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Our care team are here to make sure that making the move is as easy as possible for you and your loved one. If you still need reassurance, here are some stories from our residents, their families and our care team.

Easter arrived at the home and for Easter Sunday during arts and crafts in the upcoming week our residents created Easter bonnets to wear on Easter Sunday.  We think they did a terrific job of them.

Earsdon's Easter Bonnets
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The Croft bar opened in April and we were delighted when  a friend of the home, Mark, came into the home with a wonderful new sign for the bar he had created.  Mark said “it was for a great cause and he wanted to help”. Thank you so much Mark.

The Croft Bar
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Joy and Jade have been putting their Oomph exercises into practice today with our residents on Oak. They played 60’s and 70’s music starting off gently before finishing with a bit of Tina Turner.

Oomph Exercise
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We are delighted to share with you our Decision Tree which our Dementia Ambassador, Meghan at Corinthian House has created.



The decision tree enables our residents, families and friends in the decisions that we make about the home.

Decision Tree
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A massive thank you to these lovely ladies Annette and Natalie from the local Sainsburys supermarket for their donation of eggs for our lovely residents at Belmont in April.  They were delighted to receive the Easter Eggs and appreciated being thought of by the local community.

Easter Egg Donation
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In April we celebrated the Queen’s 96th birthday at Belmont House. We had a huge party at the home with flags, birthday cake and some music whilst we reminisced about our memories of the Queen, the family weddings and street parties and where the sad goodbye of Prince Phillip.

The Queens Birthday Celebrations
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Over Easter we made some Easter bonnets at Astor Court and each resident decided on the design they wanted to create and then made the bonnet by using the supplies we had in house. We think they did a terrific job.

Easter Bonnet Creations
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Our chef Christine took some time out to help our lifestyle Coordinator and residents to make a fruit cake, we made enough mixture for cupcakes and a huge sponge. There was lots of involvement from our residents and staff, lots of laughs and flour everywhere.

Easter Cake at Astor
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We are really making the most of all of the different activities on our interactive table, as there really is something for everyone to enjoy.

Interactive Table Fun
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He is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, having sold an estimated 150 million records worldwide and many of the people living with us Monread Lodge enjoyed spending time remembering this legendary singer.

Celebrating Frank Sinatra
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Tea parties were enjoyed by everyone for the Queens birthday. Residents enjoyed singing the national anthem and waving their flags proudly.

Queens Party at Manorhey
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In observation of the International Tea Day, we went to the famous Blackpool Tower. Three of our residents spent their afternoon on the Ballroom Hall. Good old days were reminisced when the dancers swayed on the dance floor.

Afternoon Tea at Blackpool Tower Ballroom Hall
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One of our residents enjoyed a trip to St Clements Church in Urmston for Sunday Mass. Her religion is very important to her and we think it is good for people to be able to keep their interests and hobbies.

Church Visit
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We had a lovely time celebrating the Queens birthday in the sunshine, our residents enjoyed ice cream treats with music and games.

Queen's Birthday Celebrations
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Our lovely ladies arranging spring time sprays to brighten up our dining experience.

Flower Arranging
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During last week the residents enjoyed a morning of pampering.

Pamper Morning
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Yesterday we did some planting of seeds for the residents to watch grow.

Potting Seeds
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The residents joined the baking club this morning and prepared a delicious chocolate Mousse.

Baking Club
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The lovely Tia volunteered to bring our residents some cheer and stress relief. She spent the day and she loved visiting as much as our residents loved spending time with her. Everyone was sorry to see her go but she will be back tail wagging to spread her own brand of happiness very soon!

Pet Therapy
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We are so excited at Clarendon Court that at long last we can welcome families in for our first post Covid Residents/Relatives meeting. We are all ready to welcome everyone with cake and wine. Here's to the first of many get togethers!

Resident / Relative Meetings
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To celebrate Shakespeare day we made our very own ruff's. Here is one beautifully modelled by our very own Enid

Shakespeare Day
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Sylvia and Owen enjoyed playing draughts this afternoon, it brought back lovely memories of their families and home life

Draughts and Happy Memories
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We had a lovely afternoon sat in the garden with our residents whilst we were enjoying the fresh air and warm weather

Enjoying The Warm Weather
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This week in Cedar Court we had a donation of some flowers and the residents took part in a flower arranging activity.  The residents who took part created some wonderful floral displays to take back to their rooms and enjoyed the creativity of the activity.

