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.
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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
Cheese and sherry afternoon
Residents of Brookfield in Lymm enjoyed a spot of cheese and sherry in the homes library and many said what a lovely surprise it was. Staff offered the ladies and gents cheese and crackers and a small glass of sherry to enjoy, and it went down very well!
Cheese and sherry are a particularly good pairing and residents spoke about their favourite cheeses and all the different flavours available and look forward to the next tasting session.
Blooming Haus at Brookfield
Here at Brookfield in Lymm, we were delighted to spend time creating a beautiful floral masterpiece to enter the #BloomingBarchester competition in partnership with Blooming Haus following their amazing virtual flower arranging masterclass.
We all had a wonderful time decorating and working on our arrangement and we are happy to say we were impressed with our skills in applying all the tips and ideas learnt during the class to make a colourful floral design.
Residents enjoy trip to garden centre
Staff and residents at Brookfield care home in Lymm were celebrating being able to go on short excursions again as lockdown restrictions ease across the country. Residents are now able to go on a short trip to outdoor spaces without having to isolate on their return.
Residents from Brookfield enjoyed a long-awaited trip to their favourite garden centre where they were able to enjoy browsing through the colourful floral displays as they picked plants for their gardening club.
Sarah Nolan, General Manager at Brookfield commented: “It is absolutely wonderful to be able to take our residents out for trips again. We have all been waiting for this day and we are so thankful it is finally here. Our residents have enjoyed all sorts of different entertainment during lockdown but nothing beats some fresh air and a change of scenery to blow away the cobwebs.”
V&A Ocean Liners talk
Staff and residents at Brookfield were treated to a photographic tour and talk about the era of ocean travel by V&A Dundee Curator, Charlotte Hale. The presentation forms part of a series of six talks and virtual tours that V&A Dundee is hosting for Barchester Healthcare’s care homes and private hospitals across the UK.
V&A Dundee is Scotland’s design museum, it showcases Scotland’s outstanding design achievements and features world-class exhibitions alongside the permanent Scottish Design Galleries, and a changing programme of commissions, events and activities.
Green Goddess joins residents for virtual event
Staff and residents at Barchester’s Brookfield in Lymm 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.
Residents take inspiration from the garden
Residents of Brookfield in Lymm showed their artistic flair during a recent art masterclass as they drew inspiration for their work by painting the beautiful rhododendron near the fish pond with koi carp.
The home is set in beautiful landscaped gardens with a summerhouse, greenhouse and seating and provides residential care.
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