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This is one of our favorite afternoons. We love getting our residents up and moving to the music they love. Not only is it a natural medication for joints, bones and muscle strength, it also works wonders on mental health.
For more information on how beneficial music therapy is for the elderly, check out this site: https://briacommunities.ca/…/6-reasons-music-beneficial-se…/
You may remember before Christmas, on our Facebook page, we gave you the task of choosing between two fine Gingerbread creations to see which of our two items were going to come out on top and be voted Gingerbread Champions for 2019.
Well the results are in, and firstly thank you to everyone who took part and registered a vote – we had a terrific response.
Now for the all important numbers and we can report that it is The Valleys with their Gingerbread Train who take a narrow win by 329 votes to 270 for the Gingerbread Sleigh made by Bunkers Hill.
We can promise you that both tasted just as good as the other, and for the gingerbread lovers in our homes there is keen anticipation of next year’s contest!
As we bid farewell to 2019 and welcome in 2020, we want to take time to wish all our residents, staff, relatives, friends, neighbours and colleagues a very Happy New Year.
We hope that it will be a good year for you all, and that you are able to keep all the resolutions you have made!
We hope you enjoyed our posts on social media over the Christmas period, and one of our resolutions for 2020 is to make sure we keep you entertained with exciting news throughout the coming year.
If from reading our page over the last year you have any suggestions as to how we can improve our content then please do send them to us. We already have some ideas of our own….but it would be great to get some from our readers.
We look forward to hearing from you in 2020!
We would like to wish everyone a Happy Christmas and a Peaceful and Prosperous New Year.
In particular we would like to send best wishes to all our staff who are working so hard today to make sure that all our residents who need care and support have the best Christmas possible.
We would also like to send our best wishes to the many relatives and friends who also give of themselves to help support loved ones.
Wishing you all the love and light this Christmas!
Earlier last week we held our Christmas Party at The Valleys. We had some fabulous entertainment and a great singer with some wonderful Christmas songs that we could all join in with – there was even some dancing! There were plenty of games to keep us amused and the kitchen laid on a wonderful tea.
We wish it was Christmas Party time every day!
On Saturday 7th December The Valleys hosted a Pop Up Cafe coffee morning in aid fo the Good Grief Trust – an organisation that supports bereaved people to cope with the grieving process.
It was an excellent event and helped raise awareness of what can be a difficult subject to talk about.
We would like to thank everyone who took part and hope that this will be the first of many such mornings.
We had a fantastic day at the home recently when we relived the 1940s.
We were joined by the wonderful Tara Stafford who sang us songs by Vera Lynn, the Andrews Sisters along with many others from that era.
To complement the lovely singing we had some fab cakes and refreshments.
All our residents had a lovely time singing along and remembering a bygone era.
Last Saturday The Valleys held a Dementia Ball at the home and what a great time everyone had.
With the Xmas decorations already up, everyone was in a festive party mood.
Guests were treated to canapés and cocktails, a lovely 3 course meal with wine and some great entertainment.
All the residents who attended thoroughly enjoyed the evening and would like to repeat the occasion in the future.
The Ball was just one of many fantastic events that we hold at The Valleys every week. For more information why not scroll down the page and see some of the great events we have coming up.
There are over 4 million people living with diabetes in the UK and 1 in 5 people with diabetes don’t know they have it.
To help prevent diabetes we recommend cutting down on sugar intake, drinking more water and exercising regularly.
Come and taste some samples of our balanced and healthy menu.
Many of our residents lived through one, if not both World Wars. We will be taking some time out this Sunday to remember those lost and those affected by the wars.
IN FLANDERS FIELDS
by John McCrae
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place: and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved, and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
WE SHALL NOT SLEEP,
THOUGH POPPIES GROW
IN FLANDERS FIELDS.
