Activities at Stamford Bridge Beaumont Care Home
Our teams are trained to enrich the lives of residents through stimulating the mind, body and soul, and taking the time to learn about each person to ensure everyone receives support that adds enrichment to their life.
The activity team within our home spend a lot of time committing themselves to organising a range of activities for residents. This includes, pet therapy, trips out to local places of interest, visits from entertainers and musicians, bingo, one to one pamper time, weekly quizzes, coffee mornings, arts and crafts and baking. Activities are considered to be a crucial aspect of our home as residents look forward to upcoming events. As a result, it is essential that our team work together with dedication, to ensure residents are entertained and involved in as many activities as possible.
Michael Lythgoe
I have worked in the care sector for 36 years, initially working for the NHS at Brandesburton Hospital as a care assistant. When the hospital closed I transferred to Townend Court and continued as a care assistant on the forensic ward for people with a learning disability. It was whilst working with the Occupational therapists at Townend that I discovered my passion for engaging the patients in activities of their choosing, I’m quite artistic and creative so it was an easy transition
I have many years’ experience working with the older generation and those who live with dementia, Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s and other diagnosis’.
I am really looking forward to bring both my experience and passion to my new role and to see the positive impact on our resident population.
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 Stamford Bridge Beaumont Care Home
Air Guitar!
Every month our residents thoroughly enjoy the entertainment provided by Jess from musical moments. It’s never the same thing twice and Jess is excellent at ensuring everybody is engaged and feels an active part of her performance.
This month’s theme was rock music and, as you can see by the pictures, we have quite a few air guitar specialists. The whole session was such good fun, and we can’t wait for next month’s instalment.
Exercise Classes!
Here at Stamford Bridge Beaumont we understand the importance and benefits of regular exercise and make this a fun activity.
Exercise is good for both physical and mental wellbeing, and we tailor our sessions to encourage regular attendance with a large helping of laughter. These sessions have proven so popular that we have had to schedule a second session each week as our residents enjoy it so much.
One of our regular exercises is to the same music, and we are so close to having a seated dance routine that we will be performing for everybody in the very near future.
Valentine's fun!
We had a fabulous afternoon on Valentine’s Day: love-themed music from the ever-popular Dark Moon and fascinators aplenty. Music is always very popular, but the social side of these events is equally important. They bring so many people together and, as you can see, the joy on people’s faces says more than any words can.
Our catering team made some amazing buns and biscuits for the occasion which seemed to go down very well, particularly when accompanied by a glass of wine or a beer.
Birthday Celebrations
We do all love a good party, but some of our residents prefer things a little more low-key. This lovely lady celebrated her birthday. She didn’t want any fuss so she received her amazing cake and gifts from one of the care team who she really gets on with, and it made her day.
This is the absolute essence of the person-centred approach. We are so proud that we know our residents so well that such a simple gesture can bring so much happiness.
Family
We are so lucky at Stamford Bridge Beaumont to have such support from the family members of our residents. It makes everything so worthwhile when you can see the joy in both visitors and residents' faces when they are enjoying themselves engaging in one of our activities.
Always a favourite are our musician visits, but we’ve had people joining in with a wide variety of different activities and often sharing their skills and knowledge for the benefit of our entire resident population.
Pizza Making
Some of our lovely residents and their family members enjoyed an afternoon of making and eating pizza. The word is that there wasn’t a crumb left over!
Our residents always enjoy cooking activities, it’s always a lovely, friendly atmosphere and people are only too happy to share their secret ingredients and different ways of doing things. We can and learn so much from our residents. We really are lucky people.
The social aspect of these groups is so important too. Our regular attenders are so happy to welcome new people, whether they be new residents or visitors, to join in with the activity, and tasting, of course.
Upcoming events
April
Hello April! We are looking forward to Easter and a fun filled month ahead - all welcome.
Emergency Services - Take a break with us!
Calling all emergency services - take a break on us. We will have tea, coffee and maybe a cake or two!
