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Mothering Sunday treats at Loose Valley Care Home
On Sunday 10 March we celebrated Mothering Sunday at Loose Valley Care Home and families with great-grandchildren came to visit, and loved ones with gifts of flowers, chocolate and cards showed their appreciation of their mums. Singer Kevin Walsh entertained us with a...
Loose Valley Care Home celebrates World Book Day with local school children
On Thursday 7 March, pupils from Loose Primary School came in to see us at Loose Valley Care Home to read their favourite story books, dressed as characters from the books. We had a Harry Potter and Hermione, a pirate, football player and mermaid – even their teacher...
Community links at Loose Valley Care Home
Last week, our team here at Loose Valley Care Home saw the start of what is hopefully a long friendship with a local primary school. Creating links with our local community is a great way for our residents to maintain their personal sense of connection with local...
Baking Anzac Biscuits at Loose Valley Care Home
Here at Loose Valley Care Home we have started a weekly Cooking Club for residents to enjoy. Cooking is such a big part of life for lots of people and it can be really important for your mental health to continue with usual day-to-day tasks and hobbies that you would...
Sweet treats and Sven at Loose Valley Care Home
Pancake Day We had a blast this Pancake Day at Loose Valley Care Home when we created a crepe bar in our conservatory for our residents to enjoy after lunch. Our crepe maker was primed and at the ready! Our ladies and gents chopped fruit up in the morning and mixed up...
Loose Valley Care Home residents take a virtual trip to Egypt
This week at Loose Valley Care Home we continued our virtual travel and took our residents to Egypt on our Nellsar mini cruise. We started in Cairo, travelling through the Saraha desert to the Nile and down to Luxor and the Valley of the Kings, chatting about the...
Valentines Day music and treats at Loose Valley Care Home
We celebrated in style this year for Valentine's Day here at Loose Valley Care Home. We'd made lots of handmade love hearts and love bugs gifts for all our residents and transformed our conservatory with hearts galore, beautifully laid tables, and our trolley all...
Creative colouring for Chinese New Year at Loose Valley Care Home
As part of our Chinese New Year celebrations here at Loose Valley Care Home, we came together to colour some pretty blossom tree pictures in pinks and reds, on Sunday 11 February. We chatted about these beautiful cherry trees (also called 'Sakura') that grow naturally...
Italian Day at Loose Valley Care Home
Last week here at Loose Valley Care Home, we travelled to Venice for the day! Our Recreation and Well-Being Champion Paula made all our fabulous decorations, including our gondola, and transformed our conservatory into an Italian paradise. We decided to choose Italy...
Loose Valley Care Home residents make floral displays
Last week at Loose Valley Care Home, our ladies and gents enjoyed getting creative, arranging their own vases of flowers. We had a beautiful mixture of lilies, tulips, roses and carnations – in reds, oranges, yellows and whites. One of our gents helped trim the...
Loose Valley Care Home celebrates Marjories 103rd birthday
Last week at Loose Valley Care Home we had the pleasure of celebrating our lovely Marjorie’s 103rd birthday – what a wonderful milestone! Marjorie’s family and friends came in to celebrate the very special occasion with her and her daughter-in-law baked a beautiful...
Dignity Action Day inspiration at Loose Valley Care Home
On Thursday 1 February we joined in with Dignity Action Day here at Loose Valley Care Home, sharing the importance of dignity and what that means for every individual. Here at Loose Valley, dignity is always at the centre of the care we give to our residents. To...