Activities at Bayleaf Care Home

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.

We had an absolutely lovely afternoon yesterday as we took a trip over to see our friends at Hilton Park Care Home.

We were invited to visit them as they being visited by Evie’s Owls and wanted us to be a part of it. Freda was incredibly excited when she heard about the visit, and was fascinated by the two beautiful birds: a Barn Owl named Sarah and a Bolivian Chaco Owl named Chico.

Freda then listened to an engaging talk about the birds before enjoying the unique experience of stroking them and feeling their soft feathers.

It was a truly wonderful afternoon and we are very grateful to Hilton Park for their generosity. We look forward to returning the favour very soon.

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.

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.

We were joined yesterday by Riley and Lisa from Cambridgeshire Deaf Association for the 'Living Well With Hearing Loss' presentation.

It was a very well delivered and informative presentation which all of the people that were in attendance appreciated. There was a very useful Q&A session at the end and everybody took new information home with them.

We now look forward to welcoming CDA back on Tuesday 27th January for the Hearing Aid Maintenance Clinics, which are being held at Bayleaf and are running from 2pm until 3:30pm.