by Jodie Currey | Nov 4, 2025 | Baking, The Old Downs Residential Care Home
Last week at The Old Downs Residential Care Home, we decided to make brownies in our popular Cooking Club. Everyone always works together as a team during our cooking sessions, helping each other out. The original plan wasn’t to make double chocolate brownies until...
by Kirstie Newell | Oct 29, 2025 | Parties, The Old Downs Residential Care Home
On Friday 24 October, we proudly took part in Wear It Pink Day here at The Old Downs Residential Care Home to raise awareness and show our support for breast cancer research. Everyone is touched by cancer in some way, and it’s important for us to recognise days like...
by Kirstie Newell | Sep 10, 2025 | Parties, The Old Downs Residential Care Home
As summer draws to a close, our residents at The Old Downs Residential Care Home came together for our much-anticipated annual summer party. Although the good old British weather had other ideas and our plans for a garden BBQ were rained off, we didn’t let it spoil...
by Kirstie Newell | Aug 13, 2025 | In the Garden, The Old Downs Residential Care Home
A new issue of the Nellsar News has come out and our residents at The Old Downs Residential Care Home couldn’t wait to see it! With the weather warming up again, we decided to make the most of it. As it also happened to be National Afternoon Tea Week, we combined the...
by Kirstie Newell | Jul 30, 2025 | Food and Dining, The Old Downs Residential Care Home
One activity we introduced this year at The Old Downs Residential Care Home has quickly become a firm favourite on our Recreation calendar – sandwich making! This simple yet meaningful activity promotes independence and a sense of purpose for our residents. Each...
