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We love to keep active at Hope Green and Balloon Tennis is one of our favourite games to enjoy together. With music on in the background too we find ourselves singing whilst playing.

Parkview House promoted World Hand Hygiene Day recently with the people who live and work at the home.

With International Nurses Day falling in the same week as Mental Health Awareness Week, we have everyone's mental health in our hearts. We have touched base with everyone to ask 'How are you?'. We also handed out lots of little sweet treats to remind everyone - 'YOU ARE NOT ALONE'.

We have another great artist among our residents - Hilda (also known as Babs) often draws in her room and recently her friend delivered some of her paintings to her that she has done over the years. I think you will agree she is amazing! We will proudly display her paintings around the home.

We had a pamper nail day here at Clarendon Court. It went down well, everybody loves a pamper. 

Lovely one to one time with our residents. We invited residents to come along to our salon where they can have a pamper treat and some fizz. We did some nail trimming and filing with a fresh coat of nail polish and even did hot towel shaves which was thoroughly enjoyed by the men.

As action for Brain Injury Week comes to an end residents and staff here at Bowerfield Court have donned their daftest hats to help raise awareness for those people whose lives have been affected by brain injury. 

This afternoon our residents have taken a step back in time reminiscing about their childhood trips to the sweet shop. It was very interesting to hear about the war time rations and learn about their favourite sweets whilst sampling new ones. 

The residents enjoyed making salt dough today. The activity aids with flexibility in the hands and eases joint pain in the fingers. The ladies loved the activity. 

We celebrated the Queen's birthday in style at the home with a royal quiz and afternoon tea. We enjoyed homemade cakes made by our chef and fresh cream cakes all which were yummy. We can't wait for the Queen's second birthday, Trooping the Colour in June. 

We had a lovely morning of crafts this morning. The wonderful books were donated by Funnybones Books, which is a company run by one of our residents daughters. She held a fundraising event and purchased the books to donate to the home. Thank you so much, we all loved them.  

Every Wednesday at Parksprings is Tai Chi with Morag on zoom, gentle exercises which can make a difference. Morag demonstrates the moves with gentle music and then the residents copy the moves.

We received a very kind donation from Poundland in Catterick for staff and residents when we were shopping in May. We can't thank you enough for thinking of us and for all your support during the pandemic. We will be sure to enjoy all our treats with a cuppa in the home. 

We had a lovely morning on May the 5th hosting "Time For A Cuppa". Our staff and residents held a fundraiser for Dementia UK, to ensure more families effected by dementia can receive the help and support from Admiral Nurses.