Activities at Rivermead Care Home

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!

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. 

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.

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!

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.

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!