Activities at Sherwood Court Care Home

Here today at Sherwood Court, residents have been indulging on some delicious Cadburys chocolate, to mark Dementia Action Week, and to celebrate 200 years of Cadbury, we was kindly sent retro memory boxes filled with retro Cadbury bars. Activities coordinator, Hayley, spent time with residents, reminiscing about their favourite chocolate and how their local shops was always stocked up with Cadburys treats.

Here is resident, Peggy, who is a huge chocolate fan – especially Cadbury’s. Peggy told us that every Friday on her way home from school she was allowed to stop off at the shops where she would buy a Cadbury’s chocolate, as it was sold as penny bars. Look how happy she is, Peggy is due to turn 102 next month.

Here at Sherwood Court, residents enjoyed afternoon entertainment by the fantastic Al Hart. Al is a keen musician and always brings different instruments and really engages with our resident’s – they love him. During Al’s session here, after entertaining the majority of our resident’s, he took it upon himself to go around rooms to find residents, he then proceeded to do some one to one time with those who didn’t want to come and join in. Resident Sid, use to be a keen guitarist and singer and played a lot of gigs around the North West, he thoroughly enjoyed Al’s room visit and had a good chat about guitars and gigs.

Here at Sherwood Court, residents, family members and staff have got together and had a right laugh trying to act out the Maypole dance we had a beautifully decorated Maypole, handmade garlands and pretty ribbons around! Sherwood Lodge our sister home had  school children from Sherwood Primary School, to show off their skills and our residents watched with fond memories, however, the staff here wasn’t half as good as them! One of our resident’s Peter handed chocolate treats out to the school children to say thank you for their entertainment.

Great day had by all.

Here at Sherwood Court today, resident Liz has been enjoying her birthday celebrations. Liz was totally shocked at receiving a gift and card from all the staff here at Sherwood Court. This afternoon Liz was enjoying the garden with some rare sunshine and friends, when Hostess Vik came and surprised Liz with a beautiful birthday cake, freshly made and decorated by our fantastic kitchen staff Liz was utterly speechless and couldn’t believe how much the staff put effort in to Liz enjoying her day.

Here at Sherwood Court, we have some new keen members to our gardening club! Hosted by Hayley, resident, Roland, from our Nursing Unit and Elizabeth have took up their tools and got down and dirty, both Roland and Elizabeth shared fond memories of keeping their gardens in good order, and no matter the weather, would always be outside potting new flowers, pulling up weeds or just sat admiring their hard efforts of their beautiful gardens.

Roland is a keen vegetable and fruits grower, he taught the club the importance of soil turning, and how the plants benefit from doing so. Roland had his own allotment close to his home where he would spend hours pottering about, pulling weeds and admiring his patch.

Gardening connects us with nature, and it is found that spending time in green spaces helps people destress and relax. This is important for our residents as it can help overcome feelings of loneliness, isolation and help us come together to embrace the natural beauty that Sherwood Court’s garden has to offer.

Here at Sherwood Court, after a busy day with community coffee morning held by The Spar Shop, an afternoon of Elvis being on the building giving our residents an outstanding performance, Senior Care assistant April and Care assistant Tamara finished their shifts but still made time to make a lovely gesture. The evening was bright and was still warm, the carers took Bill and Ronnie over to the local pub, The Sherwood, and treated the gents to a tipple of choice, a pint of Ale for Ronnie and a pint of Coke for Bill.

It is little gestures like this that make the most impact and a great end to a great day!

Well done to you both.