We enjoyed a lovely afternoon in January playing the parachute game.  

Not only do the people who live with us love the game, but it also encompasses our “More” programme which embraces all elements of mind, body, and soul.  

We always play their favourite songs which always encourages singing and lifts the soul and then hand coordination engages the mind and movement the body.  

This month we enjoyed getting back out into the local community and went round to the local PCP to grab a cup of tea and some biscuits.  

Before COVID our residents went to various activities at the PCP including garden club, coffee mornings and craft events and it was great to get back into the community and enjoy some tea and treats with the team at the PCP.  

Who doesn’t love a slice of lemon drizzle cake?  During one of our coffee mornings, we chatted about favourite cakes and a few of the people who lived with us mentioned home-made, lemon drizzle cake.  

One of the ladies remembered a recipe her gran taught her so we thought we would give it a try and see how it turned out.  

We mixed the butter, flour, eggs, and sugar together before grating the zest of a lemon and adding it to a loaf tin.  

Charity has always been close to the heart of staff and residents at Field View Care Home and this year is no exception.  

We have started collecting for the Hartlepool Baby Bank Charity, a local charity close to Field View who are collecting nappies, clothes, toiletries, bed pads, baby gates for the charity as well as supplies for the new mums.  

Each year the home nominates a charity which means something to either the staff or residents and to benefit the local community .  

We were delighted to start up our coffee mornings in February and in preparation, our Chef Moira baked the most glorious carrot cake.

The people who live with us and family members met to enjoy a cuppa, cake, and catch up and chatted about what was happening in the news now and future events our lifestyle team have planned this morning including Valentines Day and Shrove Tuesday.  

We look forward to more people coming next time to our coffee morning and joining us for one of Moira’s gorgeous cakes.

The people who live with us were delighted to welcome Zante fox and friends to the home with their owner Steve. 

We met the gorgeous TJ his white rat, Valentine the Dove, Freddy the corn snake and Sapphire the barn owl before the star of the show Zante the fox. 

Such a wonderful visit and our residents loved meeting all of Steve’s animals, many wanting to keep them.

Last month our lifestyle team, Jay, and Aimee, thought they would repurpose an old medication trolley and make their very own musical tuck shop which they could take around the units here at Astor Care Complex.

First, they decorated the outside to create something more vibrant and livelier for the residents and then they stocked the inside with flavoured coffees, crossword puzzles, sweets, chocolates, and toiletries and added some music to the trolley and some funky shades.

The people who live with us loved it and everyone wanted a turn of the shades.

“Writing a poem is discovering” 📝

I present to you Open and Talk; two poems written by those that live at Abingdon Court, friends from St Helen and St Katherine, and Larkmead School. 

With #TimeToTalk at the front of our minds, we explored themes of openness in our poetry club this week 👐

Together, for World Read Aloud Day, we explored;

Enough by David Whyte

Your Shyness is a Strength by Jesse Humann

Live in the Now by Vanessa Hughes Poetry

We are incredibly proud to have been nominated as a Finalist for the Pinders Healthcare Design Awards 2023.

A huge congratulations to the team behind our beautifully designed home!

Here at Abingdon Court we've been preparing for the Big RSPB England Bird Watch the in our craft club this week

Each week our club has been creating cards with Send a Card to a Friend day in mind. This week, a little birdy perched upon our finger, inspiring this nest of cards, ready to take flight, and delight in their destination.

We can't wait to see how many species of bird find solace in our beautiful garden.