Water Royd Care Home was decorated in flags and bunting to create a street party feel when everyone in the home gathered together to celebrate 70 years since the end of the Second World War in Europe.

Many of the people living in the home were able to share their own vivid memories of VE day with staff, including the many street parties there were held to celebrate the end of the war throughout the country.

Birthday celebrations were in full swing at River View Care Home recently when Eileen Atwell celebrated her 100th birthday.

On this very special day, care and activity team members joined together to ensure that this was a celebration to remember for Eileen and her family, as they decorated everywhere with balloons.

Our lovely sensory room on EMI is massively popular with our residents (pictures don't do it justice!) They love to sit and watch the lights while listening to soothing, relaxing music, sometimes even falling asleep!

At Brunel House we have spent time personalising some of the items we use daily such as tray tables and zimmer frames.  Our residents have chatted about their interests and then used this inspiration to personalise or "pimp their zimmer frames".

Research has shown that residents are able to more easily identify their own frame and it also helps to reduce the risk of falls.

Some of our residents are very creative and during a craft session we decided to personalise tray tables with positive images that bring happiness.

Here at Croft House we had a bit of a pamper day on nursing yesterday, most just wanted them filing but this one lovely lady wanted the full works! She chose this lovely pink and was over the moon with how pretty she felt and commented on what a lovely feeling it gave her. We all look forward to our next pamper session. 

We have recently recruited two new members to our team at Blenheim Care Centre, Garry, a five year old tortoise and Doogle who has been with us for a few months now. 

Doogle is a bit more forward than Garry and is a bit greedier, but they both bring us a lot of pleasure and we wouldn't be without them.

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One of fantastic residents Alan has been leading seated, gentle movement and stretch groups for our lovely residents at The Wharf.  Lilly, one of our carers has been integral in getting everyone together, in place comfortably and ready to start. It was truly amazing to see how fully everyone participated, and there were lots of smiles and cheers throughout. 

It was decided that at our next Craft Club, we would make memory boxes! We purchased some boxes online and then the residents began to decorate the outside of them. We added on some photos of the residents to the front of the boxes. 

Within each box residents added paintings, drawings, photos and significant memories from their own lives. Everyone loved it. 

One of our residents was keen to have a go at playing category snap. There are four categories and you need to match them to win. There are several other games you can use these cards for, for example name the pictures. This helps promote memories from the past and gives everyone a talking point about there lives and of course they really enjoy it.