Poetry for Bonfire night Bonfire night from our book ‘Now share a verse…’ available from Amazon ‘When firework flares light the sky With rainbow sparkles and flashes, Whoops of joy fill the air At seeing the golden splashes. When I was young each family Built a huge bonfire from a mix Of planks and doors and …
Author: Bonnie Day
Colten Care’s ‘Dementia Utopia’ day – living well with dementia
It was an honour to attend Colten Care’s annual ‘Dementia Utopia’ conference on 9th October which brought 80 colleagues together at the AFC Bournemouth stadium. The theme was ‘Living well with Dementia’ and focused on how all colleagues could ‘make a difference.’ Bonnie Day was privileged to talk about using poetry and activities with those living …
Visit to Sunrise Senior Living Winchester
It was lovely to meet Dawn Sadler, Director of Community Services at Sunrise, Winchester. Dawn loved our nostalgic poetry / activity books and DVD for older people, including those living with dementia and their families. Dawn bought our products to use at Sunrise, Winchester. “We are really excited to get started using your poetry books …
How poetry helps engage people living with dementia
An article in The Guardian on 19th March, 2019, highlights that poetry helps to engage people living with dementia. It includes a quote from Kate McDonnell from the Liverpudlian charity, ‘The Reader’ who says, “… poetry blows on embers, and you never know where that spark is going to ignite”. The article also quotes, Philip …
‘Food Glorious Food’ 6 free fabulous foodie things for excellent activities in care and nursing homes
To bring instant foodie fun into your care home, here are 6 activity ideas for you to use. Preparation Make a display of kitchen equipment relating to food e.g. cooking equipment – big brown mixing bowls, whisks, rolling pins, wooden spoons, old scales, cake tins, old recipe books, packets / tins of food, aprons, photos …
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WIN our DVD with Care and Nursing magazine To enter the competition to win our DVD ‘Now just press play’ – follow the link below: https://www.careandnursing-magazine.co.uk/Competitions/Now-Just-Press-Play
Radio broadcast of our visit to the Prama Life Alderney Memory Group
We had a great activity session with the Prama Life Alderney Group. We were invited by Bridget Barrett, PramaLIFE Poole-Manager. It was lovely to meet everyone and to share memories on the theme, ‘Food Glorious Food.’ Hope FM were there to record our session and you can listen to the radio broadcast on the link …
6 Resources for Spring-themed Activities in Care and Nursing Homes
Spring has sprung! To bring an instant burst of Springtime into your care or nursing home home, we are suggesting six activity ideas for you to try that have worked very well for us in our activities. If you’d like further help with these activities, please feel free to send us an email to info@bonnie-day.co.uk …
4 Free Activities for Those Living With Dementia
We know just how difficult it can be to find cost effective or free activities for older people and those living with dementia. Products in this sector can be very expensive. We also know how important it is to engage with those living with dementia. Interesting and meaningful activities are associated with well-being. All activities …
Printable Picture Pack For Activities and Extended conversations
We are pleased to release a printable picture pack for use in your next care home activity. Here are eight sample images, together with conversation starters, that you can download for free and print out in colour for use in your next activity session. Download by filling in the form below: