Thank you to all the staff at The Westbourne for their hard work and a hearty welcome to our new team members. A special hello from myself, Kathryn Dee and Lisa Kerr as the new Home and Deputy Manager. 

Along with the cake, staff had a selection of chocolates, crisps, hand gels and hand creams as a treat for going above and beyond.

Parkview House had a day dedicated to Chinese New Year celebrations. There was music, entertainment and opportunities for residents to explore the history of Chinese New Year of the Ox, Nicolas Kee Mew, Home Manager of Parkview House, said : "Our residents are always interested in learning more about my culture. I thought that there was no better way to learn than holding Chinese New Year celebrations right in the heart of Chingford. Residents enjoyed discovering their Chinese horoscope and practising Tai Chi." 

The first of our daffodils almost completed and ready to make a daffodil field. 

The day of love we enjoyed a love filled day with music from none other than Elvis Presley and one of our regular entertainers Sam Jones via a YouTube stream. Reminiscing some of our favourite love ballads, not forgetting a treat of our Valentine's cupcakes. 

Today at Manorhey we have thoroughly enjoyed an afternoon tea gathering with a spread of mini sandwiches, cakes and pastries and tea in china ware. Residents enjoyed the Alice In Wonderland theme. 

We have really enjoyed celebrating Chinese New Year. We decorated the home and created some beautiful lanterns which we hung around. We had plenty of snacks to try and had fun with arts and crafts and word puzzles. 

The residents enjoyed last week, plenty of different kinds of activities to celebrate St. Valentine's Day. We started last Monday when the residents enjoyed singing and dancing their favourite songs meanwhile trays with slices of cheese, tomatoes and cucumber were served with crisps, crackers and a selection of red and white wine. 

Next day was the turn of art and craft, the residents showed their artistic skills creating beautiful illustrations that were displayed all around the home.

Lovely day had by residents and staff.

We celebrated Chinese New Year with homemade Chinese food and we listened to oriental music and discussed our Chinese zodiac animal. We discussed that the Chinese New Year is in February to celebrate the New Moon. 

We celebrated Valentine's Day with chocolates! All the residents received some chocolates and we all talked about what love meant to us from a warm fuzzy feeling inside to being warmed and cared for! 

We all decided we love our families and miss them very much.