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The residents of Clarendon Court have been busily decorating their own baubles to hang on our outdoor tree. Nearly ready now to join in with the Stapeley Christmas Lights Walking Trail.

We had a great reminiscing talk today. The residents were shown some photos of appliances from the past and were asked to identify them. Some were easier than others and after some deliberation they managed to answer them all correctly. How many can you guess correctly?

Everyone in Amber Court is very excited for Christmas day, that’s why we made a beautiful wreath which was decorated by our lovely residents and staff. Look how lovely it is!

International Men's Day was celebrated at Hope Green with bird watching, new books of interest, music and craft. It was great to see everyone enjoying spending time together and creating a display for the lounge too.

Halloween at Kings Court was a fantastic day, made even more enjoyable by all the people working at the care home dressing up and really getting into the spirit of things.

We are getting in the Christmas spirit at The Hawthorns.

In our home we had many activities to remember and honour the memory of those who served, are currently serving and those we have lost.

'Lest We Forget'.

A taste testing session this morning for National Bread Day. It went down well with all!

Two of the favourite events we enjoy at Brunel is the evening pub quiz. Lots of people who live at Brunel like to participate and all enjoy a social chat over a drink once the quiz ended.

For this years Armistice Day everyone at Birch Heath Lodge participated in two minutes silence to pay respect for all those who served in the armed forces.

It was a touching moment to see everyone come together and show their admiration and support.

Our lovely residents enjoyed our get fit exercise in the afternoon, this included full body exercises with Pom Poms. This activity was really enjoyed, one lady quoted “we needed this” after the exercises they enjoyed a nice cup of tea.

Our residents loved designing our remembrance day displays, they knitted poppies for the display in reception and coloured and cut out the poppies for our main display in the residents lounge.

Today a group of residents made some dough sculptures. They added scents to them to engage the senses and added parts of leaves and plants to decorate them and to make a link to nature at a time of year when it’s not so easy to get outside.