Activities at Meadowbeck Care Home

Staff and residents at Barchester’s The Meadowbeck care home, in Osbaldwick, were delighted to be invited to have the vaccination at  Priory Medical group Surgery, which has lifted everyone’s spirits after what has been a very challenging year for everyone.

Deputy General Manager, Annaliza Kemp said: “Last year was a year like no other and the vaccine feels like the light at the end of the tunnel.  Our teams have been magnificent in how they have risen to every challenge during this pandemic and we are proud to play our part in this next phase to ensure the most vulnerable are protected.”

A Carer at Meadowbeck Care Home in Osbaldwick has received a prestigious 20 Year Service Award in celebration of working at Barchester Healthcare for 20 years.

Susan Pullon, now Carer, started at Barchester in December 2000 and has worked with residents and their relatives to ensure that their needs have been met over the years.

Here at Meadowbeck we realise the importance of keeping lines of communication open with our friends and loved ones during these difficult times.  As well as keeping in touch with video calls,  residents enjoy sending well wishes to family members letting them know we have them in our thoughts by writing a few lines or with a personalised card to show loved ones what they are doing to keep busy.

We believe this is a lovely surprise for a loved one at home and brings joy to their day receiving these through their letter box.  We have also enjoy correspondence with members of the local community with our pen-pal links.

Residents and staff enjoyed were delighted to purchase their Christmas cards,  all beautifully hand crafted by resident, Dorothy who had created her very own pop-up stall.  Proceeds were to help raise money for people who live with Dementia donating all funds being given to the Alzheimer’s Society.  It was a lovely afternoon accompanied with refreshments and delicious mouth-watering homemade cakes.

Residents showed there creative side as they enjoyed a craft afternoon making  poppy wreaths for our Remembrance display and a Remembrance Tree writing personal messages for the fallen, before joining the rest of that nation tuning into the televised service in the lounge or quietly remembering in the privacy of their own rooms.

They celebrated Armistice day with a lovely afternoon of Reminiscing with Residents sharing memories from times past from Mothers wash day and scrubbing their doorsteps to their favourite hairstyles using pipe cleaners, finished off to a lovely afternoon listening to hits from the war years with a cup of tea and delicious homemade cakes.

Residents enjoyed a craft afternoon creating something for the birds to have a little peck at in the garden when they visit with a song and to keep them fed during the autumnal months.