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Staff in all homes were treated to delicious breakfast of pastries, fresh fruit and juices and fantastic lunch and dinner of Philippine themed dishes, freshly prepared by our talented Chefs, on Thursday the 19th and Friday the 20th January. The staff appreciation days...

All friends and family came together to celebrate a very special birthday.  We all love a game of quoits; Joan S was the winner! Gentle exercises with care staff, keep us moving and motivated. Word games with Sugar! Sugar said next time she has to up her game as the...

As we are officially at the peak of winter, we have spent the whole week partaking in winter and other fun activities in woodlands. On Monday morning, we had the residents meeting. Alison started the meeting in the lounge. Most of our residents attended the meeting...

Look at the concentration on these two. Three times a week they meet to play dominos. More gentle exercises, Dawn will never give us a break!  Toni-Sue left the residents some gifts for them to open, what a lovely gesture.  Thank you.  We all love a game of hangman,...

It would have been Elvis Presley’s birthday this week, so we came up with the idea of celebrating the 1950’s. We had Elvis quizzes, sing-a-longs, cheese and wine tasting, some sport and many more activities. On Monday, we had the giant crossword in the morning and...

  Happy New year to all from our family at Woodlands. Hope the year 2023 brings good health and prosperity to all of us. After the feast we had on Christmas day, we all needed a refreshing walk in our garden so on Monday morning (Boxing day), the residents got...

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas!! What an amazing week we had in woodlands. We had pre-Christmas party for our residents and a Christmas fete which included lots of Christmas games and delicious foods. On Monday, we had a Christmas choir of primary school...

Anyone for a game of basketball? We all enjoyed it! Our choir practice is going very well, Dawn the choir master has volunteered for us to all join the dementia choir that is starting very soon.  How many different chocolates did we get? We then finished the morning...

We have just had a week full of interesting activities in Woodlands. Following the theme of Scottish week, we had Scottish food and drinks tasting, arts and crafts, quizzes, with a mixture of preparation for Christmas. On Monday, the residents took part in rice...