Pinewood's residents, friends and family, and staff all came together on 22nd March to celebrate their 30th birthday. 

They celebrated in style with a buffet lunch, live entertainment and lots of decorations to make the day very special.

The care home's Lifestyle Coordinator Ioana Adler said: "We are so proud of the service we’ve provided to this community for three decades, and that we hope to continue offering the best possible care environment for many decades to come."

We happily welcomed Yellow Brick Theatre Company who performed their highly energetic and engaging performance ‘The Luck of the Irish’ 🍀 Including hits songs such as Molly Malone, The Wild Rover, and Its a Long Way to Tipperary, which had those living with us singing and dancing with great vigour!

 

We also reflected in our poetry club, reading poems by Irish poets, with strong Irish themes, which led to the creation of our own poem, ‘Ode to the Irish’.

 

Birthdays are important to us here at Abingdon Court, and this one is no exception…

 

Celebrating ✨101 years✨ we made this one extra special for this gentleman and his family. With our own Lifestyle team member, Katalin, singing for him, other team members gathered alongside his friends, neighbours, and family for a huge party 🥳

 

We are so pleased that we could bring people together and create new memories for this milestone occasion 💞

Ode to Mothers and Wonderful Women!

We are lucky to be in the presence of remarkable and inspiring women at Abingdon court. Some are mothers themselves, others have fond memories with their own mothers, whilst all have learnt and grown amongst female role models throughout their lives. This day was all about recognising this and showing our love and gratitude to the incredible ladies in our lives!

 

We celebrated a special birthday this month, one of the lovely ladies that lives with us turned 100.

We decorated the home for her so that she could celebrate in style. She had a wonderful party with her family and even received a special card from the King!

It is such a privilege to share such important celebrations with the people that live with us and their families. We always have a great time and put big smiles on everyone's faces.

Last week, we introduced More… Moments to our home!

 

Every day, our fantastic family of staff bend over backwards to create meaningful moments with those living here - this attitude is integral to creating a homely environment, of which we are very proud of here at Abingdon Court!

 

The people living with us at The Hawthorns had a special visit this week from some furry friends. 

Everyone living with us got to cuddle and feed the Guinea Pigs, especially as they visited everyone's rooms for people who may struggle to get out of bed.

The people that live with us had a great time with the animals, and very much look forward to them coming again. 

At Abingdon Court we unleashed our inner child with a ‘Big Musical Pass the Parcel’ organised by Veronica, one of the lovely ladies who lives with us.

 

It’s so important that those living here are involved in the development of the activities programme, making sure we are delivering the things that they want to see and do throughout the week.

Veronica loved putting together this activity with the help of the Lifestyle team, bringing everyone together. 

“Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus”

 

Happy St David’s Day from our clan to yours! We hope you celebrated in style like we did.

The people living with us enjoyed a tasty Welsh dinner -homemade Welsh Rarebit and delicious Welsh cakes.

Everyone had a fantastic day.

We’re kicking off St David’s Day in the best way we know how - getting the Welsh Cakes on the griddle!

 

From Aberystwyth to Caerphilly, down to Pernath, and back up to Colwyn Bay — many of those that live with us have proud Welsh heritage, and these cakes were a staple in their family homes.

 

Putting all our heads together, we managed to pull off a successful batch of cakes, ready for our party this afternoon. We got the seal of approval, although no one can do it quite like mother!