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
Morning coffee and papers....
Residents at Brookfield recently enjoyed a morning filled with coffee and cake as the home held a sociable coffee morning. The home were delighted to sit back and relax with the papers and catch up on the week’s news.
Home receive vaccination
All staff and residents at Barchester’s Brookfield care home, in Lymm, are all delighted to have received the first dose of their Covid-19 vaccinations at the home after what has been a very challenging year for everyone.
General Manager, Sarah Nolan said: “We’ve all been through such a difficult time and this feels like such a big step on the way to getting back to some normality. I am so proud of the team and how they have worked together and continue to do so and we are all so grateful to be prioritised to receive the vaccine first. Now that everyone in the home has had their first dose, we feel like we’ve started on the long road to recovery.”
Jeanette Stott staff member at Brookfield said: “There is such a sense of relief. We are all so pleased to have had the first dose of the vaccine. It will help to keep our residents safe, we’re looking forward to getting our second doses as soon as is possible.”
Residents display their artwork
Art is very popular with everyone who lives at Brookfield and creative activities are always a favourite. Residents love to show their finished masterpieces and we should consider hosting an art exhibition as soon as we are able so others can see this beautiful artwork created by residents and to welcome people from the community who want to enjoy viewing these wonderful pieces. Until then we shall continue to paint!
Hearts for schools
Residents of Brookfield have been busy creating colourful artwork to share to the children of local schools as part of the ‘Hearts for Schools’ initiative, Iris was delighted to pose with her finished design.
Home glows for festival of light
Residents at Brookfield had a radiant day as they marked the start of the Hindu festival of Diwali, popularly known as the ‘festival of lights’.
Residents helped with the making, decorating and lighting of ‘deepa’, small clay filled lamps lit to signify the triumph of good over evil. It was a colourful day as the variety of home-made candle designs gave the home a beam of rainbow light.
Gifts from local nursery
Residents have been delighted to receive letters, poems and gifts from the children at their local nursery as part of the homes intergenerational links with the community. The children have also shared gifts which has touched residents for their generosity. Residents have enjoyed readying through the children’s letters, loved the gifts and poems which have been sent in to the home.
