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.
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 Brookfield Care Home
Suits you Sir!
Never underestimate the power of a good haircut! Resident, Hugh was thrilled to bits with his new style showing off his new cut after the homes hairdresser, Rita had paid a visit. Hugh enjoyed the little pampering session before settling back to catch up on the news with his paper in the lounge.
Lymm United Reform Church
The residents of Brookfield care home, Margaret, Vivienne and June attended a beautiful church service over the weekend - singing Hymns and listening to bible readings at Lymm United Reform Church. The residents said how much they enjoyed it and could they make it a regular feature in the life enrichment programme.
A lady from the church kindly gave the residents a beautiful bowl of daffodils for the home to bring back with them. They look so beautiful in the library. We were welcomed warmly and made to feel very welcome!
Home presents cheque to local charity
Brookfield care home recently presented local charity, ‘singing for the brain’ with a cheque to support advertising their monthly dementia cafe, purchasing musical instruments, sensory ribbons and providing free sessions to members of the local community. The charity host their memory café on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of the month at the Sanctuary café in Lymm,
The grant had been awarded by Barchester’s Charitable Foundation, a charity that helps older people and adults with a disability or mental health problems across England, Scotland and Wales by offering grants to help people connect or re-connect with others in their local community.
Home host cheese and wine event
Residents and colleagues at Brookfield were delighted to invite their families and friends to join them for a cheese and wine event to show case the home following their recent refurbishment.
Everyone enjoyed a wonderful selection of cheese and wine that had taste buds alight! The event was a huge success and residents are now looking forward to hosting another very soon….
Do you want to build a snowman?
Resident, Alf and carer Faye took advantage of todays earlier snow fall and ventured out into the homes garden to build a snowman, whilst other residents were happy to watch from the comfort of their chairs and warm environment. Residents faces “beamed” as they harnessed their inner child watching Alf and Faye create their masterpiece!
Act of Kindness
Volunteers know their communities, they are part of them and we are delighted to have our own Volunteer, Sue here at Brookfield – she is amazing!
We are delighted to announce that our March ‘Act of Kindness’ award has been given to Sue in recognition of her time and service to the home. Congratulations, Sue!
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Could you be a Volunteer?
Volunteers provide a valuable and wide variety of services in many different settings. Do you have spare time? For more information we'd love to hear from you.
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