Dementia Friendly Cinema Experience
We’ve started attending dementia friendly cinema experiences at The Light Cinema in Sheffield. The dementia friendly screenings are programmed in partnership with a project called ‘A Life More Ordinary’ which aims to improve the lives of people with dementia or memory loss and their carers. The film screenings are shown in an adapted environment. Pre-screening […]
Mini Zoo Adventures
This week we had quite the experience! Simon visited us and brought his mini zoo along. Many of us got to experience petting an animal that we had never even seen in real life before. Plenty of our residents got up close and personal with a variety of animals such as turtles, lizards, snakes and […]
Nutrition and Hydration Week
This week we celebrated nutrition and hydration week at Twelve Trees. Nutrition and Hydration Week aims to highlight, promote and celebrate improvements in the provision of nutrition and hydration locally, nationally and globally. We know the importance of a healthy, balanced diet and plenty of fresh water! To encourage fun and education around the subject, […]
Get To Know Anna and Carole
What do you enjoy most about your role? Carole: Motivating our residents & keeping them stimulated! Anna: Running the day-care – I enjoy meeting new clients and helping to integrate them into our Twelve Trees family, ensuring they feel welcome and safe. What is your favourite food? Carole: Roast lamb and mint sauce. Anna: Clotted […]
February Activities
We’ve had some terrible weather this month, and sometimes it’s nice to stay warm and cosy indoors. Bearing this in mind, we’ve planned lots of indoor activities this month to keep us all entertained. We’ve done a lot of baking, particularly for our Mothers Day coffee morning. Baking is the perfect activity for dreary weather […]
New! – Lunch Group
We’re always looking for ways to improve the lives of our service users. So we decided to start a lunch group! Our first lunch group was held at The Shiny Sheff at Lodge Moore. It’s a great place with good facilities and we particularly like the conservatory which can open out when the weather is […]
The Beast from the East won’t stop us!
Mother Nature can’t stop our Home Care team at Twelve Trees! The last week of February has been a winter wonderland, with many of our clients snowed in but still in need of their regular care. We love opportunities to go the extra mile for our clients and residents! So, our Home Care Team put […]
Trip to Montgomery Hall
On January 27th we visited Montgomery Hall to watch Robinson Cursoe with a few of our residents and day care clients! Anna, our activities coordinator brought her little boy Rory as well, which the ladies loved. They even included us in the performance by squirting water at us from behind! (we were sat on the […]
Meet Pat Anderson, our January Carer of the Month!!
January was a particularly challenging month, with the start of a new year, increased calls and bad weather. Pat, who joined our Home Care Team in June of last year, was an exceptional member of the Twelve Trees Team! She picked up multiple last-minute calls and made difficult weather restricted journeys to make sure our […]
January at Twelve Trees!
We’ve kicked off 2018 with lots of exciting activities and new programmes! Of course, that was after a great NYE party to bid farewell to a great 2017 :D With the help of our friend Grace, we’ve started an enrichment programme at Twelve Trees. A few times a month, Grace and a friend come into […]
