Our residents really enjoyed our fun OOMPH exercise session.

Pom poms add to the fun and getting everyone moving about is brilliant this has been a great introduction to our busy calendar and is very popular here at Troutbeck.

'Kung Hei Fat Choy' we have had a fabulous day participating in the celebration of the Chinese Lunar New Year. Some super delicious meals were prepared by Chef Mitchell to mark the occasion. Amazing aromas filled the home which left us all licking our lips.  For those unable to join us in the dining areas room service was provided.

The team at Cedar Court love to get dressed up to entertain the people living at the home with their “Glee” style singing concerts. For Burns Night, they donned Scottish dress and produced an inspired program that featured a concert as well as some traditional Scottish refreshments.

The residents created beautiful flower arrangements that were displayed all around Allingham House, adding a splash of colour in our home. It was the perfect opportunity to reminisce with our residents about their favourite flowers and flower arrangements made for specials occasions. The most popular ones were of course their weeding bouquets.

We had an afternoon tea here at The Hawthorns, our residents really enjoyed this, they also asked if we could do it again.

On Sunday we made a lovely flower arrangement for one of the residents special Birthday, it turned out very nice.

It was International flower day today and Annette, Ann, Eleanor and I enjoyed arranging some lovely flowers to put around the home. We also did some word jumbles and word searches based around flowers, there were some we had never seen before and with this we searched and learnt all about them our favourite being The Black Eyed Susan. These beautiful flowers which have a similar look to sunflowers are native to North America and are known as Pioneer plants which are the first to grow when an area has been damaged by fire or natural disasters.

Ladies and gents enjoy a meal out at one of their favourite restaurants. The time went so fast as we laughed and chatted amongst ourselves when we realised we had been sat there for 4 hours. Time really does fly when you are having fun.

Residents were given the choice to write a personal biography about their lives or choose a famous person. The laptops were out for use and some spent considerable time discovering the lives of their idols. Rock Hudson, Mother Teresa, Shirley Bassey and Roy Orbison to name a few.

Residents spent an afternoon still drawing. All designs were beautifully presented with bright bold colours and these masterpieces have been displayed around the home.