Activities at Caldy Manor Care Home

We have introduced new rummage boxes in our memory lane and they have worked wonders. They have promoted engagement and conversation. Our feedback from our staff on the rummage boxes are “I think there great. Our residents faces looks so animated ,happy and laughing, it’s so nice to see. They really have helped our memory lane residents”. We will keep updating the boxes to keep them interesting.

To celebrate Valentine’s day we had a range of different activities and events lined up for the residents. We did some arts and crafts based around Valentine’s day which we then used to decorate the home with. We decorated love hearts and made bunting. We also made some heart shaped paper chains and stuck balloons all around the home as well. The residents had lots of fun embracing their creative side to make some really fabulous decorations. We also enjoyed a lovely Valentine’s day lunch with the dining room and tables all decorated and some amazing food. This was followed by an afternoon of singing and dancing as we enjoyed a performance from a local ukulele band, 2 New Pennies. We then tested our knowledge with a Valentine’s day quiz which really challenged the residents but they loved and smashed it!

We had a blast on pancake day this year. The residents were able to make their own pancakes using lots of different ingredients. They all then had a go at flipping their pancakes- some were more successful than others. Nevertheless they all still had a wonderful time. We then covered our pancakes with all our favourite toppings from a wide selection. Toppings included fruits like strawberries and bananas, chocolate sauce, syrup and jam. The residents ended this wonderful day by indulging in their pancakes which were absolutely delicious.

This year we went all out for Chinese New Year and the residents enjoyed a week packed with a range of different activities in preparation of and to celebrate Chinese New Year. We started with making some decorations to put around the home. We drew around our hands and decorated them before sticking them all together to make a dragon. The residents also made lanterns which we were able to stick up around the home which they loved. We then had a go at some Chinese writing which the residents did not only enjoyed but were very good at. We had a go writing our names, using the Chinese alphabet to help us and we also wrote common phrases that were used for Chinese New Year. We finished the week enjoying some lovely Chinese food prepared by our chef, having fortune cookies and doing a quiz. We had such a wonderful week!

Staff and residents at Barchester’s Caldy Manor care home in Caldy got out their binoculars and bird books to support this year’s Big Garden Birdwatch initiative.

The RSPB’s Big Garden Birdwatch is an annual event to try to understand what is happening to our native birds. The idea is to log all the birds you see in your garden, from your window or in your local park in a one hour period any time between January 26th and 28th.  In 2023 over half a million people took part and between them they counted 9 million birds.  Sadly we have lost over 38 million birds from the UK skies in the last 60 years so it is vital we do all we can to protect our birdlife.

Caldy Manor care home in Caldy prepared a traditional Burns Night Supper to the tune of bagpipes and the fun continued well into the night.

Staff and residents at the home were involved in a number of activities for example a Scottish quiz, listening to some traditional Scottish music in addition to some Robert Burns poems and watching a documentary on Scottish history to celebrate Burns night together. 

General Manager, Hannah, at Caldy Manor, thought it was a perfect occasion to celebrate an evening steeped in age-old tradition as well as getting in a spot of some Scotch whisky tasting and reading a selection of Burns’ poems.