It's been a very busy month so far with birthdays, Mother's Day this Sunday and we're now preparing for St Patrick's Day, residents have been busy cutting out shamrocks to decorate our tree and making placemats for the table.  

The residents enjoyed International Women's Day with a Rose Afternoon Tea. They enjoyed a selection of cakes, biscuits and pastries served with teas and coffees, while they were reminiscing about inspirational women in their lives. Also, female residents received a rose as a present to celebrate this very special day. 

Jordan Wild was nominated by staff and residents at Cavendish Court for our worker bee of the month. Jordan was very happy and surprised to have been nominated and won! Jordan is an excellent carer and truly deserves this nomination and award.  

Today we had a go at making bread in a bag. We had great fun with the dough squeezing and trying to get it all to come together. Took a while but residents did enjoy.  We chatted about home baking and all the things they used to bake at home. Think we should have used a bread maker as ours was not a great success but we really enjoyed doing the activity and that's the main thing.

The Wharf team have introduced 'Jelly Drops' into our home much to our residents delight.  They have gone down an absolute treat, they've definitely got the thumbs up.  Jelly Drops are a unique hydration product developed to boost daily fluid intake. Recent studies have highlighted the positive impact on those who struggle to maintain their fluid intake, particularly those who are living with Dementia. Jelly Drops are a box of brightly coloured fun snacks, boosting hydration, one drop at a time!.

Celebrating The Wharf Care Home resident Doreen Gordon reaching the incredible milestone of her 100th birthday!. A remarkable lady, talented pianist and a keen rugby supporter.  Mrs Gordon retains a strong appetite for life and particularly enjoys The Wharfs exercise and singing classes.  Balloon tennis can get very competitive if you're on team Mrs G!.

International Women’s Day is a day that celebrates the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women all over the world whilst also calling for equality - where men and women are treated the same. We have some wonderful men and women in our care home who in turn have amazing women in their lives in the form of wives, daughters, daughter in laws, sisters or friends. Here are some messages of love and appreciation from our residents that they wanted to relay to the wonderful women in their lives ...

Our residents at Buckingham House have been busy preparing our Sanctuary - Demebtia Garden. We've made the most of the sunny day to repot some of our beautiful flowering places. 

We celebrated Alice's 105th Birthday at Troutbeck. Alice was still doing yoga at 100 years old. Congratulations to Alice on such a marvellous age. 

Who loves our bright and colourful spring notice board? This will definitely bring the sunshine indoors for us all to see.