We had a lovely surprise today at Belmont House, our local charity Resurrected Bites dropped by with some beautiful flowers for our resident - such lovely colours, we will be doing some beautiful arrangements with the help of our residents for their rooms. Thank you so much from residents and staff at Belmont House. 

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The creativity and artistic talents of the people who live at Cedar Court continues to amaze us all. This person who created this beautiful piece lives with dementia. It's all part of the ongoing work at Cedar Court to support people living with dementia to express themselves through their love of art. 

We spent the morning arranging flowers to put around our home. We chose sunflowers and some lovely purple, pink and white flowers to brighten up our day. A very lovely and relaxing activity to do especially whilst listening to Jazz music. 

Erika has recently qualified as a Care Practitioner, to celebrate we bought her a card and a present and presented it to her today. Erika is looking forward to continuing her career with Maria Mallaband and we are delighted she has achieved her goal. 

Today we celebrated National Nurses Day with a range of activities. It was lovely to see the joy on the residents' faces after our poetry reading and pride in their own handiwork, whether that was colouring in, puzzle solving or writing and thanking a nurse they know. 

The residents enjoyed last Friday, a garden party to celebrate St George's Day. The garden was decorated with buntings and England flags and Samantha Jones, one of our regular singers, performed for the residents a selection of English greatest hits. Cold drinks and snacks were served meanwhile the residents enjoyed singing their favourite snacks.  

We celebrated our employee of the month at Bowerfield Court today. Emma a care assistant and Fran, congratulations to the both of them. 

We held an international jazz day on Friday and played some great jazz music and indulged in producing art, whether it was jazz related or just paint from the heart in the ambiance of the music. One of our residents excelled and really enjoyed producing a piece that any artist would be proud of. Well done all those who took part. 

Bank holiday Monday was our May Day Fair, lots of standard fairground games like Roll-a-coin, spin the wheel, disc drop, play your cards right and darts. Lots of prizes, lots of fun and most of all laughter and smiling faces. A good turnout supported by residents and staff alike. 

We have a very special addition to our flower collection here at Troutbeck Care Home. A double headed miniature daffodil grown by Muriel Allen. This one has put a smile on everyone's face.