Congratulations to Sam and Lauren. Sam was nominated for his leadership and overall level of expertise on the care floor. Lauren was nominated for behind the scenes, ensuring payroll, staffing and the home run's smoothly. Well deserved. 

Our April 'Earth' themed activities have taken us out of this world. We have spent time looking at and discussing the different planets in our solar system and played a game where we tried to place all the planets in the correct order in relation to the sun. It was safe to say that some of us got a little lost in space! It was great fun though, we all learnt something new and there was a lot of humour and laughter throughout. 

On St George's Day we all sat in the garden. Charlotte and Colin decided to be patriotic to both their home countries. 

What a great start in my new role as activities coordinator at Bowerfield House. I was over the moon to be a joint winner with our sister home Bowerfield Court for Regional Easter Competition joint category winner Best Activity 2021. We will all enjoy our fantastic hamper, we had so much fun on the day. Thank you, we all really appreciate it, and well done to everyone who entered. We have the certificate hung in the reception proudly on display, it was a great team effort. Well done Bowerfield House. 

It is well known the incredible effect that the ocean has on our well-being - the sight, the sound, the smell.

It may not have been the brightest day, but it truly was a joy for those living at Kings Manor to venture out of the home and take a trip down to Sidmouth.

Although we were not able to leave the van (expect a single member of staff to pick up some ice cream), everyone was able to enjoy the natural scenery along the way and the beautiful sea views as we reached Sidmouth beach.

The Easter Bunny made an appearance at Kings Manor over the weekend, he brought all the people living at the home a lovely Easter Egg and much joy as he hopped around. The team at Kings Manor also got involved by dressing up, using hair chalks, and even used their vocals on the karaoke machine. Huge thanks to Ottery St Mary Primary School who sent in some lovely Easter bags for the people at the home, they were thrilled to receive them, thank you so much.

The people who live at Kings Manor love to make the floral arrangements that are used in our restaurants. Each week the activities have a selection of flowers, sometimes from the gardens at the home that are then prepared and turned into some beautiful centre pieces for all at the home to enjoy.

Spring is well on its way at Kings Manor Care Home, having our own gardener on staff allows for a very hands on approach to the development of the gardens and also to support anyone at the home who has a passion for gardening. There has been a lot of planting recently at the home and much excitement as everything is starting to grow.

We had a great St George's Day here at Clarendon, residents inside and outside the garden were reminiscing with music and songs. We had some great vocals with the mic from some of our residents.  

Wyndham Hall laid down the gauntlet to our sister home Abingdon Court to grow the tallest sunflower. Planting started in earnest this week with the staff team joining forces with the people who live at Wyndham. Wish us luck and may the best sunflower win.