June 2018 – Milkwood Care Limited

St. George’s Day

Milkwood House held a party for St. George’s Day, which turned out brilliantly! We had a patriotic sing a long to Last Night of The Proms and enjoyed a picture quiz on all things England and famous Georges.

Sensory – bed patients

We like to ensure that all our residents enjoy sensory therapy, and for our bed patients, this is a very important actitvity.

Easter chick making

Georgina, a resident at The Orchard, helped to make little chicks for the Easter tree! They turned to be funny, but cute looking, creatures.

Volunteers

Every year, the National Citizen Service (NCS), a group of about twenty 16-17 year old volunteers, spend the day in our Applewood Care Home. They are lucky to be joined by Sherfield School students every week, who give up their lunch hour to play games with the residents instead.

Salt dough making

Castleford House residents decided to make some salt dough, which was then shaped into a rainbow! Whilst making the dough, we had a sing song and also enjoyed playing a game titled ‘Would you rather?’. The game entails giving our residents two answers to choose from in order to answer the question, for example ‘If you had…

Bob – out and about

Bob, a resident at The Lodge attended a routine hospital appointment… that ended up to be much more exciting than planned. When he, Lorna and Kay decided to make an unplanned, spontaneous trip to visit his mother, in Cirencester… it was lucky Bob’s mum was home! It was lovely to see them together and Mrs…

Nutrition & Hydration Week

To kick start Nutrition and Hydration Week at Ganarew, we made our very own trendy smoothies using a variety of fruits such as banana, strawberry, orange, pear and apple. And as you can see, the smoothies proved to be a hit with Brian, Charlotte and Thomas, all of whom really enjoyed their nutritional drink!

Feeding the birds

Residents at Milkwood House often enjoy making their very own bird food. This is of course a great activity in itself, but seeing the birds enjoy the food is equally as much fun.

Complementary therapy

Complementary therapy sessions are enjoyed throughout out all our homes. The article below focuses on Natasha, who is welcomed with open arms to The Mountains. About Natasha: Natasha is a VTC qualified sports and massage therapist, she also has a Diploma in Health and Social Care which makes her suitable for therapy in a care…

Smoothie day

Linzi, made a variety of different tasting smoothies for residents at The Orchard to try. It was a great success… they loved every one of them!