Activities at Lindum House Care Home

Here at Lindum House Care Home, we had a really lovely Christmas Day.

We had a special visit from Mother Christmas in the Morning – giving out the Gifts to the residents.

We welcome family members to come and share Christmas Lunch with their loved ones.

During lunch, we ate, drank and were merry! Pulled crackers and laughed (or groaned!) at the jokes within, and wore the paper crowns!

Residents at Lindum House love intergenerational sessions – this one was with the local Beavers.

They came and ‘interviewed’ the residents and chatted with them about where they were born, their jobs, families and hobbies.

Both the Beavers and residents really loved the chance to chat – and especially the hot chocolates with marshmallows afterwards!       

Here at Lindum House we love to celebrate the Residents birthdays – our Chef always make them a special cake for the occasion, and most have family visit too. 

We have a Quiet Lounge that the family can use, that the Activity Staff tend to decorate with banners and balloons.

Happy Birthday Pat! Everyone at Lindum House hopes that Pat and her family have had a lovely party here for her 79th birthday!

A special family gathered to celebrate a special lady - and we hope you've made some lovely memories to add to the stories shared throughout this afternoon. Lots of nice flowers, cards and gifts have been given.   

On every first Thursday of the Month, our local Micro Pub, Albie’s Bar, holds a Golden Oldie’s Sing-a-long.

We take some of our residents along each month and they always have an amazing time. The staff couldn’t be more helpful and friendly.

One resident, Rita – who is always first amongst the residents to put her name down on the list to come along, says: “It’s so lovely, friendly and the brilliant atmosphere – reminds me of a place I used to go in Batley when I was growing up”

Another, June, is a brilliant dancer and is always up on her feet.        

Great Grandma Vera, age 82 & Great Grandad Raymondo, age 92, both reside at Lindum House.  Great Grandma 'Vera' feeds, Great Grandchild 'Chester Ray'.

Vera and her granddaughter Georgina, have always been close. Vera used to watch Georgina whilst her mother worked. Their relationship has always been loving, and they speak very fondly of each other. 

Chester Ray (Ray after his great grandad), was born a day before his great grandad's birthday. Georgina visits her great grandma & grandad often, so much so, that Chester now cries for a bottle off his great grandma & falls straight to sleep in her arms!

Here at Lindum House we held a beautiful Christingle Service, following it Online with a Steam from Beverley Minster – one of the Churches in the Town the Home is in.

Many of the residents here share a faith, so it is important to acknowledge the events in the Christian Calendar throughout the Year, especially in the run-up to Christmas and Easter.

The Christingle was a really special event and, as always, family members are welcome to join their loved ones.

When the service was finished, of course – we got to eat the fruits and sweets!

On Monday 15th December, Lindum House welcomed 13 players and staff from Hull City Football Academy – 18–21 years old.

Whilst they were there, there were various Christmas Arts and Crafts set up, games of Festive Bingo, refreshments and lots of chats around the various tables.

They brought with them a lovely hamper of biscuits & chocolates and donated some soft foam balls for us to use during our Armchair Exercise groups.   

Here at Lindum House, we feel it is really important to keep fit – so we love to welcome Jack every fortnight for an Armchair Fitness group.

He uses a mix of props and techniques and the Residents have a great time – as you can see from the picture, whatever your abilities there is something to suit and measured to you.       

We love to lend our ears to the musical talents of John Robert – with his medley of hits we all recognise.

He gets us singing along, clapping our hands, tapping our feet, grooving our shoulders.

Her often asks for requests and if he doesn’t know it – he takes the request home with him and learns it for the next time he is in.

Always a popular artist that we love to invite again and again.      

Residents and colleagues at Lindum House have been working hard on their allotment and have had some wonderful little harvests as a reward for their labour. We never expected two large rewards we received after such a beautiful summer and so little rain. However, we were all in awe of our beautiful sunflower when it flowered. Visitors came to see it too and were surprised at the size!

The children noticed the size of our pumpkin on one of their nursery visits and staff too were surprised at just how big that pumpkin grew! Our chef, Matt made a huge batch of pumpkin soup from it. Residents commented on just how tasty it was!
 

On Monday 22nd December, residents and staff at Lindum House Care Home had a Party for the Festive Season.

This included singing, dancing, jingling our bells (I wonder which song particularly this one was for!), waving our pom-poms, and raising a glass.

Our in-house hairdresser came in especially that morning to make all the residents look party ready!

The Activities Team, Kelly and Stephanie, kept spirits high with popular songs and even dressed up for the occasion! 

As usual, we welcome family members to our events to share in the fun with their loved ones.

Here at Lindum House, we hold a Green Fingers Group on a Wednesday afternoon.

This is a chance for our residents to show us their skills in the garden – tending to the allotment, picking the fruit once ripe and watering the plants.  

Once the fruit has been picked, it goes into the kitchen and gets turned into delicious pies for them to enjoy.

The group is also a chance for the residents to reminisce about the gardens they had and looked after. 

We, here at Lindum House, love our connection with the children from the local nursery.

On a Monday afternoon our residents visit them and on a Wednesday morning they visit us!

Intergenerational play is so important – and many of our residents have children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren that they may not see so often.

Singing traditional nursery rhymes, recounting stories and playing games, as well as arts and craft. Smiles on the faces of the residents and children make it so special.  

Here at Lindum House we hold a Community Coffee Morning every Tuesday between 10:30am and 12 Noon.

As well as hot drinks, cakes and biscuits, we put Local History Books out on the tables as a Talking Point between staff and residents. Hull As it Was, Beverley: Now and Then, Scenery from all over Yorkshire.

Memories and stories are shared from what we see in the books – but imagine one resident's surprise this morning when she saw herself in one of them! From when she and her sister-in-law, Kathleen went to see her brother-in-law play in a match for Leeds Football Club.

We were delighted to welcome the local community to enjoy a community BBQ & Music Festival event that was held in the home’s grounds on Thursday 21st August.

The home was delighted to welcome Mayor Alison Healy, representatives from Beverley in Bloom, the Humberside Police, Beverley FM and the Smile Foundation.