by Kirstie Newell | Feb 21, 2022 | Abbotsleigh Care Home, In the Garden
We managed to get out into our garden last week at Abbotsleigh Care Home, when we planted out some bulbs with our volunteers. Pat and Jen enjoyed being outside in the winter afternoon, all wrapped up warm! We would like to thank the family of our late Annette for...
by Kirstie Newell | Jun 24, 2021 | Abbotsleigh Care Home, In the Garden
Fantastic feathered friend We’ve had a few visitors to Abbotsleigh Care Home this past week, including Reece who kindly brought Penny, a magnificent Harris’s Hawk, to visit us. Â She is three years old and Reece has hand-reared her from a few weeks old....
by Kirstie Newell | Oct 15, 2019 | Abbotsleigh Care Home, In the Garden
Well done to the team at Abbotsleigh Care Home who created a wonderful bug hotel, aptly named ‘Abugsleigh’, for their entry into the Nellsar in Bloom’s Wildlife Engagement September Challenge. The Abbotsleigh team came together to build a warm,...
by Kirstie Newell | Sep 9, 2019 | Abbotsleigh Care Home, In the Garden, Music and Entertainment
We were thrilled recently to welcome entertainer Simon to Abbotsleigh Care Home with his ‘Let’s Go To The Movies’ theatre act. Simon interacted with our residents and got them all singing along to favourite musicals, including The King and I, The...
by Kirstie Newell | Jul 16, 2019 | Abbotsleigh Care Home, Birthdays, In the Garden, Music and Entertainment
We love inviting entertainers in to see us and our residents were thrilled to welcome a performer from Tickled Pink Productions to Abbotsleigh Care Home recently. He entertained us all with his theatre act ‘Old Time Musical’, which featured some favourite...
by Kirstie Newell | Jun 5, 2019 | Abbotsleigh Care Home, Birthdays, In the Garden
Our residents love to keep active here at Abbotsleigh Care Home and they’ve certainly been busy recently! David W was particularly ‘handy’ around our Home last week. He and Poppy swept and de-weeded Abbotsleigh’s entrance area in time for gardening...
