Chinese New Year!

We have been busy preparing for our Chinese New year’s celebrations 2024 the year of the dragon! We had fun making our dragons and Lanterns Then a real dragon came to say hello ….very scary …and adorable!

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Noah’s Ark Zoo

Josie and Kath visited Noah’s Ark Zoo Farm! This was a first-time and incredible experience for us all! The ladies experienced a variety of exotic animals, a wheelchair-friendly park, an elephant talk from the head zookeeper and we were even lucky enough to bump into the zoo founder, Christina Bush, who told us the amazing…

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Welcoming friends to The Orchards

There’s an immeasurable joy that fills the air whenever our residents’ dear friends come to visit our home. These moments are more than just friendly visits; they’re reunions filled with shared stories, laughter, and heartfelt connections. Seeing familiar faces walk through our doors brings an extra spark to each resident’s day, igniting cherished memories and…

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Daily dishes!

Our week in meals: Tuesday- Mexican Beef Wednesday – Mid-week Roast Thursday- Chinese Buffet Friday – Fish and Chips Saturday – Toulouse Sausage Casserole & Spiced Peach Crumble Sunday – Roast Dinner

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Dancing into January!

We had the utterly fabulous Karen Paige entertaining our residents this week. Everyone got involved including some special moves from one of our carers Milon.

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Welcoming in the new year 2024!

We are wishing everyone a HAPPY NEW YEAR, from all the Braeburn family. We had a great party , and we kicked off the new year with our first Yoga class with the fabulous Jenny!

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Looking back at an Incredible Year!- Awards and Certificates

On Tuesday, November 28th, Amelia and Fiona attended the graduation ceremony at the Pavilion in Cheltenham, receiving theircertificates for completing the Dementia Link Workers and Leads course, part of the May 2023 cohort.This twelve-week course, held weekly in Cheltenham, focuses on dementia best practices, emphasising innovative approaches tosupporting individuals with dementia. Fiona successfully qualified as…

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Birthdays at Applewood!

We’ve had a number of birthdays at Applewood recently. Big birthday wishes to Maureen, Irene, Howard, and Sylvia from all of us at Applewood!

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A feast of a week!

Looking back on our festive week in meals until New Years’ Eve – Happy 2024 to all Cooked Breakfast. Monday Christmas Dinner Tuesday Stew. Wednesday Macaroni Cheese Thursday Sticky Beef Thursday Pudding Fish Friday Friday’s Brownie Sunday Roast

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