by Kirstie Newell | Oct 15, 2020 | Cooking, The Old Downs Residential Care Home
Last week our residents came together for a Baking Class, which is always a popular pastime here at The Old Downs Residential Care Home. Our talented ladies made some scrumptious cheese straws from scratch and, when they’d been baked, enjoyed them with...
by Kirstie Newell | Sep 23, 2019 | Arts and Crafts, Cooking, The Old Downs Residential Care Home
Our residents love arts and crafts activities, so they were very pleased to welcome a lovely lady from Creative Mojo recently to The Old Downs Residential Care Home. Creative Mojo provide fun, entertaining and rewarding craft workshops – and we love them! As you...
by Kirstie Newell | May 13, 2019 | Arts and Crafts, Cooking, The Old Downs Residential Care Home
Our residents got involved in some Easter crafts and some chocolatey Easter baking during the Easter week here at The Old Downs Residential Care Home. We also held our own Easter raffle (with some edible prizes!) and of course, we couldn’t miss out on an Easter...
by Kirstie Newell | Apr 8, 2019 | Arts and Crafts, Celebrations, Cooking, The Old Downs Residential Care Home
We really enjoyed Mother’s Day here at The Old Downs Residential Care Home on Sunday 31st March. Our residents enjoyed making some shortbread biscuits and crafting some wonderful paper flowers which we used to decorate our tables for our Mothers Day afternoon...
by Kirstie Newell | Mar 19, 2019 | Cooking, Nutritional Therapy, The Old Downs Residential Care Home, Well-Being
We’ve really enjoyed Nutrition and Hydration Week here at The Old Downs Residential Care Home, with a range of activities based around keeping well hydrated and sampling great food. On Wednesday we hosted a tea party for our residents, when we served a delicious...
by Kirstie Newell | Feb 20, 2019 | Celebrations, Cooking, Music and Entertainment, The Old Downs Residential Care Home
We had a very enjoyable Valentine’s Day here at The Old Downs Residential Care Home. Our residents had fun making strawberries dipped in chocolate. They dipped strawberries half in milk chocolate and finished them off by drizzling white chocolate over them. They...