by Kirstie Newell | Jul 2, 2025 | Parties, The Old Downs Residential Care Home
We served up summer in style here at The Old Downs Residential Care Home as we kicked off Wimbledon week with a garden party – our first of the season, so it had to be one to remember! The morning buzzed with excitement as we transformed our garden into a Wimbledon...
by Kirstie Newell | Jun 24, 2025 | In the Garden, The Old Downs Residential Care Home
We have been on a mission here to revamp our smallest garden here at The Old Downs Residential Care Home, and have spent a lot of time planning and holding resident meetings to figure out what our ladies and gents would like for their space. Our Home Manager Nicoleta...
by Kirstie Newell | Jun 4, 2025 | Arts and Crafts, The Old Downs Residential Care Home
Feeling creative… Last week here at The Old Downs Residential Care Home our ladies enjoyed coming together to share an arts and crafts session together, with a focus on woodland and wildlife. They made some delightful wooden fairy wind chimes for our outside...
by Kirstie Newell | May 13, 2025 | In the Garden, The Old Downs Residential Care Home
We have been blessed with beautiful weather here at The Old Downs Residential Care Home and our residents have been making the most of it!  Living in England, we’re all trained to head straight outside the second we see a ray of sunshine, so we have been spending...
by Kirstie Newell | Mar 27, 2025 | Food and Dining, The Old Downs Residential Care Home
Throughout Nutrition and Hydration Week (17-23 March), we used a few different ways of encouraging our residents here at The Old Downs Residential Care Home to focus on hydration and eating well. Did somebody say cocktails? We did at The Old Downs! Saturday night was...
