Several members of staff at Ashmead Care Centre took time from their busy schedule to remember those lost during recent times to the Covid 19 virus. Friends and families were thought of, including those left without their loved ones whilst Reflection Day gave everybody the opportunity to have a two-minute silence of thought.

We celebrated Mothers Day with lots of flowers, chocolates and afternoon tea here at Troutbeck.  

We celebrated St Patrick's Day with Irish Cream Liquor, Guinness and lots of Irish music. 

Mary celebrated her 100th birthday, she had a lovely day with a long awaited visit from her sister. 

We love our games activities in the home and we get competitive quick. As well as the usual domino's, bingo and exercise to music we love a game of bowling. We thought this was a great shot of one of our residents just before she got a strike. 

Thank you for the chocolates which were kindly bought by a resident's family as a token of appreciation for looking after their mum. Your mum was a pleasure to look after and the chocolates will be enjoyed by all the staff here at Hope Green. 

Thank you so much for the Easter eggs which were bought for our wonderful team here at Hope Green as a thank you from a family for looking after their father during their stay here at Hope Green. As a team, we appreciate this kind gesture, and we will all enjoy eating our Easter egg!

Home baking at our home is such an important part of our activities and our residents love getting involved.  Every week we have a different recipes to try and residents on both floors have a go at making them.  This week our residents in the Blossom unit make biscuits and enjoyed measuring out, mixing and getting a little messy as they put together the mixture which our Cook, Moira then baked for us to enjoy with a cup of tea.  They were delicious.

One of our residents has a journal of her life and we talked about the places she has visited and the experiences she has had. She said that she has had a wonderful and exciting life when she was a young girl. She loved to dress up and enjoyed eating out with friend and traveling.

Last week was St Patrick Day and we here at Highfield enjoyed delicious Irish traditional snacks and stew, accompanied by some traditional Irish music. Everyone had a wonderful day followed by a green themed quiz in afternoon!