Cumbernauld Care

05/09/2025

🌊 Summers by the Sea with Olive.

Olive, 95, grew up in Portslade, a mile from Brighton. During the war, she and her brother Victor would wait with their parents on the grass until they had the all-clear to go on the beach. The moment the whistle blew, they ran to the waves, built sandcastles and played ball games.

Her mother always packed sandwiches and cakes for a picnic and even with nights spent in the Anderson shelter, Olive cherished those seaside days. Years later, she took her own children, Leslie and Miles, back to Brighton to share her love of the beach.

We brought those memories back at Cumbernauld with sand, buckets, spades, deckchairs and the sound of waves. For Olive, feeling sand through her fingers recalled the joy of childhood summers. For residents living with dementia, sensory reminiscence experiences like these sparks stories and brings comfort and joy.

03/09/2025

We’re excited to be a part of Each Other Care’s Summer of Reminiscing and can’t wait to share how we’ve brought our residents’ stories to life. 🥰

🌞 Summer Reminiscence at Each Other Care.

As part of our Summer of Reminiscing, we’ve been revisiting holiday memories that shaped our residents’ lives and recreating those moments in our homes and beyond. From French holidays to seaside trips, these experiences have been brought back through food, music and themed events.

Research shows that reminiscence therapy sparks happy memories, boosts wellbeing and strengthen connections. For many, summer holidays are treasured experiences and revisiting them helps create meaningful moments for everyone who lives with us.

We can't wait to share our stories with you.

29/08/2025

🌞🏖️ We're bringing the Beach to Cumbernauld! 🏖️🌞

As part of our Summer of reminiscing, we've transformed our home into a seaside escape, complete with sunshine, sand, and all the fun of a holiday by the coast!

Research shows that reminiscence activities spark happy memories, boost wellbeing, and strengthen connections. For many, days by the sea are treasured experiences and revisiting them supports our commitment to supporting meaningful experiences and events for everyone who lives with us.

Watch this space as we’ll be sharing photos all next week from our summer events! 🐚🍦🎶

29/08/2025

🎨 Joyce doing what she loves. ❤️

This week Kim and Joyce sat together chatting about art projects. As they talked, Joyce shared how much she misses her garden and the colourful trinkets she used to decorate it with. The next day, Kim brought in a few little pieces for Joyce to paint and make her own.

It was a lovely afternoon of art, conversation and reminiscing, filled with stories from Joyce’s life and the things she treasures most. ✨

28/08/2025

You're Invited to Our Teddy Bears Picnic ✨🐻

We’re looking forward to a special afternoon on Friday 12th September from 12pm - 2:30pm.

There’ll be picnic food, cakes, drinks and entertainment and we’d love if you could join us.

28/08/2025

🌼 Back to the 70s! 🎤

Lourie, Jean, Mattie, Joyce and George took us on a trip down memory lane with a 70s singalong.

Music is such a powerful way to connect with one another and today it was wonderful to see friendships, smiles and energy shining through every song. 💜

22/08/2025

🥔 Potato Harvest Time! 🌿

We love growing our own vegetables and it's been lovely this week to harvest the potatoes and use them for our meals. Our leeks are in full bloom and we're keeping an eye on our mixed lettuces and tomatoes.

As always with gardening, not everything went to plan! Our tiny courgettes didn’t quite make it this time, but they’ve been lovingly replanted and we’re hopeful they’ll thrive. That’s all part of the fun of gardening. Patience, nurturing and trying again.

We enjoy this giving us a sense of purpose, stimulating our senses and boosting wellbeing by keeping us active and connected to nature. 🌱✨

21/08/2025

🎶✨ The Power of Music! ✨🎶

Our home is always filled with singing, dancing, and so much laughter. Here's an opportunity to see Jean lighting up the room, dancing to familiar songs from days gone by in her chair, while George shows off some brilliant moves and encouragement. Lourie can't stop smiling as the music plays. Isn't it wonderful how music truly brings everyone together.

Our wellbeing programme is backed by research and this activity supports boosting our mood, spark memories, and support gentle exercise. Most of all, it gives us moments of pure joy and connection and that's what we're all about in our shared home community.

We invite you to pop in and feel our Each Other Care difference. 💛

05/08/2025

🌟 Be part of our award-winning, values-led, purpose-driven team!

Various roles available.

📩 Apply now 👇 and make a meaningful difference to those who live with us. https://forms.office.com/e/kMcHbkWWe8

11/07/2025

🎵 🌱What we've been up to recently...

From hilarious games of Jenga and singing our favourite songs to tending to our growing veg, there's been plenty going on.

It's wonderful to see everyone finding their own way to get involved in the things they enjoy. A huge thank you to Wellbeing Lead Kim for always going above and beyond to provide such a varied and tailored Wellbeing Programme. 🥰

11/07/2025

🇺🇸🎆 Our 4th of July Celebrations! 🎆🇺🇸

It was fun to mark American Independence Day with an afternoon full of fun, music, food and laughter! We loved playing games to help our hand-eye coordination.

Events like these bring everyone together sparking memories, encouraging conversations, and creating shared joy. It’s a wonderful way to explore different cultures, celebrate, and connect across generations. ❤️🤍💙

05/07/2025

Balloon target fun with Jean and Ian. 🎯

Activities like this are a great way to get us moving and have fun together. Just look at those smiles!

We're always looking for ways to bring light-hearted fun to our daily routines and this is a wonderful example of how we can build confidence while spending time together. 🥰