This week we had a very interesting theme, “home cleaning in woodlands.” The residents helped with daily tasks, folding laundry, setting tables for lunch, helping with the tea round amongst other daily chores. The main purpose of the home cleaning themes is to encourage the resident’s memories of when they used to take care of their house chores independently.
On Monday morning, we had a residents meeting. Alison hosted the meeting with the attendance of all our residents, we discusses, care, food, housekeeping, activities and maintenance. Alison asked the residents if they were satisfied with the service they have been getting. We got a positive review from our residents.
In the afternoon, some of our residents enjoyed cooking club with Becky, they made banana bread while others played a game of bingo.
On Tuesday morning we had a skittles challenge.
In the afternoon, there was “Dementia Choir” at Hill House (our sister home), some of our residents travelled to Hill House in the afternoon and absolutely loved the choir.
On Wednesday morning, the residents helped with setting the tables for lunch.
In the afternoon, we started preparing for Valentine’s Day with Valentine’s arts and crafts. Our residents put their hearts into colouring and cutting the paper hearts.
On Thursday morning, some of our residents helped with arranging flowers to make the home smell and look amazing.
In the afternoon, we celebrated Valentine’s Day. We had a chocolate fountain, the residents enjoyed dipping marshmallows and strawberries into the chocolate, they were delicious.
On Friday, we went to Farnham Mill (our sister home) for a tea party. The residents enjoyed their tea in fine china cups accompanied by delicious cakes.
The residents really enjoyed watching the swans on their pond.
On Saturday, the residents helped with decorating the home for Valentine’s Day.
Every morning, throughout the week, we did chair based exercises and ball games to keep us all physically active.
