Mobile sweet shop bringing treats and smiles
26 February 2021Celebrating the 68th Anniversary of the End of Sweet Rationing in Britain, Aarandale Manor opened it’s mobile sweet shop, packed full of goodies for all to enjoy
Our homes offer a wide range of activties and trips tailored to our residents preferences and interested. This includes a range of trips to local attractions, cinema nights, exercise classes to improve wellbeing, through to live performances from musicians and bands, and pets visiting the home.
Celebrating the 68th Anniversary of the End of Sweet Rationing in Britain, Aarandale Manor opened it’s mobile sweet shop, packed full of goodies for all to enjoy
The Kendal Care Home Remembrance Garden project is underway here at the home which will be a quiet area dedicated to lost ones in the homes garden, B&Q kindly donated an array of flowers, trees and roses to help initiate one of the many meaningful projects. Residents will also be actively encouraged and supported to maintain the garden by the Activities and Well-being Team.
Here at Farnworth Care Home we celebrated Pancake Day. Residents were treated to a range of toppings including traditional lemon and sugar and the more contemporary Nutella! We had Pancake games flipping them and wafting them….. lots of laughter involved. Residents looked at the history of Shrove Tuesday and how other countries celebrate the day ….. we had a “flippin” good time!!!
Aarandale Manor has been having a Birthday Bonanza in January as our residents celebrate their birthdays during this month. In the last few weeks we have had two of our residents turn 100 and one turned 101! It started with Olive in the end of December where she had a beautiful floral display and special birthday cake made of her favorite Green and Blacks cake. It then carried on in the beginning of January where we had Dinah celebrate her 101st birthday!
Our Aarandale Residents take great delight in visiting the beautiful garden not just in the summer but all year round! One of our residents could not resist stepping out into last Sunday’s snow spectacular that turned Aarandale’s grounds into a Winter Wonderland. Our newly turned Centenarian, eagerly donned her winter coat and an improvised head covering with the close supervision provided by the Carer’s. She satisfied her hearts joy of having a stroll through the new fallen snow. To the delight of the residents peering out the windows and looking at the Snowman made by Carer. It was chilly but a fun day indeed! Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow!
At Farnworth Care Home Christmas crafting is well and truly underway with our lovely residents making sock snowmen and wreaths for their doors The day was completed by a surprise visit from one of Santa’s helpers, who was spoilt rotten with cuddles and food. We can’t wait for the next visit!
What a lovely surprise, Holkers Hall Santa made a special trip delivering fresh homemade mince pies for the residents and staff at Heron Hill. These were gratefully received by Heron Hills very own Queen of Elves Sandra, and enjoyed by all as a lovely afternoon treat.
At Heron Hill Care Home fun was had by all in a wreath making class held by two of our very talented carers, Suly and Sara. Giving up their own free time, Suly and Sara held a workshop for our lovely residents demonstrating on how to make a Christmas wreath. Fun and laughter was had by all involved as Suly and Sarah assisted them all in making their own wreaths, and as you can see they have all done an amazing job. There are beautiful!
Amidst these unprecedented times we celebrated the only way we know how, together as one extended family! With our flags at the ready and the homemade cakes going down a treat, a sing along to finish and now our party is complete Please click on the link to see some of our wonderful celebrations VE Day Celebration.
Abbeydale care home has been helping to reduce loneliness among older people – simply by sending a postcard. Residents at Abbeydale Court Care Home signed up to participate in the Postcards for Kindness initiative and they also teamed up with youngsters from West Park Nursery and Chatelherault Primary, who helped them write their postcards. Lynn Adam, wellbeing coordinator at the care home, said: “The Postcards for Kindness group was founded by Louise Baker and now has 27,000 members.It involves care homes all around the world and we were one of the first in Scotland to join this group. It allows residents to make and send various cards to other care homes and is a great topic of conversation over a cuppa. It has had a fabulous reaction, with our residents reading their mail, and indeed writing postcards, as it brings back lovely memories for them.”
The pupils and residents enjoy meeting up regularly and celebrating the initiative at the care home.