Archive for July 2021
Jigsaw Puzzles
Everyone likes a bit of time out where they can chill out and be peaceful within themselves. Gwen enjoys the quiet environment of her room to do therapeutic jigsaw puzzles, and always finishes them. Gwen gets a sense of achievement once she has completed a puzzle. She has just started her fifth one since starting…
Read MoreWishing Tree Trip
Today one of our residents has been granted her wish and we have accompanied her shopping to The Mall at Cribbs Causeway When the pandemic hit we, unfortunately, had to put ‘Wishing Tree Trips’ on hold as most of the wishes were to go on trips. Now that places are opening back up we are…
Read MoreBBC Gloucester
We are so proud that BBC Gloucester featured some of our fantastic work on their page once again!We strive to provide ‘out of the box’ and stimulating activities for the people living at Castleford House, and we feel that we managed to achieve this with our ‘Inking And Drinking’ afternoon. It helped to lift people’s…
Read MoreOut On The Road
Today we took full advantage of our air-conditioned minibus and headed out on an adventure! We headed towards Tintern and admired the beautiful views the Abbey has to offer! Our resident’s enjoyed the views and one said: “it’s absolutely beautiful here!”.We then headed down to Monmouth, where we visited Green and Jenks and we had…
Read MoreFurry Visitors
One activity that residents really enjoy is when we have animals visit the home. Here you can see one of our nurses brought her dog in and another staff member brought a lamb in! The residents look forward to these visits and appreciate the love that the animals bring.
Read MorePam’s Perfect Day
Pam enjoyed her birthday, receiving many presents and cards. Two friends visited her in the afternoon – how lovely!
Read MoreOur Summer Garden
Today we made the most of the weather and the beautiful garden space that we have. It was lovely to have all the residents enjoying the sunshine.
Read MoreCastleford Ice-cream Parlour
We have found the perfect way to stay cool on this very hot sunny day.This afternoon, we visited the Castleford Ice Cream Parlour, where we treated ourselves to single and double scoop ice-creams and some delicious ice-cream sundaes.The favourite sweet treat of the afternoon was undoubtedly the mint choc chip with a flake and everyone…
Read MoreBeautiful Baby Girl
One of our carers, Amy Chick, who is currently on maternity leave, brought in her beautiful baby girl, Layla Snow, to visit the residents. The residents were very excited to meet her and have some cuddles! Thank you Amy for bringing her in and we hope to see you both soon!
Read MoreRaglan Garden Centre
We took a trip to Raglan Garden Centre with David, Elizabeth and John to look at the variety of plants and colourful garden flowers.There were some wonderful hanging baskets and we admired the fantastic water features on display. We stopped for a bite to eat at the cafe, then headed back to the minibus –…
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