Activities at Brookfield Care Home

Our Activities coordinator dedicates her time on getting feedback from our residents of what they like to do. We have introduced paper mornings which involves group discussions and an active mind, and we also have a variety of entertainers that come in on a weekly basis. We hold a residents quiz once a week as it is one of our more popular activities, we now call it the Big Quiz due to its popularity.

It is important that we involve the community and family in many of our activities. We have the local rugby club heritage centre coming in once a week to do Bocci (indoor bowls) and seated exercise. We also hold cheese and wine evenings for family and residents which are very popular. Here at Brookfield we pride ourselves on the fabulous bond our activity coordinator has with all our residents as they are as happy to see her each morning as she is to see her friends.

Enriching life
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Life-encriching activities booklet

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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 Brookfield Care Home

Salvation Army luncheon

Residents of Brookfield enjoyed their popular weekly trip to the Salvation Army for a spot of lunch. Resident, Terry enjoyed a tasty cheese on toast whilst chatting to the staff in the café.  June was honoured to do a ready for the fellowship group before catching up with their friends completing a word search.  This weekly outing brings a lot of fun and happiness to our residents whilst keeping them connected to their local community.

 

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Residents take to the airwaves!

Residents took to the airwaves with Lilly from Lymm Radio this week to discuss King Charles III forthcoming Coronation. They shared their stories about the Royal family and were asked by Lilly their thoughts on Charles becoming King and with wonderful responses and support for the monarchy.

The interview will be aired on Sunday 07th May at 5.00 pm on DAB radio station.

 

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A spot of retail therapy

Brookfield residents enjoy getting out and about in the local community and this week we took in the sights of High Leigh Garden Centre – a popular choice!  Eliza went shopping for slippers and spent time browsing the many different styles before a refreshing coffee in the café with her friend and fellow resident, Margaret.

Whilst out they were delighted to catch up with Janette and Dave and enjoyed a chat.  It was a lovely way to spend the morning and Eliza was thrilled with her purchase.

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Artistic flair

We have many creative residents at the home who love to share their artistic flair and are busy drawing and colouring coronation themed decorations.  We host regular art sessions here at the home which are very popular amongst our residents.  Vivian and Margaret were happy to design the Kings crown and a picture for the homes next raffle with a cup of tea and home-made cakes in reach.

 

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Walking club

Here at Brookfield our walking club enjoy their regular walks into Lymm each Saturday, popping into the Sanctuary Café for a hot drink, greeting their community friends and chatting with each other over a slice of cake.

We took in the boats moored on the canal and resident, Terry loved reminiscing about boating adventures, whilst Margaret said “she’s drawn pictures of the canal and enjoyed painting the beautiful long boats years ago”, Celia was happy chatting to passer-by’s and observing the tree created by knitted squares.

 

The great outdoors

Residents love the outdoors and their regular walks to Lymm dam to feed the ducks. Resident, Vivian was delighted to be able to throw bread to the ducks as she reminisced about her childhood days.  We sat in the glorious sunshine chatting and people watching before enjoying a refreshing cup of tea and slice of home-made cake back at the home.