Lots of Birthdays celebrated lately, which means one thing! Lots of delicious cake!
It's never too late to start something new and our residents love their weekly French lessons
Our residents thoroughly enjoyed the cheese and wine tasting this weekend
For Dementia Week we hosted a 'time for a cuppa' coffee morning and took part in lots of different memory activities that helped the residents to reminisce and think of past events from their lives.
Our Fine Dining Room is incredible here at Cumnor and we love to use it as often as we can!
Our residents love joining in a sing-a-long, we vary the songs each week but the favourites are usually wartime songs
We hold a weekly arts and crafts session here at Cumnor Hill House and our residents love to get involved. We like to hang their pieces around the home.
Our residents like playing Bag a Win, and testing out their target skills
In order to mark Dementia Awareness Week we have been reminiscing on past careers and hobbies of our residents. One of our residents gave a piano lesson to some of the staff!
This week for our weekly Thursday Evening Event we enjoyed a Mexican-themed evening. There was Mexican food, music and a quiz on all things Mexico!
We've been watching musicals lately, which are enjoyed by our residents at Cumnor Hill House. This week was Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and Guys and Dolls.
We had a great weekend, sipping Pimms in the sunshine, as well as lots of arts and crafts!
To celebrate carers week and to show our appreciation to all of our wonderful staff we had an ice cream van arrive at Cumnor Hill House today as a surprise and the staff and residents really enjoyed their ice creams !!
And we would like to say a big warm welcome to our new deputy manager, and we hope you have had a great first day.
The recent sunshine definitely made for sunhat weather, let's hope it's here to stay!
To celebrate HRH Queen Elizabeth's Birthday we hosted a garden party where cream tea and champagne were served for our residents. We had the Saffron Strings attend to perform beautiful classical music, which was enjoyed by all who attended. The weather was lovely and the sun was shining, the perfect afternoon for such a special day!!
We pledged to donate 100 toys for this event, and are pleased to announce all toys have been donated to hospitals in Oxford
Afternoon tea with a fruity twist. As the weather has been hot hot hot, we had a very fruity, tasty, and refreshing fruit tea last week. The residents enjoyed the wide selection of fruits alongside Prosecco.
Our residents enjoyed making plant scenes drawing inspiration from our lovely garden
The residents having fun making chocolate cornflake cakes
We are so lucky at Cumnor Hill House to be surrounded by woodland so we get to spot a vast variety of birdlife!
Our residents love their weekly session with Dot
Fantastic new gazebos which are greatly appreciated in the hot sunny weather
Despite the bad weather, we had a great time picnicking in the Bistro instead!
We recently celebrated two birthdays with a lovely lunch
We had a lovely day for Father's Day at Cumnor Hill House, pampering all the lovely fathers who live here, a delicious roast dinner, and to top it off James Bond in the cinema!
An important aspect of everyday life for our residents is food. So our chefs ensure the finest and most nutritious food is served to our residents for every meal. From smoked salmon to cheese boards, from roast dinners to homemade pates, our chefs go above and beyond to cater menus to the requests and requirements of every individual in our care.
Thank you to the kitchen team for all of your hard work and support. I would like to share with you some of their amazing creations.
Now that our residents can gradually mix floors we are pleased to announce that Scrabble club has started and we played a good game yesterday. The ladies were happy to join in and get back to normal!
Our residents enjoying some more delights in the Find Dining Room
We held our Pride coffee morning today which was bright, fun, and exciting!
*Last report published 12/01/2021
*Rated 9.9
*Awarded 30/06/2021