One of our residents enjoys poetry so we went through all the books she has and chose ones that she can remember and recite. She likes in particular ones that she knows well and often recites them. This gives her a sense of achievement. 

Today it snowed so we thought we would take the opportunity and give the residents a feel of the great outdoors by bringing the snowballs inside to them. Thinking that it would bring back memories of wintry walks in the snow and childhood memories. It was met with mixed feelings but I think it was a great success as many had fond memories of their childhood antics in the snow. Many wanted to touch the snow, some enjoyed the experience and it gave them a chance to reminisce.  

We have been donated beautiful sensory hand knitted blankets for our residents and we would like to say a big thank you all at the Leyton village craft group. We very much appreciate your support and wish to say thank you for your kind donation our residents love them! 

Today at Troutbeck we have been celebrating the chocolatiers of York, Birmingham and Bristol. 

The new visiting pod at Croft House Care Home has been created so that residents can enjoy a window visit from their loved ones. 

Today we made some bird feeders to place in the garden. The residents helped tie knots in the string and advised me on where to hang the feeders. There was also a bird identifying quiz. The residents knew some of the birds straight away and debated on others. This was a lovely activity as the residents talked about the birds they like and stories of birds they remembered from when they were younger. Such as certain robins coming to their garden everyday as they are territorial. Or big hawks they had seen swoop to catch prey in a field. 

Heated rollers and nails, we may have no where to go but we always look our best!

An enjoyable afternoon of painting tropical fish suncatchers for an upcoming event. Lots of brightly coloured fish are now ready for our next theme day. 

We had a packed house for this afternoons movie 'We Bought A Zoo'. 

Residents were keenly gathering straight from lunch to watch this lovely true story

Residents here at Mary Chapman Court, enjoyed a wonderful afternoon of colouring and chatting. Our residents really enjoy this as a way to pass the time with lots of colours and pictures to choose from and a good cup of tea whilst having a chat with our close friends!