The Orchard

Rena had a wonderful birthday afternoon celebrating with Judith and staff with a glass of Buck’s Fizz. Rena enjoyed reading cards from family and friends, and she received a card from the Queen, which was very special. A selection of sandwiches and cream cakes were on offer, in addition to a coffee and chocolate cake,…

We held a flower arranging session that was really popular. It was so nice to see the residents being creative, smiling throughout,helping each other when needed, building in confidence and feeling relaxed.

Our lovely ladies wanted a cream tea treat, so we drove a short distance to Monmouth and found the perfect spot outside the Red Door Deli. Here, we watched the world go by, the ladies chatted happily together and we all simply enjoyed being out and about.

We had a games afternoon with two teams, made up of Iris and Alex, David and Lizzie. Questions challenged everyone’s knowledge and each team thought hard about the questions and answers.With David taking the lead on the board, Iris claimed that she knew nothing! But with some reassurance, she quickly caught up and proved that…

We’ve had a lovely morning playing memory games of “guess what’s in my box “ we put our thinking caps on to play these games!We then played a game of bat the balloon to keep it off the floor, lots of fun was had by all!Rest up & a cup of tea before lunch &…

Our residents enjoying a dancing session with Casey & Claire – we had old school songs that we were dancing along to with with scarfs, we used our hand – eye coordination skills by throwing a ball to one another & moving our muscles! Lots of fun was had by both Casey, Claire & the…

Cups of tea with biscuits were enjoyed by Elizabeth and Iris while the talented pair put together these wonderful flower arrangements for everyone to enjoy.

Thanks to Andrew and Helen for the sizzling sausages, delicious burgers, accompanied by sides of jacket potatoes, salad and asparagus that they cooked up and served to residents. Everyone throughly enjoyed the change of menu for the day, and as we’d been sat outdoors all morning, getting lots of fresh air, we all had worked…

One warm April morning, Judith wanted to have a little wander around the gardens and she collected a few beautiful daffodils along the way. Once back indoors, we popped them into small vases to decorate the dining room tables.

Paula, our weekly hairdresser, popped in to pamper our ladies and gents with hair trims, dyes and curls, or even the full works! Paula listens carefully to what each resident would like and makes them look and feel special; everyone leaves the beauty room feeling fabulous.