Residents and staff enjoyed photos in front of the backdrop. In this photo we had 3 bubble machines throwing out bubbles in between the residents. Chef Joey created this fabulous fruit display. 

What a fantastic Fathers Day we had at Bowerfield House. We started the day with drawing the raffle which we raised £95 for our residents, one of our hostess won the prize, we then had a Fathers Day quiz and our Admin Beth won a bottle of prosecco.

In May at Manorhey we celebrated the 76th anniversary of VE Day. We started our day off by decorating our home with flags and balloons which was followed by a VE Day special concert and then we finished our celebrations with a good old afternoon tea with a selection of sandwiches, cream cakes and sweet and savoury pastries.

Here at The Westbourne we celebrated Royal Ascot, firstly we all picked a horse for the 2:30pm race. All our lovely ladies wore hats that were kindly loaned to us by Lorraine at Tempting Hat Hire in Smallwood. We watched the race and cheered the horses on in style with prosecco and cupcakes. A good time was had by all. 

Sylvia is brilliant at puzzles and jigsaws, today she beat the activity staff at a game of floor dominoes three times in a row. 

Hope Green celebrated June together with a gathering of flowers from the garden and good conversations with the gardeners who did a fantastic job. It was wonderful to walk together, pick flowers, identify as many of them as we could, and decorate our dining room tables with lovely posies. What a great way of spending time together. We showed so much creativity and will definitely be doing this again soon.

Our last stop on our armchair travel around the UK was Northern Ireland. We visited both the Giant's Causeway and Dunluce Castle in County Antrim, and the many places in Belfast including the Ulster Museum, the Botanical Gardens and Belfast Castle. We also enjoyed listening to some traditional Irish folk music, chatting about places that we'd visited in Ireland whilst enjoying our Tayto and Guinness flavoured crisps and learning how to pronounce beautiful Irish names such as Conchobhar and Caoimhe. 

Although living in Cornwall you get used to the stunning scenery, just once in a while the view makes you stop. On a day when the sky is as blue as the sea in the distance and a view like this from the gardens of Windmill Court you have to take a minute to appreciate what is on our doorstep. 

In May, we were delighted to see so many of our homes making a special effort to celebrate International Nurses Day. It certainly was the ideal opportunity to show our nursing staff how grateful we all are for their wonderful work.

Red Rose Day was celebrated at Ashmead recently. In addition to the beautifully made and presented "rose" cakes for all residents to enjoy in afternoon tea, all residents were given an individual rose each to symbolise care from all the staff team.