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Christmas Day fun and games at St Winifreds Care Home
Our residents here at St Winifreds Care Home had some fun and laughs with our Recreation and Well-Being Champion Tina over Christmas. Despite restrictions, Tina did her best to make it as fun as possible! Dressed up in a festive costume and candy cane glasses, Tina...
Festive crafts and trees at St Winifreds Care Home
With Christmas just around the corner, we have been making some seasonal crafts here at St Winifreds Care Home, including some festive hanging mobiles made from recycled Christmas decorations. We've also made some fabulous tree decorations out of air drying clay –...
Happy birthday to Colleen at St Winifreds Care Home
On Saturday 4 December we celebrated Colleen's birthday at St Winifreds Care Home. Colleen loves a good singalong, so we gathered everyone together in our lounge and sang some of her favourite tunes – from Vera Lynn to the Beatles, Elvis to Cliff Richard. We finished...
Cheeky elves at St Winifreds Care Home
We had a very happy Elf Day at St Winifreds Care Home on Friday 3 December. Some of our staff team dressed up as cheeky elves for the day, including our Recreation and Well-Being Champion Tina who looked fantastic in her outfit. Our residents had fun trying out our...
Hairdressing with Carol at St Winifreds Care Home
We are delighted to say we now have a new Hairdresser at St Winifreds Care Home and just in time for Christmas too! Carol is a local lady who has had many years hairdressing experience, so it's wonderful to have her at our Home. Our ladies and gents have been enjoying...
St Winifreds Care Home residents make festive table decorations
On Monday 29 November our St Winifreds Care Home residents made a start on making festive napkin rings for Christmas time. We wound coloured string around cardboard cubes and used wooden snowflakes, which we glued and glittered, for decoration. We are delighted with...
Warming up for Christmas at St Winifreds Care Home
We had a super Sunday at St Winifreds Care Home when we enjoyed our first Christmas movie – Nativity with hot chocolates, cream and marshmallows, what's not to love?! We have started our Christmas crafts too and had fun creating festive colour-changing light up jars...
Introducing the Songbirds of St Winifreds Care Home
Our Recreation and Well-Being staff member Tina at St Winifreds Care Home has recently set up a singing group for our residents named the ‘St Winifreds Songbirds’. It's going down a storm! The Songbirds have regular choir practice and have chosen songs to sing as a...
St Winifreds Care Home residents enjoy music with John and Ellie
We enjoyed some wonderful musical entertainment from John and Ellie at St Winifreds Care Home on Friday 19 November. John and Ellie are old favourites at St Winifreds and we enjoyed singing and clapping along with them, and got quite emotional with some songs from...
St Winifreds Care Home residents celebrate Ireland
We recently had fun with our residents at St Winifreds Care Home when we hosted a fantastic Irish Day. We decorated our lounge with a special 'O'Brien's Tavern' and Blarney Stone, and everyone enjoyed having their photos taken with our Irish accessories, including...
Remembrance decorations at St Winifreds Care Home
For Remembrance weekend we went all out to decorate St Winifreds Care Home with creative tributes to honour those we've lost in wartime. We had poppy wreaths, Union Jack bunting, cut-outs of war planes and soldiers, as well as a beautiful 'Lest We Forget' flag. We...
Trick or treat Halloween fun at St Winifeds Care Home
On Halloween morning at St Winifeds Care Home we had a visit from 'Lucky' the Halloween cat. Her name was chosen by our residents and she enjoyed trick or treating them! There was nothing to fear as she gave treats and no tricks and our residents loved her...some just...
