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Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update 5
Milkwood Care Covid-19 Response – 6th January 2021. First of all I’d like to wish you a happy new year and thank you for all your support throughout 2020. Milkwood Care Group has taken the difficult decision to suspend all visits to its care homes until further notice, following the news of a new strain of…
Read MoreNew Year Messages
Here are some of the residents sharing their New Year messages for their families. We loved reading what the residents had to say!
Read MoreChristmas Party Time!
Here the residents enjoyed their Christmas party! Games of bingo were played and a Christmas raffle held, all while listening to festive songs and eating a delicious buffet.. fun was had by all. Merry Christmas to all family and friends, from all at The Mountains.
Read MorePyjama Party
To celebrate Ro’s birthday, we took the opportunity to do something a little different and had a PJ Day! Residents and staff all dressed in their favourite warm pyjamas for the day. This was to pay homage to Ro’s favourite saying, “Go back to bed and stay warm”. Ro had a wonderful day celebrating and…
Read MoreRobin’s Movember Challenge 2020. photos and videos
We’ve had lots of requests to see photographic proof of Robin’s movember challenge – here it is. We’ve also managed to get video footage of him peddling! Many thanks for all your donations to date. If you still would like to donate please click here – https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/robin-cheesman
Read MoreCoronavirus (COVID-19) Update 4
Milkwood Care Covid-19 Response – 13th November 2020. As the national situation regarding the pandemic develops, our number one priority remains the safety and wellbeing of everyone living and working in our care homes. Our Key areas are – Our teams are following guidance around social distancing, hand hygiene measures and the correct wearing of PPE.…
Read MoreHalloween
We enjoyed some pumpkin carving as part of our Halloween celebrations. Some of us dressed up as witches, too!
Read MoreMusic to our ears
We held a ‘Strictly Sunday’ dance afternoon, here’s everyone enjoying the music and some even had a little dance.
Read MoreFour Little Puddle Ducks
Last month, we saw some bright and warm days where we could still enjoy our beautiful garden. One afternoon, we spent time having a cuddle with one of our lovely male ducks. As you can see, he was very pleased to be the star of the show. The residents loved giving him a stroke, the…
Read MoreKeeping busy in the home
We’ve found lots of fun ways to keep ourselves occupied over the last few weeks. We’ve been keeping our minds busy with colouring, playing games and reading. We’ve also kept our hands busy with arts and crafts, baking and gardening. Everyone has their own favourite activities and hobbies and the home always does its best…
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