Activities at Meadowbeck Care Home

Staff and residents at Barchester’s Meadowbeck Care Home in Osbaldwick were treated to an armchair work out courtesy of the Green Goddess, Diana Moran, and Shackleton’s furniture company, followed by a mindfulness session led by Shackleton’s Emma Raybould.

Diana rose to fame as a glamorous fitness guru on BBC’s Breakfast Time in the 1980’s and has made an outstanding contribution to improving the health and wellbeing of people in the UK. She now brings that experience to Shackletons as their Health and Wellness Adviser.

Shackletons and Diana both celebrate the importance of exercise, a healthy diet and mindfulness, particularly in later living. Diana has been working with Shackletons since 2019 to promote their bespoke seating. She has produced a series of exercise videos extolling the virtues of gentle exercise in a Shackletons chair.

There were happy scenes at Meadowbeck care Home in Osbaldwick as hairdressers were finally allowed back into the home.

Just like the rest of the country, residents had been waiting patiently for months to get their hair styled and so they were delighted to be able to book in for a long overdue cut and blow dry.

Annaliza Kemp, acting General Manager at Meadowbeck care Home commented: “It really has felt like Christmas today, our residents are just so delighted to be able to get a good cut and to feel like themselves again.  It is wonderful to see them all so happy, we have really missed our hairdressers – it is fantastic to be able to welcome them back again.”

Residents and team members  celebrated the Queen Elizabeth 95th Birthday with a traditional afternoon tea party, the home was decorated with red, white and blue flags before the homes hospitality tea whipped up a treat of delicious home-made cakes including scones with cream, jam and fresh strawberries.  Residents had a wonderful day and there was lots of smiles all around!

Residents of Meadowbeck are always looking at new ways to keep fit together and they enjoy staying active in a fun way. This month they have enjoy regular armchair Zumba sessions, afterwards residents feel much better and it brings a lot of fun and laughter!

Residents of Meadowbeck enjoyed a variety of activities over the Easter weekend, decorating the home with Easter chicks and bunnies, residents enjoyed this through resident centred activities in the comfort of their own room or in small groups in the homes lounge.  There was also a lot of reminiscing over hot cross buns and chocolate eggs from childhood memories and traditions of Easter.

For residents at Meadowbeck care home in Osbaldwick, the long awaited reunion with one family member has become a reality, as one single named visitor is now allowed to visit each resident in their bedroom.

There has been much anticipation of this moment by families and residents alike.  Guidance was issued by the Government on March 4 and Barchester Healthcare, who run Meadowbeck care home, is proceeding with a safe and cautious approach to visiting. Strict protocols are in place with all visitors required to have a negative Lateral Flow Device test result before being allowed into the home, and infection control measures and social distancing in place for every visit, with hand holding allowed but not recommended.

Despite the need for testing and social distancing, it was still welcome news for so many residents and their family members to be able to meet in the comfort of their bedroom. Residents and their relative enjoyed getting together and catching up face to face.