Author: Samuel Carney

Sunny smiles at the pub

One of our lovely residents enjoyed a meal with their wife at the pub this week, making the most of the cold but sunny weather!’

A Splash of Care: Celebrating with Saltwood at the Venetian Fete

This year, Saltwood Care Centre has been lucky to have attained a float for this year’s Venetian Fete on Wednesday 21st August 2024. This has been an ongoing project for the last four or five months. The staff and residents have been busy putting it all together and coming up with a stunning design that […]

Wimbledon 2024

With Wimbledon nearly upon us, some of our residents have been busy making a Wimbledon of their own! I think you can agree it looks absolutely fantastic and if you look closely there is a few familiar faces. Well done to everyone involved, you should be very proud and now it’s time to sit back […]

East Kent & District Pipe Band

Kim, in our Activities team, and her pipe band, The East Kent and District Pipe Band, performed on Saturday to a packed garden and lounge of residents for Armed Forces Day.   

Hythe View Resident’s Artistic Endeavour Supports Battersea Dogs Home

Barry Gleed, one of our lovely residents here at Hythe View, Hythe, is an avid watercolour painter, and has been painting for most of his life. One visit just after Christmas to Barry’s room, he was showing our Activities Co-ordinator Debbie, some of the recent paintings he had completed since becoming a resident at Hythe […]

Balgowan’s Mad Hatter’s Easter Party

Well, Balgowan pulled out all the stops once again and what a fabulous afternoon everyone had!   With entertainment from ‘The Experience Presents’ and their Easter Bunny Jive Show, they really got the crowd up, singing and dancing.    Absolutely fantastic food enjoyed by everyone.   The residents have been busy making their Mad Hatter […]

Getting Creative

The residents at Hythe View got creative yesterday afternoon – making tissue paper collages. What an amazing job they did too!

A Musical Afternoon

Singer Keeley came to entertain the residents at Hythe View. They all had a fantastic afternoon.

Intellectual Challenges

The last couple days the residents have taken part in some games that challenge the brain.   They have played a few rounds of bingo.   Some intellectual challenges and games such as codebreakers, mastermind and math’s crosswords.   Kim also introduced some residents to the card game – Top Trumps.   All of these […]

Weekend Activities

Weekend fun at Balgowan House It was our lovely resident Carole’s birthday and she was delighted with her amazing cake by Jenny.   Meanwhile the residents played games and watch the iconic film ET.