Our residents enjoyed bingo last week and finished the afternoon off with a couple of games of charades.

Our lovely residents spent their morning having a nice cup of tea while having some fun with the animal shaped sewing boards.

Howgate are making staff champions in categories each morning, this includes; Chart champion, Hydration Champion and Communication Champion to name a few, these are being delegated during each handover to empower the staff.

We have started a new Daily Exercise Class at The Hawthorns. The residents did an amazing job following the exercises using their arms and legs. They paused when they needed to and encouraged each other throughout. A massive round of applause was given by everyone after!

It was National Carrot Cake Day earlier this month and Doreen and I attempted our own home baked carrot cake. We had a look at a few recipes and finally settled with Paul Hollywood's carrot cake. We learnt a few lessons from this bake off today, one being our icing which unfortunately didn't turn out like we hoped it would, we used a shop brand cream cheese instead of Philadelphia which didn't create a smooth cream cheese frosting like it would normally do. Other than this hiccup our cake turned out rather tasty and we will be revisiting this recipe again for The Belvedere Baking Club.

We had a lovely morning making apple and cinnamon scones. Joan mixed all the ingredients together whilst Jane made the oat crunch to go on top. Once everything was ready we sent them to our kitchen to bake. We enjoyed this with a lovely cup of tea for our afternoon tea.

All the staff and residents came up for a birthday surprise for our very own Home Manager, Delma Dela Cruz. We made beautiful paper flowers that show her name and decorated the room with lots of balloons. We kept this as a secret to her and surprised her on her very special day. Staff, residents and relatives of our residents are all thankful for all the things she is doing to everyone and the leadership she is up for Amber Court. She deserves all the best and happiness in life. Again, Happy Birthday Delma! Have a wonderful day ahead! Love, your Amber Court Family.

Since qualifying as Oomph Exercise instructors in October, our Lifestyle team have been busy delivering two sessions a week for those who live here to take part in and keep active. Covering a variety of different themes, there’s a lot to cover, but we are desperate to share and celebrate the enthusiasm of those who live here, so we thought we’d introduce our “Oomph Diaries”. In these segments, we will share some of the highlights from the sessions, the different themes, and some testimonials from those who live here and take part.

Since we received our OMI Vista Mobii at the beginning of December, we have spent a lot of time investigating and exploring the different capabilities and activities on offer.

Manorhey residents enjoyed a couples valentine lunch. David and Elsie both celebrated valentines day together at the cafe hey.