Summer is finally upon us and members of Dementia Club UK at today’s session in Hendon Town Hall felt the heat. Refreshments were ready to be served as members arrived needing to cool off.
Members and their carers preferred to have long and interesting conversations amongst each other rather than any other activities. This is one of the beauty and flexibility of the sessions at Dementia Club UK and session leaders being able to adapt to members wishes.
The session would not be complete without Eon our exercise guru putting us through our paces with soft exercises. However he decided today to increase the pace a little and got us all working a lot harder. We were out of breath at the end of the session but it was thoroughly enjoyable.
Our resident musician for Dementia Club UK - Dennis was also in attendance. Dennis performed different genre of music to delight members, carers and volunteers who danced and sang along with pleasure.
Special thanks goes out to volunteers from Rotary Club of Hendon Charlyn and Eugenia who are also session leaders, Stella a friend of the Club, Lisa and Mark Rutter and other family carers present.
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The session was led by Dr Angela Parker today as Lisa was away at a meeting in town.
Members enjoyed looking at a selection of books brought in by Dr Parker covering children’s stories and nursery rhymes. When members finished their teas and coffees, Dr Parker gave a short talk about looking after each other in the hot weather - making sure that you keep hydrated properly as well as using shade and suntan cream.
The time went quickly when Moshe arrived to give a great musical recital of various favourites which included new and old time music. There was some Karaoke and many joined in singing and there were a lot of energetic dancers.
Members were reminded that next Wednesday is the outing to Southend with the coach leaving at 10 am from the Finchley Memorial car park.
Thank you to the volunteers today Melissa, Melvin and Arzu for their help during the session. Great team work running the sessions smoothly in the absence of our Lisa.
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As members arrived Lisa welcomed them. They also received a warm welcome from Rotarians Jim, Malcolm and Victor who are always happy to sit and chat with the members.
As always Andrew the Church warden makes sure that all the tables are set up and Dorothy and Brenda always ensure members are served with their teas and coffees and cakes straight away.
Lisa then gave out some quiz questions to the members. The quiz was organised by Simon our quiz master who was absent today but made sure that the quiz was delivered. Today’s quiz was about naming some famous brands. Most of the brands were easy but there were a few tricky ones which made it challenging. The quiz also brought back some memories and Lisa got members to talk about them.
It was then time for some exercise and as Richard was away, we had a new Yoga teacher – Kathryn Jackman. Members really enjoyed the exercises with Kathryn who not only made them work hard but also made it fun.
Members were now ready for their music entertainment with James and as usual James knows the right type of music to get members interested. The music quiz game is also a great enjoyment as members like the challenge to get as many points as possible.
Everyone then enjoys a good dance before going home. Thank you to all our volunteers and of course Mark one of our Trustees who also helped during the session.
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A very warm humid day but quite a few members arrived including a couple of new members. Lisa welcomed members and introduced some quizzes for them to do whilst they enjoyed their teas and coffees and lovely cakes and chatting.
Joanna then arrived to do some Chi Kung chair exercises which the members found very relaxing. Members were then excited to see Peter Webb the Elvis entertainer arrive. He soon got everyone up and dancing. Elvis makes everyone happy especially as he gets close to serenade. It was a very enjoyable session.
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A busy session as normal. Lisa welcomed everyone and especially gave a warm welcome to James who recently lost his wife Mollie.
Lisa also wished Helen and Chrystalla a happy holiday as they were going for 3 months to Cyprus. Everyone gave their best wishes.
Lisa brought some Kosher cakes today which were left over from the recent launch in Borehamwood. Members really enjoyed the variety of cakes and whilst chatting amongst each other they also worked together as a team to answer quiz questions and some members enjoyed doing word searches.
The session then followed with the arrival of George Ritchie a new music entertainer who came with his mother. Members enjoyed his music and singing which was different. Some members also enjoyed some dancing.
It was an enjoyable session. There was only one volunteer today - Melvyn but as usual the carers always step in to help. Thank you to Melvyn for his continued support.
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