Mountains – Milkwood Care Limited

School visits for The Mountains

The Mountains are continuing with their school visits every two weeks, which are beneficial for both residents and students. These visits are great for intergenerational activities and play an important role in our community work.

Autumnal walk

We enjoyed a lovely autumn walk to Cyfarthfa Castle in Merthyr. After strolling around the pond, we bundled up warmly and spent the morning outdoors, enjoying some fresh air with Gloria and Ron.

Biscuity baking fun

We love baking here at the Mountains. Our skills include cheesecakes, lotus biscoff, puff pastry twists, lots of cakes and even crumbles. Here we have Liz, Maggie, and Gloria who’s pictured taking a cheeky taste of the lotus biscoff spread.

Disco party at The Mountains

We enjoyed the best afternoon letting her hair down at our 1970’s themed disco party. Singing, dancing, quizzing and grooving – we did it all! Special thanks goes out to Phil Dean, who put on a marvellous performance for our residents. After our 70’s themed nibbles lunch – complete with disco decorations and balloons –…

A trip to Butterefly Farm

Our last visit to the Butterfly Farm was a huge hit so we decided to go again as the chosen “big day out” in September. It’s always a joy to see how peaceful and happy our residents are when they visit these special places. As you can see, the butterflies were very friendly.

Our lovely sensory room at The Mountains

Our sensory room at The Mountains is a resident favourite! With calming lights, lavender scents, soothing nature sounds, and regular visits from Natasha, our beauty therapist, it’s the perfect place to relax.

Terrific trip to Techniquest

We recently enjoyed a ‘big day out’ to Techniquest! We took Margaret, Vincent, Marjorie, and Megan out for the day, where we explored science and learned so much along the way. Vincent loved the wind machine that blew a giant fan at you at the same speed as a tornado, as well as the cloud…

Brecon military museum

We took the residents to our local military museum to see the artefacts and learn the history. They were very interested to see all of the things that were used and worn during the World Wars. We saw lots of medals, each with different meanings, as well as guns, uniforms, flags, etc., all displayed there.…

Trip to Royal mint

We took some residents to the Royal Mint where we learnt so much about the life cycle of coins and how much they have changed over time. We invited family members to join us so they could encounter a day out with their loved ones, with help by their side if they needed it. We…

Check out our cooking club!

It appears we’ve established a cooking club here at the Mountains! Recently, we enlisted the residents’ help in peeling and chopping vegetables for our warm vegetable soup, and then crushing and mixing ingredients for this week’s chocolate tiffin. The ladies are always eager to lend a hand, and it was delightful to see Vince and…