We love our games activities in the home and we get competitive quick. As well as the usual domino's, bingo and exercise to music we love a game of bowling. We thought this was a great shot of one of our residents just before she got a strike. 

Thank you for the chocolates which were kindly bought by a resident's family as a token of appreciation for looking after their mum. Your mum was a pleasure to look after and the chocolates will be enjoyed by all the staff here at Hope Green. 

Thank you so much for the Easter eggs which were bought for our wonderful team here at Hope Green as a thank you from a family for looking after their father during their stay here at Hope Green. As a team, we appreciate this kind gesture, and we will all enjoy eating our Easter egg!

Home baking at our home is such an important part of our activities and our residents love getting involved.  Every week we have a different recipes to try and residents on both floors have a go at making them.  This week our residents in the Blossom unit make biscuits and enjoyed measuring out, mixing and getting a little messy as they put together the mixture which our Cook, Moira then baked for us to enjoy with a cup of tea.  They were delicious.

One of our residents has a journal of her life and we talked about the places she has visited and the experiences she has had. She said that she has had a wonderful and exciting life when she was a young girl. She loved to dress up and enjoyed eating out with friend and traveling.

Last week was St Patrick Day and we here at Highfield enjoyed delicious Irish traditional snacks and stew, accompanied by some traditional Irish music. Everyone had a wonderful day followed by a green themed quiz in afternoon!

Since it was national foot spa day we thought we would catch the opportunity to pamper ourselves using the foot spa. Many of the residents had a lovely soak and had masks applied to feet as well as a scrub, many residents were very tickled when they had their feet scrubbed but they all said they enjoyed the pamper treatments. 

As part of our preparation for Mothering Sunday we held a morning of Decoupage which everyone really enjoyed. Preparation was key as we had to press and store our flowers four weeks prior to using them but the wait was worth it, our jars and vases looking stunning. 

St Patrick's Day was celebrated at Brunel's regular luncheon club with a St. Patrick's Day themed menu. For starters there was an Irish leek and potato soup with homemade soda bread, followed by Irish stew with colcannon mash and carrot and swede then finished with a desert of Baileys cheesecake and a cheese board. This was then followed by an Irish coffee and all washed down with a few glasses of Guinness obviously, for those who could manage it. 

Today at Manorhey residents and staff members celebrated St Patrick's Day. In the morning we had an Irish special virtual concert with all our favourite songs performed by one of our regular performers Debbie McCormick. Residents also sampled some of our homemade Irish soda bread and a drink of the famous Guinness.