Activities at Meadowbeck Care Home

A Carer and Housekeeper at Meadowbeck have received the prestigious 20- and 10-Year Service Award in celebration of working at Barchester Healthcare for a combined 30 years.

Sandra, a Night Carer, started at Barchester in March 2005 and Helen, a member of our housekeeping team, started at Barchester in March 2015. Both have worked with residents and their relatives to ensure that their needs have been met over the years. 
 

The mood was set for Valentine's Day, here at Meadowbeck.

We decorated the home with hearts, and we hosted a special Valentine's-themed evening with delicious cheeses, prosecco and lots of sweet treats on offer made by our Head Chef Raouf.

To make the evening more special, we welcomed back the wonderful Clare, who entertained us with her saxophone, playing a selection of love songs past and present, with Nina Simone and Frank Sinatra amongst the favourites that residents enjoyed singing along to.

Love was certainly in the air; we had a wonderful evening.

Today we celebrated Read aloud Day. To celebrate the day, our residents were joined by sixth form students from Archbishops Holgate school, where they shared some of their amazing stories as they brought along favourite books. 

Our residents enjoyed Storytime, listening to the students read various books from fireside friendship poems and a selection of children’s favourite classics that brought back special memories of bedtime story time with children and grandchildren.

We had a wonderful afternoon!

Some of our residents filled the afternoon with laughter and a little friendly competition, playing a few rounds of dominoes. 

Our dominoes club is always very popular with both residents and their friends visiting, a great way for friendships to be formed. 

After almost 35 years of continuous service much-loved Nurse, Janet has decided to retire. Staff and residents at the home sent Janet off in style with cards and flowers to thank her for many years of dedication. Everyone at the home has very fond memories of working with Janet, everyone is delighted of the news that Janet has taken on a new role at the home in joining our activities team.

During her time at Meadowbeck, Janet worked as a Registered Nurse on both days and nights and was an NVQ Assessor for a number of years at the home, before going externally.

Janet said: “Meadowbeck Care Home is like a family to me and I am so excited to be joining the activities team, where I get to make lots more fun memories with our residents.”
 

What could be better on a cold February day? Staff and residents had a fantastic time celebrating National Pizza Day on February 9th hosting a pizza party, a brilliant excuse to sample lots of delicious, warming pizza!

Overseen by head chef Raouf, staff and residents experimented with many different types of toppings and flavour combinations - from the exotic, to the classic and everything in between! Some people controversially added pineapple, others preferred spicier options, and some stuck to a good old Margherita.  Many people tried a folded Calzone pizza for the first time or branched out with a creamy base instead of tomato. Everyone ate their fill and declared National Pizza Day a triumph!