Activities at Bloomfield Care Centre
We host a wide range of activities and events here for residents to stimulate them both physically and mentally. Relatives can often be found taking part; for example, they will some times join us on minibus trips and to enjoy entertainers and musical events. There is regular involvement from the local community, with ministers holding services for us weekly, visits from our PAT dog, and a good volunteer network. Additionally, we have recently opened a Dementia Café, which is held on the fourth Tuesday of every month. Activities are an essential part of residents' lives, so we strive to keep them active with a focus on what they can achieve and that life here is fun.
Cathy Jallow
Hello, My name is Cathy and I am the Activities Coordinator at Bloomfield care centre.
I joined the team here at Bloomfield in August 2017 as carer and have since moved into Activities.
The Activities role is varied and one which allows me to plan amazing activities for our residents to ensure their days are filled with lots of fun, laughter and social interaction.
I am always looking for new activity ideas as well as new places to visit, so please give me a call to discuss our life enrichment programme further.
Read our brochure 'Life-enriching activities' for more information about life in our care homes.
Read our brochure
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 Bloomfield Care Centre
Remembrance Day Commemoration
At Bloomfield Care Centre, we celebrated Remembrance Day with a afternoon tea.
We shared lots of stories and Busty showed us all of his medals and a picture of the ship he sailed on, ‘The Clover’.
He spoke about being put on ship and not knowing where you were going! He also told stories of landing in America and Canada.
Peter also shared stories of his memories of air raid shelters and the sirens.
A toast was also made to all war veterans!
Baking Day!
Here at Bloomfield Care Centre we all enjoying baking , Sarah and Peggy both choose jam tarts to make. Sarah said she used to bake these for her family and friends and were enjoyed by everyone.
Peggy said that she liked to bake and jam tarts were very nice.
We all joined in with the baking and when they were cooked we shared them with our residents.
Peggy and Sarah said how much they had enjoyed baking and eating the tarts.
Pat Dog Ruby
Ruby our Pat Dog visits us regular. Jean said how nice it was to have a dog in and enjoyed making a fuss. John said how much fun it was to have a visit from Ruby.
Annette has always had dogs and was very happy to see Ruby. Michael was very pleased to see Ruby and made great friends.
Jean, John, Annette and Michael all said that they look forward to a visit from Ruby again, and take her for a walk when they weather gets warmer.
Flower Donation
A local florist donated flowers from a recent wedding to our home and our residents were very pleased with them indeed.
Betty said that it would be nice to make an arrangement for the tables in the dinning room and some for the lounges.
We got the flowers and sorted them to colours and Peter said that he had grown these particular flowers in his garden. He then suggested that it would be nice to grow some here at Bloomfield, too.
Whilst arranging the flowers, we talked about weddings and how many different flowers were donated and how pretty they are and they all smelt amazing.
Betty, Sarah and Peter said how much they had enjoyed arranging the flowers and very much look forward to growing similar ones in our garden.
Mendip Male Voice Choir
Our residents Brian and Michael recently sang in the local Mendip Male Voice Choir, and heard that they would be singing in the local church very soon. We were all very excited to go along and listen to them as we'd heard lots of good things.
Peggy came along too, as the Midsomer Norton Church is her local church and she used to attend often.
On arrival at the church, we were all greeted by the congregation and many of the choir members chatted with us and Michael really enjoyed this.
Brian really enjoyed the singing and seeing old friends and Peggy loved seeing her friends from church. Peggy also met up with her daughter who came along too, which was nice.
Michael, Brian and Peggy said that they would love to go to further choir afternoons which we can attend in the future and we can't wait!
Cheddar Garden Centre Visit
Anne and Enid choose to visit Cheddar Garden Centre as it was a nice day and a nice drive down through the Cheddar George.
On arrival we had a look at the flowers and plants Anne picked out some Pansy’s and said that they were very pretty and came in lots of colours and would look very nice in our flower beds.
Enid who’s 103 years young was very interested in the Christmas decorations she said that it was lovely to see such beautiful things to have in the home for Christmas time.
Our trip was rounded up with tea and coffee in the restaurant which both ladies said they really enjoyed and look forward to visiting again very soon.
Upcoming events
Countdown to Christmas
Take a look at all of the wonderful festive events and activities throughout December. Please feel free to join our celebrations. Contacts us for more information.
