Dancing at Hillview Nursing Home in Burnham-on-Sea! Lot's of September News at Hillview Nursing Home in Burnham-on-Sea! https://churchlakecare.com/hillview-care-home-in-burnham Its been a very musical month at Hillview. Our residents love choosing their favourite songs to listen to, of course Elvis and Johnny cash were among the most popular singers, which are either being sung by one of [...]
Covid-19 Update Sept 20 Given the recent rise in Covid-19 and the increase in cases in the local area, I have made the decision to place Axbridge Court in lockdown. This will mean that all ‘Social Distance Visits’ to the home will be cancelled until further notice. I have made this decision based on the [...]
Beach Day The sun came out from behind the clouds to brighten our ‘Beach day’ at Hames Hall Residential Care at Cockermouth in Cumbria. Our ‘warm up’ session with Kayley and Michelle encouraged all to get their arms and legs moving to the music, this prepared everyone for the ‘Beach volley ball’ game. The big [...]
Autumn begins at Chichester Hall exquisite residential and nursing care home in Cumbria. Here we are at the end of another month, it is hard to believe we are fast approaching Autumn, having in effect, lost Spring and Summer, due to the Pandemic, and all that it has thrown our way at Chichester Hall exquisite [...]
Holmewood Residential Home near Cockermouth holds strong against Coronavirus We are fast approaching Autumn now, after what has felt like a blur for the duration of Spring and Summer – it is exciting to imagine the possibilities the new season could bring with the ever-improving situation with regards to Holmewood Residential Home near Cockermouth and [...]
Shakespeare at Axbridge Court Residential Care Home in Axbridge in Somerset ‘Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate: Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer's lease hath all too short a date' William Shakespeare wrote these thoughts as part of his Sonnet 18, [...]
Garden Party On 31st August we held our annual Garden Party. The garden party was a successful event, and we raised £174.60! We are very grateful to our resident's families who volunteered on the day serving teas, coffees and strawberries and cream. Oh, course our signature Pimm's went down a treat with everyone. Our head [...]
Flexercise and Games We have had another couple of busy weeks with our activities team. Our regular flexercise, the seated exercise class we run, went off with great success. A resident requested to play our word games to keep brains active and encourage a bit of positive competition. We held a quiz on Wednesday, which [...]
We have had a busy time at Ferns with our activities over the last month. Flexercise Every week, both Kate and Karen have provided Flexercise, which is a wheelchair-based exercise class. It can last anything from 10 to 60 minutes, depending on how our lovely residents feel. We use socks as weights and have our [...]
After a scrumptious lunch, five residents, one volunteer, and I (Hillview activities coordinator), all gathered around the dining room table to join in with a poetry recital. The residents took it in turns to select a poem to read and listen to. We read poems about nature, including leaves, apple trees, and flowers. The poems [...]
