by Kirstie Newell | Mar 13, 2024 | Abbotsleigh Care Home, Well-Being
It’s Nutrition and Hydration Week this week, so to celebrate here at Abbotsleigh Care Home, we thought we’d make some delicious mocktails. From our drinks menu we served Mimosas, Sunrise mocktails and Nicola’s special brew! Our residents had a super time...
by Kirstie Newell | Nov 28, 2023 | Abbotsleigh Care Home, Well-Being
As it was ‘Stop the Pressure Week’ in November, we created our own demonstration suit for our teams at Abbotsleigh Care Home to see possible problem areas for pressure ulcers. We represented pressure points on a body suit with red dots. It was very useful to have a...
by Kirstie Newell | Aug 21, 2019 | Abbotsleigh Care Home, Exercise, Pet Therapy, Relaxation, Sensory Exploration, Well-Being
We’ve been busy recently at Abbotsleigh Care Home with a varied calendar of activities. Our lovely resident Ann enjoyed time with a very real looking baby doll. Her mothering instincts came back instantly and as she ‘cradled the baby’. It was...
by Kirstie Newell | Mar 21, 2019 | Abbotsleigh Care Home, Nutritional Therapy, Well-Being
Our residents and staff at Abbotsleigh Care Home had a busy calendar of learning, teaching, making and tasting during Nutrition and Hydration Week! Thirsty Tuesday We made our own fruit juices and smoothies, using fresh fruit in our juice blender, squeezing fresh...
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 | Sep 17, 2018 | Abbotsleigh Care Home, Arts and Crafts, In the Garden, Pet Therapy, Relaxation, Well-Being
We’ve had another busy week at Abbotsleigh Care Home, with a wide range of activities to keep us all active! We’ve had music and dancing sessions and some long, peaceful walks which made the most of the recent pleasant weather. We’ve also been busy...
