Activities at Caldy Manor Care Home

The weather was absolutely beautiful during picnic week, so we enjoyed a lot of our meals outside in the sun. One day we tried something different and had lunch with little picnic boxes and reminisced about all the times we had a picnic for our days out or holidays. 

We discussed everyone’s favourite foods that they always packed for their picnics. 

In the afternoon, we learnt some fun facts about Royal Ascot and enjoyed a quiz. It was so interesting to see all the outfits and hat designs. 

Then we held our own race which included naming our horses, which were ‘Raffles and Kingston’ and this brought so much laughter and brought out the competitive side in everyone.

We had such a wonderful day supporting all the cyclists travelling 225 miles to raise money for Barchester Charitable Foundation. Staff and residents came together and did our own cycling challenge and clocked up 43 miles throughout the day. 

We also did a charity car wash in the afternoon to help raise money for the charity.

This activity was suggested when we went out to our local pub. Whilst the weather was nice, we decided to try something new. We got out some garden games that most are familiar with, but also tried croquet, which was a first for some. 

We all had a lovely time working out the game and enjoying some light refreshments throughout the afternoon.

We had such a wonderful time celebrating VE DAY. We started the week off with a singer, singing some good old classic war songs. 

The next day, we had a VE day quiz, then we finished the celebrations off with afternoon tea and watching the service and thinking about all those who contributed during those times.

We went out in the afternoon whilst the sun was shining to watch the cricket on the big screen at our local pub. We enjoyed our drinks whilst discussing what activities we would like to do next. 

We all came up with some great ideas for other trips out of some new ones we haven’t tried yet. 

This was such a wonderful experience for our residents. We went to Chester to use some adapted bikes for all disabilities, and it was absolutely fantastic. 

Seeing the residents’s faces light up as we rode around the park and listening to their stories of when they used to cycle everywhere was so magical. This is something that would benefit your mind, body and soul. 

Ken Pye came and delivered a fascinating talk about the Wirral. He told us stories that were not really heard of, but he showed us newspaper articles to show they really happened. 

It was such a wonderful afternoon as talks are one of our favourite things here at Caldy as we love learning something new.