Today at Rotherwood we've been Reminiscing about ken Dodd.
We've had a laugh watching some of his old videos and listening to his jokes..Here's a few of his one liners that we've laughed about today.
Rest In Peace the legend that is Ken Dodd.
Tag: Care Home Rotherham
Today we welcomed the Edlington Community Organisation 'Slipper Swap' to Rotherwood, to make sure all our residents have toasty toes!!
The project swaps worn slippers for brand new pairs absolutely free, to ensure the elderly keep warm and do not trip from worn slippers.
Happy belated birthday to Kath, who was recently in hospital on her birthday so she couldn't celebrate with her Rotherwood Family! 
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We made up for it today 
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Here at Rotherwood we have taken it upon ourselves to try to include at least one exercise based activity and one gaming activity into our activity planner each week.
These gentle but effective exercise classes can help improve their strength, co-ordination and balance. Weekly classes will be run by our activity coordinators and will take place in our quiet lounge situated on the ground floor. Service users are invited to get involved and join in with these light exercise classes from the comfort of their own chairs.
So far residents have enjoyed various classes including chair based exercise, chair based dance, armchair tai chi and relaxation meditation. They have also enjoyed chair based games which include carpet bowls, basket ball, darts and many more.
The positive impact this has had on our residents has been great, not only has the exercise been beneficial towards their health but it has also shown immediate benefits to their overall mood.
For the past four weeks, residents at Rotherwood Care Home have been taking part in our in-house bingo competition.
Each Wednesday at 1pm we have been gathering in the main lounge where we have been hosting our weekly event. The bingo games have been based around a different theme each week, with the final weeks theme being reminiscence. All of the service users who took part have thoroughly enjoyed the friendly competition. Here are a couple of things they had to say;
- It brought back happy memories.
- I used to enjoy going to bingo with my friends, I never won anything though.
Come along and join us at Rotherwood Care Home, Rotherham, from 10:00am to 11:30am, to enjoy the hot drinks, delicious homemade cakes and biscuits we have for sale. Where we will be raising money for MacMillan Cancer Support as part of their annual 'Worlds Biggest Coffee Morning'.
It will be a chance for people in our community to come together in aid of a worthy cause- one very close to our hearts.
If you enjoy baking and would like to donate a cake, please bring it along. If you don't like baking but enjoy eating cake and would like to donate a few pounds/pence, please come along too.
Please also tell your friends.
Everyone is welcome.
The British weather can't seem to make its mind up this summer. Knowing how unpredictable our weather can be, when the sun came out this morning the residents at Rotherwood Care Home went outside to make the most of the sunshine and get some much needed Vitamin D.
The residents really wanted to make the most of the sunshine so that's exactly what we did. The team helped the residents outside while our activities coordinator set up the regular activities outside. The activities included our weekly sing along choir club, a music quiz and tin-can-alley.
The residents had a wonderful day and even enjoyed a Choc-Ice while outside in the sun.
Over the weekend here at Rotherwood we held our annual summer fair. During the day we had a variety of different stalls including one full of handmade gifts made by our lovely residents, a tombola, a raffle bric-a-brac and many more. We also had a food stand with hot dogs and burgers, a refreshments stand with drinks and cakes and a few games stands with games including hook a duck and tin can alley.
The day was of great success and was enjoyed by all. At the end of the day we counted up our donations and managed to raise a total of £150. We will be arranging a service user meeting within the next couple of weeks were we will come together to discuss how the money should be spent.
We would like to thank all who attended for their kind donations and support, both before and during the event.
On Saturday 16th July Rotherwood Care Home will be opening its doors to the local community for our annual summer fair. This years theme will be 'a day at the Fun Fair'.
Doors will be open from 1:30pm and there will be a variety of things happening, including; the vintage tea party, various stalls, Hook a Duck, Hot Dog stand, angel readings and much more.
Raffle tickets are on sale now and can be purchased from the homes office. We are also collecting raffle prizes and donations which can also be handed in to the homes office.
We look forward to seeing everyone and hope that the good weather continues for us.
During the day at Rotherwood our activities coordinator fits in as many one to one sessions with our service users as possible alongside our weekly set activities. In these one to one sessions many of our residents like to talk about their life experiences and the things they have learned throughout the years.
This week during our one to one sessions we have been taking note of ‘A Few Wise Words’ our residents have had to share. We have had a mixture of responses from some very wise ones to some really funny ones. Below is a small list of some of the things they have had to say:-
- Don’t take yourself too seriously
- Enjoy yourself and have a good time
- Don’t get married
- Pay your bills first
- Don’t worry about being in a care home, its lovely being looked after
These will be displayed in the home for all our residents, their families and visitors to enjoy.