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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.

If there's one thing we can all agree on here at Abingdon Court, is that some of our most fond memories are taking holidays with our nearest and dearest - be that around the globe, or "staycation"-ing around the country!

Listen to us on Radio Berkshire this Thursday 2 December

Tune into the Radio Berkshire’s Drive Time programme from 4pm this Thursday 2nd December to hear more about our River View to Lapland

charity cycle challenge.

River View Care Home are holding their own challenge to cycle from Tilehurst to Santa’s Village in Lapland, all in support of The Alzheimer’s Society ‘Elf Day’ this Thursday 3rd December.

At Birch Heath Lodge one of our gentlemen has been sharing with all his matchstick models.  He has kindly donated many of his works to the home. When asked  he said he started making his models in his retirement-  he had seen an article in a magazine and liked the idea.

We spent the morning colouring in some lovely pictures today, we chose a colour by numbers activity which was a Christmas Gingerbread house and our residents really enjoyed colouring it in. We also had a good go at our Word searches which our residents liked and found very relaxing.

Clarendon Court are all ready to welcome our local community for carols, minced pies, mulled wine or hot chocolate in support of the Stapeley Christmas Lights Walking Trail. Chilly night so we'll all be wrapped up warm.