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Nutrition and Hydration Week fun at Abbotsleigh Care Home
Our residents and staff at Abbotsleigh Care Home had a busy calendar of learning, teaching, making and tasting during Nutrition and Hydration Week! Thirsty Tuesday We made our own fruit juices and smoothies, using fresh fruit in our juice blender, squeezing fresh...
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Pet As Therapy dog Lola visits Woodstock Residential Care Home
Woodstock Residential Care Home residents and staff were very pleased to welcome two very friendly visitors on Wednesday 20 March - Pets As Therapy volunteer Davina and her gorgeous dog Lola. Pets As Therapy is a national charity founded in 1983 who enhance health...
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We welcome Phoebe and Thumper to Loose Valley Care Home
We are thrilled to announce the arrival of two baby bunnies here at Loose Valley Care Home. They were meant to be two girls, but on inspection one little girl was a little boy - so we had to revise our name choices! Our residents had a list of names to choose from and...
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Nutrition and Hydration Week continues in style at Loose Valley Care Home
We continued to embrace Nutrition and Hydration Week here at Loose Valley Care Home from Wednesday 12 to Sunday 17 March, when we had something different for our residents to try every day. Day Three Fruit smoothies and milkshakes were on the menu. Our residents...
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Residents enjoy art class with Jackie at Loose Valley Care Home
On Monday 18 March our volunteer Jackie came in to host an art class with three of our residents here at at Loose Valley Care Home, which they thoroughly enjoyed. Our ladies took great care with their drawings - one lady created a lovely illustration of a kingfisher...
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Author Sylvia Bryden-Stock visits Meyer House Care Home
Meyer House Care Home in Erith welcomed author Sylvia Bryden-Stock last week to talk about her two books which describe her and her husband’s dementia journey. A number of our Homes have had the pleasure of meeting Sylvia for a short talk and to receive signed copies...
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Feeling fruity at Lulworth House Residential Care Home
For Nutrition and Hydration Week (11-17 March) we ensured our residents got lots of lovely fresh fruit here at Lulworth House Residential Care Home. We prepared fresh fruit cocktails for our residents, which are always very popular. We also served fruit and herb tea,...
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Nutrition, hydration and red noses at Woodstock Residential Care Home
On Day Four of Nutrition and Hydration Week, our residents at Woodstock Residential Care Home loved tasting fresh rosemary, thyme and chive bread, which smelt delicious! We served a selection of different soups with is - pea and mint, carrot and coriander, and tomato...
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Lulworth House Residential Care Home residents enjoy St Patrick’s Day celebrations
At Lulworth House Residential Care Home we love a good celebration, so we were excited when St Patrick’s Day arrived! We hung St Patrick decorations in our lounge areas and kicked off the celebrations with a presentation on the history of this day. Our residents were...
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India Day and Nepalese Dancers at Lulworth House Residential Care Home
Here at Lulworth House Residential Care Home our resident Deputy Manager, who is from India, has been educating us on the Indian day of celebrations. We talked about North India and how their celebrations involve throwing a variety of coloured powders in the air to...
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Creative Mojo visit The Old Downs Residential Care Home for St Patricks Day crafts
We were excited to welcome Creative Mojo to The Old Downs Residential Care Home last week. Creative Mojo run all-inclusive craft experiences for the elderly, and specialise in working with people with dementia and also within wider community groups. They involved our...
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Nutrition and Hydration Week at The Old Downs Residential Care Home
We've really enjoyed Nutrition and Hydration Week here at The Old Downs Residential Care Home, with a range of activities based around keeping well hydrated and sampling great food. On Wednesday we hosted a tea party for our residents, when we served a delicious...
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