The residents really enjoyed the Chinese New Year celebrations. They made sparklers and lanterns and enjoyed some Chinese food. We talked about the different animals of the Chinese zodiac calendar. We found out what animals everyone was from the year they were born and coloured some pictures of them. We also listened to some Chinese music on Alexa.

We had some fun with the old games at the home this month as well as learning new technology.  We played games of hoopla, tin can alley and then an afternoon of games on the tablet (squash the spider).  The residents thoroughly enjoyed themselves and were so good at squashing the spider.

We enjoyed a lovely fish supper from our local fish and chip shop in January as a treat. Every Friday at the home we enjoy Fish and Chips but this Friday we received chips from our favourite local shop. The residents had such a lovely time, eating chips out of the paper and reminiscing about childhood memories and fish and chips with their own families. It was such a wonderful lunchtime.

We always enjoyed going to our tea club but with COVID and the cold winter days we decided to start our own weekly tea club at the home. Our residents look forward to it each week and it’s a great opportunity to catch up with each other.

Rabbie Burns Night at the home is always something our residents enjoy, and this year was no different. We had a piper and an accordion player to entertain our residents and lots of singing and dancing before we sat down to a supper of haggis, neeps and tatties.

We had two 70th birthdays celebrations in January at Yohden for our Alan and Ann both celebrate their 70th birthday.  We had a birthday party for them and they really enjoyed their special day.

There is lots of work happening at Rosedale at the moment in the Lodge which is undergoing a huge refurbishment project to open April time. Our very handy maintenance man, Steve, has been such a huge help. We were delighted when our Commercial Director, James Burgan, came yesterday to present Steve our maintenance manager with vouchers for a meal out for Steve and his wife as a big thank you.

Thank you to Steve for all of your hard work and thank you James for popping in to see us and all of the work going on in the Lodge.

We celebrated Bill and Daphne's 53rd wedding anniversary in February. We wish them all the love and for many more years to come. Happy Anniversary to you both.

We celebrated Burns Night at Rose Lodge with the traditional Haggis, neeps and tatties. We enjoyed some Scottish songs during the day, along with Scottish Shortbread and tales of We had a lovely morning joining in the Burns celebrations and our Haggis, neeps and tatties were enjoyed by all.