Our residents spent time talking about our carnival party and enjoyed planning and prepping lots of different activities, we spent quite some time making the signs and cage for our trolley to hold the circus animals. Everyone was really pleased with the outcome. 

This week we have had a group reminiscence workshop for dementia action week. We have looked at old photos, listened to music from the 40s and 50s and had an old time music hall sing a long. Here is our Betty sharing one of the pictures we have talked about. 

Bowerfield Court enjoyed a Queen themed party this month. Staff dressed for a gig/festival and each resident was given their very own concert lanyard. A life sized cut out of Freddie Mercury was on display while everyone enjoyed a virtual Queen themed concert with disco lights, inflatable guitars and microphones and Freddie masks. 'We Are The Champions' was sung especially loud by all the Manchester City fans! This was followed by an amazing buffet and a showing of the film Bohemian Rhapsody. 

Hope Green staff and residents were hoping for sunnier weather to spend time in the garden with their gardening project, but we had a change of plan with a morning of games which brought equal pleasure. The concentration on faces was wonderful to see and there was definitely a friendly but competitive atmosphere. Keeping active is really important to us and this was a great way of moving and stretching with of course lots of laughter and friendship. 

On 'International Tea Day' we tried lots of different teas from around the world, some nice, some not so nice, but at least we could give a name of a tea to the taste. I think our residents enjoyed a somewhat different tasting experience and picked their favourites, the biscuits went down well too.  

Here at Abingdon Court, being part of the community in which we all live and work is very important to us. We support many local community organisations and last week our focus was on the wonderful dementia friendly café just up the road from us, run by Dementia Friends Abingdon.

At Bowerfield House we have been very busy in the kitchen, we have baked cupcakes and decorated them. We all enjoyed eating them with a nice pot of tea and a good chat. We have also been cooking a beef hotpot which we added to our evening meal options, it went down very well and was very much enjoyed by the residents and staff. At Bowerfield House we have had some dignity aprons made for our residents, they look a lot better and are comfortable to wear. Our residents look very smart and are pleased with the design. 

To the activities team, 

Thank you so very much for all your care. The Skype calls were precious. We know Dad enjoyed the activities you all provided. Pedro, you are amazing.

Kind Regards, J&M

We celebrated International Nurses Day on Wednesday 12th May. We presented to all of the nurses a fob watch as a nice way to show them how proud we are of their work and dedication to our residents. Kitchen staff baked a delicious cake that was served with sandwiches, salad, crisps and drinks for everyone to enjoy. 

Face painting for our Rio Carnival Day. We had a fabulous day starting with face painting the staff and residents, Yvonne, Leonard, Nicola and then the head dresses.