Activities at Boroughbridge Manor Care Home

Celebrations were under way at our home as residents and staff marked St. David’s Day.    The home was in high spirits as they celebrated the national day of Wales with Welsh flags and daffodil decorations, along with opportunity to join a Welsh themed baking session or art class. In honour of the traditional feast day and the country’s patron saint, residents and staff were treated to traditional Welsh food and drink.  Everyone tucked in to our homemade Welsh cakes and enjoyed a lunch of Welsh Cawl, washed down with a traditional welsh beer!

Across the country our homes and hospitals came together to find out which care home or hospital had the best Bingo players as we teamed up for Barchester’s Bingo Bonanza.

Residents were treated to some exciting virtual games of Bingo as part of Barchester’ very own game show series.

Everyone who participate had a fantastic time and enjoyed some friendly competition.

As part of our International Women’s Day celebrations, Residents from across our services were thrilled to join tour guide, Mandy Morrow, for an exciting talk about some Legendary London Ladies.

Mandy shared the fascinating stories of eight ladies with us, from the one of the richest heiresses in the world to the original 'Roaring Girl'.

Everyone who participated truly enjoyed the experience and were delighted to take a walk down memory lane.

Today we have been busy welcoming in the year of the dragon with a variety of themed activities inspired by Chinese culture and traditions.

Our craft club have been busy creating their very own extendable dragons and have helped to decorate the home, in particular our reception area for all to see!

The Chinese new year is a festival that celebrates the beginning of a new year on the traditional lunisolar Chinese calendar!

We later sat down together to enjoy a delicious Chinese inspired lunch created by our talented head chef Tony, including crispy sweet and sour pork, prawn toast and delicious spring rolls!

Residents have had a ball this morning, thanks to Rebekah Austin’s fabulous Valentines performance! Residents spent more time on their feet, singing and dancing along to all the romantic classics. Suzanne then hosted a love themed tea party today for our residents to celebrate Valentine’s Day! Just look at that spread! Residents spoke about past love, Valentines they remember and the importance of feeling loved, not just on Valentine’s Day but every day.

This morning residents came together to share a cup of positivi-tea and some delicious homemade cake!

Time to Talk Day encourages us to engage in conversations about mental health. The more conversations we have, the better life is for everyone. Talking about mental health isn’t always easy and sometimes it’s even harder to say how you really feel. But a conversation has the power to change lives!

Some of us ventured out for a breath of fresh air into our local town. Being outdoors helps to generate positive emotions such as calmness, joy and creativity.