Activities at Glebefields Care Home

Glebefields care home residents and colleagues wish to congratulate Admin Assistant and Home Receptionist; Dinesh Kumar on receiving Employee of the Month.

Dinesh has been nominated by his colleagues, and the residents for having such a welcoming attitude, being full of motivation and always ready to go the extra mile!

Home Manager; Nisha said, "Dinesh is generally the first person you will meet as you enter our beautiful home, he always greats our guests with a smile before offering to make you a cup of tea, or coffee accompanied by a freshly made slice of cake! We hope he enjoys spending his £25 voucher and the yummy chocolate egg over the Easter break".

Thank you Dinesh for your continued hard work and dedication to the Glebefields family.

You too have the opportunity to join the fantastic team here at Glebefields care home in Drayton, Banbury. We’re currently recruiting for a number of roles. Please follow the link to find out more and apply today. 

https://jobs.barchester.com/job-search/?JobTitle=&City=OX15+6EH

The creation of an Easter bonnet is a fun way to keep up the Christian tradition of wearing new clothes at Easter, in harmony with the renewal of the year and the promise of spiritual renewal and redemption. Our residents just loved creating their very own bonnets and wearing them with pride over the weekend.

Our in-home Easter bonnet making competition was won by the joint 'choctastic' efforts of Ivy and Marlene... simply yummy!

We’d like to thank Mandy Massam for taking the time to meet with our residents, staff and friends of the home to provide some invaluable advice on tackling scam calls, rouge traders and phishing emails!

If you’re worried that someone you know is being scammed, you can find advice on Age UK Oxfordshire. Don’t let bogus people or communications ruin your day.

It was a great start of Hydration and Nutrition week with a delicious breakfast. Residents enjoyed it and were happy to be a part of it. As part of the brilliant morning breakfast our residents Pam, Marlene and Bert helped us in making Rice crispy cake.

Tuesday brought us ‘Super Supper Snacks’ our chef cooked variety of snacks such as vegetable Samosa, spring and sausage rolls, cheese straws sticks. Chef also prepared a puree version for those on a soft diet.

Wednesday was Afternoon Tea, then Thirsty Thursday with Mocktails of choice. We had a Fab Fruity Friday where our residents tried various new and traditional fruits. We finished the week with a Smoothie Saturday and Sundaes Sunday!

Residents; Pam, Marlene, Ivy, Friedel, Malcolm and Bert were so impressed by the chef and enjoyed every exciting day asking if many of the snacks could become a regular part of the menu!

We celebrated Mother’s Day with visits and video calls from family members near and far. The home was beautifully decorated with fresh flowers and bunting for the occasion.

Staff at Glebefields arranged an afternoon tea party, with fresh flowers posies for every lady and a small goodie bag with chocolate and lavender seeds. The chef, prepared a delicious cake for the mothers and they all together had a cake cut in the dining room. They enjoyed the cake and appreciated the chef for making such a delicious cake.

General Manager, Nisha Shaji said: “We’ve all had a really lovely day. It has been so good to see family members who were able to visit in person and to have video calls with those who are further away. Our residents enjoyed a fantastic lunch and then a delicious afternoon tea with cake prepared by our brilliant chefs. Our wonderful ladies have loved being spoiled, days like these are so special.”

We had a lovely visit from Lucia ‘s petting farm. Animals which included rabbits, Guinea pigs, Bobby the chicken, Iguana, mother and baby tortoise and a bearded dragon. All our residents enjoyed spending time with the tiny animals. Bert was very excited and wanted to buy one among them to have it as his own pet. Ivy, Pam, Barry, Connie, June, Christine, Helen, Malcolm, and Frieddel enjoyed the special touch by the animals. They felt very happy. And we were happy to see their happiness.

"Animals improve peoples mental, physical, social, and emotional functioning with the aid of animals. Depending on the needs of the individual, many different animals can be used in therapy".