May 2012 – Page 2 – Milkwood Care Limited

Petersfield Ukulele Band

Once again, the Petersfield Ukulele Band came and played and sang at Chatterwood, which they normally do three times a year. They are a lovely group of people who are friendly and fun and really do entertain the residents with their playing and singing. The residents all sing along and really enjoy seeing and listening…

Castleford Memory Garden

On April 25th, we officially opened our Castleford House Memorial Garden. The idea was initially created by the daughter of the departed Harold James, who purchased a flower for us to plant in his memory. Since then, when people that we have cared for pass away, we ask the family to consider a flower that…

Easter preparation

Preparing for Easter was a lot of fun and involved a visit to Morrisons to buy 40 Easter Eggs. One resident in particular thoroughly enjoyed the trip, as she was clipped to the trolley!

Pet therapy

The Mountains welcomed Pete the dog, and the residents had many photos taken with him. Pete is a friendly, furry dog with a beautiful colour to his coat. Pete belongs to one of the carers, Helen, who owns a farm. He gets very excited being around new people and reacts well with the residents, and the…

20 degrees in February?

We had what felt like a mini-heatwave in February! Tom and Steve at The Lodge pretended that they were on their summer holidays and decided to let the sun beat down on their bare chests!

Indoor pub games

Milkwood House residents enjoying all our indoor pub games. Favourites are darts, the beanbag mat game and milk bottle throwing (plastic cups used).

Group news: Ready, Steady, Cook!

We have recently introduced new menus across all our homes to improve the dining experience for our residents. We wanted to gauge how our managers and our kitchen staff have been getting along with the new changes, so we organised a ‘food discussion day’ at Brakes demonstration kitchen facility, in Reading. The manager and one…

Congratulations and celebrations

We send congratulations to Louise and Maggie at Chatterwood, as they have both spent approximately 10 months studying for and passing exams. Both of them admit it has been hard work and studying for their qualifications has taken up many hours of their time. Maggie and Louise are very grateful that Milkwood Care sponsored them…

Sit and stretch

Pat, a resident at Braeburn Lodge has new found a love this year for seated yoga. She thoroughly enjoys participating in this gentle form of exercise at various times throughout the week – she says it is now one of her favourite things to do.

The Willis Museum

The Willis Museum has been hosting and displaying the Sunday Times Art Exhibition. Jean, Davina, Paddy, Joan and Audrey viewed the excellent pieces of art (sadly, not the Mona Lisa) and enjoyed delicious slices of cake. Applewood is well known to Jenny, the Willis Museum’s curator, and Mandy who works at the museum. They have…