Today we had our regular entertainer in for a sing along, our residents love singing along to all the songs from through out their lives. 

 Our residents were so thrilled to have a visit from a therapy pony from ‘dinky ponies’ called Poppy. Poppy started her visit in the garden and then went through the home visiting people on her way which was so lovely. Both poppy the pony and our residents loved one another’s company. It was such an experience for all involved and we cant wait to have Poppy back again soon.

Some ladies that are living with us wanted to get some new shoes and of course we wanted to make that happen for them.  We popped off in our transport to the local town.  The shoe shop that we went into had a machine for measuring feet which we used, checked out our new shoes in the mirror before purchasing.  There is no better way to finish a shopping trip then with a nice cup of tea and slice of cake at a lovely cafe.

Being able to see and hold animals again is so lovely.  The people living with us all really enjoy interacting with animals so we organised a visit from a petting zoo. Everyone loved holding and hearing interesting facts about all the different animals.

In honour of the Queen we watched a documentary about her life and had a cream tea while looking through books and photos of her and hearing poems about her.

A huge thank you to Tim for carrying out our first Sunday service here at Lace Hill Manor. Tim was joined by friends of the community along with our residents over the weekend to take part in the service. Support like this is so important for our residents who benefit from continuing practices in our home and provides a sense of comfort and familiarity whilst living with us. We look forward to seeing you again soon Tim!

Our "More Movement" classes are scheduled every week into our lifestyle programme. They provide our residents important time to focus on movements and exercises to support mobility and strength within care plans. All classes are hosted in the home in the morning and helps us all feel less guilty enjoying that afternoon cake!

We are pleased to have introduced here at Lace Hill Manor the Motitech Virtual Bike which provides our residents the chance to virtually explore the world whilst pedalling or using hand movements to guide them through the city streets. This is such an exciting addition to the home to support wellbeing, stimulation and movement rehabilitation with easy setup and recordings to capture data on distances covered and what parts of the world we have explored.

We are continuing with our reflections after sudden passing of our beloved Queen, Elizabeth II. We created some floral displays for the home and others enjoyed doing some colouring whilst watching the news and talking about memories they have of the Queen. We placed one of the displays next to the tree that was planted a few months ago to celebrate the Queen's jubilee. 

We are continuing with our reflections after sudden passing of our beloved Queen, Elizabeth II. Our Residents were spending time creating a memorial board with their own reflections and memories of Her Majesty as well as creating beautiful wreaths which were placed under The Platinum Jubilee tree in celebration of the Queen’s life. It’s so lovely to share lots of memories and stories amongst our Residents during this week as we come to terms with this great loss.