Today we've been painting snail plant pots, with the aim of having a little trail of them in the sensory garden at Belvoir Vale Care Home. 

Yohden Care Complex is delighted to announce the promotion of Hayley Holland to Deputy Manager.

Hayley started her Yohden career in 2001 as a laundry assistant and one weekend was given the opportunity to work a care shift at the home and realised her passion was in care.

In 2011, Hayley left Yohden to pursue her dream as a nurse at Teesside University and qualified in 2015 as a registered Nurse Adult (RNA) but always knew she wanted to come back "home" to Yohden once a job was available.

Knit and natter is one of the favourite activities at The Moors. We make all kinds of creations from pom poms, squares for blankets and baby jumpers for newborns. We have a drink and a treat and a good old chin wag about life. Most just enjoy each other's company and others are in quiet concentration with their work of art. 

Crafts are a big hit at The Moors Care Home from colouring, painting, sticking and lots more. 

It is always a fun afternoon and sessions are all themed for the date and time of the year.

The ice cream van visited The Moors Care Home on a Friday afternoon with a choice of a number of delicious ice creams and cones for all the residents and staff. A wonderful treat for everyone on a hot sunny day.

We were delighted to hear from Nina from Stirrd (a fudge brand) located in Harrogate who wanted to arrange to give the staff and residents of Ashfield a little treat of some beautiful lemon flavoured fudge and salted caramel marshmallows.

They thought it could not only be a lovely treat for the residents but give our staff a lovely sugar rush as a little thank you for all the dedicated work over the last few tricky months. 

We are still receiving gifts from family and friends. Our most recent was this lovely chocolate basket and card addressed to our marvellous staff for keeping everyone safe.

We love home baking at the home and one of our activities this month was to make our own Pizza’s and cakes. We made margarita,, chicken with peppers and cheese and even made our own delicious sponge cake which was delicious.

In the past we have been blessed with regular visits by children from a local nursery but unfortunately we haven't been able to see them for the last few months and we have missed their visits.

Out of the blue we received these fantastic place mats.  They wanted us to know that they were still thinking about us and are looking forward to seeing us all soon.

We might be living through very different times at the moment at Garden Hill with regards to visitors in the home but we are still continuing to do a lot of activities we have always done.  Every week with our activities coordinator at the home, Stacey, we have been doing our chair exercises which we enjoy and we have such a good laugh.  It also keeps us mobile and in good spirits as these are activities we do enjoy every week.