Our residents enjoyed bingo last week and finished the afternoon off with a couple of games of charades.

Our lovely residents spent their morning having a nice cup of tea while having some fun with the animal shaped sewing boards.

The lovely Bluebirds came into the home to sing for us, the residents were so pleased to see them in the home and they all enjoyed their performances, the alcohol went down very well! 

We had an afternoon of Valentine's crafts, we painted small terracotta pots and decorated them. The residents who joined in really enjoyed the activity, they said it was very therapeutic and looked lovely on the dinning room tables.

We had a great day playing games, snakes and ladders, brick tower, tiddlywinks plus more. Our residents enjoyed all the different games played.

This afternoon we had a relaxing mindful jigsaw puzzle session, we did this in a very small group in a quiet area. It is a simple but effective activity that allows the brain to focus. It is also a great way to work together and bond as a group.

At Hope Green we care about the lives our residents have lived before we meet them and we enjoy spending time exploring memories that are important to them. One of our residents was born in Austria and has wonderful memories of her life there so we have been spending time one to one talking about special Austrian places, and statues, and choosing pictures to make a personalised photo book. We're looking forward to adding more pictures soon too.

We have started a new Daily Exercise Class at The Hawthorns. The residents did an amazing job following the exercises using their arms and legs. They paused when they needed to and encouraged each other throughout. A massive round of applause was given by everyone after!

Love is sharing the simple things in life, helping one another with the smallest of tasks can often be the greatest of gestures. Cecil and Myra shared a lovely valentines day lunch. I loved listening to them reminisce about their roller skating days together. Cecil used to build his own roller skates and they both demonstrated their skills at Butlins for audiences of holiday makers.

Mollie planted some cress earlier in the month and left some little pots growing on the window sills, she was pleasantly surprised to see just how much it had grown in such a short space of time.