Abbey Lifestyle

Our homes offer a wide range of activties and trips tailored to our residents preferences and interested. This includes a range of trips to local attractions, cinema nights, exercise classes to improve wellbeing, through to live performances from musicians and bands, and pets visiting the home.

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Celebrating the Jewish festival of Purim

27 February 2021

On February 25th Aarandale Manor celebrated the Jewish festival of Purim. Residents and staff got into the spirit of Purim and dressed up in fun and colourful costumes. Through a virtual link Rabbi Dovie retold the story of Purim and sang traditional songs with our Jewish residents. Our residents Jack and Larry shared their happy memories of this wonderful celebration with other staff and residents. Thanks to Rabbi Dovie all of our residents were offered Purim treats and an opportunity to learn and take part in this joyous occasion.

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Celebrating Silver Week

26 February 2021

Aarandale Manor residents participated in the celebration of Silver Week in an intergenerational project organized by the Young Barnet Foundation and Barnet Council. Children from a local primary school sent personalized messages to each one of our residents that asked questions about their lives as children as well as wrote lovely messages and poems. Our residents were moved and deeply touched by the messages and keen to write back!

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Betty celebrates her 105th Birthday!

26 February 2021

With a fabulous cake and a card and letter from the Queen, all at Farnworth Care Home made Betty’s day one to remember.

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Celebrating Valentines Day

26 February 2021

Farnworth Care Home been collating pictures from families, of our wonderful residents on their wedding day.
What an amazing display of happiness.

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Mobile sweet shop bringing treats and smiles

26 February 2021

Celebrating the 68th Anniversary of the End of Sweet Rationing in Britain, Aarandale Manor opened it’s mobile sweet shop, packed full of goodies for all to enjoy

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Remembrance Garden

22 February 2021

The Kendal Care Home Remembrance Garden project is underway here at the home which will be a quiet area dedicated to lost ones in the homes garden, B&Q kindly donated an array of flowers, trees and roses to help initiate one of the many meaningful projects. Residents will also be actively encouraged and supported to maintain the garden by the Activities and Well-being Team.

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Pancake Day Celebrations

16 February 2021

Here at Farnworth Care Home we celebrated Pancake Day. Residents were treated to a range of toppings including traditional lemon and sugar and the more contemporary Nutella! We had Pancake games flipping them and wafting them….. lots of laughter involved. Residents looked at the history of Shrove Tuesday and how other countries celebrate the day ….. we had a “flippin” good time!!!

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Birthday Bonanza January for Aarandale Manor

27 January 2021

Aarandale Manor has been having a Birthday Bonanza in January as our residents celebrate their birthdays during this month. In the last few weeks we have had two of our residents turn 100 and one turned 101! It started with Olive in the end of December where she had a beautiful floral display and special birthday cake made of her favorite Green and Blacks cake. It then carried on in the beginning of January where we had Dinah celebrate her 101st birthday!

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Aarandale’s Winter Wonderland

21 January 2021

Our Aarandale Residents take great delight in visiting the beautiful garden not just in the summer but all year round! One of our residents could not resist stepping out into last Sunday’s snow spectacular that turned Aarandale’s grounds into a Winter Wonderland. Our newly turned Centenarian, eagerly donned her winter coat and an improvised head covering with the close supervision provided by the Carer’s.  She satisfied her hearts joy of having a stroll through the new fallen snow. To the delight of the residents peering out the windows and looking at the Snowman made by Carer. It was chilly but a fun day indeed! Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow!

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It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas

15 December 2020

At Farnworth Care Home Christmas crafting is well and truly underway with our lovely residents making sock snowmen and wreaths for their doors The day was completed by a surprise visit from one of Santa’s helpers, who was spoilt rotten with cuddles and food. We can’t wait for the next visit!

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