by Kirstie Newell | Dec 17, 2018 | Music and Entertainment, The Old Downs Residential Care Home
On Thursday 13 December, our residents at The Old Downs Residential Care Home had a special visit from some of the children from Our Lady of Hartley Catholic primary school. The children sang some beautiful Christmas songs for our residents and also brought in some...
by Kirstie Newell | Nov 26, 2018 | Music and Entertainment, Sensory Exploration, The Old Downs Residential Care Home
On Thursday 22nd November, our residents, relatives and staff at The Old Downs Residential Care Home had an Indian-themed day. We had a wonderful Indian meal, which went down a treat with everyone. Our delicious Menu included the following: Starters – Onion...
by Kirstie Newell | Nov 5, 2018 | Celebrations, Music and Entertainment, The Old Downs Residential Care Home
Here at The Old Downs Residential Care Home we celebrated Halloween last Wednesday with a brilliant spooky party. All our staff dressed up for the occasion and joined in with our residents to play games including…. ‘What can you find in the gloop?’,...
by Kirstie Newell | Oct 18, 2018 | Music and Entertainment, Outings & Trips, The Old Downs Residential Care Home
On Tuesday 16 October, a group of our residents from The Old Downs Residential Care Home went to our local primary school Our Lady of Hartley to celebrate harvest festival with the children. They very much enjoyed having tea and cake with the boys and girls, then...
by Kirstie Newell | Oct 16, 2018 | Music and Entertainment, The Old Downs Residential Care Home
We were delighted to host an afternoon of entertainment on Wednesday 10 October, as we welcomed the lovely Mr Dave Smiler to The Old Downs Residential Care Home. Dave – a talented vocalist and entertainer – performed his classic ‘Sounds of the 40s,...