Activities at Bayleaf Care Home

We had a great afternoon yesterday as we celebrated the Mexican festival Día de la Bandera "Flag Day".

Día de la Bandera "Flag Day" is a national holiday in Mexico dedicated to the flag of Mexico and the residents enjoyed decorating the lounge with Mexican Flags whilst the staff dressed up in traditional Mexican outfits.

Our resident Mike took great pleasure in showing pictures of himself back in the late 1950's wearing a Mexican Sombrero and telling us stories of his global travels from his military days.

It was another memorable afternoon here at Bayleaf filled with fun and laughter.

Today has been full of singing dancing and laughter as we welcomed a new musician, Dave Parry, to Bayleaf.

All of the residents have thoroughly enjoyed the entertainment, especially Freda who had a little dance with one of our excellent carers.

It is always good to introduce new entertainers to the home and it is safe to say that we will certainly be looking forward to welcoming Dave back to Bayleaf in the near future.

Birthdays are magical days and it is always a huge privilege when we get to share our residents' birthday with them.

Today is Margaret's special day and we surprised her during her lunch when we presented her with a specially made Birthday Cake and a present. All of our other residents joined us to sing 'Happy Birthday' to Margaret as she blew out her candles and cut the cake.

Happy Birthday Margaret. We hope your day has been as amazing as you are.

We spent a wonderful morning with Michelle's Animal Therapy & Petting Party where we got to spend some time with the most adorable cats, dogs, rabbits, gerbils and even a tortoise.

Our residents were absolutely transfixed with the animals and all took turns in carefully holding the animals.

There is something so therapeutic about animals and it is always very well received when we receive these visits.

We had a lovely, If a little chilly, morning as we took a trip over to Ramsey Pavilion for their Memory Support Group.

We then went on to visit the local church, which had some beautiful displays of crocheted and knitted flowers.

Freda enjoyed sitting in the church and talking about the different stained glass windows while John enjoyed having a good walk around.

We also took a drive past Ramsey Gatehouse and the Abbey, which was very pleasing for John as he is very interested in the history.

We look forward to our next adventure!!

Today our residents fancied a little change of scenery so we all boarded the minibus and popped into Starbucks for a cosy coffee break.

From cappuccino to hot chocolate and cookie to muffin, everyone enjoyed their drink and snack of choice while chatting and soaking up the atmosphere, it was a relaxing and uplifting outing for all

Moments like these make all the difference.

Despite yesterday being a chilly and overcast day it did not stop us having a wonderful outing as we visited Johnsons of Old Hurst to see the ewes and their baby lambs.

The residents were absolutely transfixed with the lambs and could not believe how well they behaved. We were also given the chance to feed the ewes which Freda and Joyce happily accepted.

A magical morning and an amazing experience once again for our residents.

It's Employee of the Month time and it gives us enormous pleasure to announce that the Bayleaf Employee of the Month is the amazing Lorraine.

Lorraine is the first face you see when you visit Bayleaf and the first voice you hear when you call and we could not ask for a better person to make the best possible first impression for our home.

Thank you Lorraine. We simply wouldn't be the same home without you.