by Jodie Currey | Aug 16, 2021 | Loose Valley Care Home, Pet Therapy
We love our animals here at Loose Valley Care Home; we have rabbits, ducks, guinea pigs, a cat named Billy, and of course, chickens! We took one of our baby chicks around to the residents today; they are so cute and soft! The chick has lots of feathers and looks like...
by Kirstie Newell | Aug 4, 2021 | Loose Valley Care Home, Pet Therapy
Our residents made a new friend on Monday 2 August here at Loose Valley Care Centre when Lola the kitten was introduced to everybody as a form of Pet Therapy! Four month old Lola belongs to Hayley from our Recreation and Well-Being Team, who assisted the visit and...
by Kirstie Newell | Jul 28, 2021 | Loose Valley Care Home, Pet Therapy
Tuesday 27 July was Pet Therapy day here at Loose Valley Care Home and our residents took it in turns to hold our adorable new baby chicks. They were very chirpy and had a lot to say when they were taken away from their brothers or sisters! They are three weeks old...
by Kirstie Newell | Apr 22, 2021 | Loose Valley Care Home, Pet Therapy
Four delightful baby ducklings have arrived at Loose Valley Care Home, much to everyone’s delight! They are so cute and have soft downy feathers at the moment and have everything they need with Debbie from our Domestic team being ‘mum’. They were...
by Kirstie Newell | Feb 23, 2021 | Loose Valley Care Home, Pet Therapy
Our Loose Valley Care Home residents were provided with some ‘Fur Time’ with our Cat Billy on Sunday 21 February. The presence of an animal has been proven to produce positive results in relation to self-esteem, loneliness and depression. People-friendly...
by Kirstie Newell | Feb 22, 2021 | Loose Valley Care Home, Pet Therapy
Our Loose Valley Care Home residents enjoy a game of Bingo, so we hosted a game last week, only to find that numbers 16-30 were missing and we had doubles of 1-15, so we’ll make sure we write on the extra balls with the missing numbers next time! Our gorgeous...