November newsletter

Christmas Decorations

On December 6th, our staff and Residents helped dress all 5 of our Christmas trees, thus opening our traditional ‘re-dress the tree’ season.  Being a dementia specialist and friendly home, we moved from breakable glass ornaments to safer felt decorations, and we no longer need to worry that anything drops to the ground, shatters and causes injury. Residents can safely re-arrange, add or ‘borrow’ decorations, allowing them to be part of this wonderfully creative process throughout the whole run up to Christmas, not just on one day of the year. We have plenty of spare ornaments ready for use in baskets next to the trees so that there are always plenty to choose from. At the end of the day, our staff gather ornaments that found their way to other areas of the home so that the next day the stage is ready for the next Tree Decorators to demonstrate their inner artists. This means that we get to have a different Christmas Tree every day – it’s part of the Christmas magic!