Activities at Brookfield Care Home
Our Activities coordinator dedicates her time on getting feedback from our residents of what they like to do. We have introduced paper mornings which involves group discussions and an active mind, and we also have a variety of entertainers that come in on a weekly basis. We hold a residents quiz once a week as it is one of our more popular activities, we now call it the Big Quiz due to its popularity.
It is important that we involve the community and family in many of our activities. We have the local rugby club heritage centre coming in once a week to do Bocci (indoor bowls) and seated exercise. We also hold cheese and wine evenings for family and residents which are very popular. Here at Brookfield we pride ourselves on the fabulous bond our activity coordinator has with all our residents as they are as happy to see her each morning as she is to see her friends.
Read our brochure 'Life-enriching activities' for more information about life in our care homes.
Read our brochure
Activities and Events Partnerships
As part of our bespoke life-enrichment programmes, we host a number of live virtual events in the home on a regular basis through a number of partnerships with places of interest and world class performance companies
Life at Brookfield Care Home
Delicious treats
Residents and colleagues at Brookfield were delighted to see Val’s ices pull into the driveway for them to enjoy their popular treat! Val’s ices visits regularly, and the delicious cold treat was perfect as the Summer months come to an end. There were smiles all around!
One new resident remarked, “What a lovely surprise, it’s been a long time since I had an ice-cream from an ice-cream van”
A dog called Edna
We took a gentle stroll to Lymm Dam and made a new friend, Edna the dog!
We watched the world go by and enjoyed coffee from the Avanti caravan
June and Barbara gave Edna doggy treats and lots of attention which Edna loved!
The ladies loved sitting watching the swans swim on the water and the beautiful scenery
A spot of shopping
We love a spot of shopping and this week at Leigh Garden Centre we visited the new shoe shop, Pavers which is well worth a visit to see the great range they have to offer.
After browsing and shopping we all had a Cuppa with delicious cherry scones in the Cafe!
A visit to Community Spirited Cafe, Victors
We took a lovely trip out for a stroll around Orford Park and found a fabulous little Cafe where we stopped for coffee and ices.
Victors Cafe is entirely run by volunteers and supports supporters of The Armed Forces Community Support Charity Reception venue: Wedding Receptions, Birthday parties, Christenings, Meeting Room, etc. Chair Coverings, Table Dressings, Music, Projection Screen, Catering
North Division Homes Song Contest
We entered into the The North Division Eurovision song contest competition organised by a sister home searching for the Division's best singers, the winners this year were staff and residents at Crabwall Hall care home in Chester.
My My! at Brookfield House, Activities Coordinator Suzanne & Head Gardener Steve gave it their all entering into the spirit of the contest with their bold dress and mandatory theatrics to sing their entry - Abba's "Waterloo"
We didn't quite win this year but we will be back to compete again.
Oh we do like to be beside the Seaside!
Residents, Carers and Volunteers boarded the mini bus for full day trip to Southport.
It was a glorious day, blue skies and lots of people enjoying the beautiful sunshine.
We had a fabulous fish and chip lunch at Silcocks restaurant then made our way to the Music Bar opposite the boating lake to enjoy a glass of wine. Eileen enjoyed a little dance to Roy Orbison tune with Suzanne.
We later found room to try the donut stall for hot tasty treats and even squeezed in a delicious ice cream too!
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