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This month we have also been celebrating the success of Jo Stokes, a member of our Support Team and a Trainee Nursing Associate, who has been selected to become an Ambassador for Health Education England!

One of our more artistic nurses, Lynn Bell, gave her colleagues a superhero-style boost by depicting them all in an amazing ‘caped-crusader’ gallery inspired by the collective spirit and superhuman effort seen from the team throughout the pandemic.

What a great time we had at Hope Green putting together Memory Boxes. As we spent time exploring things that were important to us, memories came flooding into our minds and conversations flowed too.

Our bank holiday theme was a French Fun Day, we had games and music dressing up for the part, and lots of cheese, wine and french fancy cakes.

The Ladies (Joan on the right and Christine on the left) at Amber Court has been very busy making the head dress before our Amber Court Fiesta event.

One of our residents, alongside the activity staff, has made a memory box. In the memory box contained items that Oliver felt was personal to him but also things that gave us an insight to Oliver's life and past.

The recipe books were out at Ashmead recently during a cake baking session when the people living at Ashmead joined the Activities team in baking cakes. All hygienic measures were practised and the past and present culinary skills of the residents concerned were clearly highlighted.

Patty, Chelsea, Jean and Owen enjoyed the party and loved the food drinks which was Malibu and pineapple juice and just pineapple juice. Everyone thought the party was fabulous.

We had an afternoon of 'Play Your Cards Right' wow, not as easy as you think, don't think the cards were kind to us today, but we had lots of fun and plenty of laughs along the way.

Today residents are enjoying a ‘Teddy Bear picnic’ complete with hand crafted teddy bears and a beautiful China tea set.

As we begin to transition from Summer into the Autumn months, another special occasion is upon us. It’s time to celebrate those who are often the unsung heroes of the team here at MMCG. So, Wednesday 1st September will be the very first Ancillary Day!

This afternoon’s activity was pizza tasting. We had a variety of flavours such as chorizo and anchovies, they were very tasty.

We celebrated Lillians 100th Birthday on the 13th August, she had family visiting and a lovely party with friends at Troutbeck.



 

We had the perfect weather to celebrate national picnic month. Last month we had the first of many mini picnics al fresco. Even in the shade it was scorching. Our residents enjoyed some light tapas and berry fizz.