May 2012 – Page 7 – Milkwood Care Limited

A scenic walk

Linzi, Charlie and Atiq discovered the most beautiful of settings when off on one of their country walks! After setting off from The Orchard, they headed down to Lewstone, where they jumped over a stile to discover a stunning house and mausoleum over the lake in the grounds. As they continued their walk, they came…

Creative cooking

At Castleford House the residents get up to all sorts of activities, one being cooking. Although, over the years, cooking has proved quite unsuccessful as something always goes wrong, wherever it be soggy rice krispie cakes or falling apart meat balls. After many failed attempts, we decided to try cooking again… alas, it was a further…

Catching up with old mates

Tom, a resident at The Lodge, met up with Olly, who used to work at The Lodge, when it opened back in 2012. This picture captures them both eyeing up the dessert menu or maybe it was the pretty girl who was serving them!! A good evening was had by all and the usual heckling…

Recording Artists with Anvil Arts!

The residents at Applewood have embarked on an 12-week project where reminiscence sessions have been made into poetry; last week, their poems were made into songs, which they have now recorded! Next week marks the start of dance and movement, and there will be a performance on 16th May at The Anvil to showcase their…

Congratulations are in order

We would like to say a massive congratulations to staff members at Castleford House. First up is Sarah Jones and Mandy Davis for passing their NVQ Level 3, followed by Stacey Arrowsmith for completing the Dementia Link Worker course. Stacey’s course has involved almost a year of travelling back and forth to Cheltenham, but hard work…

Crocuses all around

The Orchard residents went for a local stroll and came across these beautiful crocuses!

General day to day at The Mountains

Please find a range of photos documenting what residents at The Mountains have been up to on a daily basis.

Pimp my frame

Here at Applewood, we were finding that with so many residents with the same grey frames, they often got mixed up, so a resident would end up with an incorrect frame. Or, residents would forget about them because they blend into the background, leading to a higher risk of falls. Well… not anymore! With the…

Expensive collectable money

Our residents at Ganarew, were absolutely thrilled to hear about the release of two new coins, news that has been recently announced by The Royal Mint. A new ‘50 pence’ coin is to be released to celebrate 150 years of Beatrice Potter…the current going price for the coin is £60! There will be a further…

Rehabilitation

Staff and service users at The Lodge, have been doing a great job with their physical rehabilitation, making full use of the gym and pilates sessions!