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Resident gifts from team member Julie at The Old Downs Residential Care Home
One of our lovely team members, Senior Care Assistant Julie, has kindly donated toiletries to our residents at The Old Downs Residential Care Home. Julie's religion is Syrian Jacobite and as part of her faith she observes lent, which means that she fasts for fifty...
Basket planting and relaxing pastimes at The Old Downs Residential Care Home
Basket planting Last week our residents enjoyed starting their planting, getting ready for the summer season here at The Old Downs Residential Care Home. They arranged their own baskets with flowers, using their individual creativity. It was quite a messy business,...
Church services at The Old Downs Residential Care Home
Last week here at The Old Downs Residential Care Home we hosted two wonderful church services. The week began with our Chaplin Reverend Elizabeth who is part of the Anna Chaplin team for the North West Kent area. Anna Chaplins are specially trained to minister to the...
Grand National hats and a visit from Barney at The Old Downs Residential Care Home
Grand National hats On Saturday 14 April some of our residents started preparing their hats for the Grand National here at The Old Downs Residential Care Home. As the horse racing was a grand affair, our ladies felt they had to make a special effort to look as grand...
Residents at The Old Downs Residential Care Home decorate cupcakes
Last Friday at The Old Downs Residential Care Home, our lovely residents joined in to decorate cupcakes together. We started off by making the icing which was a delicious mixture of butter, icing sugar and pink colouring. Our residents then enjoyed decorating their...
Celebrating pets at The Old Downs Residential Care Home
On Thursday 11 April we celebrated National Pet Day here at The Old Downs Residential Care Home. To mark the occasion, our Deputy Manager Karen brought her lovely pet rabbit Oreo to visit our Home. Our residents thoroughly enjoyed stroking Oreo and told Karen about...
Residents from The Old Downs Residential Care Home enjoy Garden Centre outing
On Tuesday 2 April a group of our lovely residents and team members from The Old Downs Residential Care Home went out in our minibus to visit Millbrook Garden Centre in Gravesend. Our ladies and gent loved looking at the fish, pets and reptiles, and admiring the...
Easter baking and hot cross buns at The Old Downs Residential Care Home
Last week on Good Friday our residents at The Old Downs Residential Care Home started making Easter cakes for our afternoon tea. Our ladies couldn't wait to get stuck in mixing all the ingredients together with chocolate to make the cakes. They thoroughly enjoyed the...
Easter party with Kevin Walsh at The Old Downs Residential Care Home
On Tuesday 26 March we were thrilled to welcome Kevin Walsh into The Old Downs Residential Care Home to entertain us for our Easter party. Our residents enjoyed singing and dancing with Kevin, who always brings such a fantastic atmosphere. We also held our Easter...
Knit and Natter at The Old Downs Residential Care Home
On Sunday 24 March some of our lovely residents joined in for our Knit and Natter group here at The Old Downs Residential Care Home. Our talented ladies enjoyed knitting and socialising with one another; it’s wonderful to see them working away, surrounded by colourful...
Creative Easter crafts at The Old Downs Residential Care Home
Last week our residents at The Old Downs Residential Care Home started making their Easter decorations in our craft morning. They started off by painting Easter eggs and making their own craft ideas on cut out Easter egg paper. To finish, they decorated their hats...
Right Step and popcorn at The Old Downs Residential Care Home
Right Step fitness Our lovely residents joined in for some Right Step seated exercises here at The Old Downs Residential Care Home on Thursday 14 March. Keeping fit and mobile is important as we age, and our residents enjoy these fun sessions, moving and stretching...