Activities at Glebefields Care Home
Activities are the cornerstone of a wholesome home experience, and our Activities Coordinators are always putting their creative minds to the test by organising new and exciting social events for residents to partake in. Of course, we take into account the likes and dislikes of those we support, so if someone doesn’t feel like trying something new, there will always be something on offer to reflect their personal interests. For the people who may just prefer some peace and quiet instead, we also offer one-to-one time that can be enjoyed with a nice cup of coffee or just a simple chat – whatever they desire.
Kay Boland
Hi, my name is Kay and I’m the Activities Lead for all things ‘Life Enrichment’ at Glebefields care home in Drayton, Banbury.
Throughout my career within the care industry, I have thrived o the many challenges presented and developed immense satisfaction through enabling others. As an activities coordinator, I act with integrity and always ensure that I place residents at the heart of what I do. I work collaboratively within a multi-disciplinary team to help create and maintain a robust service. I am committed to my personal and professional development which aligns Health and Social Care core values, providing diversity, empowerment, equality and independence for all residents.
Making links with local groups and organisations to ensure our residents remain part of the local community is a key part of my role, if you would like to make contact with me and our residents, please feel free to call me on 01733 246840 or drop me an email Glebefields.activities@barchester.com
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 Glebefields Care Home
Hydration and Nutrition week
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!
Happy Mother's Day
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.”
Lucia's Pet Therapy
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".
Happy Birthday "Jean"
Please join us in wishing our sweet resident; Jean a very happy 88th Birthday!
Jean loved blowing the candles on her birthday cake. The cake was made by our chef Bose. Everyone joined together and sang Happy Birthday to her . She was happy and enjoyed her cake and gift. Later in the evening her family also came and visited her. She was happy to see them on her birthday.
We hope she had an amazing day... Many happy returns from all at Glebefields.
Celebrating St Patrick's Day
Day with flower club. The home was decorated with shamrocks and all things green, white and gold!
The home marked the day with a word search and quiz game of St Patrick's. Listening to their favourite country and western songs and testing each other’s knowledge on Irish history and reciting limericks.
Chef prepared a fantastic Irish spread of traditional Irish dishes including potato soup with soda bread and stew, all washed down with a pint of Guinness, an Irish whiskey or Baileys.
General Manager, Nisha said: “Our residents have all had a brilliant day today, everyone has enjoyed the festivities – I think we all agree St Patrick’s Day is the best of all the saints days!"
Oomph With Kay
We all wish to keep ourselves healthy and fit. And the same goes with our residents too. Our residents enjoy doing exercises in the morning. We had a live exercise session which was on the Oomph platform. Residents were enjoying and doing the exercises. They were following the instructor and were performing the exercises.
Marlene, Pam, Mary, Sandy and Malcolm were happy after doing the exercises. They were feeling good and they felt relaxed.
Upcoming events
Community Games Afternoon
We're welcoming our local community, families and friends for a lovely weekly get-together. Please join us every Thursday from 14:00-15:30 for fun and games.
Community Knit & Natter
Please join us on the second Tuesday of every month 2pm - 4pm. Enjoy friendly company as you knit and natter over tea, coffee and cake!
Don't Dine Alone
We know meal times can be a lonely time for some people, that's why we're inviting local older people to join us for lunch every Wednesday 12.30-14.30pm, call now to book.
Community Scrabble Club
Join us every Thursday 11:00am - 12:30pm for a friendly game of Scrabble in a relaxed setting, come and test your word skills and make new friends.
