Last week we had the pleasure and privilege to celebrate another birthday! We celebrated the birthday of our youngest resident, who as you can see from her cake turned 21 (again) on Friday! We had a fabulous day celebrating and look forward to celebrating many more! 

We celebrated Burns Night with plenty of tartan and Tam O Shanter hats. Along with decorating cupcakes with icing and edible Scottish cupcake toppers, we also enjoyed an amazing classic Scottish meal of haggis, neeps and tatties with whiskey gravy followed by a chocolate pudding with chocolate and whiskey custard. To finish off we enjoyed a Scottish colloquial quiz called 'Oh Aye the Noo' from Support for Care by Relish, where residents had to guess the meaning of Scottish words. Everyone's favourite was most definitely 'There's a moose in my hoose'! 

The ladies thoroughly enjoyed their pamper session. They said they felt like a million dollars after having their hair, nails and make up done. We all agreed that they looked like a million dollars too. 

The residents of The Belvedere have each received this lovely donation from Shrimad Rajchandra Love and Care. They have enjoyed snuggling into their fluffy scarves. Thank you! 

The residents have really enjoyed getting involved with flower arranging today. We now have some lovely displays around the home and some residents have them displayed proudly in their bedroom. 

Friday 8th January ... Elvis Birthday! We have some big fans within our home so we couldn't miss the Kings birthday. We dressed up, sang and danced to all of his songs and enjoyed some classic American snacks. 

The Westbourne residents and staff have been enjoying their January theme of Scotland with some wonderful Scottish dancing together. With two steps forward, two steps back and then round in a circle there was lots of laughter. All finished off with a discussion on Scottish scenery and our favourite memories, it created a lovely vibrant atmosphere for all to take part in. Happy January everyone.

This month, residents have made a start on their 'life story' books! So far, we've included some life history, reminiscence and old photographs. Everyone has loved decorating their books and we can't wait to see the finished results! Here's Kate and Wendy painting their books. 

We know that music has many positives including better health through the enjoyment of listening, dancing and signing. We don't usually colour coordinate the musical instruments to our clothing though! 

Whilst we may not be able to go and see Barry Manilow in concert we can always shake our tail feathers and the maracas and sing our heart out to Copacabana.