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.

Enriching life
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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

A spot of retail therapy

Residents of Brookfield enjoyed a trip on the mini bus for a spot of retail therapy in Lymm, with one resident remarking ““It’s nice to get out, it’s been a lovely morning” 

Tea, cake and a comfortable chair in the homes lounge or newly refurbished bistro can be hard to beat sometimes, yet a short shopping trip, fresh air, can raise spirits. We ensure our residents remain connected to their local community and local life and these trips are very popular.

The sound of music

Thank you to Janet and David for a wonderful afternoon of entertainment with the ‘Sound of Music’ show.

Residents enjoyed a wonderful and exciting show, joining in with all the hits from the musical before watching clips from the movie 🎥 and sharing their favourite memories of this iconic film.

 

RAF Museum London

​​​​​​Across our services we had a lovely time joining Rhiannon Watkinson from the RAF Museum London for an interactive talk exploring the exciting and innovative aviation history of Hendon.

Our residents were able to learn about the first flights from the fields at Hendon, the creation of the London Aerodrome and Battle of Britain pilots who flew from RAF Hendon.

The talk also included photographic and film material from the Museum’s archive. Residents across our homes had a fantastic time and we truly enjoyed the virtual experience.

Holy Communion

Residents of Brookfield were delighted to welcome Mr Bundey and Christine from St Mary’s Church Lymm to the home for a beautiful Holy Communion service/

Resident, Roz said a reading from a Helen Steiner Rice book, with everyone joining in with the Hymns before taking Holy Communion.

 

A spot of retail therapy

Residents Terry and Barbara expressed an interest in a spot of retail therapy, so we delivered and off we went and took a trip to Sainsbury’s in Lymm Village looking for a few bargains!

Whilst there we even picked up a few treats for other residents and the team too.  Where will we go next?

 

Ice-cream calling!

"I have ice-creams for everyone!" as Val's Ices paid a visit to the home playing that favourite sound to announce her arrival! As soon as the familiar sound was heard, residents beamed with excitement as orders were placed from the traditional 99 to sherbet and raspberry sauce toppings! 

It was a delicious way to spend the afternoon and we can't wait for Val to return, see you next time.

 

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