by Kirstie Newell | May 20, 2021 | Abbotsleigh Care Home, Music and Entertainment
We joyfully celebrated VE Day at Abbotsleigh Care Home with singer Jasmin, singalongs and the sounds of Winston Churchill. Jasmin dressed in a wartime services uniform and sang some wartime favourites as we waved our Union Jack flags. Although the weather was not on...
by Kirstie Newell | Mar 16, 2021 | Abbotsleigh Care Home, Celebrations
We had such a great time last week at Abbotsleigh Care Home as our residents and staff enjoyed celebrating Indian culture, as part of our Nellsar Cruise. We virtually visited the Taj Mahal and in the afternoon many of our wonderful staff got ‘on board’ and...
by Kirstie Newell | Feb 18, 2021 | Abbotsleigh Care Home, Celebrations
We wanted to include some of our residents’ families in our Valentine’s celebrations this year at Abbotsleigh Care Home. So to mark the day, we arranged some special doorstep deliveries of Devon Cream Tea Hampers to our residents with husbands or wives who...
by Kirstie Newell | Nov 30, 2020 | Abbotsleigh Care Home, Cooking
What a great week our residents had at Abbotsleigh Care Home last week! We have been enjoying ‘no bake’ baking with our residents, who have made some popsicles using vanilla sponge – broken down then mixed together with raspberry jam. These are formed into...
by Kirstie Newell | Nov 19, 2019 | Abbotsleigh Care Home
Last week was all about the Poppy Appeal here at Abbotsleigh Care Home and we got busy with our residents making a collection of lovely poppies to decorate our Home. We had many discussions about both the first and second world wars, and we all felt a great deal of...