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 | Feb 21, 2024 | Pet Therapy, The Old Downs Residential Care Home
Last Monday we were delighted to have a visit from Hazel and her beautiful Labrador Barney here at The Old Downs Residential Care Home. Our residents loved petting and stroking Barney and chatting to Hazel, telling her all about the pets they used to own....
by Kirstie Newell | Dec 8, 2022 | Pet Therapy, The Old Downs Residential Care Home
We were thrilled to have a visit from Hazel and her beautiful Labrador Barney on Monday 28 November here at The Old Downs Residential Care Home. Our residents loved petting and stroking Barney, who’s such a sweet soul. He loves to visit with every resident and...
by Kirstie Newell | Nov 16, 2022 | Arts and Crafts, The Old Downs Residential Care Home
Our residents and staff at The Old Downs Residential Care Home joined in to celebrate World Kindness Day on Saturday 13 November. To mark the occasion, we created our own ‘Heart of kindness’; we made a large red heart from card and filled it with mini...
by Kirstie Newell | Sep 13, 2022 | Pet Therapy, The Old Downs Residential Care Home
On Monday 5 September we had the pleasure of a visit from our Dog Therapist Hazel with her dog Barney at The Old Downs Residential Care Home. Our residents loved patting and stroking Labrador Barney and thoroughly enjoyed spending time with him. He has such a lovely...