Activities at Moreton Hill Care Home

Moreton Hill residents have been creative again this time making seeded paper. We recycled old paper by tearing it into strips and adding it to warm water to make a paper pulp. When it had been sieved we put forget me nots and wildflower seeds into the paper. The plan is to give the sheets to the children at the Shrubberies School and Apperley Centre in Stonehouse we thought they would enjoy planting the pieces of paper with the seeds in it .and watching them grow. We also thought it was especially poignant to use forget me nots. This was a lovely project.

Moreton Hill residents get to celebrate lots of different events, this week is National Doughnut Week - what a great event as it means doughnuts all round!

We decorated doughnuts with lots of different toppings and had great fun doing so. One table of ladies were having a wonderful chat while making their delicious doughnuts.

The Moreton Hill activities team really do have some great ideas and offer a wonderful variety of activities and events for residents.

The brief for this year’s Stonehouse in Bloom was something you would find in the garden. Moreton Hill's creative residents have been working hard to produce some beautiful paintings. The paintings will be on display in the town, which is a UK Finalist in Britain in Bloom, painting is always relaxing and it is wonderful to be part of this community project.

Nature and nurture are marvellous. Resident Iris combined the two when she took a tomato seed from her salad, carefully placed it onto wet kitchen roll and let it germinate. Now a fully thriving tomato plant in pride of place on the sunny window sill.

This week Moreton Hill held a "Wear it Purple" day to raise awareness and funds for the Alzheimer’s Society. Residents decorated cupcakes and wore purple with some of the team also wearing fancy dress.

It was a great fun day with resident, Jean winning the resident prize and Steve from the care team the staff prize, both were very happy with their bottle of wine!

We raised over £40 for this wonderful charity, who provide a range of services for those living with dementia and their families along with ongoing research projects. Thank you to everyone who supported the day.

What a glorious day! The sun was streaming through every window at Moreton Hill as residents enjoyed a visit from Lizzie and Ruby. As always they were made a real fuss of with cuddles and treats. Thank you so much Gaby for these pet therapy visits, they are very special dogs.