Flower Arranging
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Last week we celebrated both the Queens 96th Birthday and St Georges Day at Cedar Court with entertainment in the garden with Lauren from Mack Entertainment.  We were graced with beautiful sunshine and enjoyed birthday cake whilst Lauren entertained us with

Queens 96th Birthday and St George's Day
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The Ashmead residents received a treat from an entertainer on Friday 22nd April. They enjoyed songs dating from the 50’s through to the 80’s, with the entertainer dressing to match the era of his songs. 

Singing at Ashmead
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The talented chefs that work at Water Royd Care Home couldnt wait to show off their skills by creating a variety of different cakes and desserts for the all the people at our home to try.  Not only did these look good, they tasted incredible too.

Easter Cakes at Water Royd Care Home
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Our lovely residents enjoyed some live entertainment outside in the sunshine with a talented couple who put on and outstanding performance. They sang a large range of different song choices for the people living with us, which was really enjoyed.

Singing outside at Water Royd Care Home
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Allan received his trophy today on behalf of Howgate House.

Residents, colleagues and managers alike couldn't be prouder.

Looking forward to the next competition. Well done Allan, well deserved!

Well Done Allan
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We had a very special first visit from Chip the Therapy Dog and his owner this week and it was a great success with residents who were delighted to spend some time with him. It created a real 'buzz' along the corridors as Chip explored the home and sought out new faces to meet.

Pet Therapy is a great success at Hope Green!
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Our Wednesday bingo session was a real hit with everyone, we had lots of the people living with us join in the friendly competition, which everyone really enjoyed.

House!
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We would like to wish her Majesty a very Happy and Healthy Birthday.

Thank you for your continuous support and for looking over us.

We will all celebrate this day with you also.

Happy Birthday Your Majesty
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Staff from Pinewood visited the children and staff on Robin Ward at Jersey Hospital to donate a selection of Easter eggs

Special Easter Delivery at Jersey Hospital
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Many of the people living with us at Pinewood showed off their great creativity for our recent East Bonnet competition.

Easter Bonnett Parade
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The meaning of being a mother is virtually endless. A mother is a protector, disciplinarian, and friend. A mother is a selfless and often makes many sacrifices for the wants and needs of her children.

Celebrating Mother's Everywhere
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We hope that you all had a wonderful Easter weekend

Easter Celebrations at Wyndham Hall
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Congratulations to Angie for winning The Westbourne's Easter raffle prize.

Easter Raffle Prize Winner
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Our sweet shop was open for business

Manorhey's Sweet Shop
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These adorable kids came to our home to help us in distributing the Easter eggs for all the residents of Amber Court. They bring such joy to everyone, especially to our lovely residents. They also received chocolates from our residents. Happy Easter everyone!

Amber Court's Easter Helpers
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As part of our garden party we had an original Daily Mail copy of the coronation from 1953 and also a copy of the illustrated London news which contains amazing pictures from the Queens life.

Daily Mail From 1953
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We celebrated the Queens birthday by Planting a tree for the Queens Green Canopy initiative, created to mark Her Majesty's Platinum jubilee which invites people from across the nation to plant a tree for the jubilee, we chose a flowering Cherry.

Queen's Birthday Celebrations at Troutbeck
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Clarendon Court are over the moon to have won the Regional Easter Decoration Competition! There was lots of team work by staff and the residents to produce this beautiful Easter Wreath. Well done Clarendon Court!

Clarendon Court Won!
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Alexandra court certainly made a lovely Easter display for residents, families and staff to enjoy. We had lots of lovely comments from visitors!

Well done Alexandra Court who are the runner up in the regional Easter decoration competition.

Alexandra Court's Easter Display
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We celebrated The Queen's 96th birthday with tea and cream and jam scones followed by a great sing a long!

The Queens Birthday Celebrations
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Our beautiful pansies getting ready for our summer bloom

Summer Bloom
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Music and movement, a walk in the garden and a game of skittles.

Activities at The Westbourne
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Everyone love Queens Elizabeth, so in celebration of the Queen's Birthday we did a tea party, with delicious treats cooked by our kitchen team.

Manorhey Celebrates The Queens Birthday
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Residents and staff were delighted when Roger the Rabbit showed at Ashmead bearing Easter treats including daffodils, Easter eggs and chocolate bars.

Easter at Ashmead
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We made the most of the sunny weather today and enjoyed some activities outdoors as well as enjoying our lunch there too.

Planting at The Belvedere
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The Belvedere baking club met again this week and we were joined by Doreen, Gillian and Annette. We found baking is an activity that allows our residents to focus on the task at hand as well as encouraging conversation and wanting to spend time in a group.

Baking Club
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