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Birthday wishes for Maureen and Diwali crafts at Loose Valley Care Home
Happy birthday Maureen Last week we enjoyed celebrating Maureen’s 85th here at Loose Valley Care Home. Maureen went out with her family to a lovely country pub about 10 minutes away and she had such a good day out, she couldn’t stop talking about it when she got back....
Remembrance Sunday tributes at Loose Valley Care Home
We spent Remembrance Sunday morning at Loose Valley Care Home watching all the serving and retired service men and women walking to the Centoaph to lay poppy wreaths for the fallen soldiers. Our residents watched in respect and observed the two-minute silence at 11am....
Molly turns 101 at Loose Valley Care Home
Our dear resident Molly celebrated her 101st birthday in style with us at Loose Valley Care Home on Thursday 9 November. As part of the celebrations, we invited singer Kevin Walsh to our Home to provide entertainment on her birthday afternoon, which was a big hit!...
Celebrating Mollys birthday at Loose Valley Care Home
Happy 101st birthday Molly Today, Thursday 9 November, is Molly’s 101st birthday and she is dressed in her beautiful red skirt and jacket which looks great on her! Molly's family members Rosemary and Margaret came all the way from The Cotswolds with their dog Benny,...
Poppy crafting and church service at Loose Valley Care Home
Poppy crafting Our residents at Loose Valley Care Home love arts and craft activities, so in preparation for Remembrance Day, we created various designs of cut-out poppies. Using tissue paper, crepe paper and red card, we created a circle design, as well as a wreath...
Celebrating Halloween at Loose Valley Care Home
Pumpkin painting On the run up to Halloween at Loose Valley Care Home, we decided to paint some pumpkins to use as decorations for the spooky season. Our residents had fun painting faces and shapes on a variety of pumpkins and were delighted to see them on display for...
Colin and Tyler have fun at Loose Valley Care Home
Here at Loose Valley Care Home, we are all such animal lovers and really see the benefit of bringing all different types of animals in for our residents to meet and handle. Last week we enjoyed meeting Colin the Quail! What a curious pet to have we thought! He made...
Loose Valley Care Home raises awareness on World Menopause Day
On Wednesday 18 October we created a beautiful pink display stand for all our Loose Valley Care Home team members to make use of and gather information on menopause and what it means. We also made sure everyone had some cakes and pizza... because, why not! ...
Loose Valley Care Home Wear it Pink for Breast Cancer Awareness
With Breast Cancer Awareness month being October, we celebrated with a special tea party here at Loose Valley Care Home on Thursday 19. Our residents and team members went 'all out ' and loved getting dressing up in all shades of pink! Decorations, food and games...
Making vintage tea cup and saucer bird feeders at Loose Valley Care Home
On Thursday 12 October we had fun at Loose Valley Care Home making cute hanging bird feeders from pretty china cups and saucers, in the hope of attracting small birds to our garden to stay a while outside our residents' windows. Doug, Irene, Ada, Maureen, Doreen,...
Peter turns 100 at Loose Valley Care Home
On Tuesday 10 October one of our lovely Loose Valley Care Home residents met a huge milestone and turned an amazing 100 years old! Peter has had a full life having been through the second world war in the armed forces. He also worked for Maidstone United and...
Country singing fun at Loose Valley Care Home
It was 'Yeehaw!' all around on Tuesday 3 October when our Loose Valley Care Home residents enjoyed an afternoon of Country and Western themed entertainment with Jasmine and Doug's country folk rock show. We had a fun musical time together and several times our...