A very busy session as usual. Lisa decorated the tables today with daffodils especially as Mothers Day was in a few days and informed everyone that they could take the daffodils home at the end of the session.
Lisa welcomed and thanked all the volunteers and also introduced 2 new volunteers today Angela and Rosa who received a warm welcome from everyone. Lisa also reminded everyone that Dr Angela was also in attendance to take blood pressures and provide any medical advice to members.
Lisa then introduced two visitors from Constantia Care - Morag Collier who is the Manager and Ellie Edwards who is Deputy Manager. They gave a short presentation about the type of care they provide and then there was an opportunity for members to ask questions.
It was then time for music entertainment with Moshe and as usual Moshe gets everyone up and dancing as he is able to play and sing a variety of songs in many languages. It was a fun afternoon and everyone left with a smile.
My thanks to my volunteers Dr Angela and Mark our Trustees, Lindsey, Melvyn, Melissa and of course our new volunteers.
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A good attendance to today’s session. We had 25 members including some members from Friends in Need. We registered four new persons who became members of Dementia Club UK.
The session started as usual with members chatting and enjoying their teas, coffees, biscuits and cakes. Simon, our Rotary quiz master, then distributed his quiz, which consisted of 10 anagrams of famous persons. The members found the questions a bit more difficult than usual, however, they enjoyed themselves trying to find the answers.
After the quiz Richard, our yoga exercises teacher, did about 30 minutes of chair yoga exercises. Richard introduced colourful scarves to make the exercises more enjoyable. All attendees joined in and had a very enjoyable time.
The yoga session was then followed with our entertainer James Le Bec who sang songs selected by the members. James then asked the members to identify various songs and when they guessed them correctly, they were asked to throw a large dice to get points. Unfortunately, the total number of points during this session were well below other Dementia Clubs.
We also had a member’s birthday today, and all the members sang Happy Birthday. The members enjoyed listening to James’s songs and joined in singing and dancing.
Thank you to our church volunteers for making teas and coffees, setting up the venue and making the necessary preparations for the sessions; Dorothy, Sue and Andrew.
Thank you also to our Rotarians from Barnet; Jim (President), John, Victor, Malcolm and Simon. Many thanks to our Doctor Rebecca Hatjiosif for attending. Also, thanks to Mark and Lisa the Chairman of Dementia Club UK, for their continuous support making the Dementia Club at St John’s Church so successful.
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Today is a special day as the 25th March celebrates Greek Independence Day. It was even more special to be able to celebrate at the Greek Britannia Centre.
The session started with a quiz which is always a good way to start a session as it gets everyone to chat together to try and get the right answers.
Joanna then arrived to do some Chi Kung exercises. Members look forward to these exercises as it helps them and teaches them how to relax and breath properly especially at stressful times.
The session then followed with our music entertainment with Ronnie. It was lovely to be able to celebrate Pamela and John’s 55 years wedding anniversary. To mark the occasion, Lisa asked Ronnie to play them their favourite song to dance to and everyone gave their best wishes. There was lots of dancing and everyone was very happy.
My thanks to my volunteers Mark who is one of the Trustees, Melissa and her husband Bob and Marina.
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A busy session as usual. Lisa welcomed everyone and gave members a picture quiz to name some famous landmarks and statues.
This was challenging as usual but it promoted some interesting history talks.
Lisa then introduced 2 ladies - JoJo McEwen & Fabienne Aurora, two newly qualified dentists who came to talk about oral hygiene and how to look after your teeth. It was very interesting to hear lots of good tips and advice on what to avoid eating and drinking.
Members had some very good questions and appreciated all the good advice. It was then time for some music and members enjoyed singing and dancing to some of the favourites whilst others played with the Tovertafel. It was an enjoyable session.
Thank you to our volunteers Lizzy, Melvyn, Dr Angela, Melissa and Mark.
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Dr French care home at 13 Nether Street, N12 7NN invited me to their launch event today. They recently purchased a magic table.
The equipment is from OM Interactive and the unit is mobile so that it can be easily moved to different rooms.
There are 300 applications to choose from which is absolutely amazing and I could see that the residents were engrossed with the various images and sounds and enjoyed playing.
I was particularly impressed to see the Queen's Coronation.
I would like to thank Marilyn the Manager and Patricia for inviting me.
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