We all know that movement is so good for us and the lifestyle co-ordinators at Buckingham House love to get as many people as they can moving with some arm chair exercises.  Making movement fun is something the team do well.

At Knights Court we like to encourage physical as well as mental wellbeing and regularly engage the people living with us in light chair based exercise.

The benefits are immense:

* Increased flexibility and strengthening of muscles

* Helps increase circulation

* Reduces risks of falls because chair based

exercise helps improve posture and balance

* Helps increase confidence and self-esteem.

We are delighted that everyone looks forward to this activity.

Nothing quite says Happy St Patricks Day then enjoying a lovely Guinness or Baileys which the people living at Buckingham House got to do on the 17th.  The home was decorated with some lovely people from the home helping us get in the spirit.

Today we had a visit from Chloe's Mobile Farm. Chloe brought along some ponies, donkeys, rabbits, guinea pigs, ducks and her dog Nelly.

Everyone really enjoyed the visit, and we even managed to bring one of the ponies into our home to meet our residents who were not able to join us in the garden.

A really wonderful afternoon.

To celebrate science week we finished the week with staff Friday challenge, Mad Scientist Day.

Here we are Celebrating St Patricks Day at Troutbeck. Social activities are a great way to keep everyone emotionally stimulated, sparking memories that gives us all a great boost.

Spring time is coming and we have started to create our potted plants to go into the planters in the gardens at Belmont House. It’s not quite the weather as yet to go outside as its still a little cold so we potted them indoors and our activities team will transport them outside for us when the time comes.

National Reflections Day is 23rd March this year and charities like Marie Curie are among many who will be supporting the millions of people who are grieving, and remembering the family, friends, neighbours and colleagues lost to the virus over the last two years. Here at Belmont House we wanted to make our own tribute to Reflections Day and created the Belmont Reflections wheel.

We had a fabulous day celebrating St Patrick’s Day at the home last week. Our Chef, Joe, made us some special cup cakes with green icing. We listened to Irish songs and made cards and decorations in arts and crafts that week. 

Spring is in the air here at Ashfield Court and those who live here with us decided to make some flowers to celebrate the upcoming season.