Today saw another very fall session with about 50 people.

Kevin did his song quiz to start with followed by the Family Fortunes quiz which everyone really enjoys. Lisa also helped with the quiz.

The session then followed with exercises by a new exercise instructor - Wendy Nutman Everyone really enjoyed the exercises with Wendy.

Thank you to my volunteers Mark one of the Trustees, Dr Angela and Eleanor for their help and a big thank you to some of the carers that always step in to help with the teas.

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Published: 17 January 2018

We had a lovely session today at Stephen’s House & Gardens and it was a sunny afternoon.

Members all have Lanyards now with their name on and their choice of colour ribbon. Lisa has provided this for members instead of the usual stick on labels.

Everyone was enjoying the lovely variety of cakes and tea/coffee and chatting to start with. Lisa then introduced a quiz about Chefs. The questions were not easy but members did very well working in teams.

The session then followed with Richard taking the chair yoga exercise which everyone always enjoys. The last part of the session was social activities playing Putting Golf and darts and catching the ball.

Our thanks to Risson for helping to set up the room and serve the teas and cakes. Our thanks also to our Rotary volunteers- Dick, Ian and Adrian the President for helping during the session and also a thank you to Jeff and Theresa.

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Published: 15 January 2018

This was the busiest session with over 50 people.

Last week Lisa informed members about the Greek traditional New Year cake at the beginning of January. The tradition is to bake a sponge cake and put a coin in the cake.

The saying is that anyone that finds the cake is going to have a lucky year. We had 4 cakes brought in by members - Marina, Dawn, Rosetta and Roopa. Lisa would like to give special thanks to the ladies for making these lovely cakes that were enjoyed by all members. They found it great fun finding the coins in the cakes.

Lisa then introduced a game to members like bingo but involved throwing dice and a Lotto scratch card. The winner takes the scratch card. We also celebrated 2 birthdays today for Dawn and Peter.

The session followed with singing, some chair exercises and then Lisa distributed all members with various games which were really enjoyed. The session ended with a short quiz.

A big thank you to all our volunteers Melvyn, Eleanor and it was a pleasure to see Annette who also helped and some of our carers who stepped in to help in this very busy session.

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Published: 10 January 2018

Lisa was invited by Andrea Hutter Ladies Captain at South Herts Golf Club to talk to all ladies club members about dementia and Dementia Club UK.

At the end of her talk she was presented with a cheque. This was raised by all the ladies.

My thanks to Andrea and all the ladies for their kind donation.

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Published: 09 January 2018

Report from Stephen

The monthly Dementia Club UK meeting was held on the 8th January at Sha’arei Tsedek Synagogue in Whetstone.

Approximately 35 guests and carers attended the session with the assistance of seven helpers from the synagogue. It was a lively session with entertainment provided by the versatile James Le Bec who sang a variety of popular songs to which some of the guests danced. There was also a birthday for one of the members. It was Sylvia’s birthday on the 2nd January. James Le Bec got everyone singing happy birthday. 

When the musical entertainment finished everyone participated in a short general knowledge quiz with some very creditable scores. The session finished with some guest participating in various games whilst others were happy to sit and chat to other guests and carers.

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Published: 08 January 2018