Activities at Brookfield Care Home

Brookfield's resident, Raymond Oakes along with residents commemorated Remembrance Day on Sunday 10th November, where they joined the rest of the United Kingdom in holding a two-minute silence at 11am.

As well as marking Remembrance Day by wearing poppies and watching the televised service, some residents were taken to the local cenotaph to commemorate the members of the armed forces who died in the line of duty. In the days leading up to Remembrance Sunday residents participated in Remembrance arts and crafts.

Raymond also marked the occasion to with a visit to the local cenotaph and service to remember his former comrades.  Ray has also written a book titled ‘The three wise monkeys’ about his 20 year career in the National service.

Residents of Brookfield enjoyed an afternoon of fun and mess as their creative skills were showcased. Our Brookfield pumpkin carvers are certainly a creative lot!

And residents enjoyed getting into the Halloween spirit with some spooktacular pumpkin carving triumphs for display throughout the home.  

Their spooky creations are now displayed proudly in the home’s foyer for all guests to see and admire. Sarah Nolan, General Manager said “This was such a lovely way to spend the afternoon.”

Residents, Colleagues and visitors at Brookfield enjoyed a fantastic music therapy session provided by Music For Health. There was singing, music quiz questions and noise making with tambourines and other noisy equipment.

The Residents definitely liked the noise making parts of the session and let rip with the tambourines and maracas! The sound of laughter reverberated around the home during this popular monthly group activity.

Sarah Nolan, General Manager said “Our residents love the monthly visit from Music for Health and its wonderful their interaction with Helen, they enjoy listening to the old tunes and some love to get up and have a little dance.”

Brookfield resident, Beryl recently celebrated her 90th birthday surrounded by friends, family, fellow residents and members of the care team at the home. On her special day, Beryl was surrounded by loved ones wishing her a happy birthday.

The home was decorated with balloons and banners before Sarah Nolan, General Manager surprised Beryl with a beautiful bouquet of flowers and a card signed by everyone at the home.

Beryl commented “What a lovely surprise, I have had the best birthday ever!” and the General Manager added “It was a pleasure to be part of Beryl’s special day, on behalf of everyone at Brookfield I would like to wish Beryl a very happy birthday.''

Residents and colleagues at Brookfield recently held a charity coffee morning to raise funds for Macmillan Cancer Support.  Rita, resident at the home thoroughly enjoyed the tasting of the delicious homemade cakes, from lemon drizzle, Victoria sponge, coffee and walnut and not forgetting the traditional scone with cream and jam! 

Everyone enjoyed taking part in guessing how many pieces of fruit were in a pie and raising an impressive £87.00 for the charity. Most importantly, everyone had a lot of fun doing it!

It was a morning of colour as residents welcome Mojo Creative arts for a fun filled interactive arts and crafts session.  Everyone who joined in loved it as it was a great opportunity for them to explore their creative sides.

General Manager, Sarah Nolan said “I am very impressed with everyone’s efforts; Our residents thoroughly enjoyed creating their own masterpieces and it encouraged a great deal of social and creative engagement. Not least the work of art certainly brightens up the lounge wall with its lively colours”.