Applewood – Milkwood Care Limited

Celebrating our furry friends

This week, we celebrated International Dog Day with our dog-loving residents at Applewood! They enjoyed a fun-filled day with a “Guess the Dog Breed” quiz, dog-themed arts and crafts, and shared heartwarming memories of their beloved pets.

Beautiful new lounge at Applewood

We’re so excited to share our new upstairs lounge! This is a place we’ve designed especially for residents to enjoy ‘sit and do’ activities, relax, and spend some 1:1 time with their loved ones. It’s a lovely, calming space for residents and family members to spend some quality time together.

Canals and Puppies

Some recent activities at our Milkwood Care homes 💙 Applewood enjoyed a leisurely cruise down the Basingstoke canal with a picnic. One of our Castleford residents volunteered to take Elvis the puppy for an adventurous woodland walk. All our homes have a rich schedule of activities, including regular opportunities to venture outdoors and be surrounded…

Applewood embraces amazing entertainers

We are so lucky to have made connections with some fantastic local entertainers and Philippa is one lovely lady who we always love welcoming through our doors. Everyone loved her singing and they all joined in.

Yeehaw!

We love donning our cowboy hats for our American-themed day. It doesn’t take long to transform into characters from the far west with our selection of cowboy hats and stars and stripes flags. Yeehaw!

Brilliant ball games

How many ways are there to make a ball game interesting? There are more than you might think! For a start, you need to mix it up. Here at Applewood, we love surprising our residents with giant dice, colourful beach balls, and rubber Koosh balls. It’s always a guaranteed way to make everyone laugh out…

Helen’s inspiring sponsored walk for dementia

At Applewood, we are continually inspired by the kindness and dedication of our residents and their families. Today, we are thrilled to share the heart-warming story of one of our residents’ family members, Helen, who recently demonstrated extraordinary commitment by participating in a sponsored walk to raise money for dementia. On May 11th, Helen embarked…

Pick n’Mix

Our residents recently indulged in a yummy Pick ‘n’ Mix sweets session, bringing back fond memories and spreading smiles all around. The assortment of colourful sweets, provided a perfect opportunity for everyone to reminisce and share stories of their favourite sweets from the past. It was interesting to hear how many of us remember our…

Furry cuddles

Warm cuddles and waggy tails. This is what brings so much joy to our home whenever we receive a visit from a furry friend. What makes it even more special is that each resident can spend special time with a pet companion when they visit, as we ensure that everyone is allocated time in their…

Alzheimer’s Society charity run

Below is an email that we received from a family member who is completing a run for Alzheimer’s: “My Aunty has lived at Applewood for several years now and having seen the changes in her during the time there and prior to her move, I thought I would do a challenge to support Alzheimers Society.…