by Kirstie Newell | Dec 10, 2018 | Cooking, The Old Downs Residential Care Home
Our residents from The Old Downs Residential Care Home worked together to bake cookies from scratch on Wednesday 5 December. With help from our Recreation and Well-Being Lead Vira – using instructions from the ‘Queen of baking’ herself Mary Berry – they...
by Jodie Currey | Oct 4, 2018 | Cooking, Sensory Exploration, The Old Downs Residential Care Home
On Wednesday 3 October some of our residents here at The Old Downs Residential Care Home joined together to make jam tarts from scratch! With the help of Recreation & Well-Being lead Vira, they rolled pastry into tart moulds, placed them into the tray and filled...
by Kirstie Newell | Sep 25, 2018 | Cooking, The Old Downs Residential Care Home
Our lady residents Edna and Dot were eager to help peel potatoes for our Sunday roast being prepared at The Old Downs Residential Care Home on Sunday 23 September. They worked very hard with their potato peelers – they were all smiles together and said they really...
by Kirstie Newell | Sep 24, 2018 | Cooking, The Old Downs Residential Care Home
On Sunday 23 September, our Recreation & Well-Being Lead Vira and a group of our residents enjoyed baking cheesy sticks together here at The Old Downs Residential Care Home. Our ladies used flour, butter, milk, eggs and cheddar cheese to make their cheesy sticks...
by Jodie Currey | Sep 12, 2018 | Cooking, The Old Downs Residential Care Home
Keep calm and eat cookies! On Tuesday 4 September a group of residents from The Old Downs Residential Care Home had great fun taking part in a sickly-sweet activity – decorating cookies with icing sugar and sweets including chocolate chips, mini marshmallows,...