Based in Catterick Garrison one of the largest army bases in the UK, Rosedale Nursing Home has a diverse community in place at the home from around the world.  Our residents love trying new food, so we all came together on Friday 31st January and celebrated with dishes across the world with a food tasting day.

The Bolton Arms in Redmire have started reaching out to people in the local community and invited two of our residents for a senior citizens lunch.   

Lovely time had by families and residents at Clarendon Court's Friday wine & cheese party. Plenty of food for everyone and lots of big smiles filled the room. 

Lately, we have been starting to focus on Chinese New Year and we have many more activities planned in the following week before the upcoming celebration. We started this week by making dragon decorations. Next week we have a lantern craft, we will have a pinata during our regular group exercise session and we will be having a special Chinese New Year bingo session since the bingo and bucks fizz was such a hit. This time we will have fortune cookies involved. It is going to be an exciting week! 

Our New Years celebration was a hit! To ring in the new year we had owls and a bird of prey brought in for all of the residents to enjoy. The owl trainer was fabulous and the entertainment session was not only extremely educational, but interactive. Everyone who wanted to could let the owls on their hand. Our bravest residents held chicken legs while an owl flew across the room to their hand. We will definitely be inviting the trainer back to learn more owl and bird of prey facts. 

The end of December and beginning of January have been jammed packed with fun activities inside and outside of the home.

Here at White Rose Lodge we have introduced a monthly Chit Chat Club to replace a Committee Meeting. This offers residents a space with an opportunity to talk and get to know each other without an agenda alongside refreshments of their choice. At the previous meeting we offered cheese and crackers as a resident had verbalised they would like more cheese variety. At the end of the meeting we asked residents if there was something they would like to eat on the next occasion we gather. It was a group decision that the residents would like chocolate eclairs.

In the beginning of January residents had a small gathering of thanks to celebrate Cassie the dogs life and all that she gave to the residents here at White Rose Lodge and other homes locally. The gathering consisted of hymns including ‘all things bright and beautiful’ alongside ‘morning has broken’. Reverend Maxine Waller spoke about giving thanks to God for providing us with these animals which give us unconditional love, comfort and Joy. Prayers were said for Cassie and to Jean for allowing us to have shared joyous experiences with Cassie.

People living at Bowerfield House celebrated National Pie Day on Thursday 23rd January. The event was supported and enjoyed by residents, staff and families sharing a meat pie made by the Chef at Bowerfield House. Families were invited to bring in a pie of their choice and join their families for lunch.

We celebrated 2020 in style with a New Year lunch.  We toasted to a happy and healthy New Year for us and our family and friends.