by Kirstie Newell | Dec 13, 2022 | Arts and Crafts, Loose Valley Care Home
Paula our Christmas Elf has been working in her workshop, busy making every one of our Loose Valley Care Home residents a Christmas wreath – all handmade, individual and unique. With Charlotte, we took around our trolley to all our residents’ rooms, playing...
by Kirstie Newell | Jun 16, 2022 | Loose Valley Care Home, Well-Being
Keeping hydrated is so important for our residents at Loose Valley Care Home in this hot weather – key to good health and well-being. And why not make hydration fun?! Paula from our Recreation and Well-Being Team dressed up our trolley with a Spanish flag, fan and...
by Kirstie Newell | May 10, 2022 | Celebrations, Loose Valley Care Home
It was important for us to mark the 77th anniversary of VE Day (8 May 1945) at Loose Valley Care Home. On Sunday 8 May we chatted in our garden and a group of our residents shared their memories of the war and VE Day – people faced hard times during the war, but...
by Kirstie Newell | Jan 2, 2022 | Games, Loose Valley Care Home
Spot that song! On the morning of Tuesday 28 December we enjoyed playing Musical Bingo together at Loose Valley Care Home. It’s a game where you listen to snippets of instrumental songs and put a counter on that music track if you have it on your sheet – so unlike...
by Kirstie Newell | Sep 8, 2021 | Exercise, Loose Valley Care Home
Music and movement In our exercise class at Loose Valley Care Home on Monday 6 September we decided to use some hoops in our fitness workout. We squeezed them to exercise our fingers and hands, threw them up and caught them to test our coordination skills and...