Author: Chris Tarry

Our residents and staff at Orchard House had so much fun last week enjoying some wonderful live entertainment from The Quorn Ukulele Orchestra (QUO)!

They brought so much joy and energy to Orchard House, playing familiar songs that our residents knew and loved. It was lovely to see everyone singing along, smiling and joining in with the fun.

QUO also supports local charities through their performances, which makes their visits even more special.

A huge thank you to The Quorn Ukulele Orchestra for entertaining our residents and creating such a happy and memorable afternoon. We hope to see you again soon!

There were some tasty treats on offer earlier this week at The Ruddington, as our lovely residents rolled up their sleeves and started making some lemon tarts. There was plenty of baking experience on show, and the results tasted fantastic. Needless to say they didn;t last long once they had come out of the oven!

Despite the continuing good weather, it is now officially Autumn, and St Peter’s residents thought we should celebrate with an autumn-themed coffee morning. The decorations on the table looked a treat, and the morning was a lovely event with people chatting about autumn past and present and how they were looking forward to Halloween – yes, it’s nearly that time of year folks!

With a 50’s style diner lunch and Elvis in the house in the afternoon at Balmore, there was plenty of fun to be had at Balmore Country House this week. Our residents were aided by the lovely residents of our sister home, Orchard House, who joined us for lots of fun, food, milkshakes, singing, and laughter. It was a great day, thoroughly enjoyed by everyone.

Perhaps you remember holding a baby shower or attending one for a friend. Well, this week our lovely residents at The Ruddington got together to make baby shower favours for one of our female staff who’s having a baby girl. They had a great time reminiscing about when they had children and what baby showers were like back in the day. For one of them, who used to be a midwife, it brought back lots of memories of births and deliveries and the families she helped. It was a lovely, relaxing few hours, and the ‘shower’ is going to look great.

Our lovely residents and staff at Orchard House having a wonderful time preparing for their afternoon tea!

It’s such a lovely feeling to see everyone enjoying themselves, sharing smiles and laughter, and enjoying their delicious cakes, coffee, and tea together.

On Friday, residents at St Peter’s said a sad goodbye to their lovely exercise class leader, Sophie. She is going to train as a physiotherapist, and we want to wish her all the very best for her new job. Everyone will really miss her, but still enjoyed their last class with her. So good luck, Sophie, and come back and visit us any time. You will always be welcome!

Everyone loves a little pampering from time to time – after all, we deserve it! Well, St Peter’s residents are no different and we are only too happy to deliver regular pampering sessions to everyone who wants them. There were some beautiful manicures on display after we had held our pampering session this week. Everyone looked fab and it was a lovely way of sitting and relaxing for a while.

We are so lucky at St Peter’s. Fantastic local entertainers Kevin and Marie are frequent visitors to the home and always put on a brilliant show for us. Their latest offering was no less dazzling than previous outings, with loads of fab costumes, terrific tunes, and some lovely audience engagement. Thank you to both of them for giving such a fab afternoon.

St Peter’s lovely residents had their very own carvery today, and wow, it went down a treat. Everyone enjoyed picking their own tasty items with support from staff. The bar served all their favourite drinks to wash things down. Everyone enjoyed it so much; all we have heard since is when can we have that again!