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.
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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
Pancake Day
We have been celebrating Pancake Day today, also known as Shrove Tuesday, with a variety of delicious pancakes and yummy toppings.
Chef's House Special - The American Pancake, a firm favourite with everyone at lunch, was served with bananas, toffee sauce and ice cream
Musical duo for Valentine's!
Residents are thoroughly enjoying regular visits by Janet and David, a talented local musical duo.
The fabulous music and song the couple entertain us all with never fails to lift our spirits. Janet & David cover tracks performed by some of the best musical duos of all time including The Carpenters, Lennon - McCartney & Sonny & Cher.
Games afternoon
Fun fact! Residents at Brookfield enjoy their popular group games afternoons.
Did you know that this game was invented in the 1930s amidst The Great Depression by Charles Darrow who wanted to entertain his friends and family? Though there’s a controversy that the game was invented much before by a progressive left-wing feminist Elizabeth Maggie as The Landlord’s Game to picture the ills of society, Charles Barrow is the one who sold this popular game to the Parker Brothers.
Community friends
Celia and Margaret enjoyed lunch at The Salvation Army and loved seeing everyone again after the Christmas holidays. It was such a joy for the ladies, being able to join all their friends at the fellowship group. Celia, Margaret and our good friend Sue enjoyed singing from the hymn book and sharing memories of years gone by
Birthday celebrations
Birthday celebrations are a firm fixture in the homes life enrichment programme. Residents, staff and colleagues have recently come together to wish Eliza a very happy birthday. The birthday girl enjoyed a visit by her family, received lots of presents and cards before being presented with a delicious home chocolate brought into the home by her family. Everyone enjoyed a slice!
Open bring community together
Staff, residents, relatives and the local community came together at Brookfield to enjoy an open day that was held at the home on 21st January. Brookfield hosted a variety of activities throughout the day, which were enjoyed by everyone who came to the event. Staff at Brookfield made everyone feel welcome and were delighted to see different generations having fun together. Visitors enjoyed plenty of refreshments, such as freshly homemade cakes and sweet treats prepared by the catering team, who were hard at work making sure that a great time was had by all – it really was a team effort!
