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Celebrating Chinese New Year at Abbotsleigh Care Home
We had great fun celebrating Chinese New Year here at Abbotsleigh Care Home, with some wonderful decorations and food. Our residents came together for some themed crafts - making Chinese lanterns and dragons to celebrate 2024 being 'The Year of the Dragon'. At...
National Pizza Day fun at Abbotsleigh Care Home
Friday 9 February marked National Pizza Day – a whole day to celebrate all things doughy and delicious – so we were keen to join in here at Abbotsleigh Care Home! Our residents came together to make their own pizzas, starting by rolling out their bases and covering...
Burns Night celebrations with music at Abbotsleigh Care Home
Singer Kevin Walsh came to help us celebrate Burns Night here at Abbotsleigh Care Home, with a singalong session last week! Our ladies and gents were really happy and engaged with his music – dancing the afternoon away, to his lively and catchy songs. We eagerly await...
Abbotsleigh Care Home residents enjoy a colourful Mexican cruise
What a colourful fiesta we had last week here at Abbotsleigh Care Home during our Nellsar mini cruise when we toured the delightful Mexican coast virtually. We wore sombreros and ponchos and drank margaritas, "Arriba!" Our Chef cooked up a Mexican food storm too, with...
New Years wishes at Abbotsleigh Care Home
Happy New Year from us all at Abbotsleigh Care Home! On New Year's Day we all enjoyed cheeses, cold meats and cake, with lots of music and laughter. As you can see, we had a lot of fun and smiles! We plan on keeping our residents busy this year and enjoying life – we...
Abbotsleigh Care Home celebrates the New Year
There were non-stop parties here at Abbotsleigh Care Home over the festive period and we’ve had so much fun together. For our New Year’s Eve celebrations we welcomed a delightful mother and daughter duo ‘Caz and Ellie’ who performed some wonderful ABBA classics for us...
Christmas party fun at Abbotsleigh Care Home
We had an amazing Christmas party for our residents here at Abbotsleigh Care Home – even Santa showed up to have a boogie and join in with the fun! Our Chefs laid on an amazing feast not only for our tummies but for our eyes too, as it looked stunning! Kristy sang...
Abbotsleigh Care Home residents get a festive visit from Chalkhurst Riding Group
We are so lucky living in the countryside here at Abbotsleigh Care Home and love being able to have our local horses visit us from time to time. Last week, we were delighted when Chalkhurst Riding Group came to see us, all dressed very festively for their last visit...
Free Church Choir sings at Abbotsleigh Care Home
Last week we had a wonderful visit from the Free Church Choir of Staplehurst at Abbotsleigh Care Home. They came to sing some beautiful carols for us; we all knew the words of the classic carols and sang along. Singing is such a wonderful experience – it sparks...
Music and a boogie with Rob T at Abbotsleigh Care Home
This week we were excited to welcome Rob T to Abbotsleigh Care Home; He came to sing for us and what a joy he was. Rob made everyone want to get up and boogie and our residents had a wonderful time and enjoyed his wide variety of music – there was everything from the...
Abbotsleigh Care Home residents enjoy Christmas garden centre outing
We took a group of our Abbotsleigh Care Home residents to our local Millbrook Garden Centre for a coffee and a little look around recently. We were joined by a few family members and we had a nice look at the Christmas decorations and lovely plants together – we were...
Festive arts and crafts at Abbotsleigh Care Home
Festive crafts a plenty have been happening here at Abbotsleigh Care Home! We’ve made some beautiful Christmas wreaths, jolly snowmen, colourful Christmas decorations and good-looking gingerbread men! It’s the best time of year and our Christmassy creativity has...