Activities at Rivermead Care Home

We all know that keeping active is important. We have created a wonderful culture within the home and we work together to give residents the best possible experience. We are here to ensure that residents enjoy an environment that is both stimulating and socially active. We ensure the team knows each residents' preferences, so that we can deliver a person-centered programme of events and activities. Essential to our homely feel is the strong relationships of trust we build with residents and their families and friends. The home also has its very own minibus for our numerous outings for coffee and shopping, which residents love.

Enriching life
Watch our video on life enrichment in our homes.

Nicola Bedford

Activities Coordinator

Hi, My name is Nicola and I am the activity coordinator for Rivermead. I plan and deliver a range of interactive and stimulating activities throughout the week for all the residents. 

We focus our planning through person centred care, meaning the activities we deliver are tailored to each of the residents individual choice and interests. 

It’s a very rewarding job role to be in, seeing the residents enjoy their lives to the best of their abilities and enhancing their experiences, building and maintaining friendships and supporting their wellbeing. 

Activities and Events Partnerships

As part of our bespoke life-enrichment programmes, we host a number of live virtual events in the home on a regular basis through a number of partnerships with places of interest and world class performance companies

Life at Rivermead Care Home

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Quiz and Fizz!

Rivermead celebrated National Radio Day with a quiz and whichever choice of fizz each resident wanted. 
We had a wonderful turnout with drinks such as John Smiths, red and white wine, baileys, becks and soft drinks for those who didn’t fancy a fizz. 

We had a radio-based quiz (some answers were not the easiest) and the residents smashed their answers. 
We look forward to the next one!

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Valentine's Day Baking!

In preparation for Valentine’s Day, the residents put their baking skills to the test as we made some Valentine’s Day biscuits. Each resident took turns measuring out the ingredients, then stirred them all together. 

The residents shared their stories of how they would bake for their families, their favourite items to make, and, of course, we had to taste test them once they had come out of the oven! Then the residents decorated their biscuits with Wathcourt pre-school when they visited us in the afternoon. 

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Community Meal

Rivermead braved the cold weather and walked to Norton Bowling Club for the annual community meal. 
As we wrapped up warm and headed out, the residents were so looking forward to going out for the evening.

We were warmly welcomed with a glass of sherry, said hello to faces old and new, and enjoyed the friendly atmosphere. 

Our residents enjoyed their roast dinner followed by some rhubarb crumble or trifle. 
The evening continued as we were entertained by a musician, a group of local children who performed amazingly as they sang and danced, then we took part in a fun bingo round with one of the residents almost winning! 

We all sang along with the songs played by the musician (I think we were at the loud table in the corner) but the residents all had a wonderful evening, so a HUGE thank you to Norton council for our invitation, and we hope to see you all there again next year.

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Scrabble Battle

Rivermead encourages everyone to get involved, including members of staff! We had a little healthy competition in a Resident v Staff scrabble game. Contemplative thinking, strategic planning and battling each other for those high scores as resident Vivien put the home receptionist Justyna through her paces! 

Two games later and they both won one game each with only 1 point in difference. This is a great example of encouraged interactions for all the team at Rivermead! Vivien really enjoyed her afternoon with Justyna and definitely wants to have another game!

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Alpaca Visit

Rivermead was filled with joy and happiness when we had a visit from some fury friends! Butterwick alpaca retreat kindly brought 2 alpacas and 3 guinea pigs for an animal therapy afternoon. 

Everyone had the opportunity to pet and feed the alpacas, who were very hungry! Some of the residents had never seen an alpaca before but thoroughly enjoyed this new experience. The guinea pigs were also a big hit, especially for lap cuddles. 

Two of them were only 10 weeks old and very well-behaved. This enabled us to take the guinea pigs to residents in their rooms for everyone to enjoy and feel included.

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Elvis Afternoon

Once again, Elvis was in the building! We all came together in the memory lane community as our Deputy manager, Simon, gave us a wonderful performance of his Elvis tribute act. 

The residents really enjoyed this musical afternoon, singing and dancing their afternoon away to familiar songs! One of the care team, Lee, also joined in as Elvis performed acapella vocals with Lee playing his guitar! 

Upcoming events

March

Join us as we welcome Spring and take a look at our upcoming life enrichment and community events coming in March

Could you be a Volunteer?

Do you have any spare time? Could you help make a difference to someones day to day life? For more information on volunteering, we'd love to hear from you.

Community Cafe - Last Tuesday from 10.30 am

We extend a warm invitation to community friends to join us at our popular Community Cafe - all welcome.

Emergency Services - Take a break on us!

Calling all emergency personnel, come and take a break with us! There may be a cake or two.....

Dementia Cafe - 2nd Tuesday of the month

Join us for our Dementia Cafe, 2nd Tuesday of the month from 10.30 am - all welcome.