Residents spent the morning making lavender bags today. They stripped the lavender off the plant then filled the lavender bags that had been previously sewn.  They loved the smell of lavender, and it reminded them of days they used to spend in their gardens and green houses.  The residents were so engaged with the activity and there was lots of reminiscing, chatting and smiles. One of our ladies even enjoyed using the sewing machine again!

Everyone got involved to celebrate ‘National Bow Tie Day’ at Gateford Hill, dressing up with bow-ties of all different shapes and sizes and making bow-tie shaped biscuits for everyone to enjoy with their afternoon tea. 

During the hot weather we like to think of creative ways to keep the people that live with us cool so we made a smoothie station this was enjoyed by all 

Over the past few Mondays we have created a Reminiscence café.  The people living with us can come enjoy refreshments and snacks and talk about a specific topic. This weeks topic was beach days and the experiences that we had. We spoke about days at the beach that we remembered with our families. One of the ladies that lives with us her daughter joined us for the session which was lovely to hear her memories too.

People living with us picked out an animal that they wanted to paint, each animal had pieces that needed to be painted separately.  Once the paint was dry , we then had to fix them together to make up our animals.  We got quite messy but we did not mind as the Owls, Swans, Birds, Ducks and Peacocks that were made were amazing.
 

We were delighted to receive our Just Bowl kit to the home and everyone was so excited to get involved.  There were so great scores and we are looking forward to trying to beat them next time.

With the sun shining we wanted to celebrate the summer by hosting our own carnival complete with steel band.  It was such a lovely afternoon which was thoroughly enjoyed by all.

A team from Chartwell Manor Care Home joined the community of Aylesbury on Saturday 27th August for Parklife, a free annual event hosted and organised by Aylesbury Town Council.  We held a traditional tombola and raised £100 for Emmett’s Genies, one of Aylesbury Town Mayor, Cllr Tim Dixon’s, chosen charities.  Emmett’s Genies is a small, local charity, set up following Emmett’s cancer diagnosis at the age of 2 ½ years.  The main aim of the charity is to raise enough funds to build a centre in the UK, similar to the one Emmett visited in America funded by Make

Earlier this week we were very lucky to celebrate a very special birthday with our lovely resident Hilda who turned 102! We all would like to wish a very happy birthday to Hilda!

We would all like to say a huge welcome to Simona, our new nurse completed her probation today. Another successful addition to Kingsbury team.