Activities at Scarborough Hall Care Home

We had a lovely time joining Graham Whitlock for an exciting virtual event to discuss his book ‘The Crystal Palace Chronicles: Star of Nimrod’.

Our residents were thrilled to find out more about the book and the fictional character Joe, who went on a rollercoaster adventure travelling back in time to the heyday of Victorian Crystal Palace.

Everyone had lots of fun during the virtual talk, as Graham took them on a clever and hilarious adventure. A great time was had by all.

Scarborough Hall Care Home in Scarborough marked the anniversary of Victory in Europe Day in style by throwing a 1940s afternoon tea party to remember.  The home was decorated in red, white and blue and residents and staff dressed up in their 1940s-inspired glad rags and enjoyed an afternoon tea party featuring cruise ship singer Lori Kellett.

We had a lovely time joining Henry Slator for an exciting virtual event to discuss his book ‘Conversations at the Pond’.

Henry had an unusual writing journey, which many of our residents found inspiring, he underwent chemotherapy in early 2020, which allowed him to rediscover his light-hearted outlook on life by imagining conversations with creatures in and around his large garden pond and adding buckets of fun.

The entertaining Conversations at the Pond, with its mass of colourful illustrations, took our residents along his journey, they felt inspired, cheered and loved hearing all about Henry’s experiences.

Residents from Scarborough Hall care home in Scarborough were filled with joy during their visit to Stepney Hill Farm. Residents enjoyed having afternoon tea before the Lambing Experience, where they had the opportunity to bottle feed the lambs.  Charlotte Nurse General Manager of Scarborough Hall said: “Our residents have really enjoyed their day out at the Farm. Trips out in the homes mini bus are a regular event for the residents, and we always ask for ideas on where they would best like to go. The day was a lot of fun, residents were able to feed the baby lambs on the day which was quite therapeutic, and we had great weather for the outing.”

Residents at Scarborough Hall care home in Scarborough were treated to a virtual trip to the races to celebrate Ladies Day at Aintree.  They had so much fun that they decided to do it all again for the Grand National the next day!

Staff at the care home pulled out all the stops to give the residents an afternoon to remember.  They rolled out the red carpet, chilled the pink fizz and served delicious canapes so that residents felt like royalty.  They ladies created hats to wear Ladies Day, all the residents picked a horse for the Grand National and the whole home joined in with the celebrations. 

Beth Newland, Activity Lead at Scarborough Hall, said: “Our residents are absolute stars so they deserve to treated as such.  We had such a fantastic time getting dressed up and watching all the races together on Ladies Day – it was such a brilliant day we decided to do it all again the next day too!”

Scarborough Hall care home in Scarborough had disco fever today to commemorate the day that ABBA won the Eurovision in 1974.   ABBA is the most successful Eurovision Song Contest winner. The Swedish pop band won the contest in 1974 and has enjoyed phenomenal success ever since, despite officially splitting up in 1983.

General Manager, Charlotte Nurse, said: “Lots of our residents are big ABBA fans and love their music so we booked Devan Kellet who sings on the cruise ships who tailored an ABBA tribute themed musical afternoon for us to enjoy. We’ve had a fantastic day listening to all their hits. This Morning we had an ABBA themed exercise class using our Oomph Demand platform, it is amazing how many songs they recorded. We all surprised ourselves by how many we remembered!”

Barrie Mills, a resident said: “I loved ABBA growing up.  Listening to all their old hits has brought back so many memories.  We’ve all had a brilliant time reminiscing about our dance fever days!”