We had a visit from Jim, our favourite ice cream man. Residents and staff enjoyed their ice creams which they had after eating fish and chips in paper trays to celebrate National Fish and Chip Day. 

We have had a large delivery of cakes supplied from the friends of Troutbeck which was a lovely surprise. The residents will really enjoy these this afternoon with their cups of tea.

Thank you for the lovely treats from all at Troutbeck Care Home. 

Dear Rachael,

Please will you convey our thanks to all your staff at Clarendon Court Care Home for the love and care you showed whilst looking after 'G'. We are truly thankful that G was discharged back to Clarendon Court from Leighton Hospital and allowed to die peacefully in the surroundings of people and in an environment he was comfortable with.

Everyone loves this beautiful weather we're having at the minute and we love spending time in the garden, the only problem is the weeds grow so quickly. Luckily Joyce enjoys gardening and is a huge help in keeping them at bay, of course relaxing with a well deserved cuppa afterwards is even better. Our strawberries are coming along well and it shouldn't be long before we can have our own home grown strawberries and cream for afternoon tea. 

"To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow"

The first bit of sunshine and Faye is back out, this time she has been busy watering the flowerbeds. 

Ball games are a way to have fun whilst improving balance and coordination. Here is our Jenny having fun in the lovely sun. 

Ann had a lovely pamper this afternoon listening to Mozart whilst enjoying a relaxing hand massage. 

We decided we would have a Chinese themed day. Our wonderful chef came up with a very tasty menu for our residents, which they all really enjoyed. We then made Chinese lanterns to decorate the dining room tables and the residents seemed to find this very enjoyable. Everyone had a lovely day. 

We have been donated a lovely sequin sensory board for our residents here at Clumber Court. We would like to say a big thank you to Lifetime Education for donating it, especially a lady called Natalie for thinking of us. The residents love the feel of it and the bright colours that appear when they move their hand across the board. 

Hope Green residents carefully chose some of their favourite crafts from our Garden Project to send to pen pals at the Prep School and we included a few messages too about their creations. We included a short letter to be read out to the children letting them know that we had been thinking about them and what we had been getting up to since we last received their lovely package in the post. We're hoping they will really enjoy them and that it won't be long before they reply as we love to hear about their adventures in Prep School.