Activities at Scarborough Hall Care Home

The activity team were delighted to welcome back Rachel from The Purple Pig Company to the home for the Easter themed bottle fed baby lamb experience. Resident Sheila Deere is pictured with Rachel and Willow the baby lamb, Sheila was over whelmed with the opportunity to be able to have a cuddle. Rachel also brought her baby chickens and ducks which were a delightful addition to the afternoons festivities.

Activity member Beth enjoyed an interactive virtual reality session with resident John who has recently come to stay with us at the home, John’s wife was very interested and excited at the technological opportunity’s available to John when we showed the couple round on our open Day. John’s wife told us all about how he used to be an avid sailor which she detailed for us in his Getting to Know Me Booklet. John thoroughly enjoyed his session and remarked that ‘he truly felt as though he was at one with the waves’.

Here at Scarborough Hall we love to celebrate St Patricks Day, we had a themed quiz in the morning followed by a musical performance by our local Humanbee’s Ukulele Band in the afternoon, we then reminisced of St Patricks Days in years gone by whilst sharing some ice cold Guinness. Residents Anne Kay and Frank Burns pose for a photo opportunity with team members who chose to dress up in green themed clothes for the day.

Celebrations were under way at Barchester’s Scarborough Hall care home, in Scarborough, as residents and staff marked St. David’s Day.   

The home was in high spirits as they celebrated the national day of Wales with a welsh themed a daffodil themed gardening and craft club, followed by a welsh themed Harpist performance by the fabulous John Dalton, team members also enjoyed dressing up in yellow. In honour of the traditional feast day and the country’s patron saint, residents and staff were treated to traditional Welsh food and drink.  Everyone tucked in to welsh cakes, rarebit, crempogs, leek cawl, bara brith and laverbread washed down with a nip of Penderyn whisky/welsh beer or cider.

Staff and residents at Barchester’s Scarborough Hall care home in Scarborough took a walk on the wild side when they celebrated UN World Wildlife Day on 3rd March.  World Wildlife Day is an annual global event to celebrate and raise awareness of the world’s wild animals and plants.  World Wildlife Day 2023 is celebrated under the theme ‘Partnerships for Wildlife Conservation’ to highlight the people who are making a difference and celebrate all conservation efforts from marine life and our oceans to collaborations with businesses which are helping to reverse the loss in biodiversity on our planet through sustainability and wildlife protection.

Residents had a brilliant time as we were joined by Rachel from the Purple Pig Company who brought along her collection of nocturnal animals. This included Lucy lots of Legs the millipede, thorn the hedgehog, Orion the Angora rabbit, cosmic the owl, Mario the tortoise and a giant cockroach!

Residents from Scarborough Hall have recently had a visit to their local Green Hedges Nursery for an intergenerational session to celebrate World Book Day. The outing, which took place in March was wonderfully rewarding for both the children and the residents.

The children and the residents enjoyed a play session together followed by a singalong and a reading of the children’s favourite book, ‘The Gruffalo’ which the residents loved joining in with.