Sensory therapy at The Mountains

Louise visits The Mountains regularly and specialises in sensory therapy. She brings in various sensory based items and plays music throughout her sessions. Louise encourages residents and staff members to engage in the activity session together, using their senses of sight, hearing and touch. Louise visits the home every other week.

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A summers walk

Residents at Castleford House had a lovely walk to the park. Maisie and Jennifer both enjoyed popping out for a breath of fresh air.

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Meet Monica Ditmas

Monic Ditmas is a much loved resident at Milkwood House, here’s her story –   For the first twelve years of my life, I had a tranquil existence in rectories in beautiful countryside with my three sisters, but this changed abruptly with the death of my father while still in office. This meant we lost…

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Don Leather at Castleford

Don Leather entertained us for the afternoon on Friday the 19th of February. He performed many of the old favourites which we all joined in with.  

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Mountains Peak relatives meeting

We hold a Relatives Meeting to get feedback on what we do and to check how relatives are keeping.   This month we were joined by Dementia Friends Rhiannon & Pip. Rhiannon contacted us to see if we would be interested in joining and supporting them, and Dementia Friends also working with us. Pip is…

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Castleford park visit

We wrapped up warm and went up to the park. It was surprisingly warm for a February morning. We had a lovely cup of tea from Pritchard’s which is just across the road from the park.  

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