On September 7th 1940, many remember the beginning of the Blitz during the Second World War.

On this day today, we sat together and shared stories of our own and of those we had heard from family and friends. We remembered those who were prominent during those times and reminisced on the experiences we had growing up and watching these events occur.

Residents and staff from Belmont House enjoyed a lovely afternoon walk around Belmont Park. 

For the next destination in our International Food Day Journey, the Romanian national flag was flying high at Ashmead. Delicious national food was prepared and enjoyed. The event was preceded by a Relatives Meeting and all who attended were invited to join their loved ones for the event. Several Romanian members of staff from within the home assisted the kitchen staff in preparing the food. A true team effort from all  made for a most enjoyable day.

Jean was our winner of the colouring competition today, she was thrilled to be chosen and loved the chocolates she won. She then carried on to win the most games of domino's, she couldn't believe her luck!

Dorothy, Gwen and Owen all joined in with the colouring and they all did some amazing pictures. It was thoroughly enjoyed and they thought it was a very therapeutic afternoon, we finished it of with there favourite tipple, a glass of sherry.

There was so much laughter yesterday morning at Hope Green as residents and staff gathered together to decorate cupcakes and even some waffles too! Buttercream, chocolate buttons and sprinkles were an absolute success on a dull autumn morning and perfect with our morning tea and coffee at 11am. It was wonderful to see everyone choosing carefully and even showing their individual creative flair. It's always good to spend time together, we used our fine motor skills to decorate and then eat our wonderful creations.

There was a word game challenge at The Hawthorns recently where residents took part in a variety of word games. At first there was the word wheel, once the word wheel landed on a letter they had to find as many words as they could including the letter. Then there was the letter game, naming various things starting with the first letter of their name. The finale was a word scramble, moving the letters around to name 20 countries. The residents worked well together helping each other when they had difficulties and praising each other’s answers too. Great team work today everyone!!

We up cycled some photo frames today using jigsaw pieces. The residents absolutely loved this idea and said they were good enough to sell!



 

Bowerfield House had a fantastic week, we celebrated Hot Dog Day and Carols 77th birthday. Me and Ron also enjoyed a trip down to the pub, he enjoyed his pint and a lovely chat. Everyone loved their Hot Dogs, we talked about all the different topping you can put on a hot dog, we enjoyed ours with onions and ketchup.

Betty recently celebrated her birthday in style with a virtual trip to Hawaii.  It was fantastic party with dancing, traditional Hawaiian costumes and a Hawaiian themed buffet.

Happy birthday Betty from everyone at Deepdene