Services

We had two church services in the care home this morning. One in the Conservatory [...]

Memory Games

We spent an enjoyable morning playing memory games today in the main lounge. Lots of [...]

Motion

We enjoyed another exciting Motion chair exercise class this afternoon. The residents were very lively [...]

Cycling Without Age

We decided to have a longer journey to Endcliffe Park today with Carolyn as our [...]

1970’s Disco

We had a very lively “disco” in the main lounge over teatime and into the [...]

Jewellery Making

Some residents chose to do some jewellery making with wooden painted beads and were very [...]

Morning Entertainment

Folk enjoyed reminiscing about the Motion Sports Day, reading the Star newspaper article (A3 laminated) [...]

Janet’s Birthday Party

This afternoon Janet had a birthday party, we had Phil Lawrence come to sing some [...]

Motion

We had another excellent Motion exercise class with our friend Zeezy. Great to have so [...]

Doggy Visit

We invited our old friends (past volunteers) Rita and Betty over for a doggy morning. [...]

Alphabet Game

Residents were encouraged to take part in the famous “Alphabet Game” this morning in the [...]

Lost Chord 16.8.22

It was wonderful to have Suzi join us for some very interactive singalongs encouraged by [...]

Garden Conversations

Some residents chose to sit in the patio area this morning and started chatting about [...]

Baking Apple Pies

Quite a few residents were keen to get involved in our baking activity this morning. [...]

Garden Games and Visits 14.8.22

Following on from the church service, we were encouraged to play a few garden games [...]

Church in the Garden

We decided to have our weekly church service in the garden this morning to make [...]

Gardening Club

We changed the Gardening Club to the morning to try and avoid the excessively hot [...]

Motion

We had another enjoyable Motion exercise session with Zeezy leading via the TV portal. He [...]

Cycling Without Age 12.8.22

Peter our pilot was happy to make three trips around Botanical Gardens on a beautiful, [...]

Pictures to Share Books

We had a lovely morning looking at Pictures to Share books, singing, reciting proverbs and [...]

John’s Birthday Party 5.8.22

This afternoon John had his birthday party with Ralph singing (the chap who sang at [...]

Pictures to share books – 3.8.22

This afternoon, we got out the “Pictures to share” books. Some of us looked at [...]

Nature club – 3.8.22

This morning we had our monthly nature club. Last month we went for walks in [...]

Crucible tea dance – 2.8.22

Today we had our monthly trip to the Crucible tea dance. We started by eating [...]

Gardening Club

We held an impromptu Gardening Club this morning as the weather was so lovely and [...]

In-house Church Service – 31.7.22

We had a joyful Sunday morning service in the Conservatory today with lots of folk [...]

Motion Sports Day

Today we went to the English Institute of Sport for our annual sports day run [...]

How I see myself – 29.7.22

This morning Vicky got out the self-esteem sheets and went through them with our newest [...]

Motion – 29.7.22

This afternoon we had a session of Motion with Zeezy, via portal TV. Our helpers [...]

Cycling Without Age

We enjoyed another exciting Cycling Without Age session with cheerful Peter the pilot and Leonard, [...]

Cat therapy – 28.7.22

This afternoon we had a visit from Jasper and Cleo, our mechanical cat’s. We enjoyed [...]

Clay sculpting workshop – 28.7.22

This morning we had a clay sculpting workshop with our new friend Natalie. We made [...]

Norah and Leonard’s birthday party – 27.7.22

This afternoon we celebrated the birthdays of Leonard and Norah. Our original singer had to [...]