Posts by Milkwood Admin
Creative Corner
Here’s some of our residents showing off their arts & crafts skills, patience and concentration was key!
Read MoreRetail Therapy
We took Gwen and Tony to Petersfield for a look around the shops. They enjoyed sitting outside and watching the world go by whilst having a cup of tea. They also enjoyed a photo opportunity with the Ram’s Walk ram.
Read MoreBalloon Tennis
This is a favourite indoor game – it looks easier than it is!
Read MoreBirthday’s at Milkwood
We celebrated lots of birthday’s over the last few weeks! Les had a proper Pompey birthday, Alice celebrated her birthday with her husband and friend. Doreen enjoyed her birthday with cake and flowers, Sheila had lots of gifts and cards and Gillian was treated to cake and lovely flowers! Dulcie received some new slippers and…
Read MoreGarden of Reflection
Nurse Karen looked at our memorial garden and felt that it didn’t do justice to remember the people who have passed away. So she decided to do something about it.Her husband had booked for her to do a tandem skydive, which was on her bucket list, and she used this to help her raise funds…
Read MoreCastleford Boutique
Today, we opened up our own ‘Castleford Boutique’ for some of the ladies to enjoy a shopping experience in their own home! We have had a selection of ladies underwear, nightwear and clothing kindly donated by Margaux Lambert. We have also had a wonderful selection of handmade children’s clothes from Sylvia Pugh. One of our…
Read MorePuppy Love
And they call it puppy love . Today we were luckily enough to have 7 dachshund puppies come to visit. The residents absolutely loved having a cuddle, we can’t wait to gave them back!
Read MoreAfternoon Tea
One afternoon, we had a good old fashioned knees up to make our tea and cake even more enjoyable!
Read MoreSunday Sing-along
One sunny Sunday afternoon, we held our own “Songs of Praise” outdoors in the garden.
Read MoreWishing Tree Trip
On Friday we were able to grant our resident her Wishing Tree wish, which was to visit Slimbridge Wetland Centre.Our visit to Slimbridge was wonderful – when we arrived we were greeted by ducks and geese, who were eager to have some of the seed that we purchased for them. She thoroughly enjoyed letting the…
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