November 2020 – Page 3 – Milkwood Care Limited

Party Food, Drink and Outfits

We had a fabulous day doing all things Mexican, this included making an effort with fancy dress for staff and residents.We decorated the home with lots of bright colours and popped on traditional music. Boyette cooked up a wonderful Mexican inspired lunch for everyone, including stuffed and fried chilli peppers! We ended our Mexican day…

Walking Boots

We thoroughly enjoyed our autumn woodland walk with Hugh, and collected lots of different coloured leaves to take back to the home for all to see and feel. We chatted about how wonderful Mother Nature is and all the great things she provides to humans and animals. Hugh said we should never take nature for…

Blog 2. Robin’s Movember Challenge 2020

Peddling progress update – a virtual tour around all the Milkwood Care homes Day 5 and Day 6, I travelled on from Abergavenny and was accompanied for most of the time by Janet. She rode along, thinking that she could stop to do some shopping in Abergavenny, Monmouth or Chepstow, and was most disappointed that…

Karaoke

Many of our residents have hidden talents and after a musical session of karaoke, it appears that we have some enthusiastic singers amongst us! This pair were not shy of the microphone and had a wonderful time singing their favourite songs.

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update 4

Milkwood Care Covid-19 Response – 13th November 2020. As the national situation regarding the pandemic develops, our number one priority remains the safety and wellbeing of everyone living and working in our care homes. Our Key areas are – Our teams are following guidance around social distancing, hand hygiene measures and the correct wearing of PPE.…

Artists at work

Putting crayons to colouring books is a relaxing way to spend an hour or two for some of our residents.

Clever Crafting

Mr. Pinnell enjoyed creating and making his very own table place mat, made with foliage and leaves found around the grounds of our home!

Lest We Forget

With Remembrance Day in mind, we spent one morning making a beautiful poppy display for our reception area.The residents used scrunched red tissue to add colour to our large display poppy. We also made poppy wreaths out of coloured felt to hang around the home. Despite another national lockdown, Armistice Day celebrations were still going…

Orchard Update

The wonderfully cheerful builders have been really busy this week constructing our outdoor hub for visiting friends and relatives. We have all enjoyed following their progress and really look forward to seeing the space once it’s completed! We’ll keep you updated with its development.

Remembrance Day

As we all know , it was a very different Remembrance Day this year as the public were not allowed to attend the Cenotaph for the Remembrance service. However, each and every one of us wanted to remember someone.So, at Chatterwood, we coloured in poppies, and one of the residents made a poppy and placed…