Residents at Trymview Hall, on Southmead Road, have been revisiting their favourite hobbies, sharing their skills with the younger generation and enjoying gardening sessions, all as part of a nationwide initiative – Long Lost Hobbies.
The Long Lost Hobbies initiative encourages residents in our homes to share their favourite hobbies and try new pastimes with younger generations after a national survey found 77% of adults feel technology is the cause of traditional skills being lost, including flower arranging, knitting and woodworking.
As part of the initiative green fingered residents had trowels at the ready for an afternoon of gardening, from repotting plants to flower arranging in the home’s garden, all while sharing their best tips with members of the Tymview Hall team.
Nicole Anderson, Home Manager at Trymview Hall, said:
“We had a fantastic time repotting plants and flower arranging. For those living with dementia revisiting a past hobby, such as gardening, can help bring back memories, as well as providing an enjoyable way to connect with others through a familiar activity that once brought joy. Positive feelings gained from revisiting fond memories can help decrease stress, reduce agitation, and provide a feeling of success and confidence.
“Our residents have loved revisiting their favourite hobbies and sharing gardening advice. It has been wonderful to hear residents talking about how they first discovered their favourite hobby and the fond memories this interest created.”
For top tips on how you and your loved ones can revisit forgotten pastimes, please visit: careuk.com/long-lost-hobbies
Trymview Hall provides full-time residential and dementia care, with 66 ensuite bedrooms, and has been designed to enable residents to live active and fulfilled lives, while also promoting independence. The care home will incorporate space for hobby and leisure activities and will include its own cinema, hairdressing salon and café.
For more information about Trymview Hall, email Nicola Wolff-Donitz, Customer Relations Manager, at nicola.wolff-donitz@careuk.com, call 0333 321 8351 or visit: careuk.com/trymview-hall
TOP 50 LOST SKILLS AND HOBBIES
- Writing letters
- Map reading
- Knowing proper grammar
- Mental maths
- Remembering phone numbers
- Using a compass
- Handwriting
- Handwashing clothes
- Making a fire from scratch
- Stamp collecting
- Sewing/making clothes yourself
- Spelling
- Wiring a plug yourself
- Calligraphy
- Preserving food – such as pickling
- Sewing on a button yourself
- Making your own jam
- Making your own cheese
- Tying knots
- Knitting
- Identifying different plants, trees or insects
- Changing a tire yourself
- Making your own bread by hand
- Remembering addresses
- Using an index in a book
- Giving directions
- Remembering dates
- Reading music
- Carpentry
- Baking a cake by hand
- Pottery making
- Storytelling
- Cooking something from memory
- Reading
- Putting up a shelf yourself
- Critical thinking
- Time keeping
- Caring for chickens
- Speaking/learning another language
- Budgeting
- Creative writing
- Finding facts
- Following instructions
- Caring for plants
- Gardening
- Following a recipe
- Drawing
- Fishing
- Taking photos
- Editing photos yourself
