Our stories

There is lots of work happening at Rosedale at the moment in the Lodge which is undergoing a huge refurbishment project to open April time. Our very handy maintenance man, Steve, has been such a huge help.

We are delighted to show you the start of our new project, Carson Gallery and making great progress finding new talent for embroidery, sketching and painting. We can't wait to show you the final product.

We have had some new additions in the field next to us at Field View and our residents have been popping out to see them and feeding the horses. We are so lucky to be surrounded by such lovely greenery at the home.

Our residents really enjoyed our fun OOMPH exercise session.

Pom poms add to the fun and getting everyone moving about is brilliant this has been a great introduction to our busy calendar and is very popular here at Troutbeck.

The team at Cedar Court love to get dressed up to entertain the people living at the home with their “Glee” style singing concerts. For Burns Night, they donned Scottish dress and produced an inspired program that featured a concert as well as some traditional Scottish refreshments.

On Sunday we made a lovely flower arrangement for one of the residents special Birthday, it turned out very nice.

Residents were given the choice to write a personal biography about their lives or choose a famous person. The laptops were out for use and some spent considerable time discovering the lives of their idols. Rock Hudson, Mother Teresa, Shirley Bassey and Roy Orbison to name a few.

Craft Club is a great way for our residents to meet together, catch up on conversations, and get creative. Preparing blue and white bunting in readiness for our Burns Night celebrations and choosing pictures of Scotland which were meaningful to us was so much fun.

Bowerfield House had such a wonderful day celebrating Burns Day. Robert Burns was a famous poet and we printed some of his most famous poems, it was lovely to read them.

A wonderful day of celebrations included personalised activity packs, where residents chose to make bunting or colouring thistles and flags and of course our residents were up dancing together, enjoying the vibrancy of Scottish music.

Happy New Year!

We had a special trip down memory lane with a residents interesting history in shoe design. She showed us all her fantastic art work and recalled so many stories from sketching in Milan to working in a local factory. She was so proud of her achievements and we were honoured to hear them.

As we celebrate National Cheese Lovers Day, we in Amber Court organised a wine and cheese tasting. Everyone enjoyed tasting the different types of cheese, crackers, dips, nuts, fruits and non-alcoholic wines. We also had fun socialising with each other while some staff is singing karaoke.

Bowerfield House had a great day celebrating National Cheese Day, we had 5 cheeses: French Brie, mature cheddar, red Leicester, wensleydale with cranberries and blue stilton.

On Sunday 9th January our residents watched a DVD of Norwich in the Sixties. Everyone said that they found this extremely enjoyable. It was enjoyed with a nice cup of tea .

Bowerfield House had a lovely day celebrating National Flower Day, we all enjoyed talking about our favourite flowers and we loved how nice the flowers smelt.

It's International Flowers Day, in line with this we organised flower arrangement sessions for the residents and staff. Since flower arranging helps us to boost the mood and happiness, it also promotes socialization and it helps reduce stress and anxiety for everyone.