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Ricky Boxall entertains Loose Valley Care Home residents and Billy the cat
Performer Ricky Boxall came into entertain our Loose Valley Care Home residents this week, on the same day as the Arts in Care Homes event in the afternoon. He said how lovely it was to see all the paintings our residents had produced displayed like a gallery and...
Twiggy-wigs visits Loose Valley Care Home residents
Last week we had a special visit from a rescue hedgehog called Twiggy-wigs here at Loose Valley Care Home. He was brought in by Debbie, our Head Housekeeper, who rescued him from a friend's garden pond when he was found cold and weak. Debbie has been nursing and...
Loose Valley Care Home showcases resident artwork
It was The National Day of Arts in Care Homes on Tuesday 24 September, so we marked the occasion which aims to encourage our residents to engage in the creative arts. We spotlighted different forms of art, to give our residents the option to try new things. One...
Ye Pirate Day at Loose Valley Care Home
We got inspired at Loose Valley Care Home on Thursday 19 September and prepared for a lively 'Talk Like A Pirate Day'! With pirate outfits, masks and eye patches, we certainly looked the part! We had silhouette pirate ships and everyone enjoyed taking part in saying...
Loose Valley Care Home residents journey down the river Medway
A group of four of our Loose Valley Care Home residents enjoyed a wonderful blue-sky trip aboard the Kingfisher on Friday 13 September. The Kingfisher is a lovely purpose-built boat which offers trips on the river Medway, all run by volunteers. At a leisurely pace we...
Birthday celebrations for Doug at Loose Valley Care Home
On Wednesday 11 September it was Doug's 79th birthday here at Loose Valley Care Home. We celebrated with his choice of a delicious fruitcake with royal icing which had extra long candles on it for him to blow out! On the Sunday before his birthday, his family took him...
Loose Valley Care Home hosts Country and Western afternoon
On Tuesday 3 September we transformed our conservatory into a homage to the Wild West here at Loose Valley Care Home! To get us all in the mood, we had some fantastic live music from mother and daughter duo, Caz and Ellie, who sang a selection of Country music...
Bubble wrap painting at Loose Valley Care Home
On Thursday 22 August we enjoyed a sensory activity with our Loose Valley Care Home residents, printing flowers with bubblewrap onto black paper. We set out some bubblewrap, plates with different colours of paint to dip into and paint brushes. We applied paint onto...
Celebrating National Burger Day at Loose Valley Care Home
Thursday 22 August was 'National Burger Day' so we had some fun here at Loose Valley Care Home. Burgers are popular fast food – often served with pickles, lettuce, tomatoes, onion rings and cheese accompanied by chips (Monday was 'International Potato Day!). So our...
Floral arrangement gifted to Loose Valley Care Home
On Wednesday 21 August we had a visitor at Loose Valley Care Home who wanted to leave an arrangement with us from a wedding. The flowers were supplied from Floral Explosion, and the wedding was held at The Orangery. We have placed the beautiful arrangement in our...
Afternoon tea and treats at Loose Valley Care Home
Tea and treats Our residents at Loose Valley Care Home enjoyed a delicious afternoon tea this week, creating a memorable afternoon treat. Our ladies and gentlemen enjoyed traditional finger sandwiches, small cakes, macarons, smoked salmon on crackers, and pâté on...
Celebrating all things cats at Loose Valley Care Home
International Cat Day – there's no better time to give your kitty a round of 'a-paws' – which is exactly what we did here at Loose Valley Care Home. Taking place annually on 8 August, International Cat Day is dedicated to uniting cat lovers across the globe – sharing...