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Latest News from Charnley House Care Home in Hyde

We’ve had a very busy and interesting few weeks here at Charnley House car home in Hyde.

Firstly, staff and residents alike would like to express their sadness at the passing of Queen Elizabeth and thank her for all her work over the past 70 years. We celebrated her life over the last few weeks and watched the funeral with great solemnity but also with joy at remembering her majesty and all the kind and wonderful things she did.

We decorated Charnley House with the union flag and photographs and had tea and cake and scones in her honour.

We’ve had a very competitive games afternoon playing Connect 4. You can see from the photographs who was celebrating their wins!

We’ve been making cookies and, of course, eating them once they were ready. They were absolutely delicious!!

We’ve also had a jigsaw afternoon, which was very relaxing.

We’ve been out on a boat trip in the last of the lovely weather with some fantastic wildlife on show, and, of course, there were ice creams for all!

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Boats, Balloons & A Pamper Day At Charnley House

We’ve been very busy again over the past few weeks here at Charnley House residential care home in Hyde.

Our residents have enjoyed a fantastic boat trip on the canal, seeing lots of wildlife along the way.

We’ve had an activity day with balloons, which are always a good laugh and make everyone giggle.

And some of our ladies have had a pamper day having their nails done. Don’t they look splendid?!

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Latest Activities At Charnley House Care Home in Hyde

We’ve had another busy few weeks here at Charnley House.

We got together and did a huge jigsaw, working as a team to get it completed.

Everyone did some colouring to create beautiful pictures to decorate the windows for Spring.

We had Music Time, where everyone had a dance and clapped along

On one of the recent bright sunny days we all headed outside to soak up the sun

And we all celebrated Dorothy’s Birthday with some lovely cake and a cup of tea

The Latest Goings On At Charnley House Care Home in Hyde

We’ve had an exciting time over the last few weeks!

Meg has been celebrating her birthday. We had tea and cake and Meg got some lovely presents and cards from friends and family.

We’ve been making pom poms, which the residents really enjoyed.

And sitting out on the patio enjoying more of the nice weather and having a good old chin wag.

The hairdresser visits every Wednesday so that the residents can have their hair done. Everyone enjoys having a bit of a pamper and our residents look very glamorous, don’t you think?

June Update from Charnley House Residential Care Home, Hyde

It’s been all go here at Charnley House residential nursing home in Hyde over the past few weeks!

The residents have enjoyed time interacting with Newton the cat, which was donated by the Rotary Club of Hyde.  The lifelike cat toy purrs, cleans his paws and turns on his back for a belly rub.

We’ve been for a great day out where we sailed on a canal boat from Marple to Poynton, enjoying the views along the way. There was even time for ice cream, which everyone enjoyed very much, as you can see!

The residents have been showing their artistic side with some lovely colouring of summer flowers, and we’ve had a little bit of a pamper day where some of our ladies had their nails painted.

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The Cat With No Name and Activities At Charnley House

Our residents have been enjoying the company of a lifelike toy cat! The cat has been donated by The Rotary club of Hyde. He purrs, cleans his paws and turns on his back for a belly rub. He has settled in really well and the residents love him The only thing is, he needs a name! We have asked all the residents what they would like him to be called and all of the names will be going in a hat and drawn at random. The name will be revealed soon.

We’ve been able to have some visits recently, which have gone down very well after such a long time with no relatives allowed. Our residents have also been enjoying games of soft ball. As you can see, it’s a highly contested sport!