by Kirstie Newell | May 3, 2023 | Abbotsleigh Care Home, Pet Therapy
We welcomed the lovely Chalkdown Group Riding for the Disabled horses to Abbotsleigh Care Home recently. It was such a beautiful day for it and we are so lucky to have such lovely neeeiiigghhhhbours! Chalkdown Group is a relatively small group with up to nine ponies...
by Kirstie Newell | Oct 12, 2022 | Abbotsleigh Care Home, In the Garden
At Abbotsleigh Care Home this week we have been busy planting bulbs for the spring. Our residents planted an array of different Narcissus bulbs in small pots, adding soil – with lots of concentrating going on! These flowers will look wonderful in the springtime...
by Kirstie Newell | Apr 25, 2022 | Abbotsleigh Care Home, Pet Therapy
The latest additions to Abbotsleigh Care Home are our three newly incubated chicks! Our residents and staff have loved them so much and they have made so many people so happy. James and our Carers have been enjoying spending time with the chicks and coming up with...
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 Jodie Currey | Jul 9, 2018 | Abbotsleigh Care Home, Arts and Crafts, Music and Entertainment, Outings & Trips, Pet Therapy
From animals to automobiles… Residents at Abbotsleigh Care Home began last week with a fascinating nail art activity on Monday 2 July, hammering nails into a block of wood, and then threading coloured rope around the nails to create interesting images. “We...