Activities at Boroughbridge Manor Care Home

Here at Boroughbridge Manor we celebrated dementia action week and to begin our week we had the pleasure of welcoming back Rebekah Austin to sing some of our favourite tunes! Dementia Action Week is an awareness raising campaign. Each year, Alzheimer's Society works with individuals and organisations across the UK to encourage people to act on dementia. Listening to or engaging in music – for example, by singing, dancing or playing instruments – can help people with dementia develop and maintain relationships with others and improve their wellbeing. As always we were up singing and dancing on the second song! How lovely it was to see family member join us too!

On May 8, 1945 celebrations erupted around the world to mark the end of World War II in Europe! Here at Boroughbridge manor we enjoyed coming together to celebrate VE day, with a good ol’ tea party and sing along to Vera Lynn’s greatest hits, including a favourite of many, ‘we’ll meet again.’ The flags were flying, we got out the finest china tea sets and we together looked back at photos from the war, sparking conversations of impressive military careers and reminiscing on time growing up as a child during such uncertain times.  

Boroughbridge Manor care home in Boroughbridge invited members of the local community, staff and residents into the home for a celebration of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion where each and every one of us is respected, valued and applauded for our unique qualities.

In a celebration of diversity, staff members cooked a wide variety of different dishes for the residents to sample and gave interesting talks about their home countries which included Romania, Ukraine, India, Nepal & more. Dishes included traditional Varenyky from Ukraine and a sweet treat of Biscuit Salami which is popular in Romania.

Residents across our services had a wonderful time joining Cadbury for an interactive virtual talk on their fascinating 200-year history.

Residents joining learnt interesting facts about the chocolate giant, shared memories, and reminisced about their favourite sweet treats.

It was a heartwarming experience filled with laughter, nostalgia, and plenty of chocolatey goodness!

We were super excited to welcome Jen at Sycamore Nook Therapets and her Guinea pigs into our home! We had the opportunity to feed, snuggle and learn all about Ted, Henrietta and friends as Jen bought plenty of cuddly guinea pigs along to meet us all. Our furry friends can work wonderfully for reducing anxiety, improving mood and encouraging communication and engagement in people with dementia.

Of course resident Audrey just had to have a snuggle with baby Audrey too! We had a wonderful morning, thank you Jen for visiting us today!

Residents have enjoyed 2 days of racing fun at Boroughbridge Manor! On Friday we held our own ladies day, where residents donned their fanciest headwear as we took part in a game of fun but factual, horse racing bingo! The fizz was flowing and we tucked into a delicious treat of chocolate strawberries too! Saturday we came together in the main lounge, where the bar was open, to watch the famous Randox Grand National. For many, this brought back memories of bringing the family together for a little bit of fun each year, watching the horses race! Residents and staff took part in a lucky dip before the race began. Congratulations to our resident Val who pulled out the winner and said “well, they do say the grand national is anyone’s race!”