Activities at Mulberry Court Care Home

The New Year barely behind us, but everyone at Mulberry Court - Barchester keen to explore the old Clifton Park Hospital Estate with its majestic trees and bountiful wild flowers.

You might think it a little early to be thinking about signs of spring. Normally you would be right, but it seems some of the wild flowers don’t seem to realise that, and already making an early appearance.

So……..taking advantage, off we went to seek inspiration in our award winning garden and surrounding estate.

Today the flags came out and the bunting went up to celebrate St Patrick's day in style. Over lunch the residents used their specially made place mats and admired the decorations, before heading into our cafe "Irish themed" bar area.... Dominos was the game of choice over of course a pint of Guinness before rounding off the afternoon with a handmade cake - Steve our head chef made a beautiful layered cake with green decoration to keep in with the theme.

It was so lovely to see our residents engaging with each other and staff a fun afternoon was had by all.

Today we celebrated our female residents by putting on a couple of their favourite activities, pampering hand massages, nail polish and file sessions in their rooms followed by a knit and natter afternoon which showcased not only their knitting skills but needlework too.

We've also had two great young ladies on work experience helping us the last couple of weeks who have been a huge help to both the kitchen/hospitality team and activities.

Today we made sure all our lovely ladies received a handmade gift on behalf of all the staff here at Mulberry Court Care Home - Barchester Healthcare ....scented lavender bags and some hand cream.

We also had a visit from Derek who regularly holds Holy communion for us.

As part of our International Women’s Day celebrations, Residents from across our services were thrilled to join tour guide, Mandy Morrow, for an exciting talk about some Legendary London Ladies.

Mandy shared the fascinating stories of eight ladies with us, from the one of the richest heiresses in the world to the original 'Roaring Girl'.

Everyone who participated truly enjoyed the experience and were delighted to take a walk down memory lane.

Across the country our homes and hospitals came together to find out which care home or hospital had the best Bingo players as they teamed up for Barchester’s Bingo Bonanza.

Residents were treated to some exciting virtual games of Bingo as part of Barchester’ very own game show series.

Everyone who participated had a fantastic time and enjoyed some friendly competition.