The winter days are fast approaching and we haven’t been out in the gardens as much this month but that doesn’t stop us having fun in the home. Pat organised to have a dominoes competition in the coffee shop with residents and carers. Moira in the kitchen baked us a coffee and walnut cake and we enjoyed this with a cuppa during the games.

The people living and working at Woodlands care home went all out for Halloween.  Not only were the traditional scary faces carved into the pumpkins there were glittery cats and spiders and some beautifully decorated smaller pumpkins and squashes.

A fantastic display.

Cedar Court Care Home was honoured to host The Cranleigh Poppy Appeal launch on Monday 25th October.   Trevor Cobby of the British Legion was in attendance together with Lance Corporal Tweddie-Smith and Private High from the Princess of Wales Royal Regiment, “The Tigers”.

This year marks a hundred years of the poppy appeal and the fantastic work it does.

Sheila loved dressing Vicky our deputy manager up as a Mummy, she also told us to reuse the toilet paper as we may need it we are still in a pandemic after all.

Jean and Sue playing trick or treat at Carmel Lodge

As the days become cooler through Autumn our exercise routines continue with 'Rise & Shine' activities for everyone. Whether you enjoy the music, the movement, the percussion or the games it's always a joy to be involved in. We notice friendships are made and strengthened in these sessions with lots of fun and laughter too.

In preparation for our Halloween Party and to celebrate National Pumpkin Day, our talented staffs and residents started doing the giant pumpkin carving. Amber Court’s Resident did the sketching, then the staff doing the carving after. It is a team effort after all. Everyone had fun and amazing time.

Residents and staff had a great time decorating our window in preparation for our Halloween party that we had on Friday. Residents really enjoyed our spooky celebrations.

Always a welcome addition to the day, our residents love Cheese and Biscuits.

When we announced that we will be having a Halloween party in Amber Court, our residents and staff were very excited for it. We started preparing for the event through organizing a small activity with the residents and staff by carving pumpkins and making decorations. To be more festive for Halloween, we started to decorate the home as scary as possible. We decided it would be more fun to use one of the decorations as a representation of one of our staff, our maintenance, George.