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We have been in production mode in November making some gorgeous Christmas Wreaths. We have some talented resident’s in the home and we think they have made an excellent job of creating these Wreaths.

We had a lovely day in November learning how to play the accordion.  The residents had such a chuckle trying to play this and the sounds were interesting.  We all took turns in trying to press the buttons and play along to some songs we knew.  It was much harder than it looked.

We celebrated Elf Day at Field view and took the opportunity to have our elves set up our Christmas trees in the home and outside of the home for the residents to enjoy.  We even had a wrapping competition where our elves wrapped up Christmas presents as quickly as they could.  We hope

Here at White Rose Lodge, we have adapted one of our regular weekly activities, to make it more “Resident centred” so that Residents have more control in decision making. The sing along session on Saturday was curated by Pat, and she chose a selection of songs from a list.

November's challenge was to enhance our dining experience in the home. We sat down with our residents and asked them about some of their most favourite dining experiences over the years and one theme which came out a few times was weddings our residents had attended.

Today was NAPA Parfait day. Parfait is a type of food that is eaten as a dessert. Parfaits are typically made of several layers of a few basic ingredients, like yogurt, fruit, and granola. We chose apple and yogurt with a biscuit crunch for our Parfait.

As part of resident dining experience we asked our residents what they would like to have as part of their dining experience and they chose a Christmas theme.

We have had a vintage seaside cafe experience at Corinthian House in November.

The residents had fish and chips, bread butter and tea, we played seaside themed tunes and the activities team were the waitresses for the day.

These delicious looking cup cakes were decorated by some of the people living with dementia here at Kingsbury Court.

Here at Abingdon Court we celebrated St Andrews day by taking the people who live with us on our much loved Armchair Travels, and as you guessed - this time to Scotland!

Back in late October you may have seen pictures of some of our residents making Christmas cakes and each week we have been feeding them brandy in the traditional fashion, in preparation for them to be iced.

We had a lovely day at Willowdene for Elf Day.

Rose Lodge Remembers....  Our fallen soldiers on the battlefield, the men who returned to their loved ones and the women folk left at home or working in the factories.  Rose Lodge always celebrates Remembrance Day, and this year was no different. 

We were delighted to celebrate Children in Need at the home in November and the residents had a lovely time hosting our inhouse coffee morning for residents and staff.

One of our wonderful residents, Dennis, designed, painted and planted these gorgeous pots for our home manager, Kelly, as a thank you. 

Dennis wants to make lots more to make the entrance to Astor beautiful for visitors to the home.