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The children of Acorn Day Nursery are a close community link for Kents Hill Care Home during 'normal' times; joining us for sports days, various activities and having a visit from Santa within the home.  We were very excited that we were able to arrange a Halloween Spider hunt for the childr

We had a great time for Halloween, and how great do the decorations look! We listened to some spooky songs, played some Halloween picture bingo and took some silly selfies! We all had a lot of fun and can't wait until next year! 

We had a wonderful morning doing our arm chair exercises at Rose Lodge and even took a little video of us having a bit of fun doing the YMCA dance with  Diane, one of our activity coordinators and one of our care staff, Leanne.  Imagine how delighted we were to hear that over 8,000

We feel like lockdown has created some master bakers at Barnes Court.  

We had a try at making our own flower arrangements at the home in October to brighten up the home with Autumn themes.  We used blocks of oasis to hold the flowers in place in a vase and then added roses and greenery to the display.  We were really happy with the results and Stacey, our

We are firm believers that charity begins at home and at Field View this is the ethos we live by.  On 23rd October residents and staff dressed in pink and donated money to Breast Cancer Awareness and raised £200 for charity.  The residents had a lovely day wearing pink and enjoying pink

We had lots of Birthdays at Earsdon in October including Millie who is celebrating her 88th birthday with plenty of cake with her friends in the home.

Meet Joe McKee our new Head Chef at Belmont House. Since gaining his promotion on 12th October he has been keen to create a new menu with input from the residents.

We had a fun time at Belmont House on 25th September for the Macmillan Worlds Biggest Coffee morning and raised £105.50 for Macmillan Cancer Research this year.  We had a chocolate hamper, some raffles and enjoyed cake and tea.

The residents at The Belvedere had a great day celebrating Halloween. We had a good laugh dressing up, painting pumpkins and decorating cupcakes. The residents finished the day off enjoying their decorated cupcakes with a cup of coffee and a movie. 

We had fun making and displaying our Halloween goodies. On each floor the display was different but effective, along with a Halloween karaoke, and finding scary movies to watch...spooky time!

Staff at Croft House Care Home got dressed up for Halloween. The residents loved seeing all the outfits and it filled the home with laughter and good smiles. 

We had so much fun at our Halloween Party. The residents made their own face mask which they wore with pride. They also made cobweb cupcakes which everyone thoroughly enjoyed. We danced along to Monster Mash and enjoyed party games and a buffet. We all had a spooktacular time!

A wonderful morning of activities at The Westbourne as residents enjoyed spending time together. Music, therapy dolls and lots of smiles and conversation made this morning of friendship and fun for everyone. 

We had a lot of fun at Rose Lodge Care Home in Newton Aycliffe for Halloween with residents and staff getting dressed up, a buffet of fabulous Halloween cakes and our very own version of Time Warp.

We held a Wear It Pink day to raise money for breast cancer. All of the residents and staff wore pink clothes and pink ribbons and enjoyed music, cake, sweets, treats and dancing. 

Many of our residents here at Cavendish Court have missed the little joys in life during the past several months, where even the option to go for a drink at the local pub had become a distant memory.

At Heeley Bank our residents and staff baked their heart out and had a lovely time at the Macmillan coffee morning. 

At Heeley Bank our residents made their own home made pizzas which everyone really enjoyed.