by Kirstie Newell | Apr 16, 2024 | Creative Activities, The Old Downs Residential Care Home
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...
by Kirstie Newell | Apr 16, 2024 | Pet Therapy, 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...
by Kirstie Newell | Jul 31, 2023 | Food and Dining, The Old Downs Residential Care Home
On Thursday 27th July our residents at The Old Downs Residential Care Home enjoyed making sandwiches together for evening tea. Everyone chose which bread and filling they wanted and got to work! Fillings included peanut butter, chocolate spread, jam and marmalade and...
by Kirstie Newell | Jul 26, 2023 | Music and Entertainment, The Old Downs Residential Care Home
This week our residents at The Old Downs Residential Care Home have enjoyed a lovely afternoon of music with our wonderful entertainer Kevin Walsh. Our residents had a fantastic time dancing and singing which brought back many memories of their dance days from the...
by Kirstie Newell | Jan 26, 2023 | Arts and Crafts, The Old Downs Residential Care Home
Flower power On Thursday 19 January our residents celebrated International Flower Day at The Old Downs Residential Care Home, with an array of colourful blooms to enjoy. Everyone thoroughly enjoyed arranging their own flowers and we’ll all look forward to doing this...