The people living at Ashmead wanted to join the Lifestyle Co- Ordinator’s in planning ahead for their Easter Celebrations. Easter baskets and cards have been constructed for colleagues and family members and we are all looking forward to being able to give them out soon.

Well done to Appletree Court and Chef Ali for this outstanding Maltesers cake replicating the chocolates falling from the packet. The cake base was a lemon sponge with flakes all around the sides. The judging panel commented “It's a marvel as to how you did that – A triumph !”

It wasn’t just the cake itself that was so special, it was a real team effort as everyone in the home got involved by making Easter decorations that included bunting, pom poms and some knitted animals.

Congratulations and enjoy your winning hamper.

Our weekly chair exercise group is a hit with the residents. We have progressed from our first gathering and really cannot wait to see our future results. We finished on a fun note with some ring tossing and our winner managed five rings in a row, yay team!

What is more comforting than the smell of baking on a wet rainy day? What delicious results we enjoyed. We mixed our dough in the morning, and after lunch we rolled, cut and baked. The resulting biscuits were delicious and the shared experience meant smiles all around.

It was great to see residents and staff exploring music together this week. Using the keyboard prompted one of our residents to talk about how she had spent many pleasurable hours playing the piano and even the organ too. There was no hesitation, she got herself organised and promptly played chords of 'D' 'C' 'F' and explained to the group the importance of 'the melody'! We were all very impressed and listened with interest as she shared her memories with us.

Our lovely residents decided they wanted a quiz, so we had a quiz. What a giggle we had. Laughter makes a dreary day brighter!

We have had such fun at Clarendon Court decorating our Easter Bonnets. I'm sure you will agree that the winning hats are just fantastic and well deserving of a prize. We can't wait for our Easter Bonnet parade now!

Speaking with our residents about what quality means to them we decided to create a quality tree. Some heart warming requests came to light. We pledge to our residents we will do all we can to bring them to life after all what matters to them most certainly matters to us.

One of the male residents that live with us requested to have a meal with his wife who also resides with us. The meal was enjoyed by the both of them.

At Ashfield Court we looked over lots of books and shared all the memories of walking that some of the residents had done! What a lovely afternoon with lots of happy residents