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Tracey at Abbotsleigh Care Home raised over £1,000 for Macmillan
Abbotsleigh Care Home's wonderful Recreation and Well-Being Team Member Tracey Hampton braved the shave for Macmillan Cancer Support on Friday 25 September. Tracey, who has been with us for 13 years, faced the chop at Abbotsleigh’s Hair Salon and her sponsorship will...
Abbotsleigh Care Home is awarded GSF Accreditation
Following an inspection at Abbotsleigh Care Home in February, we are delighted to have been awarded a 'Commend' accreditation from The Gold Standards Framework (GSF), having completed the Gold Standard Framework in Care Homes Training Programme. GSF training provides...
Being inspired by nature at Abbotsleigh Care Home
We've enjoyed a recent flower arranging and leaf painting session with our residents at Abbotsleigh Care Home. It's great to work with natural materials and always uplifting to see fresh flowers around our Home. We thought we'd give leaf painting a go – something a...
Tracey Hampton at Abbotsleigh Care Home is braving the shave
The countdown has begun for Tracey Hampton at Abbotsleigh Care Home who will be braving the shave to raise funds for Macmillan Cancer Support on Friday 25 September. Tracey's shave is booked in for 11.30am in the Abbotsleigh Hair Salon. Our Tracey is one of...
Abbotsleigh Care Home filled with music and flowers
What a wonderful week at Abbotsleigh Care Home, filled with music! We have welcomed two brilliant musical performers. The lovely Kevin Walsh treated our residents to a good old sing-a-long, which got us all singing and dancing. We then hosted the wonderful Miss...
Music and fun at Abbotsleigh Care Home
We have had a great few weeks at Abbotsleigh Care Home with our residents and have really been enjoying the Daily Sparkle newspaper, as well as quizzes and puzzles which we all join in with. Fun at the Copacabana We had an amazing visit from singer Jasmin, who brought...
Table Top Olympics and birthday celebrations and Abbotsleigh Care Home
As we've had such great weather, we've been making full use of our garden here at Abbotsleigh Care Home. We held a non-competitive mini Table Top Olympics including a mini hoopla and mini table skittles. It was great fun and our residents and staff loved it! We've...
Abbotsleigh Care Home on a world cruise
All around the world Our residents here at Abbotsleigh Care Home had a lot of fun over the last week; we started the week off with a world cruise! TheEntertaimentProviders.co.uk presented us with their 'Bring Me Sunshine' show on Tuesday 22 July in the afternoon,...
Rob T creates a buzz at Abbotsleigh Care Home
We were treated to a brilliant performance from Rob T and his ukulele last week, outside at Abbotsleigh Care Home. Our ladies and gents loved his lively music and getting involved by singing and dancing along. Rob is such a talented entertainer and created such a...
Chocolate tasting and making jelly at Abbotsleigh Care Home
We've had another great week at Abbotsleigh Care Home, especially as our residents got to celebrate World Chocolate Day, tasting different types of chocolate! They sampled milk, dark, white and flavoured varieties – their favourite was dark mint chocolate and a few of...
Music and merriment at Abbotsleigh Care Home
We once again welcomed the amazing singer Kevin Walsh to Abbotsleigh Care Home this week. He gave a wonderful performance; our lovely residents and staff always enjoy Kevin’s shows – dancing, singing and foot tapping along to the songs! We have been enjoying puzzles...
Music from Michael outside Abbotsleigh Care Home
We had a fantastic start to the week here at Abbotsleigh Care Home, as our residents were treated to an outside performance from the very talented musician Michael Lack. We enjoyed eating our homemade ice lollies and tapping our feet to some lovely old songs, as...