by Kirstie Newell | Jun 4, 2024 | In the Garden, Loose Valley Care Home
Our resident Doug loves watching the wildlife outside his window here at Loose Valley Care Home, and he buys big bags of seed and peanuts for the squirrels who regularly make an appearance on his fence. With this in mind, Paula from our Recreation and Well-Being Team...
by Kirstie Newell | Apr 15, 2024 | In the Garden, Loose Valley Care Home
Here at Loose Valley Care Home we love to be outdoors whenever we can, so with the warmer weather on the way we’ve been excited to get back outside. Fresh air and the scents of flowers are proven to help relieve stress and anxiety; oxygen is thought to affect...
by Jodie Currey | Dec 1, 2022 | In the Garden, Loose Valley Care Home
On Wednesday 30 November some of our lovely ladies at Loose Valley Care Home potted up some herb seeds together. They used spoons to shovel the soil into small black plant pots, made a well and dropped a few seeds in, with a choice of oregano, mint, parsley, basil or...
by Kirstie Newell | May 18, 2021 | In the Garden, Loose Valley Care Home
We treated our residents at Loose Valley Care Home to a lovely gardening event on Wednesday 12 May – an activity that we hope to make permanent, as a featured club at our Home. Gardening Club was a huge success and our residents were more than happy to get stuck into...
by Kirstie Newell | Apr 21, 2021 | In the Garden, Loose Valley Care Home
Jean enjoyed a lovely walk outside in the glorious sunshine this week, admiring the flowers we have down our driveway at Loose Valley Care Home. We picked a red camellia and put it in her hair and took some lovely photos of her to send to her daughter and son on...
by Kirstie Newell | Aug 21, 2019 | Exercise, In the Garden, Loose Valley Care Home
On Monday 19 August we were excited to host our very own mini seated sports day here at Loose Valley Care Home. It was a lovely warm day so we decided to go out into the garden to enjoy the sun and fresh air. We had a selection of activities, catering for different...
