A busy session as usual at the Finchley Memorial Hospital Lisa kept members busy with quizzes whilst having their teas and cakes.
A game of Bingo was played which is always taken seriously as members concentrate on their numbers.
Members were then very keen to show the items they brought to the session. It was very interesting and everyone enjoyed listening to the various stories. As it was also D Day, one of the carers Helen talked about how her cousin found the gravestone of a lost family member who served in the war.
David in the pictures is showing members some of his paintings. Rochelle is holding a painting is the daughter of David and Norma. Her mum Norma is sitting down. Rochelle is proudly showing a painting her mum did.
David showing his painting of horses racing. Rochelle is also holding another painting her dad David painted of a model. This last painting means a great deal to the family as this is the boat they used to own and sale the English Channel many times before they sold it. It had great memories for them
Viv and Brian showed members the following pictures.
This is a picture of Brian who met the Queen Mother and Viv in the white dress next to the Queen Mother, Brian speaking to Prime Minister James Callaghan and Brian speaking to Richard Attenborough.
Brian showing members some of his medals he received in the RAF and some other medals.
The session then followed with the Tovertafel and Lisa showed members the new games which they really enjoyed.
We then had music and singing and dancing and everyone left with a smile. Thank you to our volunteers today. It was good to see Melvyn return after convalescing from his fall.
Thank you to our new volunteer Angela who is a great hit with members and thank you also to Risom who once again attended to help.
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We started this week’s gathering with the usual tea, coffee and delicious cakes and biscuits prepared by the ladies of Northwick Park, Mollie, Ritu and Lucille. Session leader Danielle continued her 60s theme, with swinging background music playing, whilst 60s patterns were on the tables for visitors to enjoy colouring in
A lively start, with lots of chatting. We were delighted to welcome new local couple Siva and Gunam. Lisa the Chairman welcomed everyone and made some update announcements. Session leader Helen then opened the session following Lisa’s announcements and started the session with a general knowledge quiz which was thoroughly enjoyed by everyone.
After lots of ongoing laughter, Richard calmed things down with his chair yoga exercises and introduced some new exercises using coloured scarves
Singer, James Le Bec, followed playing some ‘60s’ themed tunes, including The Beatles. His music quiz yet again caused lots of participation and laughter, especially when it came to rolling the dice. Everyone was up and dancing which was great. Thanks to Angelie and Joy, for getting everyone up from their seats
Thank you to Suresh for joining in and Dr Nandini for being on hand for medical questions. Our future sessions on the first Tuesday of the month will start at the earlier time of 2pm.
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Our monthly Dementia Club UK session was held on the 3rd June at Sha’arei Tsedek Synagogue in Whetstone.
Our members were served tea, coffee, lovely biscuits and cake at the start of our session and were happy chatting to each other.
We had a visitor, Sue Leap who is from The Dr French Memorial Home in North Finchley. She wanted to see how our sessions are run and she seemed very impressed!
Justine Khedoory was presented with an Accreditation Certificate from our Chairman, Lisa Rutter. This was for completing her training for Session Leader and leading a successful Dementia Club. Justine was very surprised and equally chuffed! This is the first certificate awarded.
We had two birthdays to celebrate! One was for our fabulous volunteer, Gilda, whose birthday is tomorrow and the second was for the lovely Joan, one of our carers, whose birthday is today. They were both presented with a birthday cake and sparklers and we all sang Happy Birthday to them and made a big fuss! It was great!
Our members then had a good time taking part in some lively exercises with the talented Jane. This was followed by a great session of entertainment provided by the very talented James LeBec. James sang a variety of popular songs to which many of the members and helpers danced. He also did a music quiz and our members had to guess the name of the song! It was great fun! The atmosphere was fantastic!
After James left, the members continued to chat and there was also table tennis, golf and darts for those that wanted to play! 18 members and carers attended the session with the assistance of seven helpers from the synagogue who were:- Justine, Gilda, Stephen, Caroline, Keith, Dot & Judy.
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This is a new venue and I am pleased that we have quite a few new members from the area. It was also nice to see some of our other members from the other dementia clubs attend and also some of the volunteers – Sarah, Theresa and Risom also attended.
We also had some visitors from the Rotary Club of Mill Hill. Lisa started with a quiz reading some questions from a particular year chosen by one of the members. These questions are always nice as they bring up some memories and discussions amongst the members.
It was then time for the Zimmerettes who came to perform for us today. As usual they were fantastic and it was nice to see some new routines. Everyone really enjoyed seeing the Zimmerettes and everyone got up to dance including the Rotary Club President Desmond.
Everyone had a very enjoyable time. Thank you to our volunteers
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Finally good weather came upon us and we could see and feel the enthusiasm and cheerful disposition of members at today’s Dementia Club UK session at the Hendon Town Hall.
Refreshments were served; members enjoyed some colouring activities followed by quizzes. We had such an intelligent group who got correct answers to very difficult questions. Well done to all the members’, carers and volunteers.
Eon our exercise guru arrived shortly and swiftly put us through our paces. For the first time Eon introduced the use of resistance mobility exercise bands in his routine which everybody present truly enjoyed as it was something different.
We welcomed back Dennis a seasoned musician to Dementia Club UK- Hendon Town Hall. Dennis performed different genre of music to the delight members, carers and volunteers who danced, sang along with pleasure.
A special thanks goes out to volunteers from Rotary Club of Hendon Charlyn and Eugenia the session leaders and of course thank you to Lisa the Chairman who was also present.
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