by Kirstie Newell | May 25, 2021 | Special Events, The Old Downs Residential Care Home
On Friday 21 May a group of our residents at The Old Downs Residential Care Home joined in to celebrate International Tea Day. The day aims to raise awareness of the long history and deep cultural and economic significance of tea around the world, and promote the...
by Kirstie Newell | May 13, 2021 | Special Events, The Old Downs Residential Care Home
On Wednesday 12 May we flew over to Italy with our residents at The Old Downs Residential Care Home! As part of Around the World with Nellsar Cruises, our residents throughly enjoyed their morning creating Italian-themed arts and crafts. For lunch we served homemade...
by Kirstie Newell | Apr 19, 2021 | Special Events, The Old Downs Residential Care Home
On Wednesday 14 April our residents at The Old Downs Residential Care Home arrived in Spain on our virtual Cruise. We started the day with Spanish Café music, reminiscing over our holidays to Spain from the past and then our ladies and gents loved watching...
by Jodie Currey | Apr 8, 2021 | Special Events, The Old Downs Residential Care Home
On Tuesday 6 April we celebrated World Table Tennis day here at The Old Downs Residential Care Home – it was great fun! We organised our own table tennis competition in the lounge, where staff and residents joined in. Our residents loved watching the action and...
by Kirstie Newell | Mar 11, 2021 | Special Events, The Old Downs Residential Care Home
Our second stop on The Old Downs Residential Care Home Cruise was India on Wednesday 10 March, when our residents enjoyed aspects of Indian culture for the day. They started with henna-style tattoos in the morning followed by a divine Chicken Tikka Masala for lunch,...
by Jodie Currey | Mar 3, 2021 | Special Events, The Old Downs Residential Care Home
Popcorn and movie afternoon Residents at The Old Downs Residential Care Home had great fun on Friday 26 February making sweet and savoury popcorn, which they enjoyed during a movie afternoon. St David’s Day We had a wonderful time celebrating St David’s...