Activities at Sherwood Court Care Home

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.

Here at Sherwood Court, we held our annual Easter Raffle, we had plenty of donations from our residents, family and friends, my word what a display was set for our event. This event is in aid of raising money to go into our residents fund, to be able to plan future activities and outings of their choice. In total, we raised a whopping £451, absolutely amazing. The Easter Bunny was a local lady called Sammy Vee, who kindly supported our event for free due it being an amazing cause. We cannot express enough how days like this really brings our home together and unite as one.

Here at Sherwood Court, we have been having a brilliant day, we had an amazing visit from Mary who is a part of Mini Concerts. Mary, who had entertained us with an Easter gig, sang some fabulous songs from The Sound of Music and also The Wizard of Oz - . Mary had the residents from Memory Lane and our Nursing Unit fully engaged with dance moves, arm exercises and of the course the hand jive. Our residents, family members and staff had a great time and are looking forward to Mini Concerts next performance.

Here at Sherwood Court, residents enjoyed a morning engaging with 10 week old Bonnie, who is a gorgeous Labrador. To celebrate international puppy day, resident’s from both units, had the chance to pet Bonnie who had such a fuss made over her, and residents got to reminisce over their previous pets. Resident Pat told us how she use to have two Jack Russell’s, Poppy and Pip and has always been very fond of all dogs big and small. Pat used to walk for miles with her pooches and always brought her joy.

Bonnie showed us how proud she was of being able to sit and lay down on demand but of course a little treat was given at the end.

Bonnie brought out the warmest of smiles around the home and brought some joy.