by Kirstie Newell | Jan 5, 2023 | Parties, The Old Downs Residential Care Home
On Saturday 31 December our lovely residents and staff at The Old Downs Residential Care Home joined in to celebrate New Year’s Eve. Our ladies and gents thoroughly enjoyed their disco party and loved dancing and singing to some old-time favourites from the 50s and...
by Kirstie Newell | Dec 8, 2022 | Music and Entertainment, The Old Downs Residential Care Home
Wednesday 30 November marked St Andrews Day when our residents and staff joined in to celebrate at The Old Downs Residential Care Home. To mark the occasion, we invited singer Peter Kneebone to our Home to entertain us all. Our residents loved singing and dancing to...
by Kirstie Newell | Nov 16, 2022 | Special Events, The Old Downs Residential Care Home
Last week, in preparation for Remembrance Day, a group of our residents at The Old Downs Residential Care Home joined in with a baking session together. They enjoyed decorating their own cupcakes in the style of poppies, using fondant icing to great effect. Everyone...
by Kirstie Newell | Oct 13, 2022 | Arts and Crafts, The Old Downs Residential Care Home
Last week our residents at The Old Downs Residential Care Home enjoyed some arts and crafts together with the theme of ‘God’s creation’. The group members began by each making a personal ‘Tree of life’ – starting out with details of where...
by Kirstie Newell | Sep 21, 2022 | Music and Entertainment, The Old Downs Residential Care Home
On Tuesday 13 September we welcomed singer Kevin Walsh to The Old Downs Residential Care Home to entertain our ladies and gents. Our residents and staff loved singing and dancing to the old time favourites. Everyone had a great time and we loved Kevin’s great...