Hillbro Nursing Home

12/02/2026

💜All of our gorgeous seniors in one place at the same time 💜

Jikku. Renny. Nomilyn. Shanice. Alex.

Nomilyn has been a senior for quite a few years now and Renny is our shiny and new senior 🥰

They work so hard every shift and never stop smiling 😁

30/01/2026

🎶🎵💃🕺Music's a powerful tool in dementia care – it can spark memories, evoke emotions, and bring comfort to people with dementia, even when other forms of communication are failing.
Familiar songs can take our residents back to happy times, reduce agitation and anxiety, and even improve mood and social interactions.
At Hillbro we literally listen to every type of music and take suggestions from residents. This week's suggestions were Maddy Prior and we exercised to classical music.
Elvis, Abba, Fleetwood Mac, Cher, Rod Stewart, Madonna, Bruno Mars, Billy Fury...... all bring back happy memories, start conversations and get feet or hands tapping. Even from our less mobile residents 💓
Children's songs from way back when. Daisy Daisy, She'll be coming round the mountain, What shall we do with the drunken sailor all have a place in our home and always start a singalong. Even Ibiza Classics will be playing and gets everyone in an energetic mood along with a bit of Northern Soul.

Music in a nursing home is a must. Even the sad songs 🎵 🎶🎤

21/01/2026

Juliana plays the accordian with Bradford Accordian Band and today she came into Hillbro especially to play for one of our residents who used to dance to accordian music as a child. It brought back so many happy memories for our lovely lady 💗 🪗🎶🎵

20/01/2026

A couple of months a go you might remember some of our residents were involved in a professional photo shoot. Well this is the result 🥰

And on Saturday some of our residents will be going to see this exhibition and see their own pictures on the walls 💕

What a great exhibition

17/01/2026

❤️Its never too early to start making valentines decorations ❤️

Some of our residents helped to make paper hearts which we will join together to make a garland ❤️🩷🧡💛💚💙🩵💜

06/01/2026

Our activities calendar all ready and waiting for 2026 events 🎉

This week has already got off to a lovely start with Melody and Rocky who come and entertain our residents every other Monday. And Rocky gets to eat all the biscuits 🍪

We have singers, pianists, drummers, ukulele and clarinet players, puppet shows, animals of all kinds. Children's choirs and dancers. Everything our residents, and their families and friends, enjoy 💕

So let's look forward to a busy, fun packed year.

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31/12/2025

Big hugs to everyone at Hillbro nursing home - beautiful residents, their families, and amazing staff 💕.

Your stories, laughter, and resilience inspire us all. Wishing you a fabulous evening whatever you may be doing but definitely hope its with good company and laughter 🎉🥳

Best wishes for 2026

30/12/2025

🪘Michal came to play drums for us today🥁

He played, we followed and our residents were absolutely brilliant 👌✨️
A few residents who like to just sit and watch happily joined in, Michal had that way of persuading them 😏
And all the staff on shift stopped to watch, with a few of them (most of them 😉) grabbing a drum and joining in. There was also an impromptu belly dance by one of our male carers 😄

The whole experience was loud, energetic and extremely calming 🤌🫶

An amazing start to a new year of events at Hillbro. 💕

24/12/2025

Yesterday was our residents Christmas party and it was such a brilliant atmosphere. Our singer, Karen Clegg, definitely made it a wonderful, christmassy morning. There was lots of singing, dancing and laughter. With some cheeky christmas cocktails thrown in 🍸🍹🥂
Barbara and Caroline made a fabulous buffet lunch. Which I didn't get any photos of because everybody had devoured it before I even saw it 🤷‍♀️🥰

We finished today off with exercises with Rachel, who came dressed as a Christmas gift. Obviously 🥰. Very energetic, chaotic, funny afternoon.

Bring on tomorrow when Santa Clause and his (not so little) elf come to visit 🎅🧝‍♀️ And Reuben and the Bridge come for a morning singalong 🎶🎵