by Kirstie Newell | Dec 7, 2023 | Birthdays, The Old Downs Residential Care Home
Birthday wishes This weekend at The Old Downs Residential Care Home we celebrated our resident Ann’s 103rd birthday by having a party for with her with her favourite singer, Kevin Walsh. Ann’s family came to join in the birthday celebrations and everyone...
by Kirstie Newell | Nov 29, 2023 | Arts and Crafts, The Old Downs Residential Care Home
On Friday 24 November our residents at The Old Downs Residential Care Home started their arts and crafts Christmas decorations. They made some lovely hanging decorations for our festive tree, plus some colourful Christmas pictures, using card and a range of sparkly...
by Kirstie Newell | Dec 23, 2022 | Local Community, The Old Downs Residential Care Home
On Tuesday 6 December we were visited by our local Scout Group who gave us a wonderful performance of carol singing at The Old Downs Residential Care Home. We served mince pies and mulled wine for our residents, and chocolates for the singers to enjoy. Our ladies and...
by Kirstie Newell | Dec 8, 2022 | Celebrations, The Old Downs Residential Care Home
On Friday 2 December a group of our residents and staff joined in to celebrate National Elf Day here at The Old Downs Residential Care Home. We started the morning off with arts and crafts, making green and red bunting. Later in the afternoon our ladies and gents...
by Kirstie Newell | Jan 6, 2022 | Music and Entertainment, The Old Downs Residential Care Home
On Thursday 23 December, our residents and staff at The Old Downs Residential Care Home joined in for some Christmas carols. Our volunteer Mo played the piano for us and also kindly made a cuddly toy for each of our residents which we displayed on the table next to...