Exploring the world through art at Loose Valley Care Home

by Kirstie Newell | Oct 23, 2025 | Creative Activities, Loose Valley Care Home

Spanish travels In preparation for our virtual trip to Spain on Monday 27 October here at Loose Valley Care Home, we’ve been getting creative with themed decorations. Using black card, we added plenty of sparkle with red, gold and blue glitter to create striking...

Strawberries, cream and Wimbledon cheer at Loose Valley Care Home

by Kirstie Newell | Jul 4, 2025 | Creative Activities, Loose Valley Care Home

Here at Loose Valley Care Home, we embraced a sweet Wimbledon tradition on Monday 30 June with a refreshing strawberries and cream trolley making its way around our Home during the warm summer afternoon. To set the scene, the trolley was beautifully decorated with a...

Tropical sweet and mocktail trolley at Loose Valley Care Home

by Kirstie Newell | Jun 22, 2025 | Creative Activities, Loose Valley Care Home

As it was such a hot day on Tuesday 17 June here at Loose Valley Care Home we decided to prepare a refreshing Hydration Station trolley, decorated with some serious tropical vibes! We served a tempting selection of fruity jelly sweets including jelly beans, jellytots,...

Relaxing Hawaiian afternoon with music and mocktails at Loose Valley Care Home

by Kirstie Newell | Jun 4, 2025 | Creative Activities, Loose Valley Care Home

Last Sunday we hosted a wonderful Hawaiian-themed afternoon for our residents at Loose Valley Care Home, packed with vibrant colours, flower garlands and tropical vibes. We invited Rob T and his electric ukulele along to get the party started and he wowed us all with...

Food for thought at Loose Valley Care Home

by Kirstie Newell | Apr 15, 2025 | Creative Activities, Loose Valley Care Home

Here at Loose Valley Care Home we’ve been enjoying discussion groups once a week with our residents, with themes of the wartime era and flowers so far. For our latest group we decided on a topic of ‘food through the decades’ and how food consumption...

South African adventures at Loose Valley Care Home

by Kirstie Newell | Mar 25, 2025 | Creative Activities, Loose Valley Care Home

Last week we brought our Loose Valley Care Home residents together with a memorable and enriching journey to the sights and sounds of South Africa on safari. We were all transported to the landscapes of a savanna, with backdrops of African animals of every type and...