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This week we celebrated love at woodlands. For Valentine’s Day, we decorated our home and enjoyed many fun activities. On Monday, we started our day with an intellectual activity, “word search.”   In the afternoon, we had a special Valentine’s tea party. Our chef had...

Our new resident BH, enjoyed a chilly but sunny stroll around the gardens.  The whole home was silent when the word searches came out. It was good to keep our minds active with Housework Word Association! Dementia Choir is FINALLY back! It was good to sing with new...

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...

We celebrated friendship and flowers in woodlands this week. We think of ourselves as a big family and also as best friends. The residents are always together and absolutely adore one another. This week, there were many interesting games and activities to join in,...

 Monday the lovely Rev. Tara came, we enjoyed the service.   A lovely stroll around the garden. There’s nothing better than a good pamper. A-Z of flowers, how lovely the smell of fresh flowers in your room.   We decided to play dominos this week. Lots of...

We started our week with everything Scottish.  They have their thinking caps on!  Followed by gentle exercise.  Preparing for love and friendship week, look at our lovely heart.  Already for friendship and heart week.  Scottish word association, you can hear the...

In woodlands we celebrated Robert Burns night on Wednesday January 25. Throughout the week we read Burns poems, enjoyed Scottish food, had a relaxing afternoon with Scottish whisky and many more activities. On Monday, we had word search in the morning. The residents...

 This week we celebrated Chinese week, we had a tasting afternoon. Seaweed, fried rice, spring rolls. Sugar was the expert at using chop stick, we all had a turn.  A enjoyed the seaweed, this was something she has never tried before. I think everyone loved the...

At woodlands we include all cultures and traditions of different countries in our activities,  it gives our residents an exciting opportunity to learn about different countries and enjoy new activities on a weekly basis. This week we celebrated Chinese new year in...