News & Activities October 2022
Welcome
We welcomed Paige, Desir, Monique and Ade to the Nettlestead Team!
Feedback
We love and appreciate hearing your feedback and reviews and ask if you could spare a few minutes to post a five star review on carehome.co.uk. There is also a bottle of wine for all those who publish their review, we will even provide a straw for the wine!
A huge THANK YOU to those family members who have and continue to already submitted theirs 🙂
Visiting
We continue to ask all families to kindly carry on wearing masks when in the home to minimise the risks. We are no longer taking bookings and you are able to freely come by as you please. Please note, we continue to ask that all family members coming into the home continue to sign in using our tablet system.
Activities – October dates for the diary
3rd – Light Chair Exercises with Chris from 11am.
Quizzes and Quizzes from 2pm, Prizes to be won!
4th – Join Chris for Bingo 11am.
Pamper Afternoon in the lounge from 2pm, please bring any personal hand creams you wish to be used.
5th – Hangman with Chris from 11am.
Movie Afternoon* – Pride and Prejudice screening from 3pm, cakes and teas to follow.
6th – Memory Lane chats in the lounge from 2pm.
7th – Santino Joins us for a special sing-a-long from 3pm.
Please join Chris and Sue from 2pm and then 4pm for games of bingo.
10th – Please join Chris for a game of bowls from 11am.
Movie Afternoon* – Phantom of the Opera screening from 3pm in the lounge. Popcorn and Hot Chocolates to follow.
11th – Autumn Edition flower arranging with Chris from 11am.
Outing – Drive about with Jane from 2pm (Please put your names down to avoid dissapointment)
12th – Hangman from 11am with Chris.
Cupcake Decorating with Jane from 2pm.
Chair exercises with Jane from 4pm.
13th – Quizzes and Crosswords with Jane from 2pm (Prizes to be won!)
14th – Skittles with Chris from 11am.
Please join Chris and Sue in the lounge from 2pm for Bingo.
15th – Marcus joins us for some of those classic songs for us to enjoy.
Please join us from 2pm in the lounge.
17th – Memory Ball Game with Chris from 11am.
Pamper Afternoon with Jane, please choose your favourite nail colour before nails.
18th- Biscuit decorating with Chris from 11am.
PUMPKIN PICKING
Outing – Hewitts Farm with Jane from 2pm (Please put your names down to avoid dissapointment)
19th – Fall Crafts Part One from 11am with Chris.
Quizzes with Jane from 2pm, Prizes to be won!
20th – Fall Crafts Part Two from 11am with Chris.
Nettlestead’s OctoberFest! All things beer/cider tasting with food platters from 2pm with Jane!
21st – Caroline joins us from 2:30pm for some classic songs in the lounge.
Board Games with Chris and Sue from 4pm.
24th – Light Chair exercises with Chris from 11am.
Halloween treat bags with Jane from 2pm.
25th – Hangman with Chris from 11am.
Stephen joins us in the lounge for those all important songs from 3pm.
26th – Memory Ball Game with Chris from 11am.
Halloween biscuit decorating with Jane from 2pm.
27th – Outing – Drive about with Jane from 2pm (Please put your names down to avoid dissapointment)
Nails and Hand massages from 4pm with Jane.
28th – Pine Cone decorating with Chris from 11am.
Bingo with Chris and Sue from 2pm, Prizes to be won.
31st – HAPPY HALLOWEEN FROM US ALL HERE AT NETTLESTEAD
Halloween Treats and Crafts from 11am with Chris.
Pumpkin Carving and Decorating with Jane from 2pm.
Some entertainers/Slow Yoga TimeTables are yet to get back to us, please note dates could change.
For anything related to the activities (ideas, questions, information), please do not hesitate to contact Jane at jane.ballard@nightingales.co.uk. Any ideas for activities you would like to see more of please let me know!
Facetime/Skype
If you have family members that live far away or you are on holiday and cannot see your loved ones, we do have a Skype address/Facetime. Find us on www.nettlestead.com. Please let us know if this is something you wish for us to arrange.
Photos to Share –
Our lovely Ira met up with The Mayor of Bromley in light of celebrating her 100th Birthday.