Activities at Boroughbridge Manor Care Home

From 11th to the 17th of March, we took part in nutrition and hydration week. Both good nutrition and hydration are important to maintain good physical and mental, health and well-being.

Residents came together and worked as a creative team to make some delicious fruit smoothies upstairs with Suzanne, including a sweet ‘berry blast’ and a ‘kiwi kick start’ full of greens!

Later in the week Leoni and the kitchen team prepared delicious fruit platters and fruit infused flavoured waters, which were available to everyone throughout the home! What a delicious way to spend our days!

This weekend we have enjoyed celebrating all the inspirational mothers and mother figures in our lives. We have looked back through our photo albums and reminisced of the important women in our life, who helped make us what we are today! On Saturday our loved ones were invited to join us for a glass of fizz and a delicious afternoon tea, which consisted of a variety of our favourite sweet and savoury treats! It was lovely to see so many of our families join us, what a wonderful afternoon we all had!

To mark the start of Crufts week, we have today enjoyed baking our very own homemade dog treats! Residents worked together and made a variety of tasty dog friendly biccies, which are available to all our visiting four legged friends at our reception area! Then the dog judging got underway, judging photographs of our beloved pets that relatives and friends sent in for us to use to judge! Residents voted ‘the most adorable dog’ as Ruby, the spaniel! Residents worked together to make the treats, encouraging conversations about all of our beloved pets over the years and our pet inspired hobbies, such as dog walking in our favourite locations!

Staff and residents have taken part in a sponsored 100km cycling challenge to raise money for Comic Relief’s Red Nose Day on the 15th of March.

Staff, residents and relatives all took part in the challenge, taking turns on the bike to reach the goal of cycling 100km in total. Everyone was encouraged to cycle as far as they could, with home-made biscuits to fuel us on our journey!  Residents, their relatives and staff at Boroughbridge Manor Care Home were all very supportive and were there to cheer on the participants as they began the fundraising challenge.

Celebrations were under way at our home 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 and daffodil decorations, along with opportunity to join a Welsh themed baking session or art class. 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 our homemade Welsh cakes and enjoyed a lunch of Welsh Cawl, washed down with a traditional welsh beer!

Across the country our homes and hospitals came together to find out which care home or hospital had the best Bingo players as we teamed up for Barchester’s Bingo Bonanza.

Residents were treated to some exciting virtual games of Bingo as part of Barchester’ very own game show series.

Everyone who participate had a fantastic time and enjoyed some friendly competition.