Here at Abingdon Court we believe it is important to keep engaged with the local community. We have had great pleasure working with a local dementia café run by Dementia Friendly Abingdon, who do great work with those living with dementia in the local area. To raise money, we held  a 'Denim For Dementia Day’, asking staff to donate £1 to wear their favourite denim and everyone living at Abingdon was encouraged to wear denim also! We managed to raise £50 for the charity and are delighted to be able to help out such a fantastic local cause.

Our Residents love a pamper, even some of the men do too. This was an afternoon of foot spas, sweets, manicures, Petals and a lot of Fairy Lights for the finishing touch. 

Allan Reynolds joined us to read exerts from his published books here at Troutbeck.



We have chosen a book to read called 'The Bakers Story' set in Keighley set in the run up to World War.

The residents got involved making cheese straws today. They all had a go at each step and encouraged each other along the way. The best part was tasting their goodies at the end.

Our Reminiscing Monday theme today was Schools. The residents looked at the photos and talked about their own experiences at school, bringing up some funny memories to share with the group. Some residents had similar stories to share while others were happy listening and taking it all in. They discussed the school days for nearly 2 hours. You can imagine the giggles we shared together.

 

We enjoyed the sunshine today and got stuck into some word games. The residents had some anagrams to work out with a little clue. Then they found as many words as they could on the word wheel. They even beat their high score by finding 84 words!!!! Great team work!

Our residents today enjoyed using different card making crafts to make personalised cards for friends and family.

We are sure that when the families receive the cards they will be over the moon.

Today we used elephant based crafts because it was world elephant day. We discussed what the day was for and why its so important. We used our skills to make a shiny picture which the resident then asked to proudly hang in her room to remind her about the importance of protecting our Elephants.

Today we celebrated the 2021 Norfolk and Norwich Beer Festival at Hawthorns with a range of Local Norfolk ales. Residents learned the ‘how to’s’ and experimented like professional beer tasters while learning about the origins of each ale.

We have a very special addition to our flower collection here at Troutbeck care home, a double headed miniature daffodil, Grown by Muriel Allen this one has put a smile on everyone's face.