Activities at Mulberry Court Care Home

Staff and residents at Barchester’s Mulberry court care home care home in York 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.

To celebrate National Vegetarian Week, staff and residents at Barchester’s Mulberry court care home care home in York were treated to an interactive virtual cookery demo courtesy of chef, Alex Connell, from Vegetarian for Life.

Chef Alex whipped up some tasty, healthy vegetarian snacks in a live, interactive cookery demo.  Much to residents’ delight, Mulberry court care home head chef Adam Drobnik had prepared the same recipes so that residents could try all the dishes. Residents sampled delicious, light and summery veggie dishes including Borlotti bean and dill pate, Greek fritters with Tzatziki and Coronation 'chicken' pastries. All finished off with a sweet and simple but totally yummy banana bread.

Mulberry Court Care Home in York marked the Queen’s 95th birthday on April 21st in style by brewing up a storm for National Tea Day and having an afternoon tea party.

Residents and Staff enjoyed delicious cakes and sandwiches, along with afternoon tea.

Fiona Christie General Manager at Mulberry Court said: “Our residents love nothing more than a good cuppa so they all really enjoyed the choice of different teas, cakes and events for National Tea Day, and, as a nation who truly loves their tea, it was great excuse for an afternoon brew and a natter. It was also a lovely way to say thank you to our longest reigning monarch.”

Residents of Mulberry Court took to the homes beautiful garden to take advantage of the early spring sunshine to enjoy a breath of fresh air.

Everyone commented on how much better they felt for grabbing a breath of fresh air, feeling the sun on their faces and checking on the progress of the spring bulbs growing in the homes extensive grounds.

Staff and residents at Barchester’s Mulberry Court care home celebrated Easter with a whole host of different activities including an Easter Egg Hunt, attending a live church service led by Resident Sheila a former vicar, Easter tea party, and Easter cake-making.

General Manager, Fiona Christie said: “As always, we’ve all been looking forward to Easter. It’s such a nice time of the year – the resident’s love all the colourful Easter eggs and It’s really been an eggs-cellent few days!”

Resident, Dorothy celebrated her birthday in style with a delicious cake especially prepared by the homes hospitality team, as the celebrations continued Dorothy was delighted with presents received from family and friends and the family visits in the homes designated visitor suite, which was the highlight of her day.  Dorothy was delighted to be able to see her family on her special day.  Happy Birthday, Dorothy!