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
Watch our video on life enrichment in our homes.
Life-encriching activities booklet

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

,

Coffee in the community

Residents, Shelia, Terry and Lilly enjoyed at trip to Westy Community Centre in Latchford for a morning coffee.  They enjoyed chatting and making new friends over coffee and a slice of home-made cake.  Whilst there they also watched a flower arranging demonstration and said “they’d like to join in next time”.

A special thank you to host, Joan at the centre for making us all so welcome and we look forward to seeing you again soon.

 

Pebble painting

Residents of Brookfield painted stones collected from Morecambe beach by activities coordinator, Suzanne. Everyone showed their artistic flair with their individual colourful designs and had so much fun!   There was a lot of chatter reminiscing of their childhood holidays spent on the beach and with their own families over the years.

 

Pets at the Palaces

Residents across our services had a delightful time during a special virtual sensory storytelling event, led by Art Historian Jon Sleigh from the Historic Royal Palaces.

Jon took us on a journey to discover some of the more unusual and unexpected inhabitants of the palaces and the Tower of London, sharing fascinating stories about the pets at the palaces.

Whilst enjoying the virtual experience, our residents were treated to hot beverages, delicious biscuits, berries and cakes.  It was a truly lovely time for all.

, ,

Home receive community gift

Residents and staff at Brookfield care home in Lymm, were recently overjoyed to receive a karaoke machine as a gift from the local community.

The kind gesture was a wonderful surprise for the activities team and the residents are thoroughly thrilled with the gift and are spending many a happy moments singing, dancing and laughing to the tunes. The fantastic gift is a huge hit as music and live entertainment is a integral feature on the homes life enrichment programme.  Music is used to support communication, connection and enables residents to engage together.

The great outdoors!

The great outdoors! Resident, Terry enjoys walking around our garden for a breath of fresh air.  He’s watched the rhododendron tree bloom throughout the month of May and often remarks on its beautiful colour. We are proud of tree.

 

The sound of music

Residents of Brookfield enjoyed a lovely afternoon singing and dancing together whilst popular entertainers, Janet and David performed.

It was a fantastic afternoon, everyone absolutely loved having a dance and twirling around the lounge before they enjoy a refreshing cup of tea and slice of home-made cake.  There were huge smiles all around as the afternoon came to a close!

 

Upcoming events

Could you be a Volunteer?

Volunteers provide a valuable and wide variety of services in many different settings. Do you have spare time?  For more information we'd love to hear from you.

Calling all Emergency Services

Calling all emergency personnel!  Come and take a break on us - there may be a cake or two available!