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• Dark nights get Rogers House residents into crafting

  15-11-2020 09:37 via feedproxy.google.com
  As the dark evenings creep in, residents of Rogers House Residential Care Home in Wigmore have been enjoying some creative crafting with an autumn theme, painting pinecones. 
  Residents of the Drewery Drive care home added an autumnal twist to their regular craft club this week, painting pinecones in a variety of seasonal colours.
   
  The creative residents enjoy a different craft activity each week and with the season now in full swing, an imaginative autumnal activity seemed like a grea
  
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• Meallmore’s Baking Challenge Takes the Biscuit

  15-11-2020 09:36 via feedproxy.google.com
  Leading care provider, Meallmore has announced the winners for their ‘Take the Biscuit’ baking challenge, which saw residents and staff compete for the crown of star biscuit baker.
  Inspired by the Macmillan Coffee morning, the competition was open to all staff and residents across Meallmore’s 23 homes and challenged the homes to create the best biscuits with four prize categories up for grabs. The voting was decided by the public with polls on the Meallmore Facebook page being
  
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• Kingsclear Nursing Home resident receive message from Loose Women celebrity

  15-11-2020 09:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  The residents and care team at Kingsclear Nursing Home in Camberley were delighted to receive a message from former Coronation Street and current Loose Women and Hollyoaks star Denise Welch and her two godchildren recently.
   
  Over the course of the current Covid-19 pandemic, Denise has been very vocal both on TV and via social media about her concern for the mental health of those living in care homes.
   
  Denise has faced her own battles with mental health and has documented her journey
  
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• Birthday greetings to Marjorie

  15-11-2020 07:48 via feedproxy.google.com
  Marjorie Light moved into Sunrise of Fleet’s Memory Care Neighbourhood in August. On November 3rd she celebrated turning 84, but for Marjorie, age is but a number.
  Marjorie is extremely active, she is a keen golfer, and enjoys joining Sunrise of Fleet’s gentle exercise classes, using the home’s exercise bike and walking daily. Remarkably, she is still able to do the splits and high kicks.
  Marjorie grew up in the town of Port Talbot in Wales with her four siblings, she never had
  
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