by Kirstie Newell | Mar 14, 2023 | Family and Friends, Loose Valley Care Home
On Wednesday 8 March we took time to remember one of our beloved Loose Valley Care Home residents, the beautiful Maggie, who passed away recently. In a touching gesture, her family donated her flowers to us to use – gorgeous spring blooms in lovely yellow and purple...
by Jodie Currey | Nov 14, 2022 | Loose Valley Care Home, Special Events
The red poppy is a symbol of remembrance to honour our armed forces inaugurated by King George V in 1919. We used our artistic skills here at Loose Valley Care Home to produce handmade tissue paper poppies and wreaths in preparation for Remembrance Day on Sunday 13...
by Kirstie Newell | Jun 7, 2022 | Celebrations, Loose Valley Care Home
We were all so excited to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee here at Loose Valley Care Home. Monday 30 May – decorations To kick off the celebrations for HRH Queen Elizabeth II, we got creative with red, white and blue bunting, balloons and decorations. We...
by Kirstie Newell | May 19, 2022 | Celebrations, Loose Valley Care Home
We headed back in time to a bygone era on Monday 16 May, as we celebrated 1970s Through the Decades here at Loose Valley Care Home. And what a decade it was! Flares and patterned wallpaper a plenty! Paula from our Recreation and Well-Being Team remembers her mum 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...