Keep up to date with the latest news from Woodlands and Hill Brow residential care homes

On the 13th of October it was nice to welcome back old friends and relatives to one of our regular Quiz Nights. Over 40 people enjoyed a fun Quiz Night, with lovely food and drinks. All helped to raise over £500 for our chosen charity Families Supporting Care, who...

Monday, we started with our morning exercises then followed with making Halloween lanterns and a giant crossword, which is always a firm favourite. On Tuesday we had a walk around the gardens, in between the rain showers.  Natasha the singer came to entertain us for...

Halloween week has started! Can you guess the faces behind the masks? We all enjoyed a morning of ghost stories; all the residents had many tales to tell about their time trick or treating! Pumpkin carving at its finest, we even managed to get one carved saying...

Monday afternoon, we celebrated a special 99th Birthday. Cupcake baking and decorating, the best bit was eating them. Look at the beautiful sunshine we had on Tuesday, who wouldn’t want to sit in the garden?  Reminiscing about all the cake we loved to bake as...

Jenga we all love this game, look at the concentration and then elation!       It brightens our day when families visit. We love our gentle exercises. Hangman is one of our favourite quiz games. Word association started with Harvest and ended with lovely....

We have an entertainer every week however Jimmy is definitely a favourite with the ladies. We all look forward to the hairdresser visiting Our favourite game of hangman.   Tuesday was beer and pretzel afternoon, the ladies all enjoyed a Gin & Tonic. Thank you to...

Another week has come to an end which means we are moving closer towards Christmas! We have enjoyed a German week in woodlands this week. The residents tried some beer which is the drink of a choice in Germany and we talked about their travels to Germany. We started...

Tuesday Morning, we had been all thinking of different dances, followed by gentle exercises. We had an afternoon of Pam Ayres poetry.   How many words can we make from waltzing Matilda?   We have started on the Christmas decorations already!!! It’s best to...

Another productive week spent in Woodlands. The theme of the week was dancing through the decades, so the residents did reminisce their 40’s, 50’s and 60’s by singing and dancing to the songs. As every week, we started our week with chair-based exercises. Every week,...