by Kirstie Newell | Mar 25, 2019 | Abbotsleigh Care Home, Arts and Crafts, Charity Fundraisers, Pet Therapy
We’ve had a busy social diary at Abbotsleigh Care Home, which we love! March is National Colon Cancer Awareness month and our staff wore blue and donated £1 each to raise money for Cancer Research. Ruben our lovely PAT dog came to visit us and gave us lots of...
by Kirstie Newell | Feb 7, 2019 | Abbotsleigh Care Home, Celebrations, Pet Therapy, Special Events
Our residents at Abbotsleigh Care Home celebrated Chinese New Year this week by sampling some delicious Chinese food. Spring rolls, prawn crackers, sweet and sour chicken and fortune cookies were on the menu and we all thoroughly enjoyed them! We had Chinese music...
by Kirstie Newell | Jan 30, 2019 | Abbotsleigh Care Home, Pet Therapy, Relaxation, Well-Being
We’ve had a really fun week of activities last week here at Abbotsleigh Care Home, full of hugs and laughter! Hugging it out Monday was ‘National Hugging Day’ so we entered fully into the spirit of the occasion. Everyone who wanted a hug, or wanted...
by Kirstie Newell | Dec 6, 2018 | Abbotsleigh Care Home, Arts and Crafts, Cooking, Pet Therapy
We’ve had another great week of variety here at Abbotsleigh Care Home. We enjoyed making some trays of cupcakes together, which we baked and enjoyed the following day – they were delicious with a nice cup of tea! We continued making lavender bags, which we...
by Kirstie Newell | Nov 29, 2018 | Abbotsleigh Care Home, Arts and Crafts, Pet Therapy
We’ve been busy with our residents recently at Abbotsleigh Care Home – we do love a full social calendar! We had a session making lavender bags in the week, which was very relaxing; infact, we had so much lavender that it nearly sent us all to sleep! We...
by Jodie Currey | Nov 19, 2018 | Abbotsleigh Care Home, Arts and Crafts, Charity Fundraisers, Cooking, Pet Therapy
Toasting marshmallows and sparklers by the fire We recently held our annual Bonfire Night here at Abbotsleigh Care Home, where residents’ families came to celebrate with us for the evening. We enjoyed eating yummy burgers and hotdogs, as well as toasting...