Activities at North Park Care Home

Residents enjoyed a day of laughter as they held a Hawaiian style party. With the sun shining brightly there was no better place to hold the party but in the homes lovely garden decorated with palm trees, paddling pools as Tropical Island beach music and songs played in the background.

Residents donned flower garlands and Hawaiian hula grass skirts with Resident, Neil getting into the spirit of the day and wearing his best grass skirt. Everyone enjoyed tasting the tropical fruit kebabs with refreshing pineapple and coconut based mock tails and cocktails. Everyone agreed it had been a fantastic day!

Resident, John celebrated his birthday in style surrounded by staff and friends in the home who presented him with a delicious home-made chocolate birthday cake.  During the celebrations, John a lifelong resident of Darlington and keen footballer who played for Ferryhill Athletic and Crook Town regaled his guests with entertaining stories of his time spent playing for the club,

John was over the moon with the gift he received off his family and proudly showed it off while residents enjoyed a slice of his birthday cake and toasted him with a glass of wine.  

Clare Liddy, activities coordinator said: “It was a lovely afternoon which was enjoyed by everyone and it was nice that John could share his day with all the other residents and the staff made sure his birthday celebrations were spectacular!”

Residents of North Park were delighted to have a socially distanced visit from popular North East performer, ‘Wor Vera’ on VE day who performed outside the home to sing a medley of war time songs. Residents watched from their windows waving flags and singing along with her.  Neighbours  ventured out of their homes and enjoyed the show from their own front gardens. As the final notes … We’ll Meet Again … could be heard there was a tremendous round of applause from everyone in and around  North Park with Resident, Jessie commenting “This is what it is all about! this is why I’m proud to be British”.

Congratulations to Lisa Frame, who has been named as a Divisional Winner in the 2020 Barchester Care Awards. Lisa is a finalist in the Carer of the Year category and has been invited to attend a virtual awards ceremony on 8th October, where she will find out if she has won overall.

Ken Brownson celebrated his 90th birthday surrounded by his family including his 4 children, 5 grandchildren and 6 great grandchildren his friends at North Park. Ken who spent all his life in Byers Green Spennymoor before he came to North Park at the end of last year, had a wonderful afternoon starting with musical entertainment to which Ken was more than happy to sing along to even having a dance with two of his daughters.

As the celebratory drinks flowed, the kitchen staff delivered a fantastic birthday buffet which ended in Ken having a delicious birthday cake with sparklers.

North Park Care Home hosted a romantic Valentine’s Day Meal for residents and their partners. Tables were set with pristine white table cloths and were decorated with red chocolate hearts and chocolate roses. Centrepieces comprised of tea light holders in stands full of beautiful scented rose petals and adorned with delicate illuminated hearts.

Head Chef Kevin cooked up a scrumptious feast and desert was individual heart shaped shortbread filled  with strawberries and cream and topped with a heart shaped sponge. With the lights dimmed, soft music playing in the background and a choice of pink or white Champaign our couples dined in romantic style.

Everyone agreed it had been a truly special evening with Tricia saying “Many thanks to everyone who helped to make the valentine meal so enjoyable. We really appreciated the effort you made to make it special”