Residents recently spent an hour taking part in the National Bird Watch scheme, we had three residents watching from the lounge and three watching from their rooms. Our tally for the hour was two great tits, two blue tits, two female blackbirds, two male blackbirds, two starlings, three robins and a wood pigeon.

We enjoyed a movie afternoon in the Dementia unit in January. During 1-1 sessions we asked residents about their favourite movies and decided to start our own movie club.  We booked the cinema room and put the movie on the big screen.  The residents loved it, especially when part way through we came in with ice cream and popcorn for them to enjoy during the second half.

We had a fantastic afternoon on the Wii, residents really enjoyed it. Ken seemed to have loved every minute of it. The other residents just wanted to watch and cheer Ken on. They were his biggest supporters.

The residents really enjoyed the Chinese New Year celebrations. They made sparklers and lanterns and enjoyed some Chinese food. We talked about the different animals of the Chinese zodiac calendar. We found out what animals everyone was from the year they were born and coloured some pictures of them. We also listened to some Chinese music on Alexa.

We had some fun with the old games at the home this month as well as learning new technology.  We played games of hoopla, tin can alley and then an afternoon of games on the tablet (squash the spider).  The residents thoroughly enjoyed themselves and were so good at squashing the spider.

We enjoyed a lovely fish supper from our local fish and chip shop in January as a treat. Every Friday at the home we enjoy Fish and Chips but this Friday we received chips from our favourite local shop. The residents had such a lovely time, eating chips out of the paper and reminiscing about childhood memories and fish and chips with their own families. It was such a wonderful lunchtime.

Bowerfield House enjoyed celebrating National Carrot Day yesterday, one of our favourite desserts! Carrots contain a natural sweetness that just perfect for cake - many historians believe the cake originates in the Middle Ages when sugar and other sweeteners were scarce and is thought to have originated in England.

We all enjoyed a lovely slice of carrot cake with a nice cup of tea.

We always enjoyed going to our tea club but with COVID and the cold winter days we decided to start our own weekly tea club at the home. Our residents look forward to it each week and it’s a great opportunity to catch up with each other.

Rabbie Burns Night at the home is always something our residents enjoy, and this year was no different. We had a piper and an accordion player to entertain our residents and lots of singing and dancing before we sat down to a supper of haggis, neeps and tatties.

We enjoyed a fabulous Burn Supper at the home to celebrate all things Rabbie Burns. We had a delicious meal of haggis, neeps and tatties with a dram of whisky to celebrate. Here is our table, all set for Burns Supper.