Posts by Glenn Alexander
Christmas Ornaments
We created wonderful ornaments for the trees with our residents! Each person has one ornament displayed on the tree in the hall.Please feel free to take your family member’s ornament home if you wish.We would greatly appreciate any donations you could offer for the ornaments. Your contributions will help us organise more activitiesfor our community…
Read MorePaddy’s Birthday Day Out!
Reliving the incredible moments at the D-Day Museum in Southsea, celebrating the one and only Paddy’s birthday! It was a day filled with history, laughter, and cherished memories. Here’s to many more adventures!
Read MoreDay Trips
We have had a very busy month, making the most of the sunshine and taking trips out to the deer park, Watercress Line and meeting up with our sister homes to take part in the Dementia Choir
Read MoreHappy St.David’s Day!
It’s 1st March and so today, especially in our homes located in Wales, we’ll be celebrating and honouring the patron saint of Wales! We’ve been studying the history books and finding out what there is to know about St.David and learn about how special his deeds were – here are 3 interesting things we read…
Read MoreAfternoon Tea
Afternoon tea is a special occasion that is the pinnacle of elegance. With delicate finger sandwiches, sumptuous but classic French fancies, homemade cakes, fresh fruit and of course, the classic scone with jam and cream. These treats are set out with a variety of teas and coffees (from our café bar). Any birthday, Mother’s Day…
Read MoreAWARDS PARTY CELEBRATIONS
This week we held a celebratory party for people living at Castleford to join in on our quadruple awards celebrations! The kitchen team produced a fantastic buffet for everyone to enjoy, accompanied by a glass (or two) or Prosecco! Colleen and Josie were very happy to be part of the celebrations. Colleen gave a few…
Read MoreValentines Day
Today we have had a lovely Valentine’s day at Castleford. Our day to celebrate love consisted of a visit from Ernie the love pug, valentines afternoon tea and sharing our best valentines advice! Instead of a love bug at Castleford, we had Ernie the love pug! Ernie dressed perfectly for the occasion and people showed…
Read MoreSix Nations
Everyone enjoying the first game of the six nations with a cold pint and snacks of course!
Read MoreChristmas at Chatterwood
Tony, Neil, Judith, Edith, David (Santa was having a day off), Nina and her mum celebrated Christmas Day in style, with a lovely traditional dinner (with all the trimmings) and a glass of fizz. Edith and Judith had a great time and pulled a cracker together and the little jokes made them chuckle together. The…
Read MoreChristmas Wish
Today has been a very special day at Castleford! One of our resident’s, who came to live with us a year ago, has longed for a dog to keep her company in her room. So this year, her Christmas wish was to have a dog. So we made it happen! Working with her family we…
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