January 2022

What a lovely way to start a new year with some games and drawing pictures for our loved ones to wish everyone a Happy New Year.

So far we have enjoyed an Australian Themed party as our lovely Nicki is Australian. She made us a lovely Lamington Cake for us all to try. We had fun dressing up in the Aussie hat whilst Nicki was teaching us some traditional Aussie saying. As Nicki would say, ‘ we had a beaut arvo’.

One of our night girls brought her new puppy, Nalah in to see us all. We couldn’t resist a cuddle from the little bundle of fluff. She is welcome to pop in anytime to see us.

We enjoyed an afternoon of singing and dancing with ‘Peter Kneebone’ who sang some good old oldies. Of course, the wine and Baileys came out too.

November / December 2021

Well 2021 is nearly over. We celebrated a few birthdays in November by playing some old traditional games like pin the tail on the donkey and pass the parcel. It brought back lots of memories and we have a good old laugh, especially at where some of the tails were stuck on the donkey.

For Remembrance Day we coloured in some poppies - I must admit we have some very arty residents amongst us.

Our new interactive table arrived and we use it to play quizzes on, swipe away balloons and other various items to reveal other pictures underneath. It certainly is a very impressive table with plenty of ideas to choose from to suit everyone.

We had our Christmas Party on Saturday 4th December and played some lovely games of knock down the snowman, dressed up with silly mask props and had a good giggle. We made large marshmallow snowman - which we ate of course and had a sing and dance in the lounge.

Unfortunately COVID restricted us from having family members in, but we all enjoyed the party food, singing and dancing all together.

We are all looking forward to 2022 and hope that things will improve so more family can come in once again.

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE AND HAVE A GREAT NEW YEAR.

October 2021

We say hello to Sacha, our new Manager, who is settling in well and getting to know staff, residents and their families. Sacha has previously been a deputy manager of a large dementia home and becoming a manager of a small home was her ambition. Sacha is looking forward to meeting everyone in the home over the next few months.

We had a demonstration of an ‘Interactive Table’ which proved to be very popular with our residents, so one is being ordered and should be delivered in November. It works by projecting images and games onto a table, floor or over the bed table of any size. Residents can wave their hand over it to reveal pictures or tap on various things like splatting a paint ball. We can also upload individual photos, like old wedding photos or family phots that will reveal. We’re so excited to get and use the table. Keep an eye on the website photos as I’m sure we will have plenty of photos to upload.

We are already planning our Christmas party, which will be on 4th December this year. We hope to have a singer entertain us, but there will of course be party food, wine, singing and dancing.