Everyone who lives and works at Princess Lodge celebrated International Nurses Day with style with gifts and pizza. It was a day to thank all of the amazing nurses, not just at Princess Lodge but across the world for their continued support, dedication and kindness. 

There has to be a special mention to the fabulous Head Chef Shushma Gurung for making this stunning cake. 

With International Nurses Day falling in the same week as Mental Health Awareness Week, we have everyone's mental health in our hearts. We have touched base with everyone to ask 'How are you?'. We also handed out lots of little sweet treats to remind everyone - 'YOU ARE NOT ALONE'. Now more than ever we need to find ways to stay connected with our friends. No one should feel alone, or without the information, support and help they need. Happy Nurses Day. 

Outdoors or indoors, there is always time to enjoy a spot of gardening. We plant and grow everything from bright flowers to green ferns. 

Riverview are excited to announce that they were runners up in a competition to find the best Care Home in Reading. The competition was organised by Dunelm who invited the community to vote for the best home. It was a tough competition but Riverview are proud to announce that they were awarded second place. A representative from Dunelm visited to deliver a prize which included garden games. 

We have another great artist among our residents - Hilda (also known as Babs) often draws in her room and recently her friend delivered some of her paintings to her that she has done over the years. I think you will agree she is amazing! We will proudly display her paintings around the home.

Our residents enjoyed a relaxing session of floral arranging, using miniature window boxes and adding artificial flowers then decorating them with ladybird stickers. 

One of our residents celebrated their 89th birthday this month in style with a special cake and balloon.

We had a pamper nail day here at Clarendon Court. It went down well, everybody loves a pamper. 

This afternoon at Hope Green we enjoyed fish and chips from our local fish shop. Our residents really enjoyed this treat, others enjoyed the alternative of a sushi salad. A good afternoon had by all. 

An energetic day here at Clarendon Court, balloon tennis was a popular event, throw a balloon into a room and see the reaction with lots of smiles. What a fun day had by our residents.