Activities at Boroughbridge Manor Care Home

Residents at Boroughbridge Manor love to take advantage and enjoy the homes beautiful surroundings.  Joyce, resident at the home recently explored the gardens with a nature walk, listening to the birds and enjoying time in the homes sensory garden. They managed to get out and about whilst the sun shined just before it started to rain. 

Residents at Boroughbridge Manor are delighted to welcome back our Hairdresser, Julie. Our ladies and gents have been pampered and have thoroughly enjoyed having Julie back.

It’s always a lovely treat to be pampered, and our residents deserve it. We do our best to provide a wide range of activities and entertainment as part of the lifestyle enrichment programme for residents.  

Staff and residents at Barchester’s Boroughbridge Manor care home in Boroughbridge were treated to an armchair work out courtesy of the Green Goddess, Diana Moran, and Shackleton’s furniture company, followed by a mindfulness session led by Shackleton’s Emma Raybould.

Diana rose to fame as a glamorous fitness guru on BBC’s Breakfast Time in the 1980’s and has made an outstanding contribution to improving the health and wellbeing of people in the UK. She now brings that experience to Shackletons as their Health and Wellness Adviser.

Shackletons and Diana both celebrate the importance of exercise, a healthy diet and mindfulness, particularly in later living. Diana has been working with Shackletons since 2019 to promote their bespoke seating. She has produced a series of exercise videos extolling the virtues of gentle exercise in a Shackletons chair.

To celebrate National Vegetarian Week, staff and residents at Barchester’s Boroughbridge Manor care home in Boroughbridge were treated to an interactive virtual cookery demo courtesy of chef, Alex Connell, from Vegetarian for Life.

Chef Alex whipped up some tasty, healthy vegetarian snacks in a live, interactive cookery demo.  Much to residents’ delight, Boroughbridge Manor’s head chef Anthony, had prepared the same recipes so that residents could try all the dishes. Residents sampled delicious, light and summery veggie dishes including Borlotti bean and dill pate, Greek fritters with Tzatziki and Coronation 'chicken' pastries. All finished off with a sweet and simple but totally yummy banana bread.

Alex says “It was an absolute pleasure to be able to prepare these dishes for the Barchester residents and even more so because they got to taste them, despite my not being able to be there in person. Thanks to all the chefs in Barchester homes across the country who supported me to deliver this really lovely activity.”

Boroughbridge Manor in Boroughbridge marked the Queen’s 95th birthday on April 21st in style by brewing up a storm for National Tea Day and having an afternoon tea party.

The Activities team and residents whipped up a tasty selection of freshly-baked biscuits, pastries and cakes for the occasion, all washed down with a selection of different teas, wine and sparkling refreshments. Residents took part in a royal and tea-themed afternoon with lots of music, dancing, reminiscing and looking through old and current photographs of the Queen.

As part of Barchester’s Life Enrichment Programme, team members and residents at Boroughbridge Manor enjoyed an exciting virtual talk, generously hosted by Five Sisters Zoo.

The residents had the opportunity to explore and learn more about the animal life at the zoo and the important conservation, rescue and education work carried out at the grounds of the zoo.

Five Sisters Zoo was officially established in 2005 with just a small collection of rabbits, guinea pigs, goats, and pigs. Since then the zoo has grown into an exciting collection of over 160 different animal species from all around the world.