Activities at Caldy Manor Care Home

Who doesn’t love some ice cream on a hot day. We took advantage of some beautiful warm weather and got the ice cream out. Our chef was delighted to get all the toppings and flavours out and help the resident’s choose and create their own ice cream.  Choosing their own ice cream  brought conversations up about when they gave their children ice cream and listening to the ice cream van music coming in to the road and all the children run and ask their parents to buy them one.

We had the pleasure of meeting Kate for our first chair yoga session. We do exercises quite regularly but residents had requested for a professional to get a different take on their exercise regime. Kate really made it extra special and brought different exercises to suite our resident’s needs. We listened to some relaxing classical music that was chosen by our residents that we moved along to. One of our residents said “ since we have been doing these exercises I have really noticed a difference in the level of movement I can do. My arm can reach a lot higher now and I really enjoy our exercise classes”.

We had a lovely afternoon down at New Brighton. We ordered some fish and chips from the chip shop and stopped off in our minibus somewhere with a wonderful view of the River Mersey. We set our  picnic table in the van and served out the fish and chips along with some bread and butter. We finished our lunch off with some homemade cake made by our fabulous chef and tea and coffee. It is always such a fabulous day out in the minibus as it brings back some wonderful memories. One resident said “ I used to love to come down here with my boys. They used to run round on the grass and we used to finish the day off with an ice cream”.

What a fabuous Easter weekend we had! We started the celebrations with our Easter event which brought our families, friends and the local community together. We was visited by some wonderfull animals and we throughly enjoyed holding them. The children who came all enjoyed egg and spoon race and an egg hunt. Another afternoon was filled with music and dancing when Sandra Currie came and sang for us. Its so nice to bring our family and friends together and enjoy the celebrations.

We have been kindly donated a wonderful exercise machine by one of staff. Our residents love exercising and are thrilled to have this available to them whenever they want it. We all had a go during our weekly exercise class and it was a massive hit.

Our residents are already in conversation when they will use it next. Our exercise class is one of our most popular classes here at Caldy Manor.

Our residents had a lovely afternoon trip to West Kirby promenade. We chatted about the times they walked to Hilbre Island every Sunday with the children and that they are cherished memories. We also have a resident who has moved here so doesn’t know the local area, so it was nice for her to see our beautiful surroundings. Our weekly mini bus trips are very popular and we have some great trips coming very soon.