It’s not just Christmas decorations coming to the home. We’ve also had some work done in the Yohden Lodge Dementia unit. Our new Titanic themed dining room for our residents.  They love it and so do we.

We had a lovely day in Yohden for elf day. We had a tombola, and the residents were excited to win prizes. We had sing along and watched the movie elf.  We raised £155 for Alzheimer from the home.

Thank you to our lovely staff & amazing families for the donations and home manager Hayley & deputy manager Kelly for putting up our 7th tree in the Lodge as well as staff and residents for creating our beautiful tree in Reception.

We had a lovely day at Willowdene for Elf Day. The staff got dressed up to surprise the residents and created such a giggle with their costumes.  We enjoyed some lovely cup cakes and tea brought to us by our team of elves before they headed off into the winter night back to the North Pole (or at least homes in the Northeast).

We had a lovely morning of home baking and creating our own mince pies to enjoy with a cuppa.  We had many different recipes the residents had used in the past and we thought we’d have a turn at making them all to produce a winner.  We are looking forward to it.

We have enjoyed a couple of home baking sessions in November. We baked a lemon drizzle and a banana bread which we enjoyed with our coffee morning.

This will probably be the last bake before we put cinnamon and ginger in everything as we enter the festive season.  We can’t wait and are so excited for our relatives visiting to take away some of our Christmas bakes.

Our Christmas elves have been creating gorgeous Christmas Wreaths at the home.  Our lifestyle coordinator, Stacey used to be a florist and has been helping the residents create wonderful Christmas gifts for families and friends.  To see the finished product, have a look at our Facebook page.

Congratulations to everyone who participated in the River View Care Centre challenge to cycle from Tilehurst to Lapland in support of The Alzheimer’s Society ‘Elf Day’ taking place today Friday 3 December.

If there's one thing we can all agree on here at Abingdon Court, is that some of our most fond memories are taking holidays with our nearest and dearest - be that around the globe, or "staycation"-ing around the country! That's why our armchair travels are always a hit with those who live here.

It's scrabble time at Kents Hill today and our Residents love playing the game whilst chilling in the lounge listening to some Christmas hits! Happy Friday!

Congratulations to our newly qualified Care Practitioners who have all passed the course with flying colours!

We are really proud of these ladies and their dedication and commitment they have shown continuing on with their studies over this past year.