Activities for Care Home Residents | Arts and Crafts

Helping those with dementia Dementia is a disease characterised by cognitive degeneration beyond the effects of normal ageing. Affecting memory, mood, physical capabilities, language, and judgement it is essential to guarantee safe and nurturing practice. With no current cure to the disease, research has explored the many ways of benefiting those experiencing dementia when thinking…

Christmas in a care home An essential aspect to consider when planning a care home Christmas is to inspire a ‘homely-feel’. With that in mind, the ethos of Stanfield Nursing Home is that we recognise we are second best compared to staying in one's own home. We therefore aim to make the experience of living…

Nursing Home Calendar | Remembrance and a Lead Up to Christmas

Remembrance Sunday Remembrance Sunday is a very important day for many of our residents who would have had relatives that participated in the war. We made sure to engage as many as possible in the multiple activities spread throughout the week. We began our nursing home calendar with an arts and crafts session of poppy…

Activities in Care Homes | Preparing for a Spooky Halloween

Halloween at Stanfield Celebrations of this ghostly night started early in the month to help our residents get into the scary season. We started with a therapeutic day of using differing colours to highlight Halloween templates. The use of colours is very powerful as it provides time to reminisce which can be very beneficial in…

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