Activities at Snowdrop Place Care Home

We had the pleasure of The Music Man Project Hampshire come and perform for us yesterday and what a wonderful afternoon we had. The residents sang along with the songs they new and learnt the signs to songs that were new to them. The staff including senior general manager Gemma Hicks joined in.

The Music Man Project teaches children & adults with learning disabilities to sing, sign and play original music, the local Music Man Project run by Valerie Hickox have recently played the Royal Albert Hall.

From everyone at Snowdrop Place, we'd like to say a massive thank you and well done to all the performers that joined us from the The Music Man Project Hampshire. You were all fabulous and we look forward to seeing you again soon.

Geoff from Liberty's Owl, Raptor and Reptile Centre and his feathered friends joined us yesterday. 

Residents were in awe of the majestic creatures and their striking beauty. Getting to see them up close and learning about their natural habitats, hunting skills and the important role they play in our eco system.

Geoff also spoke about why these incredible predators are in captivity and the crucial efforts being made to protect and preserve their species.

We took advantage of the beautiful weather and set up our gardening tools on our lovely balcony overlooking the gardens and have been sowing Sunflower seeds ready to enter into the Embracing Age Hampshire sunflower growing competition. Entries can be for the tallest, shortest, largest seed head, most interesting sunflower or oldest grower.

Olive and Margret who love being out in the fresh air and a spot of gardening had a lovely afternoon reminiscing about their gardens at home and all the beautiful flowers they used to grow and that you can actually eat some of them in salad. The ladies worked as team, one filling the pots with soil while the other sowed the seeds. Everyone now has the pleasure of watching them grow & making sure they are watered regularly so we can win in the competition.

Today we celebrated the 200 year anniversary of Cadbury Dairy Milk.

Barchester Healthcare teamed up with the chocolate giants Cadbury and the Alzheimers Society for an afternoon of reminiscence and fun. We were delivered hampers of Dairy milk chocolate for the home to enjoy which went down a treat with everyone.

Our residents came together in the cinema and watched the live virtual event. They got to see how Cadburys packaging has changed over the years and learn all sorts of interesting facts and take part in a Cadbury quiz.

DEMENTIA ACTION WEEK!

We kicked off the week with a Dementia Friends talk. Inviting staff, relatives & the local community to join us.

Dementia Friends is the biggest ever initiative to transform how the nation thinks, acts and talks about dementia.

Thanks to Val for hosting the talk & to everyone that joined us.

We took advantage of the beautiful weather today and set up our gardening tools on our lovely balcony over looking the gardens and have been sowing Sunflower seeds ready to enter into the Embracing Age Hampshire sunflower growing competition.

Embracing Age Hampshire are running a sunflower growing competition this summer across care homes in Hampshire.

Entries can be for the tallest, the shortest, the largest seed head or the most interesting sunflower.

If you would like to be part of team Snowdrop super sunflowers get in contact with Gemma or Rachel on the activities team.

Wish us luck!!