Activities at Rivermead Care Home

Residents enjoyed a lively craft session at Rivermead as they get more and more adventurous with each art and craft session that is hosted at the home. This session brought their creative skills together as they made colourful bunting to display at future events they look to host. 

The home's arts and crafts is proving popular and is bringing everyone together, even just for a cup of tea and a good old chat.  Art and crafts for the elderly have been proven countless times to increase cognitive stimulation and dexterity.

Staff, residents, relatives and the local community came together at Rivermead to enjoy a summer fete that was held in the home’s grounds on 17th August. Rivermead hosted a variety of activities throughout the day, including tombola, raffles, a selection of stalls, games and delicious cakes served which were enjoyed by everyone who came to the event.

Residents and staff made everyone feel welcome and were delighted to see different generations having fun together. Visitors enjoyed plenty of refreshments, such as cold drinks, tea & coffee and lots of delicious home-made cakes prepared by the catering team, who were hard at work making sure that a great time was had by all – it really was a team effort!

On Tuesday 16th July we packed a lovely picnic basket and headed off to the North Yorkshire Moors, a place called Hutton le Hole where we were surrounded by beautiful scenery.

We enjoyed the nature and had a visit from some friendly sheep. Everyone had a great day. 

We are delighted to announce that we have just had a Magic Table installed, which is an interactive light projector, designed to support residents living with dementia by keeping them engaged through specialised games.

The light projections respond to hand and arm movement, allowing residents to stay stimulated and, most of all, have fun!

You can read more about it on this page.

Congratulations to Kitchen Assistant, Sabina Rojek-Strojecka, who received her Long Service Award of 15 years recently. Her award was presented to her by Rivermead’s Head Chef, Sarah Lightfoot.   

We hosted an Easter church service on 17th April that was followed by a coffee morning, where residents enjoyed making Easter trees. On Good Friday, we had an Easter parade, followed by afternoon entertainment and a raffle.