Activities at Bayleaf Care Home

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.

There's nothing like a little bit of retail therapy to soothe the mind so when Freda and Mary said that they would like to go and have a look around the local supermarket, we were only too happy to oblige.

We had a lovely wander around and after the ladies had bought what they wanted to we headed back to Bayleaf for a coffee and some cake.

It was Eyes Down at the home on Friday as we were joined by fellow keen dabbers from our local community as we hosted a fun-filled evening of Bingo at the home.

Refreshments were provided upon arrival and then it was eyes down for a full house as our residents and visitors battled it out to find out who would prevail. There were prizes for all of the winners and the evening was a great success with lots of fun and laughter throughout the evening.

We very much look forward to doing this again very soon.

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.

We had our regular Fitness Friday with Liam Rushmer PT but this one was a little bit more special than usual as today we were joined by former Professional Footballer, Junior McDougald, who grew up a few hundred yards away from Bayleaf and was here to meet life-long Tottenham Hotspur fan Clive and become the first person to sign 'Clive's Bin'.

Clive's Bin is a wellbeing initiative thought up by Liam aimed at bringing former or current athletes or celebrities to Bayleaf to meet the residents, share memories from their careers and then sign Clive's Bin before nominating the next person to come to the home.

As well as this Junior also joined Freda, John and Clive for a little bit of seated Football and seated Tennis before happily agreeing to have photos with residents and staff alike.

A big thank you to Liam for his initiative and Junior for making our morning such a memorable experience.

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.