Activities at Cookridge Court Care Home

This month saw the fabulous return of the very famous Emma James, returning with yet another show-stopper performance, which everyone danced the morning away with. 

Residents gathered together to enjoy the morning, singing along to some well-known classical songs. The activities team got everyone up and dancing along, creating many wonderful memories for friends and family. Emma is back next month for another brilliant performance.   

We stepped back in time as residents explored the Boots UK Memory Box. We looked and reminisced at various items ranging from the 1930s right through to the 1980s that were included in the box. The Memory Boxes are multisensory kits designed to support people living in care homes and/or living with dementia by sparking conversation and recalling memories. 

A number of familiar, nostalgic items such as vintage toiletries, old photos, and sensory objects like powder compacts were all explored. We are so grateful to Boots UK for granting Cookridge Court  a lovely memorable box for our residents to use. It was a lovely morning enjoyed by all.    

In celebration of Valentine’s Day, our married couple who live at Cookridge Court enjoyed a restaurant-style romantic meal, which was held in our beautiful bar. 

Chef Yarik, served a delicious 2-course meal paired with a lovely bottle of wine. The room was filled with love, creating some beautiful memories. 

We hope everyone has a lovely day, filled with love.

We have had a fun filled and busy morning here, making our very special homemade, chocolate chip cookies.

The residents love getting involved and working as a team together. It’s safe to say the baking went down a great and residents thoroughly enjoyed indulging in their homemade bakes.      

Residents and guests at Cookridge Court Care Home in Leeds enjoyed a morning of grins with a live music performance from that took place at the home. Local high school, Ralph Thoresby music students performed a selection of classic hits including Baby, its cold outside, Last Christmas and Rudolph the red nose reindeer.

Residents joined in with the singing, and clapped along as the band performed their finale song, we wish you a Merry Christmas. The hospitality team at the home also provided a spread of sweet and savoury treats for guests to enjoy during the show.          

Our residents and staff are one in a million! What started as a simple knitting activity has grown into something so much more — and you’re invited to be a part of it! Staff at Cookridge Court are getting ready to take another set of our creations down to the Premature Baby Unit at Leeds General Infirmary… We have been donating to LGI for around a year now, and they are always so grateful for the support.

Haven’t they done an amazing job?!! So… If you’re crafty, curious, or just fancy getting out of the house for a natter, then this is the place for you. No pressure. No expectations. Just people, creativity, conversation and connection.

Come on down, bring what you enjoy and feel the vibe. You don’t have to be an expert — just yourself.
Join us every Friday from 10am – 12:30pm Alternatively… If anyone has any wool they would like to donate, we have an army of knitters and natterer’s, armed with their knitting needles, ready to take it off your hands and create something beautiful with it!       

After an unannounced inspection by the Food Standards Agency, Cookridge Court are pleased to announce we achieved a 5* food hygiene rating. 

Well done Team Cookridge, especially to our amazing kitchen team, who work incredibly hard, setting high standards in our kitchen, making this happen!   

Residents at Cookridge Court care home enjoyed a truly wonderful evening of entertainment with a fabulous ABBA tribute performance. The room was transformed into a mini disco, complete with colourful disco lights and glowing sticks that added to the fun and excitement. Familiar hits such as Dancing Queen, Mamma Mia, and Thank You for the Music filled the room, bringing back cherished memories and putting smiles on everyone’s faces. 

Residents sang along, waved their glow sticks, tapped their feet, and even enjoyed a little dance, while staff joined in to create a joyful atmosphere of laughter and togetherness. It was a fantastic night that lifted spirits and left everyone feeling happy and nostalgic long after the music ended.      

Kick-starting the year off with a fabulous exercise class. We love our sessions with Guiseley Community group at Cookridge Court, who visit us weekly and host a fabulous exercise class for everyone to take part in. 

Exercise in our elderly generation, helps improve physical health by building muscle strength and increases mental wellbeing, along with being sociable and fun. Everyone is welcome to come along and take part.      

What a wonderful evening we had last night, as we hosted our annual Christmas party for our residents, family and friends! Safe to say it was a fun, heartwarming and a joyous evening with everybody coming together and feeling that festive spirit.

Thank you to our live entertainer, Ukulele Henry, who was magnificent. Thank you to our kitchen team for the beautiful food & drink. A big thank you to our amazing Cookridge Court team, who work so hard caring for everybody and helping in making these moments happen!

Finally, a huge thank you to our family and friends for coming along and joining our Christmas fun, making it even more special. 

Same again next year!     

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We were delighted to welcome back David, who is a retired police officer who runs the Mobile Police Museum, for an afternoon of a historical journey of over two centuries in policing. This session was about the police mounted department from over the years. 

Mr. David Hardcastle provided a captivating presentation, showcasing numerous artifacts and objects acquired throughout his extensive career. He talked us through the evolution of police horsing equipment, including truncheons and handcuffs, and demonstrated their operational use, along with some interesting stories within the mounted police force, were particularly engaging. The afternoon proved to be highly informative and enjoyable for residents, families, and staff – we had so much.    

Yesterday, some of our gents took a lunchtime trip to the pub, for a pint and a bite to eat. The gents took a trip to the Brownlee Arms, which was a local pub that some of them used to be a regular in there. 

It was a lovely couple of hours out, with a delicious bite to eat and some great conversation between us all.    

Staff and residents are celebrating receiving exceptional feedback in the home’s customer satisfaction survey.  Everyone is as proud as can be after the home scored incredibly highly in many aspects of the survey.

A colossal 100% of the residents at Cookridge Court stated that they would recommend the home to a friend. In the six different areas of the survey covering people, care, environment, activities, dining and communication, the home consistently scored over 77%. The home’s top score out of the six areas was for the calibre of its staff at 99%, followed by the quality of the care delivered at 88% and the home’s environment at 85%. All team members are thrilled to have received such brilliant scores.

A New Year and another year of our Weekly Knit and Natter Group

A lovely group which is growing nicely with keen knitters…and chatters. This group takes place every Friday morning 10.30-12 in our court suite lounge.

The group’s main project is knitting baby hats, blankets and cardigans for the maternity unit at Leeds Children’s Hospital. Last year we donated a lovely batch of homemade garments, and we are aiming to do this again this year for all the precious babies born.

We are always welcoming donations of wool. If anyone would like to donate some to our group, we would be truly grateful. The invite is also open to anyone wanting to come along and knit, or even just to join the group for a natter with a cup of tea – more the merrier.           

We welcomed back The Rotary Club of Roundhay, who came along to do a desert island disc session with our residents. 5 volunteers came along, loaded with music which our residents had requested previously. Our residents' individual music choices were their favourite songs of all times and hold some happy memories from their younger lives. 

It was very heart-warming to hear what their memories were of each song and it was a very fulfilling and enriching morning. We would like to say a big thank you to Jill who organised this to happen and to the volunteers who delivered such an amazing morning for us.