Spring time is coming and we have started to create our potted plants to go into the planters in the gardens at Belmont House. It’s not quite the weather as yet to go outside as its still a little cold so we potted them indoors and our activities team will transport them outside for us when the time comes.

National Reflections Day is 23rd March this year and charities like Marie Curie are among many who will be supporting the millions of people who are grieving, and remembering the family, friends, neighbours and colleagues lost to the virus over the last two years. Here at Belmont House we wanted to make our own tribute to Reflections Day and created the Belmont Reflections wheel.

We had a fabulous day celebrating St Patrick’s Day at the home last week. Our Chef, Joe, made us some special cup cakes with green icing. We listened to Irish songs and made cards and decorations in arts and crafts that week. 

Spring is in the air here at Ashfield Court and those who live here with us decided to make some flowers to celebrate the upcoming season.

Residents enjoyed performing the Irish Jig at Ashmead on 17th March 2022 in order to celebrate St Patrick’s Day. Residents helped prepare for the event by making their Irish hats and banners. Light refreshments, music and pleasant company all contributed to a most pleasant afternoon. David, Hospitality Manager, disregarded his Welsh background for the afternoon in order to perform some Irish dancing too!

Cedar Court joined in the worldwide St Patricks Day celebrations today.  We started our day with arm travel to see the splendours of Ireland.  All dining rooms were decorated in the theme and John together with the kitchen team prepared a wonderful Irish Stew with sticky toffee pudding to follow.   During lunch we used the shamrock medallions, which had previously been made during art and craft groups, to decorate the tables together with them being handed out to every diner for good luck.

Bowerfield House had a fantastic day celebrating St Patricks Day. We started our day with a gentle Irish sit down exercise class then enjoyed a lovely lunch, our chef made Irish Stew with dumplings. For pudding we all enjoyed home made St Patricks cake and also a trifle with green jelly and green sprinkles which went down a treat. Some of us enjoyed a little tipple, our gentlemen had Guinness and ladies had a Baileys. In the afternoon we enjoyed listening to some Irish country music while we ate and drank.

Celebrations continued with a tea party for our evening meal.

As one of our residents was leaving us at Acorn House we decided to throw her a party.

On Thursday 10th March we held a 1950s rock and roll party here at Brunel House.

Our hair stylist come in and created some amazing 1950s styles for our residents, which they absolutely loved.