Activities at Boroughbridge Manor Care Home

Residents at Barchester Healthcare’s Boroughbridge Manor care home, in Boroughbridge, celebrated Mother’s Day with visits and phone calls from family members near and far. The home was beautifully decorated with fresh flowers and bunting for the occasion.  Staff at Boroughbridge Manor arranged an afternoon tea party, music, flowers and games for all of the ladies to enjoy.  Head chef, Rob prepared a special buffet menu and a scrumptious black forest gateau to mark the day.

General Manager, Mark Hurst said: “We’ve all had a really lovely weekend celebrating the wonderful women in the home.  It has been so good to see family members who were able to visit in person and to have phone calls with those who are further away.  Our residents enjoyed a fantastic lunch and then a delicious afternoon tea prepared by our brilliant Activities Coordinator. Days like these are so special.”

Residents and staff at Boroughbridge Manor in Boroughbridge celebrated all things Irish for St Patrick’s Day this week. The home was decorated with shamrocks, balloons and Irish themed decorations. 

Held on 17th March, Saint Patrick's Day actually observes the death of St Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, but the day has come to be a huge celebration of Irish heritage and culture. 

Staff and residents at the home marked the day by (a day early) making shamrock decorations, singing some Irish words and phrases, learning Irish dances, listening to Irish music. Head chef Tony prepared a fantastic Irish spread with Irish stew as the main all washed down with Guinness or an Irish whiskey as we danced to Michael Flatley and the Riverdance.

Residents and staff at Boroughbridge Manor care home in Boroughbridge are loving the return of the world’s largest dog show, Crufts. Residents at the home are all keen animal lovers and are delighted that Crufts is back on our TVs. 

Canine fans at Boroughbridge Manor have been glued to their screens to watch the pups being put through their paces.  They have been avidly watching the judging of all the different breeds and waiting to see which dogs have been selected to go through to the next round of judging.  But best of all they love the agility competitions where the dogs all seem to have so much fun!

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

The home was in high spirits as they celebrated the national day of Wales with Welsh flags, baking, daffodil decorations, food and music!  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, leek cawl, Bara brith and welsh cakes washed down with a nip of delicious Welsh beer.

We enjoyed our regular visit by Katy and her beautiful mini, Blondie.

Blondie is such a sweet girl, we always love seeing her, she has such a lovely temperament and never fails to put a smile on our residents faces 

Thank you Katy for another wonderful visit. See you soon!

The staff and residents at Boroughbridge Manor care home in Boroughbridge have been flipping and turning pancakes all morning in preparation for their annual Shrove Tuesday Pancake Day celebrations.

Everyone thoroughly enjoyed preparing the batter and decorating the pancakes with fresh fruit, berries, syrup and chocolate. Thomas, kitchen assistant at the home, flipped more than 100 pancakes, serving them up with sweet and savoury fillings for all the eager staff and residents.

Thomas said: “My secret to the best pancakes is all in the whipping. Give it some elbow grease when mixing the batter and you’ll get perfect pancakes every time. I like experimenting with the fillings – the residents’ favourites are chocolate spread and banana and of course, good old fashioned lemon and sugar!”