The residents enjoyed creating beautiful Daffodil Flower Arrangements to celebrate St. David's Day, the perfect opportunity for the residents to let their imagination run free and be creative, putting a splash of colour in our dining room tables.

We just love baking at Troutbeck Care Home, we chatted about the baking we have done with our families and how children also love baking. Baking triggers ,memories, encourages creativity and appetite, maintains a sense of independence and keeps us social, we have plenty of ideas for the coming months. Happy Baking!

We had a lovely pamper session yesterday. So many of our lovely ladies had their nails painted, trimmed and filed. They had a great time chatting like we were all in a salon and admiring everyone's colour choice. One of the residents chose to have colours to show support for Ukraine which all the staff and residents loved.

We decided to be creative and innovative choosing a theme, and we chose, Around the World in Chip Butties.

We love to listen to the people who live with us at Kents Hill so when David told us he wanted to surprise his wife Lynne on their 26th wedding anniversary with a card he has made himself, our Lifestyle Team couldn't wait to help him.  They supported David to make the card which looked fantastic and then posted it to his wife to surprise her.  

In preparation for the return of the church services Michael used his connections in the local community.  He spoke with his contact Alan from the "Men In Sheds",  Alan was a former Cedar Court volunteer and NAPA volunteer of the year, who to part in a group "Men in Sheds" .  They discussed the possibility of them making us two crosses to form part of our service.  They were more than happy to help and kindly made and donated to us two oak crosses which will take pride of place at the return of the church services here in Cedar Court.

We have been working over the last few weeks on our Tree of Knowledge.  During recent activities we have discussed and spoke to the residents asking them to offer any words of wisdom.  We also approached the community including the HM Lord-Lieutenant of Surrey who sent over his family moto.  The words were then attached to the decorated apples that the arts and crafts participants have been making throughout Cedar Court and these will be hung from

The traditional Pancake Day marks the beginning of March and one of the sweetest traditions during this time of the year. Our residents joined the celebrations having delicious pancakes, served with all sort of toppings. Golden syrup, Nutella, Strawberry syrup, lemon and sugar were served with tea and coffee to make this day an unforgettable experience.

In the home this morning we had fun baking cookies, in the afternoon we then decorated them. This was an enjoyable activity for all those who attended.

It was world book day and the team at Buckingham House couldn’t wait to celebrate with their Mad Hatters Tea Party.  Their dining room transformed into a wonderland with their table decorations, cake stands and dress up options.  The cakes and cookies looked amazing and everyone couldn’t wait to give them a try along with the prosecco or tea and coffee being served.  The staff all came together to look after the people living at the home and spent the afternoon engaging in music that was playing and the conversations being had.  Such a lovely afternoon…